Sleeping on Daddy is COZY!

Sierra is sleeping on Daddy when she was only a week old.

Yesterday after our bike ride I went to take a shower, Jake was watching golf and the kids were playing. When I got out it was very quiet. I went out to the family room and found this,

Ashton sleeping on Daddy.

Ashton's PINK SHIRT!

On Friday I took the kids to Kohl's after we got Sierra from school and Sierra's birthday is coming so I wanted to get her a couple of things and of course I could not leave Ashton out. I told him I would get him one thing. We looked all over the boy's section and then he asked me "mom, can I get a new church shirt?" Sure so then we started looking at their church shirts and immediately he grabbed this pink shirt and said "I want this one, can I have this one!?!" I just responded "sure if that's what you want". Then the rest of the day on Friday he wanted to wear it and I kept telling him "no we are saving it for Sunday". All day Saturday he was asking to wear it so Sunday morning he asked "now is it church day", "yes", I said and he said "yeah, now I get to wear my pink shirt". He is a handsome, handsome boy!!!

Family Bike Ride

Today we took another family bike ride but this time we went on the paseos and we rode over to The Habit for lunch and then we rode back to Terry and Janelle's and finished our adventure at the park. We had a great time once again. We had a scare with Ashton! We were going up and down the bridges. The first bridge he did fine coming down I was right next to him and he was using his brakes to slow himself down. However, on the second bridge he started to go down by himself and I noticed that he was starting to pick up speed. I was yelling from behind him "Brakes, push back on your brakes!" I was riding on Janelle's bike again and I wasn't on it when Ashton started down so I dropped the bike and started running. He was not pushing on his brakes and he started going faster and faster. He was getting ready to hit the first speed bump and I thought for sure he was going to crash. He didn't, he bumped over it and picked up speed to then hit the next speed bump. I could hear him freaking out saying "MOM!" but I couldn't get to him. He made it to the bottom of the hill and slowed down to a stop. He never crashed! He was scared but he never crashed! Terry was riding next to him and staying close but didn't know what to do because he didn't want to make him crash. I think he did good just staying with him. Jake was right behind me on his bike, I was running pretty fast! It also helps when your running down hill. :) We finally reached him and said "why didn't you push back on your brakes?" He started crying. :( I just hugged him. When he calmed down we asked him again. "Why didn't you use your brakes?" He said "because I was going to fast they weren't working". I think once he started to pick up speed he freaked out and forgot how to do his brakes or he wasn't pushing on them hard enough. The whole experience got our hearts going and I was pretty shakey for a little while. When we all started going again Sierra said,"I can't help but blame myself". What? She then said "I wanted to go this way". I said "Oh, honey not your fault" then Jake said "I wanted to go this way, so don't worry about it." Poor baby, she is so protective of her brother, so sweet and so sensitive!

Over the other side of this hill is where Ashton goes speedy. Jake was helping Ashton get up the hill. Sierra was always up at the front. Ashton said to her at lunch "Si Si don't go so fast, I need to be in the front too."

We found this little playground after Ashton's downhill racing and as you can tell it didn't take him long to get over his scare.

We got to The Habit and while Daddy was ordering food we were playing with the camera. Sierra took this picture of me and Ashton.

Ashton took this picture of Sierra and it actually is very cute!

I was taking pictures of Jake while he was eating and I was laughing because I thought I was catching some funny faces... then I got a cute one because he flashed a smile while I was laughing.

When we finished our ride we played at the park.

Run for Fitness

Today was the School District's annual Run for Fitness. Sierra participated last year and had so much fun that she wanted to do it again this year. I asked her a few weeks ago and this was her response, "Will I get another medal?" I said "yes", she replied "yes I want to do it!" I do have to say that this morning when it was time to get ready to go she had a bad attitude and didn't want to go. I told her "to bad". Even on the drive over there she was making little comments and I have to admit I got mad and told her that exercise is good for her and she was going to do this. The kids all did a warm-up with a Jazzercise instructor and Sierra did it reluctantly and when she came back to me she was ready to cry. Then right before her race they did a stretch and she was fine during that. She had to do 2 laps around the grass area. She said that during the second lap she started to run out of breath. She only walked for a tiny bit during the second lap. She did so GREAT!!! When she was done her attitude had totally changed, she was so happy. There is something about running that when you get your endorphins going it makes you happy!!! I know from experience and I witnessed it with my own daughter. I asked her when she was done "was that fun?" and she said "yes".

Heading over to the flags (that Mrs. Sparks and Ms. C were holding) to start the race. She is still not to happy.

She was running so fast and so GREAT!

She finished the race and got her medal. SHE'S HAPPY! :)

Ashton wanted to do the apple and banana toss and when he threw this apple it went in the net. He did GREAT! He got others in the hole as well.

Sierra's teacher, Mrs. Diaz, was there passing out medals to the kids as they finished the race. Sierra loves her teacher and loved seeing her there.

2008 Run for Fitness

Before the race.

After the race! She did great and ran so fast and ran the whole time!
Sierra was so sweet and let her brother wear her medal.

The kids got to go in the ambulance and get their blood pressure taken.

They got a chance to sit in the Deputy's car too.

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday, my sister, Briana!!!!

You are a wonderful sister to me, a good aunt to my kids and a wonderful mother to your two, handsome and to cute for words, boys. You are so smart and well educated. You are beautiful and I love this picture of you with Tino in the snow! You know alot about good food and teach me things all the time. You are great at getting your boys to eat good food! You are a spiritual person. You are a great friend. You are very kind and thoughtful! I am grateful that you are my sister and for the great and supportive relationship that we have!

Love you tons and tons!!!

Sunday is a special day!!!

Yesterday at church I learned a couple of things that have stuck with me and I want to take note of them. In sacrament meeting Bro. Hamilton said "Be grateful, Be cheerful!" Even in the hard times we should look at our blessings and be grateful! Always be cheerful, even when we might be down about something look at our blessings and everything that is great in our lives and be HAPPY!!!
In Sunday School, "Faith without works is dead". We need to have faith and do something about it, not just sit and wait for blessings.

Valentine's Day!

This last Saturday was Valentine's day and it really was a great day! I made German pancakes in the morning with fresh squeezed orange juice. YUMMY!!! Then my mom called and said Briana was still at her house if we wanted to come see the kids. We went up there and the kids played for about an hour. Then we came home and got ready for a family bike ride. Everyone has a bike except for me so we went to Jake's parents house and I borrowed Janelle's bike (Thanks Janelle!) and we rode from their house out to the South Fork Trail. Sierra rode her scooter and Ashton was on his Tonka bike. The kids did great!!! Not one complaint and we all had so much fun!!!! I was so proud of Ashton because he is still learning to ride his bike and he did so good and he was having so much fun. Out on the trail there is a sort of bridge to go across and a concrete slope down to the dirt and Jake kept going down the slope. Ashton said to me, "mom, can I do that?" "Oooh, not yet but for sure when you get a little bit bigger, maybe after we take your tiny wheels off." He said, "Okay, lets cut them off when we get home" :) For dinner I made Salmon, artichokes and garlic toast. Then after dinner I melted some chocolate chips and me and the kids dipped strawberries in the chocolate. It was so yummy eating the strawberry while the chocolate was still warm. :) The kids went to bed and Jake and I watched 'Nights in Rodanthe'. Just OK! I have to say, pretty depressing! It was a great day spending it with my little family, the people that I love most!!!!