Cousins

We have been watching Landon on every other Monday & Wednesday and it has been so much fun. Shaydon can't wait until he get big enough to actually play. Thanks for letting us us watch him we LOVE it!!! I got these cute outfits for them at Christmas time and couldn't wait for Landon to be born so we could take some pix of them together. Cousins Shaydon's feet were too big for his little booties.






These photos were of Shaydon picking on Landon and then Landon getting Shaydon back!!
They are so cute together & going to be such good friends!!!!

1st Shower

This was taken after our 1st shower together. Shaydon didn't quite know what to do with water falling on him even though he kept putting his head under it. He loves water in any sense. Roaring Springs is going to be so fun this summer.

Sorry for the picture quality. My camera has been on the fritz since December. I am shopping for a new one. Any suggestion is welcome!!! Part of the reason for no post lately!!!

Happy Birthday

Big Al

Hope you had fun and some luck in Jackpot, we love you and can't wait to see you soon.

Teyan Curtis

We hope you have a wonderful day!!! Thanks for having a birthday so we could celebrate. The company was fun the food was delicious and the cake was sinful. Studio time was the BEST!

If I had a girl??

but I love my boy....

As most of you know that have kids; if you walk into any kids/baby store there is always more girl stuff verses boy stuff. I just love these big flowers hat and headbands by Gigis. I tried them on Shaydon and he did not like them (neither did his dad) which he is going to kill me that I posted them. They came in a cute little round hat box!!! Anyway to check out there site click here. I bought them for some friends. JoLynn I hope that you don't mind that Shaydon tried it on. I bet it looks much better on Aleena!!! Thanks again for letting us visit.

Burp Rags/Cloths

~Hello everyone~

I need your help

I am going to sell my burp rags and I need a name/logo!!!

I have lots of creative/cleaver friends & family & I value your imput & suggestions

Expecially for those of you who are already selling your crafty talents

You can just comment or send me an email (somsco14@hotmail.com)

Let me know what you think?!

THANK YOU

SURPRISE!!!

Sorry for the pix, my camera is offically broken I hope to get one soon. I will post more pix as I get them from the guest.

My mom had no idea that we were throwing her a surprise 50th Birthday Party. Thanks to my dad and also to Bev Young who got me some email addresses to spread the word. It was such a GREAT turn out and most importantly she was SURPRISED!!! She thought she was just coming down to a BB-Q with our immediate family since it was conference weekend. She had a VERY busy weekend with 2 auction on Saturday. Not to mention 3 caterings on Monday for lunch. I called and told mom that she had to come down this weekend and she said no!! She just had too much going. I immediately called dad and said he was going to have to pull teeth and probably tell her the truth to get her to come, but amazingly she came and he didn't have to ruin the surprise. Thanks for all those who came & supported her she out of all women she deserved every bit of the attention today!!!

I have been busy making decorations and food all week long. I made homemade potato salad & pasta salad, fresh strawberry's, rosemary and olive oil bread with balsamic vinegar & oil along with hummus for dipping, chips, and Oreo mint & peanut butter truffles, Scott on the grill with chicken breast, burgers & dogs. Cheesecake for dessert drizzled with berry puree. The Food & Guests were GREAT the weather for the most part cooperated too. Oh, did I mention that we had a clown come and she made her a crown and wand to rule her party!!! She (the clown) stayed and made balloon shapes and animals for the kids.

Happy 50th Debbie....We love you !!!

You deserved a GREAT Party

Friends

Trey & Shaydon

Trey & Roxy
The Bubble Fan

Trey with the Bubbles
Roxy chasing and popping the Bubbles

We got to watch Trey tonight while Justin & Rebecca went to a birthday party!!! We always have fun when Trey comes over. We started with watching college basketball on TV, a walk around the block with Shaydon in the stroller and Trey on his scooter, dinner, bubbles, playing catch with Roxy and popping bubbles, playing with Shaydon's toys, reading books with Scott and then they came to pick him up. Times sure goes by FAST! Thanks for playing Trey we can't wait for you to come again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

50 Years

We love you very much and hope you have a wonderful day

Hope to see you soon, you look BEAUTIFUL

Oh, quit working so hard and say NO to those caterings.....

A.A.A.D.D..

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
I laughed and laughed when I read this email I thought I would share. enjoy... I have day's like this worth the read.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water. I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV , I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do. At the end of the day: the car isn't washed the bills aren't paid there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only 1 check in my check book, I can 't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all stinking day, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.... Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who in the world I've sent it to. Don't laugh --if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!!!

Our Trip to California

I had some frequent flyer miles I needed to use so Shaydon and I decided to go visit my aunt's Connie & Jae and my uncle Michael who have not yet meet Shaydon. Thanks to them for putting us up, playing, driving us around, entertaining and hanging out with us. Neither of my aunts have kids so it was an adventure for them and us being our first plane ride and trip longer than a weekend. Thanks to Scott for picking us up and helping us with our luggage since it doubled while we were gone. We love and missed you, sweetheart. I am sure my aunts are exhausted after we left they are going to need a nap!!! Thanks again.....

Shaydon did so good on the plane ride out to LA, I feed him as we took off and he never hinted like his ears hurt. I had an extra seat next to me which really helped. I was not as fortunate on the way back to Idaho. Although the gentleman next to me was very nice and understanding he has 5 kids himself. I learned a few things about traveling with a baby. Good & bad.

We had lunch in Malibu along with some shopping, went to the Ventura Beach and walked around watched the surfers, visited our friends that we meet in the BSU married student ward 7 years ago, they live in Upland California. Went to my favorite two stores that we don't have in Idaho IKEA and Trader Joe's. More shopping, juiced fresh lemons off their tree and then made fresh lemon cheesecake. Had lunch with their friends, showed them how to check our blog, got pedicures and most importantly spend time visiting!!!

Sunny California

Wish us LUCK on our trip to LA. It will be Shaydon's first flight.

See you in a week.

We will miss you DAD, thanks for letting us go!!!

Our Easter!!!

Yvonne made this delicious cake for Barbara's birthday the flowers were made of laffy taffy she is such a good baker and creative. Thanks to Larry and Barbara for coming down & bringing Alisa and Bailey it was fun to see them and catch up. Shaydon loved his Easter basket from grandma and grandpa Gerratt. We always eat too much when we get together, but the food is always so good. Thanks for every ones hard work. See you soon. Thanks Rebecca for Shaydon's Easter Basket he, we love it!

Hoppy EASTER!!!

Thank you Zack Lily and Nic for my new bunny....

We are really excited to have someone to share the holiday's with. Easter is no different!! Shaydon has been such a blessing in our life. His happy go lucky personality is coming out & I just love it!! He is such a scheduled baby!! Clock work as Scott would say. Down for bed at 8:00pm and up at 7:30am and ready to eat. I enjoy my evenings getting stuff done, but find myself checking on him every 15 minutes. I am always watching him sleep tucking his bear around his head and giving him kisses hoping he doesn't wake up, but oh well if he does. We just LOVE him...

&

all of this is possible because our heavenly father gave us the opportunity to start a family we owe all of this to him. We are forever indebited to him. We love our savior and are so GRATEFUL for his sacrifice for us.

What a group of kids!!!!

Andrew, Jackson, Trey, Shaydon & McCall

We all knew each other before we had kids and now our family's are growing!!! We were the only families in Carl's Jr. at 9:30am. It's the perfect time to go and have breakfast and let the kids run around. Thanks for meeting us!!!

Lucky Peak

We went for a drive up to Luck Peak to check the water levels and see how soon we might be able to go wake boarding. Last year we hit the lake the weekend after Easter and that is only two weeks away!

I have never seen the lake frozen over and snow on the mountain so late!!!

I guess we are a little anxious this year

After our drive we had dinner reservations at one of our favorite places. Looks like it is one of Shaydon's favorite places too.

Roxy had to say in the car.

Sleeping Bags

Sommers'

I got this 3 or 4 years ago from my mother-in-law for Christmas. All of her girls and the in-laws get soooo cold so she thought this was the perfect gift, even in red my favorite color!!

Shaydon's

Alisa got this for Shaydon at the Logan warehouse sale from JJ Coles!!

It has saved us this cold winter.

(This is for you Jessica)

Feeding the Ducks...

March 6th 2008

Muffins and Croutons


It was such a nice day at the Park




Even though Trey is older than Shaydon they are such good friends!!!



(Rebecca was suppose to watch Shaydon while I got my hair done, but Justin wanted to surprise her with a afternoon at the spa so my cousin watched Shaydon. I wanted to give Rebecca her Birthday present so we meet her at their house and when we got there Trey wanted Shaydon to go to the park with him. So we did. I have to lie to Rebecca and tell her my appointment got canceled so she wouldn't feel bad and ruin the surprise. We were going to do some shopping anyway.)

Vinal Letters

These letters sure seem to be the rage lately!! I like them but just didn't think they fit my "style". I saw this idea at a Christmas open house and thought I could do it. It's now March &

I just finished it. I am not sure I will leave it on this wall, but it's there for now (so i could take a photo, notice my GREAT spacing I eyeballed it)!! I have a blue wall in our bonus room but need to do some rearranging. I thought it looked best on a shelf, mantel or fireplace. The whole point is that you can see the wall color behind it. It was super easy.

I choose my fonts & sizes and my friend Kirsten cut my letters out for me, she has her own business called http://www.makeimpressions.com/.

Shaydon & Andie

Play Group #7
I am sure I will loose count soon......

They sure have fun together!!!

We love you Shaydon!!!

Your 6 Months now!!!

Congratulations Scott....

Today is your last day at Albertson's/Supervalu. Thanks to them for 4 years in the Income Tax Department. We are so proud of you & know you are leaving some friends for life. We are really excited for your new adventure at

We love you and thank you for your sacrifice and working so hard for our family!!!

(Here is a little story about this bouquet of cookies!! I have never been good at making sugar cookies, but I continue to think I can do it ~ so here it goes. I wanted to do something special for his new job opportunity and I thought it would be fun to have one of those cookie lady baskets delivered to his office. As I started to look at how much they cost I decided I could do it myself for cheaper since we are on a stricter budget with me not working full-time. It started at 1:00pm trip to wal-mart to get the pre-made sugar cookies and a few other items listed on the recipe from the food network. Well to make a looooong story short i finished as Scott got home from work at 5:30pm. Don't mind the 1st batch of cookie dough, it just ran all over the place, then the second that was burnt, but I used it. I soaked the popsicle stick with water before baking. Then I used Ziploc bags to do the writing. I am very proud of these hard as a rock cookies, but I will NEVER make sugar cookies again. Eat at your own risk.)