Jack's Birthday

I know I am a little late, but here it is. Jack's birthday was on Dec. 22nd, and he wanted to have some cousins over, and go to the Jumping Jack's in Springville, it was really fun. Everyone had a blast. He also wanted a spider man cake. My sister had a pan for it, so I just baked the cake, and took it out. When I took it out it totally broke, so I decided to just put blue or red frosting on instead of trying to make it look good. I asked Jack what color frosting he wanted and he said red. I tried and I tried to get it red, but it was pink. So he had a pink spider man cake. Well, I couldn't do that to Jack, so I went to Walmart and bought a blue cake for him. FUNNY! I am retarded! Well, Jack is 3 now, and he is a big as anyone else. He is such a joy in our lives, even though he is really tough. Today he threw a little hard (like hard as a rock) ball at this neighbor boy, and it gave the little boy a little big of a black eye. He is such a boy, we are trying to direct his energy toward good. Yesterday we went to my grandparent's house to visit for a while, and my grandpa just watched him and said...."Man, I bet he doesn't even stop when he is sleeping." IT IS SOOOO TRUE!!! WE love ya Jack-a-boo! You can tell Joe had fun at Jumping Jack's too!!!

Christmas Tag

Hurry, cause it's almost Christmas!!!! My cousin Jessica tagged me, so here I go.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Both. I love to wrap for my kids, cause that makes it funner for them to open, but I don't mind gift bags for the older folks, you know, like myself.
2. Real tree or Artificial? We have an artificial tree, but I love both. I wish we could have both. I absolutely love the smell of a real tree.
3. When do you put up the tree? Day after Thanksgiving.
4. When do you take the tree down? Two years ago, it was down I think in April. I know, we are bad!!!
5. Do you like eggnog? Yeah, I wish I didn't though. MMMMMMM
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Probably my Rollerblades, since I was the queen of Classic Skating!!! FUNNY!!!
7. Hardest person to buy for? Definitely in-laws, and parents. They already have everything!
8. Easiest person to buy for? Kylee, she would be happy with anything pink, or purple!
9. Do you have a nativity scene? YUP!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? NONE
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? The Original Grinch, or Elf!! Love em both.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Depends on when I see a good deal.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? MAYBE
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Flank Steak!!!!! Hurray for Christmas Eve Dinner.
16. Lights on the tree? Lots of colorful lights
17. Favorite Christmas song? I want a hippopotamus for Christmas...Just kidding, that is Barbara's. Mine is the little drummer boy by Harry Simone Corale.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? EASY, just sing the stinking song.
20.Angel on the tree-top or a star? Angel.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Morning, well, usually we open jammies on Christmas eve.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Going to Costco last minute, and having a million people there, and everyone is onery.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? My favorite ornament, is probably a Noah's ark ornament that the in-laws gave me my fist Christmas in the family. They give some each year, and they are sooo cute.
24. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? I already said....FLANK STEAK!

I tag Barbaloots, Janel, Shannon, Jessica Nye, yeah you Jessica and Megs. GO!!!

Missing Summer

Oh how I am missing summer right now. I used to be a real fan of the snow and the cold, but something has happened to me in my old age. I am not loving the winter. It really only started snowing this week, so I really shouldn't be complaining, but I am anyway. I am sooooo cold! All the time!! I mean, in the summer we go outside, I sit and soak in the sun while the kids play happily outside. In the summer, you don't have to worry about sliding off the road. In the summer, you don't have to worry about running out of windshield wiper fluid when your windshield is SOOO DIRTY YOU CAN'T see anything, and the dumb windshield wipers don't even work very well. Okay, so I am being way to big of a scrooge, I am done venting now.

GO VOTE NOW!!!!

Okay, so my sister-in-law Barb (the one in the middle) is nominated to win as best blog or something like that....top five, anyway, you need to vote for her, so go here and vote for Barbaloot suit She is freaking funny, so you should read some of her posts too!! Thanks yall!

Is yours as clean as mine?

Well, I know this picture is kind of disgusting, but I can't help it that Mia is totally DRAWN to the toilet. SICK! I know. But she will get stuck like this, and then scream, but most of the time she stands up and beats it like she is playing the drums. She is so fun. Mia is 9 months old, I can't believe how fast the time flies! She has four teeth, and two more coming in. She just barely got her two front teeth, and now the next two in the front are coming in, so it is runny nose city at my house. I love being a mom. It is the greatest thing ever....the hardest thing ever too. I cleaned up about 50 messes that Jack made the other day. 1st he drew all over the wall (luckily it was washable markers) next, he and his cousin Taylor found the chocolate cupcakes, and ate them. You could tell right where they walked, cause there was a trail of cupcake all over. Then, he cut the hair off of a horse that we have (you know, those stick ponies) anyway, it was mess after mess. Plus the mess that all the kids made (Ky, Jack and their two cousins) EVERY TOY in the house was on the floor, and in Mia's crib (along with cousin Taylor) that was pretty funny I have to admit. I know I should love the messes, cause they will be gone all too soon, just like President Monson said, so I am trying to love them. (it is still hard though).

Clownin' Around

Is it too late for Halloween pictures? Just kidding, this wasn't Halloween, but we thought it was so funny. Our little Mia is even cute when she has a clown wig on. How is that possible? Just had to post that pic! LOVE IT!

Sad day.

Today was a very sad day for me and my cute fam. Roxy is gone. I knew we had to get rid of her because of Jack's coughing (which is asthma and gets worse when he is around the dog) but I didn't think it would be this hard...okay, just kidding, I did. This nice young family came and got her and I am sure they will take such good care of her, but it is still hard. Kylee started crying when I told her (even though I have really been trying hard to prep her) then I started crying and said that these people's dog died and they wanted Roxy and it would make them really happy. So then she said, "oh, their dog died, okay, they will be happy with Roxy" it was the cutest thing. She is such a great girl. I miss Roxy already, and they just left. Well, I might be sulking for the next few days.

Woxy.

Well, I did it. I got the cutest dog ever. Her name is actually Roxy, but Jack can't say his "R's" so he says "woxy, or wox" It is the cutest thing ever. She is such a cute and good dog. She is doing so good with the potty training thing, she has only had a couple of accidents, but that is totally to be expected. There is some bad news that comes a long with it. I think Jack is allergic to her. I took him to the doctor yesterday to see, and it is looking like it. He gave me some medicine, and that seemed to help. What it is, is that Jack has a little bit of asthma every once in a while, and this dog has made it worse. I don't know what we are going to do. But just thought I would show a couple of pics, here she is.

Date Night

So, yesterday while Joe was at work, I had the funnest time listening to my kids plan a date night for our family. It was the cutest thing, so I had to blog about it. Jack, out of no where said, "Mom, when dad gets home from work, can we maybe go to the movie feater" (yes, I meant to write that with an "f", that is how he says it) anyway, "go to the movie feater and maybe watch kon-fu-panda (Kung fu Panda) , or wawlee (wall-e) and have popcorn?" By the way, we have already seen Kung fu Panda twice, and Wall-e once. So, I said "Jack, I don't know if it is at the movie theater anymore." So Kylee pipes in and says, "Mom, just blog-on (you know, log on) and see if it is there." So I "blogged" on and it was at the dollar movies, so we decided to go. Barb came over and played with Mia while we went. We got a large popcorn, and you should have seen those kids, it was like they were starving (this was right after dinner, keep that in mind) and Jack was so excited he could barely hold still in his chair. Every once in a while we would hear him talking to himself..."oh wow, those guys are so fast" "Oh, that guy is scary." It was a fun family date night, and the kids pretty much polished off the whole large popcorn, I couldn't believe it. They ate the ENTIRE TIME! Well, I love my fam, and it was a fun date night, and that's all. Oh, and I really want to get a dog, what do ya think? There is the cutest Golden Retriever Lab mix, and I am dying to get it. I know I am crazy!

My days with my boy.

I was just looking back at some pictures today, and found these pictures taken in Park City over the summer. It just reminded me of what my everyday life is with Jack. He is such a go-er. He is constantly getting into something, or drawing on something he isn't supposed to. The other day I was letting him and Kylee cut and color paper, and then next thing I knew, he cut a hole in Kylee's shirt. Oh, and this is the third time I have had to cut his hair because he likes to sneak into my salon and cut his own hair. He is such a good boy if I can always be watching him, but that is just impossible Today he helped me make cookies, and he absolutely LOVED it. He loves to be doing something, especially if it means MESSY! Well, he definitely keeps me busy, but I love him to death. He is such a joy in my life along with my other kids. Now, here is a little about the pictures. We were in Park City with Joe's family (something we do every year and LOVE IT!!) Jack had disappeared into the other room and found Grandma's suitcase which had a bottle of chocolate mix. He got it and dumped it all over the bed, and was eating it, hence the chocolate mustache. Silly, but messy!!!

Family Pictures

Why is it that EVERY time we take family pictures (okay, so it has only been like 2 times) we NEVER have a great one? We probably took 100 or so pictures, and there was atleast one person doing something weird in the picture. So here is the best I could find. It is pretty much cute of everyone but me. Oh well. Then I had to make a collage (the next post down if you wanna see) of some cute random ones. I have to admit, my kids are far too cute for their own good.

Family Pictures

Dream

Last night I had a dream, and I have to write it down before I foget it. So, there is no need to read further if you don't want to hear a dream that I think may have been real. For some reason when I dream sometimes, they are sooooo real. They honestly feel so real, and I actually wake up crying if I am crying in my dream. I wake up feeling like it really happened. Whether it did or not I don't know, but that is how I feel. So here is my dream last night. I was in bed in my dream.....I could see someone standing in the doorway, but I couldn't see who it was, I was trying soooooo hard to open my eyes and see who it was. I kind of started freaking out, cause I couldn't move or talk, or see much. Then she came closer, and I saw that it was my mom. She held my hand for a minute (it was sooooo nice to hold her hand), and then started to walk away. I sat up, grabbed her hand more, and begged her not to go. I was crying and she was too. Our hands slid apart, and she was gone. I woke up crying, and I had probably been talking or mumbling too, not knowing it. I love to have dreams about my mom, and I love to think that she gets to come and see me every once in a while. I miss and love her and I know she knows that! I am so grateful for the gospel and for the knowledge I have that I will be with her again someday. Sorry, about the random post, I just have to get it down somewhere or I know I will forget these feelings. Thanks for bearing with me.

PHOTO TAG

Here is another tag...The rules: Go to your picture files. Pick the 4th file, and the 4th picture in it. Tell a little about the picture. Tag 4 friends.

Okay, I love that this was the fourth picture in the fourth folder. This is such a great picture. This is Kylee like 2 years ago with Joe's aunt Patti. She is the one of the most awesome ladies I know. She is so cute. She always has so much enthusiasm, she is always so thoughtful, and she loves my kids. She is reading this binder to Kylee about Christ. This picture totally show her personality, although, she would probably hate that it is on my blog. Oh well!! CUTE!! Fun tag! I tag Jeni, Barbaloot, Shantel, and Meghan. GO!

Sunday Thoughts

Okay, so my thoughts don't really have much to do with Sunday, but it is in fact Sunday, so there you go. I have to start off on a sort of negative note, because I am a little bugged right now. I don't know if I am the only one with a stubborn husband, but I highly doubt that I am. (okay, so I admit, I am stubborn too, but that has nothing to do with it :) ) I think everyone in our ward must think me and Joe hate each other. EVERY week, I walk into the Chapel first, I choose the row, and I go in quite a ways, because I don't really know how much space we need. AND, every week, Joe comes in last and sits on the very edge, so when we are all settled I realize that he is half a mile away from me. So, I ask him so scoot over to me and sit by me, but does he? NO! He would rather sit by the stinking edge. He tells me I should scoot in. I was there first, I sat down first, if he wanted to sit by me, he needed to scoot in. Am I right? I don't know why it bugs me so bad, and it happens every week, and still no one has given in and scooted (is that even a word?) next to the other. Aren't we ridiculous. I admit, I am too, but still.....oh well.
So, my next thought today is how fun my friends are. Last night Joe and I went to a Murder Mystery dinner party with some friends, and it was soooo fun. We had to dress up as if we were in the 1920's (you know, that flapper girl era) and act out a scenario and figure out who murdered who. Can I just brag for a minute? I am the only one that figured it out.
I got an award for being the "super sleuth". Anyway, it was fun, I was Vicki Ravioli, and Joe was Congressman Toosteal. He looked pretty sharp I might add, and he wore (believe it or not) his blue tux that he wore to Prom his Junior or Senior year in High School. How would that be to fit into those clothes....don't answer if you can still fit in your high school clothes.
One of the girls there made these awesome cupcakes, they were Frankenstein's and Ghosts. So I brought a couple home for the kids, they loved them. All and all we had a great time. Here are some pics.

Cornbellies

Who knew cornbellies would be so fun. I mean, I knew it was going to be fun, but they had so much stuff to do this year. There was this "creature" that you walk through, it is like walking through his body, and there is even a heartbeat in the middle. We watched pig races, we rode on a cow tractor ride, we jumped on these jumping pillow things, the kids just had so much fun. Well, actually we all had so much fun. Thanks to our awesome neighbors who gave us tickets, we had such a fun time. Cornbellies is great!

Pumpkin FUN!!!

 

Last Monday we went down to the property on Geneva, and had a weenie roast. It was so much fun. We had a lesson on the Law of the Harvest, and the kids got to pick carrots, potatoes and pumpkins out of my father-in-law's AWESOME garden. They had too much fun getting muddy. Then we roasted weenies and smores, and one of my nephew's even broke his nose playing ghosts in the graveyard. He ran in to another niece. He was tough though. So yesterday we decided to paint the pumpkins we got from the garden. The kids had a great time painting. Last year we carved, and it was fun, but I think this was a little more "kid friendly"! Fun fun for FHE!!!

Being Quirky

I've been tagged yet again to share 6 quirks. You're gonna like this!

1. For some reason when I lock each door, I have to lock and unlock each door 3 times, or I SWEAR something will happen to me and my family, not only that, but I have to do my front door first, then the garage door, and the back door last.

2. I take wipes with me wherever I go. If things aren't clean, especially my kids, I freak out. I wipe the nobs before I open a door, and before I shut it too. It is a good thing costco wipes are so cheap!

3. I can tell people are following me, I guess you could call it a gift more than a quirk, but whatever. I swear there are always people following me. I notice them looking at me and as soon as I make eye contact, they are gone. Weird.

4. I am really good at straightening things. If anything is crooked in my house, I spot it from a mile away, and it is no longer crooked.

5. I have to floss after eating anything, just to be clean, you know!


6. I am really good at lying, if you are still reading this and know me, you had better be laughing, because NONE of this is really me! Got ya!! I guess I am just a quirky girl.

I tag Barbaloot, Janel, and whoever else wants to tell their REAL quirks! Oh, and sorry I don't follow rules.

Rules:
1.Link to the person who tagged you
2.Mention the rules on your blog
3.Tell 6 unspectacular quirks about you
4.Tag 6 following bloggers by linking to them
5.Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blogs letting them know they've been tagged.

Sleeping Beauty

Well, it is more like sleeping prince, but anyway. We went to check on all the kids last night and this is how Jack was sleeping. We thought it was too cute so we just had to get a couple of pictures. His pillow is at the top of his bed, and he is hanging off the side. I just have to say...my kids are TOO CUTE!!!!

Time FLIES!!!

Oh how they grow too fast. This was Mia at about 5 weeks! It just makes me sad to see how teenie she was and she is just growing way too fast. Does anyone else think this is depressing? I was looking at a picture of Kylee when she was a baby, and I can't believe how fast it went by. She is almost 5. NO!!! Anyway, that is Mia at 5 wks, and this is Mia at 7 months!

7 is my Favorite number.

Okay, really it isn't my favorite number, but I have been tagged, so here it goes!

7 THINGS ABOUT ME

7 Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex
1. Extreme handsomeness
2. Fun to be around
3. Nice Hair...I know probably because I am a hair doer (that is the technical term by the way)
4. Athletic
5. Unselfish
6. Makes cute kids
7. He's gotta have a name like Joe Dayton or something.

7 of my Favorite Foods
1. Brazilian Churrasco
2. Pretty much anything that has a lot of carbs in it, I know I am so healthy
3. A good chip n salsa
4. Fruit smoothies
5. Flank Steak
6. Tootsie rolls
7. My mother-in-law's homemade rolls

7 Things I Can Not Do
1. Play the piano like I want to
2. Do lammy hops (it is a Dayton thing)
3. Fit into my jeans
4. Sew
5. Watch a good movie without crying, I am a bawl baby these days
6. Math
7. Stop eating

7 Celebrity's I Admire
1. I don't think I am going to be able to come up with seven since right now I can only think of one.
2. Reese Witherspoon, I just think she is AWESOME!
3. Oh, I do like Mark Ruffalo too, can you tell I like that movie Just like Heaven
4. ?????
5. I am really trying to think of some....not happening.
6. Yep, still nothin'
7. I guess I like Wayne Brady, he is pretty funny too! Can't really say I admire him though.

7 Things I Say Most Often
1. NO! (to my kids)
2. Oh, snap!
3. Dude
4. Kylee, stop picking on Jack
5. Jack, stop picking on Kylee
6. GUYS LEAVE MIA ALONE!!!!
7. SHHHHH.

7 Things I Can Do
1. Make Cute babies (with a little help from Joe and I guess there is some other power helping with that too)
2. Well, I used to be able to play soccer pretty well, and I still try.
3. Gosh, this question is harder than it seems
4. Yell at my kids. I shouldn't be bragging about that though.
5. Hair, mostly colors and cuts, styling isn't my forte.
6. Samba (Brazilian dance, mostly a workout)
7. Sing.

7 Things That I Plan To Do Before I Die
1. Have more cute babies.
2. Find my patience, I know it is somewhere.
3. Run a marathon (maybe with Barb, we will see about that)
4. Perfect a french braid, I know I should already know how to do that since I do hair and all, but sorry, I don't.
5. Go back to Brazil with my hubby.
6. Learn how to surf
7. Fit into my jeans again

I tag Jeni if she has time, and Janel.

*******WARNING********

If you are on a diet, READ NO FURTHER!!! I was just hopping around some food blogs yesterday, and I came across My Kitchen Cafe and there are like a GAZILION great recipes. This was one on there called Vanilla pudding cinnamon rolls. TOO GOOD! Just thought I would share. If anyone actually tries making these let me know, and take pics, I wanna see.

Fun Times.

 

Here is a collage of the fun times at the Dayton home. Kylee Decided she liked to brush Mia's hair straight down, so she would get a toothbrush and brush her hair down. Kids love bubble baths, and Mia took a bath in the sink. Fun, Fun times!!!

Happy Anniversary to ME!!

Yes, today makes 5 whole years together. I know crazy huh? I love this picture cause it pretty much sums "us" up! I remember our first year of marriage, I asked Joe..."can you believe it has been a year?" And do you know what he said...."YEAH!" Like yeah, it seems like it has been 10! Luckily the rest have been a lot more smooth! (the first was great too, don't get me wrong) I am the luckiest girl alive. I have the best husband, and cute kids to boot. Today we went to Tucano's for dinner YUMMO. (Thanks to Barbara again, who OFFERED to babysit, I know I am lucky right? Isn't she great?) Anyway Joe came up with the idea to play a memory game. We had different topics, like the first was most embarrassing moment since we have been together, and we would both give a memory etc. It was fun to go down memory lane with my hubby! AND, I get to have my carpets cleaned for my anniversary present....it is what I asked for! Love you Joe!

Hallie Peterson

My sister Mandy had her baby girl on Friday night. Hallie Peterson weighed just under 7 lbs, and looks TOTALLY Peterson to me. I guess Justin has some pretty strong genes, cause all their kids look like him. Here are some cute pics of the new baby. She was so aware when we went to see her, and she has a SUPER LONG tongue so we had to get a cute picture of that. I left my camera in the car, so thanks Mari for the pics!!

Gotta see it!

So, I know it is kinda "iffy" to talk politics, but I feel strongly about this one. I don't really LOVE Obama, or McCain, but I guess it is picking a lesser of two evils. This is a commercial that this guy made by himself. I promise it is worth watching. SORRY IF I OFFENDED ANYONE!!!

Goofy.

Isn't this the funniest picture? Kylee decided to put her glasses on Mia, and Mia couldn't decide if she liked it or not. But it was a funny time anyway! My kids are just goofy I think! Boy they keep me entertained! Kylee loves being a big sister. She asks me probably every 5 min...."Mom, can I hold Mia." Mia usually starts crying right when Kylee holds her. Mia looks around the room for me with a face that says "MOM HELP, she has me again" it is funny! There is a sad story with this though. Kylee realized the other day that Mia cries everytime she picks her up, and Kylee said, "Mom, how come Mia doesn't like me very much?" What do I say to that? It was quite sad. She is a bit overwhelming, but in the long run is just trying to help, and love her little sis! I love my kids!

6 months of Fun with Mia!

 

Mia is now 6 months old, and she has just been too much fun. Here are some cute pics of her throughout her 6 months. (mostly I was just trying out this new collage thing!!!)

Hunting with MY MAN!

Well, last Friday night Joe wanted to take me on a date. He decided he wanted to take me hunting with him. Some date huh? Well, it really actually was quite fun. We drove up A.F. canyon, parked, and got out and hiked for about 5 miles. We heard animals, and Joe had his little Elk callers and he would call for them, and he even got some answers back. We even saw some Elk. It was really fun just to be with him. Thanks to his favorite sister Barb who stayed with the kids so we could go have a fun time!

Kylee's first day of Pre-School

2 Weeks ago, Kylee wasn't too excited to go to school, then we went to a meet your teacher thing, and she got so excited. The whole way there, she said, "mom, are you going to stay there the WHOLE time with me?" I would say yes. Then 5 min. after we had been there, she said, "Okay, Mom, you could go home now!" Then she had her first day of school yesterday, and LOVED it. She was the "star" student, she got to hand out things with the teacher. She is growing up so much! What a good little girl I have!