Sunday, July 26, 2009

Funny Everett!

This is how we found Everett this morning. After he was wake, I was talking to him when he said "I took a nap today." I said "Why?" "It was really, really dark and I still tired." Makes me believe that he got out of bed really, really early and I am glad he decided to lay down and take a nap. Although I think his bed would have been much more comfortable. Funny Everett!!!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Herman kid's birthday party July 11, 2009

My two favorite little boys!

Everett was really excited outside of the bounce house.

This is how Cole and I started off the day. He was pretty happy as long as he could look around.

I offered to make this cake just for fun. I had done a similar one about 7 years ago and I thought it would be really cute.

We got invited to a triple birthday party for Joe, Hailey and Kade Herman. They had a bounce house (which I believe Everett was in for about 30 seconds), lots of friends and great food. we had a blast!


Bonfire at Big Corona! July 10, 2009

Our good friends the Colliers invited us to attend a bonfire to celebrate summer. It was the perfect weather for such a great time. We ate hot dogs and had smores. What more could you ask for!Everett had his first fruit punch from the can. I'm not sure how much got in his mouth but he sure enjoyed it!
The whole family had a fun time at the beach with our friends.

After dark some vendors were selling light-sticks. Everett thought they were the coolest thing in the world and loved playing starwars with his new friends!


Sunday, July 5, 2009

4th Of July

We started out the day at the Newport Beach Second Ward's pancake breakfast. Everett loved eating the pancakes.
Cole was happy and content just hanging out with Mom.


We ended the day watching fireworks over the bay. It was an amazing show. Everett was sitting on the fence and I got to cuddle with my two boys. Granted I was trying to keep Everett from falling down a cliff into the ocean and Cole just didn't want to be put down. Good times!



O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern impassion'd stress, A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for heroes prov'd, In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life. America! America! May God thy gold refine. Till all success be nobleness, And ev'ry gain divine.
O beautiful for patriot dream, That sees beyond the years, Thine alabaster cities gleam, Undimmed by human tears. America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea. (lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates)

I am always grateful to be reminded of what a wonderful country we live in. Today in church we sang "America the Beautiful" and I got choked up. I am grateful for the men and women that have sacrificed so much so that I could enjoy my freedoms today. I so marvel at the people that have worked and sacrificed for all the blessings that I take advantage of. What an amazing legacy our generation has been given.
It is my hope that I will strive to follow with a legacy of my own. That I leave the world a better place. I believe that if I teach my sons righteously and with the Lord's help they will be my legacy. I am so blessed to have them.
I give thanks to my father for passing his love of our country to me. He was a role model of a citizen who would fight for his country and beliefs. I hope that our armed forces today are filled with people who have the same convictions that my dad had.
I am so proud to be an American!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Great friends and beautiful babies!









Thank you to my friends. My long time friend, Stacey took pictures of Cole for me. I asked her to help me fix a collage for his room. With Stacey's crazy schedule, 3 kids, a niece getting married and then my schedule and life, it has been interesting trying to orchestrate it. We finally did the pictures at Smallwood Park ,by my house, while all the other kids played. I think she did a fabulous job and I love looking at my sweet baby.
Carrie and I went to the park to do some pictures of all the kids to use for Fathers Day. We were going to go to the beach but due to cranky kids, overcast weather, and not wanting the sand in Carrie's freshly washed and vacuumed van, we changed to T-winkle Park. When we got there my camera had a dead battery and Carrie's camera was flashing low battery. It was really funny, so much for all our planning! It turned out great. We only needed to keep the kids clean for a few minutes as we did a really fast photo shoot. Then we got to spend the rest of the time playing on the toys and with the ducks.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Go Lakers!

To say that we are Laker fans is an understatement. Truth be known, Will and I met because of the Lakers. I love watching the games. I love hearing about the players. And I really love that the Lakers are doing so well this year. This picture was taken on Thursday, June 4, the day of the first game of the NBA Finals.
I say it loud and I say it proud "GO LAKERS!!!!"

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Funny Everett

The reason this blog came about was because I was telling Carrie how funny Everett is these days. She told me I had better start writing down the things he says or I would forget them. So this entry is all about Everett.

1) When you ask Everett what my name is, it's "Debi", when you ask what Will's name is, it's "Babe".

2) Everett loves to run up and say "I need a hug right now!"

3) Whenever Everett gets hurt he comes to Will or I to "kiss it better". The other day while he was sitting on the potty he told me "My penis is owie, kiss it better". I quickly told him that no one gets to kiss his penis better. I kissed his head for it to spread through his body.

4) When the singing begins in sacrament meeting Everett likes to sing full-throttle. He doesn't let not knowing how to read quiet him down, he just sings a song he knows like "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" or "Bah-Bah Black Sheep" to whatever hymn is being sung.

5) Potty training. Everett goes from standing at the toilet saying "I don't like it." to watching me change Cole's diaper saying "yucky diaper."

6) Today Everett brought Will his Nerf gun. The look on Everett's face as Will was shooting at him was great. It was a mix of fear and excitement. Then when the gun was empty, Everett gathered all of the balls up and ran over to Will to do it again.

7) Everett came into the bathroom as I was getting out of the shower. It was right after I had Cole so I still had my stitches and everything from the C-section. Everett walks up to me and he is looking at me and says "It's broken." I laughed and said "yeah, Mommy is broken". Then I was looking at his eyes and ask him to point were I was broken. He pointed lower than my stitches and said "Mommy's penis is broken."

This post is going to be added upon as needed. Everett is almost 2 1/2 years old and is always making us laugh.