Danny and Brittany Dixon

2011-10-07T15:06:00.000-07:00

In no particular order... because Blogger is a pain in the rear and I don't have the patience to fix it.. here are some pictures of sweet baby Karston :) Enjoy lovelies!

Karston Kendall Dixon

2011-10-07T14:17:00.000-07:00

So since my baby is headed towards 3 months old, I figured I should probably write down his birth story before he goes into college. ;)

This is going to be super long.. and is mostly for my benefit. So stop reading now if you bore easily.

My pregnancy with Karston was pretty much no bueno. I threw up for 26 weeks non stop, had a stomach pump, had contractions from 28 weeks on and basically felt like dying for 40 weeks. However... he was by far the most "active" baby I have carried and I enjoyed feeling him move so very much. Everytime he would kick I would get so excited and force Danny to put his hand on my stomach and wait... and wait.. and wait. Of course Danny would get bored and take his hand off and right then Karston would kick. Resulting in me saying, "Oh! Try it one more time! You'll feel him this time for sure."

Basically an endless cycle. I'm sure Danny still has nightmares about it. ;)

Having the girls a little older throughout the whole process was really fun. They were really excited about the whole baby thing and having a boy. Although Kambrie took a while to warm up to that idea. (As did I... as did I.)

Somehow though.. in between throwing up and throwing up some more... the 9 months flew by and before I knew it I was holding the most handsome little guy I had ever laid eyes on. It's amazing how you can love one baby so much.. and then have another one.. and another one, and still love everyone of them a ridiculous amount. It's unimaginable until you do it. But it is amazing and is a subtle reminder of just how much our Father in Heaven must love everyone of us.

Anyhoo... enough blabbering. Here's how Karston's arrival went down.

I begged Karston to get out for weeks. I promised him cars, and favoritism, and possibly even a million dollars. However, he did not budge. No matter how much I told him I was done and there was no possible way he could stay in there any longer. In the beginning of July all my friends started having their babies. I wasn't due until the 28th.. which was pretty much an eternity in my head. Every night I would make the trip to the bathroom 500 times and each time I decided that at any moment my water would break. It didn't. So I would drag my large booty right back to bed and lay there defeated. My baby was Never. Coming. Out.

Danny and I had joked for months that my water would break the day before my scheduled c-section. Just cuz wouldn't that be a hoot? Yep. Hilarious.

Finally about a week before the 21st (my scheduled c-section) I had come to terms with the fact that I wouldn't have him until that day. I had accepted it and planned my week out to get last minute things done.

On the 19th I thought my water may have broken, so Danny and I headed to labor and delivery. Only to be told that no.. it hadn't. And when it did, I would know it. That night I crawled into my bed cursing my uterus for being ridiculously strong and holding my water hostage. (I was very irrational by this point.... ;)

The morning of the 20th I woke up at 5:45 am thinking about the HUGE list I had to do that day before my c-section the next day. All of a sudden... POP. I'll admit my first thought was "Oh gee.. I'm peeing the bed." HAHA My second thought was, "Nope, that's my water.. and I have WAY too much to do today for this to really be happening."

After laying there for a few seconds I nudged Danny, "Umm.. My water just broke."

Danny: "Are you sure?" In a very irritated tone I might add... ;)

Once I showed him the giant puddle he cheered right up.

A few minutes later I called Labor and Delivery as I stood in the bathroom ... this is our conversation:

Me: "My water just broke.. so I will be coming in."

Nurse: "And what makes you think your membranes have ruptured?"

Me: "Uhhhh.. possibly the enormous amount of fluid pooling at my feet as we speak?"

Nurse: "Ok, come in and we'll check and see if they have indeed ruptured. Take your time. Don't hurry."

Good grief.

Once my Dad showed up to watch the girls, Danny and I headed to the hospital. Now us, thinking we were going to find the closest parking spot to L&D parked in some random parking space and walked into an empty hospital. No friendly people sitting behind a desk telling us where to go.. so we walked.. and walked.. and walked. Obviously we did not park in the right spot. I'm telling you.. I thought we were in a corn maze. By this point I was having pretty bad contractions and just wanted an I.V and to lay down. Keep in mind.. that genius me had stuffed a towel in my pants. Because really.. what do you ladies do when your water breaks? So.. my towel was soaked and heavy.. and I was looking horribly ridiculous walking through the halls. So embarassing. We finally found a guy who gave us directions to L&D. I tried really hard to hide the fact that I was dripping on the floor while he took forever to explain. Not my finest moment. ;)

Once we actually got into L&D things went fairly quickly. I got to experience real labor contractions.. Fun stuff! So when they finally took me back into the OR for my spinal I nearly pranced onto the table. Never have I been so excited to lean over and have a needle shoved in my back. It was paradise.

Surprisingly.. even this being my 3rd c-section, I was still super nervous. But as soon as I heard Karston's cry I was overwhelmed with relief. Then I panicked because he stopped crying. He didn't scream bloody murder like the girls did. Just kind of squeaked then calmed down. They all assured me he was doing great and was just really calm. :)

Back in recovery I asked the nurse how much my baby weighed. When she told me 9lbs 2 oz I told her she had the wrong baby. But to my surprise.. Karston really was a giant. :)

I'll be the first one to admit, I never thought I'd have a boy. They terrified me. But don't worry friends.. I have gotten over it. ;)

I love that baby boy more than I could ever explain in this blog. He is cuddly, sweet, calm (yay), and just warms my heart. He is 100% different than the girls... but I love it. So while my girls are freaking out and having diva moments, I just pick him up and thank Heavenly Father that he knew better than I did.. that no... I did not need another diva. I needed this sweet boy.

Watching Karston with Kynzee and Kambrie is so much fun. They just eat him up. Kambrie has informed me several times that we don't have to send him back now.. (That's what she wanted to do when she found out we were having a boy) and she's even told me, "Mom, I'm going to marry this boy one day."

No.. I have yet to tell her that's not legal in most states.. and really gross. For now I'll just let her have her innocent child moment and let it make me smile. Besides, pretty sure I thought I was going to marry my Dad until I was like 8. And I still turned out pretty decent....?

I am overcome with gratitude everyday. I have 3 beautiful, healthy babies who have changed me in ways I never thought possible. I know there will be ups and downs, I know there are going to be a whole lot of "bad" days... but it is so worth it. They give me purpose. They have taught me selflessness. They bring me joy. And most importantly they give me a whole new outlook on my life and eternity.

So... welcome to our family little baby Karston. May you feel loved, special, and be able to run really fast. Because you know your sisters are going to hunt you down and slap some lipstick and a tiara on you. Trust me.

Karston Kendall Dixon

July 20, 2011

9 lbs 2 oz

21 inches

9:02 AM

Perfect in every way :)

Randoms

2011-07-06T21:00:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd end off with some random pictures.. I still have a zillion posts to do.. but my pregnant brain has reached the end of functioning. ;)

My cute girls... friends for the moment. :)

Kambrie loved the baby Geese that Grandma Terece had. They grew up fast though.. they are no longer this cute.. or this friendly!

A cold day out riding the Barbie Jeep. We have to sneak in the sun when we can!

Wearing Dad's Teletubby costume :)

Such goof balls. I love how silly they are.

Oh joyful day Brittany blogged! I will try to do more tomorrow :) If anyone reads this anymore that is... Haha!

T-Ball

2011-07-06T20:55:00.000-07:00

We signed Kynzee up this year for T-Ball and she was super excited to play. It was so fun to watch all the little kids learn the game. (Not that I understand it... but it was still funny to watch! jk) Danny was SO happy when Kynzee got #1 as her number since that was his in highschool. I don't think I've ever seen him beam with pride so much before. :) Next year Kambrie will get to play and according to Danny she's going to be great! She can't wait!

Kynzee making her "Danny" face. Oh she looks so much like her Daddy sometimes! Haha!

They gave all the girls these buckets to sit on with their numbers on it. Such a cute idea! And so handly for carrying everything around.

Go Jaguars!!!

T-Ball and Dance Recital!

2011-07-06T20:48:00.000-07:00

Why is it that everything seems to always fall on the same night and at the same time? This year Kynzee had her dance recital and her T-Ball awards ceremony at the exact same time. Danny of course thought T-ball was more important... but mom thought differently ;) So we raced through dance and drove as fast as we legally could to the t-ball. Poor Kynzee had to show up there in makeup. Oh well, she didn't mind. Although I'm not sure what the parents though of me with a 5 year old in mascara...! haha

Kynzee and Coach Greg. He was such a good coach and taught her so much. Kynzee was THRILLED to get a trophy. I remember being that little and thinking trophies were the most amazing thing.. so I felt her excitement. :)

Kambrie dancing on stage.

Such silly girls!

They're so beautiful! Oh how I love them :)

They did so very good in their recital and I was so proud of them! Such great dancers. They really, really love the stage. I remember a little girl who felt the same way a long time ago. ;)

Kynzee's Preschool Graduation!

2011-07-06T20:44:00.000-07:00

Kynzee graduated from Preschool! How is that even possible? Yesterday she was my sweet baby and now she's all grown up :)

Of course on that day specifically our camera acted up and wouldn't hold a charge, would hardly take a picture and drove me to madness.

But at least I got a few shots!

She would not even look at me. HAHA! Her Mom embarassment has already started... she was seriously humiliated that I was trying to take pictures. Gone are the days when I was "cool". I'm just embarassing now! Yay me! ;)

Finally Some Sun!

2011-07-06T20:31:00.000-07:00

For a while it felt like summer was never going to come here. But finally we had a really nice day and off to the park we went! The girls had so much fun and we went with our good friends from dance. It's so nice to have such good friends up here!

Kambrie being a goof. What's new?

Ashton, Kambrie, Aubrey, Alex and Kynzee

Best Buddies :)

Alex and Kynzee at the park :)

Yay for sunny days in Washington!

Spring Program 2011

2011-07-06T20:23:00.000-07:00

The girls each had Spring Programs for Preschool this year. The were both so cute to watch. I can't believe how big they're getting!

Kambrie with her handprint picture

Kambrie had a solo and did so good! I was so proud of her. She was supposed to sing with another little boy, but he went off the stage crying.. so I think that kind of freaked her out. Poor girl. But she pulled through! She had to sing her own part and his... A star in the making! Such a cute girl.

Papa and Grandma Terece came to support her!

Singing The Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Oh she is so sweet.

Kynzee did so well at her program as well. She didn't have a solo because she was too scared to sing in the microphone alone. Surprises me... at home I can't get her to stop singing! Haha!

Grandma Terece and Kynzee

Papa and Kynzee

Such a beautiful little diva :)

The kid on the far left in the navy sweater and white shirt is "friend" Jamie. They are quite fond of eachother :)

And I'll Try Again...

2011-07-06T20:15:00.000-07:00

Looking at my blog gets me really depressed.

Where my motivation for blogging went is beyond me.

But since I'm sitting here, 37 weeks pregnant and dying of heat I thought, Why not blog?

So I will do a mini catch up :)

Summer is finally here and we have been nothing but busy!

I thought it would slow down after preschool, dance and t-ball ended but I was wrong. :)

But now it's 15 days till Baby Karston arrives so hopefully I will squeeze some rest in there somewhere.

The girls are getting big and changing everyday. Their personalities amaze me.

How I can have 2 girls from the same parents that are so different sometimes boggles my mind.

But as different as they are, it's so fun to watch them also become best friends.

Oh how thankful I am for my girlies!

Now let the fun begin once we throw a boy into the mix.

Poor Karston has no idea what he's getting into.

So excuse my million scattered blogs that I'll be throwing up tonight.

I have to start somewhere.... so nothing will be in order.

My poor pregnant brain does not have the energy for that :)

These pictures are from Easter. We had a nice quiet Easter and I swear the girls were more excited for Easter than they were for Christmas. The night before they swear they saw the Easter Bunny outside. It was such a big deal for them, I loved watching it. Kids make holidays so much more fun!

Tiny Catch Up...

2011-02-28T14:25:00.000-08:00

I need a blog trainer.

Someone who will yell at me if I don't keep up on my blog.

Any takers? ;)

Here are some recent pictures... in no certain order....

Miss Kynzee posing in her dance leotard.

We went to a Seahawks game and it was... AWESOME! Seriously so much fun. Even Danny loved it. He claims to still like baseball better.. but I'm pretty sure we're slowly converting him to the one and only true sport... football :) (Insert Dixon Family gasps here) lol

These are my lovelies all ready for church. They looked so cute I had to get a picture. I on the other hand did not look so cute. Hence no picture of me. Puking 20 times a day is starting to wear on my beauty ;)

Miss Kambrie is looking more and more grown up everyday!

We went to a family karaoke place and Kynzee was IN LOVE. She keeps begging us to go back. She sang "It ain't me babe" By Johnny Cash and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" She was a big hit with the audience and got a whole lot of applause. :)

One night after I had tucked Kambrie in bed I went to check on her before checking out for the night myself. She was no where to be found... after quite a few minutes of looking we found her sound asleep under our bed, all dressed up in her Sunday best and even with lipstick and sparkly shoes on. Pretty sure when I tucked her in she was in pajamas. That girl just loves to be dressed up. Must get that from Danny. ;)

I just had to include this picture because her hair is finally long enough to put in a full ponytail. Big deal to me! This girl has the thinnest hair and seems to have a problem growing. Might have something to do with the Horrid Chopping incident with Kynzee a couple years ago, but you'd think it would have recovered by now.

And this is what happens most of the time I take a picture. My little nerds. :) Oh how I love them.

Looking at these pictures makes me realize just how fast they're growing up. I wish I could remember every moment of this age with them because they're just so funny! I love listening to them play together and pretend that they're all grown up. I love it when Kambrie tells me I'm her very best friend or when Kynzee kisses my belly and tells the baby just how much she loves him. They're so innocent at this age and I just want to put them in a bubble and protect them from the outside world sometimes! Kynzee came home from preschool the other day crying because one of the kids had made fun of her and hurt her feelings. It was at that moment that I got really sad because all I could think about was how it's only going to get worse from here on. If only the rest of the world was as kind as mommy's lap. :(

I of course can't leave this blog on a sad note... so I'll leave with a funny story. Kynzee constantly takes note of my growing belly. A while ago before I was really showing she told me, "mom your baby is getting really big back here!" As she pointed to my rear.... Sweet child. ;)

A few weeks later when my stomach was finally as big as my rear.. she said, "Mom your baby moved to your stomach!"

LOL! Oh children and their honesty :)

HAHAHA

It's A..................................

2011-02-28T14:22:00.001-08:00

Boy!!!

Can you believe it?

I most certainly had to do a double take on the ultrasound.

Never in a million years did I think this house would be filled with something other than tutus, pink stuff and nail polish.

Guess I was wrong!

Danny is already imagining every boy thing there is possible to do. :)

Kynzee was really excited from the beginning.

Kambrie took a minute to warm up to the idea.

But as soon as I included them in the shopping I had them both sold on the idea of a little brother. :)

Can't wait for July for our little guy to come!!

2011-01-21T09:18:00.000-08:00

We had an ultrasound this last Wednesday and were able to see the little Wiggly baby again :) It gives me such a sense or relief to see the baby moving around! And it does alot of that! Everytime we have an utrasound the doctors comment on how much my baby moves. haha! Sounds like one of ours :)

Ignore my dates in these pictures.. for some reason they had them entered wrong. My actual due date is July 28th.... although the baby was measuring to be 10 days ahead.. so that would put me at 14 weeks-ish if the doctor decides to move my due date up :) (Fingers crossed....)

I was so excited that they gave me a video of the baby moving. Kynzee and Kambrie couldn't be anymore excited! It's so cute to see how excited Kambrie gets over clothes shopping for the baby. When we actually know what we're having and can buy stuff... I know who my shopping buddy will be :)

Only a few more weeks till we find out what we're having! Any guesses? BOY? GIRL?

2010-11-27T18:48:00.000-08:00

Today we randomly decided to let the girls see Santa Clause at the mall. This Santa was seriously the best Santa ever! He read the girls a story and was just really personable. The photographer tried so hard to get good pictures and Santa was really patient in them warming up to him. lol The girls were so excited though!

Kynzee said she wanted Barbies, dollhouse and movies.

Kambrie said she wanted a kitchen and Barbies.

I love my girls at this age! They are so much fun. It's fun as a parent to watch your kids "believe". I want them to stay little forever :(

Oh and this Santa was serious business. Real hair and beard! No fake looking stuff for him :) If you live in the Puyallup area go to the South Hill Mall!

Look Closely.....

2010-11-17T10:36:00.001-08:00

Family Pictures

2010-11-11T08:14:00.000-08:00

It was time for us to get our family pictures done.

Finding a photographer is really hard when you're used to having your best friend take your pictures :(

But since we're in Washington now and she's allllll the way in Utah, I had to find someone else!

I found Heather Mann and I think she did a good job! She was excellent with my kids and is a super sweet person. Here's a sneak peek. More to come!

We have tons of pictures of Kambrie, and very few of Kynzee because Miss Kynzee decided to be the devils child that day. She spent her time rolling on the ground, pouting and crying. All because she wanted to go see the "incinerator". I had no clue what she meant of course. It was like a switch went off. One second she was smiling and happy, the next second she was freaking out over the "incinerator". So there went the end of her happy pictures after about 2 minutes. FINALLY after we were DONE taking pictures, we discovered what the incinerator was...... it was the BUS. When we went to the fair we rode the bus downtown. Guess she had seen it driving past when we started taking pictures. Bah.... children. Kynzee is a stubborn girl! But at least we still got a couple cute pictures :) Thank you Heather!

PS. ADDRESSES!!!! It's that time again. If you want to see one of these cute pictures hanging on your fridge in the form of a Christmas card... well then I need your address :) You can email them to dixaroni4@gmail.com

Halloween Party 2010

2010-11-11T08:07:00.000-08:00

This year was definitely the funnest Halloween we've ever had. My dad threw a party at his house and we (I) danced the night away. The kids had so much fun. Danny stood on the side and waved to me occassionally. ;)

The Cubby Tubby and Lucy

Kynzee and Cole. I have no idea what Kynzee is shocked about.. but it's funny!

Daphne (Scooby Doo), Star Wars guy?, and A Barbie Princess

Lucy and Snow White

Cute kids!

Pumpkin Carving

2010-11-11T08:01:00.000-08:00

This year we had to race from dance to my dad's house for pumpkin carving so the girls were still in their dance attire. They didn't care though, they love wearing their dance stuff. :)

We're not really the most creative carving people... so ours weren't too exciting. The girls had fun though! Guess that's all that matters. I think next year we're going to try painting our pumpkins instead. Our carving skills leave something to be desired.

Little Kambrie has the funniest personality. She is always making faces or laughing. We love her :)

A little dancing to start the night. Kambrie and her faces again....
Danny was either really serious about his job or really mad.... not sure which.

Kynzee the model and her pumpkin. She loved the carving... just loved watching more than helping.

The girls with Om. He had never carved pupkins before! So we showed him the ropes.

Spooner Farms

2010-10-26T16:21:00.000-07:00

The girls were very excited for the pumpkin patch this year.

Finding their own pumpkins was easier than I thought it was going to be.

Kynzee's only requirement was that she find one without dirt on it.

Kambrie required that it be orange.

Check and Check. haha

This is the girls with Cole. Oh how they love him.

Kambrie riding the hay horse. Hay is for horses right?

Kambrie and Nicole being pumpkins

Kynzee and Cole

Silly kids

Papa, Cole, Kynzee and Kambrie

The Dixon's in all our glory

Kynzee found her pumpkin! I finally convinced her that it was ok if there was dirt on it. It could be washed off. Whew.

Kambrie with her pumpkin. Turned out this one was rotten inside. Nice. I can still smell it.

The kids with the hay spider

Spooner Farms was so much fun! The kids loved it. I love Fall time! So many things to do. And luckily the weather was nice, so we didn't have to search for pumpkins in a field of mud. Happy Fall everyone!

I. Love. You

2010-10-10T21:52:00.000-07:00

I know I post a million pictures of my kids.

I can't help it though.

I have the cutest kids in the world and I know it :)

So what else am I supposed to do with them?
I want to keep the memories of the sweet babies they are forever.

These pics are more for my benefit than yours.. unless you also share the opinion that my kids are the cutest kids ever.
So onto the blog it goes!

Kynzee has been growing like a weed lately! She's getting really tall. (Must be my side of the family coming through! ;)

Modeling is her thing.. and right now she likes "action" shots.

Cute little Kambrie. Has a style all her own and won't allow me to mess with it. According to her I don't know what matches and what doesn't. I've learned to keep my mouth shut.

Love, love, love.

Yes, I kiss those cheeks 100 times a day. Yes, I still want to do it more at the end of the day. She is sweet to the core. :)

Some funny facts about my girls right now:

Kynzee:

*Loves to sing, makes up songs all the time

*Her favorite food is Ramen Noodles. Gets this from Danny.. cuz I am NOT a fan

*Is very, very stubborn

*Is getting quite social

*LOVES boys. A little too much I think.

*Loves feeding the animals at papa's house.

*Favorite color is blue

*Thinks she's 5 already

*Still has her make believe friend Chella

Kambrie:

*Loves dancing and dressing up

*Her favorite food is Pancakes

*Favorite color is pink

*Loves makeup

*Still talks like Minnie Mouse

*Wants to marry Papa when she grows up

*Is really good at writing words

*Sings all the time

*Cries until you ask "What happened?" and then laughs hysterically. Everytime. It is soo funny.

Tubby Time!

2010-10-10T21:43:00.000-07:00

My family is so much fun.

When we get together you never know what's going to happen.

This is what happens when we have free time.

Memories to last a lifetime :)

All of us. 3 Tubbies, a witch, Lucy and a vampire. Oh and 2 little babies who were very upset they didn't have their costumes on.

Jumping Tubby's! I don't think I've ever laughed so hard. Best family moment ever!

Hungry for Tubby Toast?

Jon, Garrett, Dad and Danny

Of course I am still shocked that we talked Danny into doing this.

Guess he's been around my family too long.

Sorry Dixon's! I'll try to get him home for some sanity doses some time soon :)

Real Princesses?

2010-10-03T09:19:00.000-07:00

My girls really believe that they're princesses.

I still haven't broken the news to them.

I figure they're young.

They have plenty of time to be "normal".

For now they can be princesses :)

When I look back in 10 years I know I'll get sad thinking about all the dressing up they did.

My girls live for dress ups.

Definitely the best thing I could ever spend my money on for them!

So for now I'll enjoy watching them pretend.

I wouldn't trade it for anything :)

Kynzee is getting particularly fond of "action" shots. So she wanted to jump in the picutre. And she got some serious air! Danny's already secretly thinking basketball.. but I know better. Any girl who jumps like that is a BORN cheerleader :) Sorry Danny...

Ariel or Kynzee? She thinks Ariel.

Kambrie has a Sleeping Beauty obsession. Anything that even looks slightly Sleeping Beauty is A-OK in her book.

If I could only get them to act like this all day... Wouldn't that be nice?

Hello Cupcake

2010-10-03T09:13:00.000-07:00

My cousin Sara and I decided to have a girls day at Hello Cupcake in dowtown Tacoma.

It was quite the adventure!

We are no good at reading directions or driving on the freeway...

so we spent most of the time laughing at our ditziness. (Nothing new)

But we still had a fantastic time!

The cupcakes were YUM. The place was adorable and the girl time was much needed.

We'll be doing this more often for sure!

The cute cupcakes

Sara and the girls

Me with my little ladies

Sara and I. Love her!

Kambrie getting ready to dive in... to her upside down cupcake. She didn't like the frosting for some weird reason. Cuz normally she loves frosting.

Such a wonderful time!

So for now, Goodbye Hello Cupcake :)

Doin' The Puyallup..

2010-09-28T10:30:00.000-07:00

Oh how I love the Puyallup Fair.

When I was a little girl I looked forward to it ALL year long.

Not much has changed.

Kynzee and Kambrie had a great time this year.

They LOVED the rides and it was so funny to listen to them squeal and scream on every single ride.

It's no secret that I have a picture taking obsession.

So it was hard for me at the fair because someone (namely me) forgot to charge the camera battery before the fair. So once we got there I had a practically dead camera. I had to use it wisely since after the fair Danny and I were headed to Adam Lambert.

Talk about pressure. I had to snap smartly.. and I tried to pick up the important moments :)

Standing in line. Most stylish child there. It's true. We got stopped and complimented more times than I can count.

Every ride they screamed.. and laughed... and giggled... and then did it all over again. And again.
Oh they're so cute. And they're all mine. You can be jealous now.

This was probably Kynzee's favorite ride. Very mellow. Not much going on. Bubbles and hippy music. Just her style. She's not much of a dare devil.

I heard a quote once.. something like, "The only certain thing in life is that a parent will wave to their child on the merry go round. Every. single. time. they go around". (Not the exact quote... but the basic idea of it!) Well the quote is true people. I waved. Every time. And so did my kids. And you know what? All the other parents were doing it too. I guess it is certain.

That's our day at the fair!

We rode rides, ate fair food and went to a concert.

In my book it was a success.

So until next year Puyallup Fair...

Adam Lambert Concert

2010-09-28T10:23:00.001-07:00

It had been a long time since I'd been to a concert.

Last one I went to was N'Sync... when I still thought I was going to marry Justin Timberlake. (Things didn't work out obviously)

So when Danny and I saw that Adam Lambert was playing at the Puyallup Fair we were so excited!

We are die hard American Idol fans... and I was super ecstatic to see Adam because he is so, SO, SOOO talented.

His concert was amazing. He really is an exceptional singer and performer.

Watching the crowd was super fun because they were quite "wild". I was surprised to see that almost 50% of his audience was old, white haired Grandmas though! And they danced all night long. So funny.

It was a really fun date to have with my husband. Even though we were exhausted by the time the concert came around so we kinda just sat in our seats and tried to stay awake :)

I'm fully aware of the fact that I look like a crazed man in this picture. But man or no man... it was the only picture I had of us from the concert. So it goes up. Now go wash your eyes out with soap. No one should have to stare at that. Poor Danny.

Blog??... What's that?

2010-09-27T08:06:00.001-07:00

Worst. Blogger. Ever.

It's official.

I used to be soooo good at it.

But it seems that once you get behind there is no catching up. So.. I decided I'm not going to even try to "catch up" for the last... oh.... year. I'll just start over fresh.

So happenings lately...

Our little family moved to Puyallup, Wa. (My hometown yay!)

So far we've loved the move. Danny loves his job, I love being here and it's been pretty perfect!

The girls both started preschool this year and they both LOVE it. They're also in dance and they can hardly stand the fact that it's only once a week.

In between all that I'm driving all over the place all day it seems. The new schedule is going to take some getting used to I think, cuz by Friday I'm exhausted!

It's been a very busy summer and I can't believe it's almost October already. Of course the girls are beyond excitement over this because that means it's almost Halloween. And dressing up is what they live and breathe for... so there is lots of excitement buzzing around here!

Lots of pictures, and I think they're all backwards.. but that's ok.

Kambrie has been working on her writing, and has gotten really good at it. The only thing I'm concerned with is that she writes everything backwards. No matter how many times I show her the right way. Anyone else have this issue with their kids? Maybe she'll grow out of it?

My beautiful sister got married on September 11th and she was hands down the most gorgeous bride I have ever seen! We headed over to Montana for the wedding and had so much fun hanging out with family and dancing the night away at the reception. The girls wore me out on the dance floor! By the end of the night they were completely crashed.

This is me, my cousin Hailey and Alyssa the bride!

This is the Abney family at the rehearsal dinner minus Garrett and throw in a few Dixon's and Veitch's. ;) Yes... I know.... Kambrie looks like she rolled out of the orphanage... but in my defense, I had no idea she had that shirt on under her *matching* jacket. So we got there, the jacket came off and that's what she had on to my horror. Embarassing. Very.

Some of us kids with the Marmie :)

The girls FINALLY got a Barbie jeep. They've been wanting one pretty much since they could walk. I just had a hard time dishing out so much money for one. So once I saw a super nice one on craigslist for cheap.. I jumped on it. The girls love it and would probably sleep in it if I would let them.

This is Kambrie on her 1st day of preschool. She was so very excited. I can't believe how beautiful my little baby is turning out :) She's such a sweet girl and has already made so many friends at preschool.

Kynzee on her 1st day of preschool. She loves to learn and I think she's a little less shy this year than she was last year... but we're still working on the whole "talking to people" thing. That comes from the Dixon side... definitely NOT from me. HAHA She's growing up so fast and is so pretty! She's my little diva. Tiny girl. BIG attitude. (Dixon or Abney side?... you decide ;) )

I just thought I'd throw this picture in cuz it's cute. They love to dress up so much. They wear dress up clothes every. single. day. And they change them 100 times a day. Luckily I've taught them to hang up their own dress up clothes on the little rod I installed in their toy room. So it's not too much of a mess.

Here's our house! We love it. There's lots of room for the girls to run around and they don't waste the space that's for sure!

That's about it. I hope no one falls over in shock from the fact that I blogged. Or maybe no one will notice since they've all quit checking my blog 100 years ago. I promise Debbie and Marty that I will try to do better. Since of course they want to see pictures of the babies now that they're so far away. I'm trying! I'm trying! If I get back off track again call me and yell at me. Seriously....

Future Dancers

2010-02-24T19:17:00.000-08:00

These days the girls do a whole lotta dancing. Twirling, bending, spinning, jumping, rocking.., you name it, they love it. Kambrie is pretty much just a passing whirl wind in our house. She even twirls to the bathroom.

I was quite surprised to see how flexible Kynzee is! Guess I need to get her into gymnastics pronto!

Happy Birthday and Almost Birthday

2010-02-24T18:53:00.000-08:00

While we were in Montana we decided to just throw both the girls birthdays at the same time so my family could be there too. So Kynzee turned 4 on January 31st and Kambrie is soon to be 3 on March 30th :)

Kambrie applying her new makeup in the flapper dress that Grams bought her

Uncle Garrett and Kambrie Raegan

Kynzee with Auntie Shisha

Kambrie's "almost" 3

The actual birthday girl... 4 years old!

Kynzee really liked opening presents this year!

Their hideous High School Musical cake. It's what they wanted... but who knows what those codes on the side mean. We had fun trying to figure that out.

Sista and I

Sweet Kambrie

They had so much fun. Thank you to all my family who came and gave them wonderful presents :)

Kynzee @ 4 years old:

* Loves to sing

*Very, very sneaky

* Still a picky eater

* Favorite color is anything but pink

* Likes boys a little too much

* Is now a Sunbeam!

* Knows her whole alphabet

* Can read small words like Mom, Dad, Kynzee, Kambrie, Kibbi, Baby, Dog, Cat

* Loves to be scared

* Her best friend is her make believe friend "Chella"

* Is smart, funny, full of life and brings laughter to our life every single day.

Kynzee we love you so much!

Super Bowl 2010

2010-02-24T18:45:00.000-08:00

I wasn't too excited about the SuperBowl this year... I only like it when my team gets there. And that has happened once in the entire time I've been alive. ;)

But the rest of my family is die-hard football lovers so the party went on.

I spent most of my time at the snack table.

Maybe I should've thought twice about that.

Despite the over eating and the crappy commercials this year we had a wonderful time! Anytime with my family is always fun. Love and miss you all!

Papa John and his babies Chloe Ann and Koda Joe

Garrett makes everything look good... right? And Lyssa and KC

Uncle G. He didn't get the memo that the SeaHawks weren't playing in the Superbowl. Next year Garrett.. next year ;)

Me in all my make up-less glory with my gorgeous sis and cousin

Beautiful Hailey. If only she'd share some of her height with me.

No Longer Missing!

2010-02-24T18:25:00.001-08:00

I am officially the worst. blogger. ever.

Anyone going to accept my apology?

I will try to be better...

You can stop the death threats now ;)

We are back in Utah and living it up.

Leaving Montana was bitter sweet.

I so enjoyed being around my family and the girls had a blast.

Even our animals were in heaven :)

However, it is really hard to be scraping by and work at a job you hate.

So here we are... back in Logan to finish up Danny's school and put the college student days behind us.

Hope this year goes by fast!

Our first weekend back we went to a dance in Bear Lake and Kynzee had a BLAST. She literally danced herself to the brink of exhaustion. We discovered she has a major crush on Jake, Kambrie really likes carrots dipped in ranch and Danny always wins the best prizes in the raffles. It was a fun weekend and so good to catch up with Danny's family after being away for 4 months.

Here's my fake cowboy

Kynzee shaking a leg with Grandma Dixon

The Dixon Fam :) My kids are non looking children. Why would they cooperate? That would be a miracle.

Here's to better blogging on my part!

Wish me luck :)

Mini Divas :)

2009-11-11T20:55:00.000-08:00

My children are as girly as they come. They like dresses, shopping, jewelry and anything sparkly. I love it! I know it may not last forever, and one day they may decide that they'd rather play... softball, hate dresses and refuse to do their hair (gasp!) ;) But until then I'm going to cherish every moment of their "girliness".

We went to the mall and hit Claire's red line clearance :) Kambrie was VERY excited to get dangley earrings since Mimi has them.

Here she is showing them off, excuse the dirty face. It's the tom boy in her coming out ;) jk!

Kynzee and her usual side pose :)
Them having a rare moment of loving eachother at the mall. See what a little shopping will do to them?! Guess we need to shop MORE.

Kynzee having a diva moment.

It's so funny because in Utah there's so many kids that they're not that big of a deal... but here, they're noticed all the time! People are always stopping and commenting on how cute they are. Of course they just soak it up. They've now realized even more that they are serious divas :)

Silly girls and their many poses

I LOVE this pic of them. They melt my heart :)

Ariel and Sleeping Beauty!

2009-11-11T20:37:00.000-08:00

This year we had an Ariel and Sleeping Beauty visit our house.

Kambrie was Sleeping Beauty last year too, but I couldn't change her mind... so here we are again!

I looked online and couldn't find an Ariel costume that didn't look skanky so I headed to the sewing machine and created my own less skany version :) Kynzee LOVED it.

Kambrie's costume from last year was a sad thing since I had just learned to sew last year :) So this year we made her a new one and it turned out much better. I made them bigger so they can wear them for dress ups for a while.. since that is an important part of our every day!

The only "normal" picture I got of the 2 of them. But it's cute! Kambrie looks so tiny next to Kynzee lol.

I think this is their "secret" look. It means they're about to do something sneaky and naughty. ;)

The cutest Sleeping Beauty ever!

Ariel "swimming"

Ariel/ Marilyn Monroe :)

Kynzee and all her cuteness

I realize that there's not very many pictures of Kambrie by herself... and no that's not because I like Kynzee more ;) It's simply because Kambrie refuses to take a picture with her head not tipped backwards. I have about 20 pictures of Kambrie's body and a neck. She looks like a headless Barbie ;) So don't judge people... I do the best I can!

Pumpkin Carving Time :)

2009-11-11T20:30:00.000-08:00

This year Uncle Garrett brought home carving kits for the girls. They were really excited! It very conveniently worked out that they girls picked the easiest patterns in the book. :)

I did most of the work while Danny watched baseball. ;) Thanks dear!

Kambrie was really, really excited

She looks sooo much like me as a baby here!
They loved their "pumpkin patches"

I told the to make faces like the ones their punpkins had and this is what they gave me... haha! Silly girls!

Cuties

Thanks Uncle Garrett for the pumpkins!

"PannaMoozok"

2009-09-25T10:49:00.000-07:00

Kambrie had us rolling on the floor with this. See if you can figure out what she's saying before I do... Good luck!

Fishing Trip!

2009-09-25T10:24:00.000-07:00

We took a little fishing trip with the girls up to Montpelier.

They loved it!

We got them their Barbie fishing poles and I made sure they were dressed in pink from head to toe, so it was "girly' fishing. haha

Kambrie caught 2 fish and Kynzee caught 1.

I'm not sure they knew the fish were going to end up dead, I'm pretty sure they thought we were catching "pets". lol

Such a girl

Kambrie's 1st fish

This is when Kynzee caught her fish. We told her she had caught one and to reel in and she looked towards the sky.. I'm not sure where she thought the fish was coming from!

Kynzee's 1st day of "Fall" Preschool

2009-09-25T10:21:00.001-07:00

On August 25th off Kynzee went to preschool!

Now Kambrie and I get 2 days a week to ourselves.

I can't believe how fast 3.5 years has gone. Seems like just yesterday Kynzee was my tiny baby!

Posing, what else would you expect?

Very excited about her Tinkerbell backpack

Princess Tea Party

2009-09-25T10:16:00.000-07:00

How do you kill summer boredom? Well at our house, you dress up and say the words "princess and tea party" in the same sentence. :)

We planned a tea party with our neighbors little girl and they were so excited.

Sadly it was her last day being our neighbor because they were moving :(

7 Peaks and a Goodbye

2009-09-25T10:08:00.000-07:00

We went to 7 Peaks with the Dixon family as a goodbye to Lance and Chemene since they were headed back to Wisconsin. The girls enjoyed themselves and I enjoyed watching. haha Danny did force me into going down a slide.. I threatened him severely if our tube flipped over he would be without a wife. Luckily we survived. :) Now I can check that off my list and never do it again!

Sadly, I did not get a single picture of Lance and Chemene or even their cute baby Rydge.. :( But we really enjoyed spending time with them before they left again and can't wait till they come to visit again.

Kambrie went down the slide with Uncle Chase.. she takes after me. NOT a fan. Of the slide.. not Chase. ;) lol jk

Kambrie.... enjoying herself ;)

Kynzee likes it alot more than her sister.

They're so cute

Feeling friendly for a minute.

Model-icious

2009-09-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

No, the modeling hasn't stopped at our house.

Kynzee is constantly asking for a photo "op".

Maybe someday she'll make money with these good looks..

Until then my bad photography will have to do for her ;)

She comes up with all her own poses.

A flirt already? Oh no...

This is a favorite pose of her.. I'm thinking it's from the high fashion shoots on ANTM

We love you Kynzee! You are hilarious and I love watching you learn things. Prettiest model I've ever seen! :)

Lagoon with Papa, Grandma Terece and Kenny

2009-09-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

We were so excited to have Papa, Grandma Terece and Kenny come down to visit from Washington! The girls love them so much.

We wish they could've stayed longer :(

But while they were here we had a lot of fun and went to Lagoon.

Of course the girls loved the rides. My dad forced me to go on the Wicked and it was an insane ride... don't know that I'd do it again. I survived, but my sunglasses didn't!

All the girls at the end of the day... hence why I look like death warmed over :)

Papa, Terece and Kenny

I made Kenny do this... basically just for the picture. haha

Kynzee doesn't like the horses that move on the Merry Go Round, so she goes for the stationary ones. lol

Come again soon guys, We love you!

Cache County Fair 2009

2009-09-25T09:42:00.000-07:00

I love that the girls are getting older because it's so much fun to take them to do things now. We went to the fair this year and Kynzee (Barely) made the cut off for heighth requirements for the rides.. we snuck Kambrie on a few ;) The fair isn't a huge one.. but the girls had a good time. Someday I'll get to take them to the Puyallup Fair and then they can see what a real fair is like ;)

Kynzee and her Daddy on the Merry Go Round

Kambrie and her "cheese" face

Having fun!

They waved everytime they went past us. It was cute.

They had pony rides there.. they really did like it, I just didn't seem to get any pictures of them smiling at all. lol

On the Cinderella pumpkin carriage

Family, cotton candy, rides and fair food.. what more do you need? :)

Bear Lake Reunion 2009

2009-09-25T09:28:00.000-07:00

I figured I better get back to blogging before I have too many upset people at me :)

It's so hard to blog once you get behind because I don't know where to start! lol

But let's try this again.. hopefully I don't get off my "groove" and fall behind again.

So this is for you Mom, Alyssa, Chemene, Debbie.. and anyone else that felt like threatening me if I didn't get back to posting pictures! haha

The Young family has a reunion at Bear Lake every year. The girls had a BLAST this year.

Kambrie "Shmizing" If you don't know what that is you need to watch America's Next Top Model ;)

Kynzee was so happy in the water

They LOVED playing with Jaycee. They miss her so much now!

One of my favorite pictures of Kambrie

Silly kids. Notice Kambrie's 2 bathing suits.. she insisted on wearing as many as possible all at once. She's so obsessed.

I was surprised at how much fun Kynzee had splashing in the COLD water!

My gorgeous baby is getting so big!

Kynzee and Jaycee

Funny Jaycee, she is so cute and always makes me laugh.

We had a lot of fun this year.

And thanks to Danny's family who watched my kids while I was dying in the tent from a kidney infection :)

Despite not feeling good it was great, and the tent sleeping wasn't even that bad! (Gasp)

Random Summer Fun

2009-08-09T09:51:00.000-07:00

I love how my girls are the biggest "girlies" around.

They love makeup, getting their hair done, their nails painted, pettiskirts, and sunglasses :)

I spent a day with them being "girly" and then we went to the park to take some pictures.

Daddy even took all of us out to dinner that night at the Beehive Grill.

It was a super fun day!

Kambrie in her stylin' sunglasses

Kynzee not wanting her picture taken.
The pretty girls at The Beehive Grill

Playing at the park after a day of pampering

Kynzee loves her tap shoes!

Fun with Cousin Jaycee

2009-08-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

The girls have had so much fun this summer hanging out with their cousin Jaycee.

They are going to be heartbroken when she goes back home to Wisconsin :(

Jaycee came and stayed with us for a couple days and they all had a good time keeping me on my toes.

3 kids 3 and under is not an easy task!

Thanks for letting us borrow your daughter Chemene!

At Burger King being as silly as possible

The 3 stooges

The love eachother... most of the time ;)

3 beautiful little ladies

Just another step in becoming a Princess..

2009-08-09T09:39:00.000-07:00

I know these pictures are backwards, but blogger isn't letting me rearrange them.

Kambrie begged for weeks to get her ears pierced since Kynzee did.

Mom finally caved and off to Claire's we headed :)

Kambrie was quite surprised when it hurt :(

But after looking in the mirror and saying she looked like Princess Giselle, she was totally happy.

After all.. Beauty is pain!

Hanging with Grandpa and Grandma Abney

2009-07-15T16:35:00.000-07:00

My Grandpa and his wife Thea came into town and we were very excited because I never have family around. They were camping at Crystal Hot Springs so we had lots of fun swimming and hanging out with them.

On our way out there the girls were very excited!

This is Kambrie's excited face

Kambrie and her Daddy.. she still has the excited face on :)

Kynzee and Grandpa Abney

They wouldn't even crack a smile so Daddy had to step in and force it out of them :)

The girls roasting their 1st marshmellows ever

Kynzee and her 1st smore

Later on we shipped the girls off to Danny's parents and Danny and I enjoyed ourselves a round of golf with the Grandparents.

It was so beautiful out there!

Danny and I playing golf... him mostly playing.. me mostly riding ;)

Danny LOVES golf

Grandpa Abney and Grandma Thea

We're so glad we got to see you guys! We hope you come again soon :)

Fun at the Grandparents for the 4th of July

2009-07-09T16:29:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July we went to Montpelier to hang with Danny's family.

The girls were excited to hang with Jaycee.

We went to the very exciting parade (;)

Then went and watched fireworks at the park.

It was lots of fun :)

A not so attractive family picture.. but the only one we got that night

Kynzee playing with the neighbor boy

Running around like monkies

Grandma Dixon has lots of "special" dolls. She was nice enough to let Jaycee and Kynzee hold them. They were so excited! They're like real babies to them.

Being extra careful...

Family Pictures!

2009-07-09T09:15:00.000-07:00

I am really slow getting these up, but we had our family pictures taken and they turned out so cute! You'd never know how terrible my kids were during this shoot...

but they were BAD. :)

So I'm glad Jessica was patient enough to get a few good ones!!

Kynzee and Mom

So close to being the perfect family picture

My gorgeous girl

She's so adorable

Cute Kambrie and I

The girls love their Daddy!

I think this is one of my most favorite pictures ever!

Double trouble.. but double cute!

I love, love, love them!

Kambrie and her tongue.. I used to pull this look all the time when I was a kid too :) It's genetic I guess...

She is so sweet.

The only one where everyone is looking! So this is the picture you are all getting ;)

Thank you Jessica for doing our pictures!

To see all her beautiful pictures check her out HERE

Win a Pettiskirt.. and help a great cause in the process!

2009-06-24T14:12:00.000-07:00

Love pettiskirts?
Want a FREE one?
Well then enter to win one in our raffle.
100% of the proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society.
My family and I are doing Relay for Life on July 24th.
We are going to hold a raffle for lots of fun prizes. :)
...including a fabulous pettiskirt. Custom made to your liking!
This is an $80 value!
Raffle tickets are $1 each.
Drawing will be held on
Saturday, July 25th.
So try your luck, buy some tickets and help a great cause in the process. :)
Please help out the American Cancer Society!

Also, if you have anything you'd like to donate to the raffle please contact me :)
Click here to see more about what you can do to help in the fight against cancer

Princess Tea Party

2009-06-16T15:35:00.000-07:00

The Old Barn Theater had a Princess Tea Party and my girls were sooo excited :)

They dressed up in their Princess clothes and off we went.

It was so cute with lots of goodies to eat :)

The girls were completely star struck when all the Princesses came out singing.

They were so star struck in fact that they could not smile for one single picture...

Go figure.

It was so much fun though and I'm going to enjoy this stage where they still "believe".

Getting ready to go in

All our little Princesses ready for the show!

Kynzee's model pose

She had so much fun running around the on the stage

Kambrie even got into the dancing

With Cinderella

Princess Ariel

Kynzee's very favorite Snow White

Beauty and the Beast

Aladdin and Jasmine

Kambrie's favorite, Giselle from Enchanted

Sleeping Beauty

The whole group

Even though they look bored out of their minds in every picture.. they really did have a blast! Having girls is so much fun :)

First Day of Preschool

2009-06-16T15:31:00.000-07:00

Today was Kynzee's 1st day of Preschool.

I can't believe how fast she is growing up!
She was so excited to go.
They are learning about camping this week.

Kambrie was very jealous that she did not get to go with Kynzee.

Next year!

So excited!

Now a little nervous...

5 Reasons Why...

2009-06-11T10:59:00.000-07:00

5 REASONS WHY I LOVE YOU:

1. You're the first one to make me smile everyday

2. You always give me the last bite of everything :) Even if it's your favorite.

3. You call me 10 times a day to check on me and tell me you love me!

4. You never complain about my sewing mess :)

5. You never say a word about me eating icecream at 11 pm at night (lol)

I love you Danny.

Jumping on the Trampoline :)

2009-06-11T10:43:00.000-07:00

We went up to Bear Lake to see Lance and Chemene since they came home for the summer.

The girls have so much fun playing with Jaycee.

Kynzee got to stay for a few days and play longer.

Kambrie had to come home with us because she was sick :(

The couches are always squished at the Dixon house :)

Kynzee jumping with Daddy. This is probably the happiest she looked the whole time.

This was the rest of the time.. her screaming..

I thought this picture was funny because they're making the exact same face.

Kynzee is such a chicken when she swings.

Trampoline hair is the best!

Vanessa and Kynzee

Uncle Chase and Jaycee

Kynzee decided to play it safe and stay on the ground

Kambrie's favorite thing to do is swing

Kynzee and Uncle Chase trying to break her in... it didn't work..

Jaycee is hilarious on the trampoline. She has no fear. She is so cute.

My kids... playing it safe... as usual ;)

Good times at Bear Lake

2009-06-11T10:32:00.000-07:00

I'm slow on blogging lately..

but in my defense I'm soooo busy.

We went up to Bear Lake a few weeks ago and the girls had so much fun playing with Jaycee.

We went to the park and they played hard..

until Kambrie face planted it into the ladder on the slide. :(

Poor girl.

Grandpa and Kynzee

Kambrie the monkey

She's such a poser

Typical face of Kambrie...

First time on a teeter totter!

Funny Kynzee Moment

2009-06-04T14:41:00.000-07:00

Today Kynzee woke up from her nap and said , "Well hello my friend! How did you sleep?"

Kynzee replied, "Mommmmm.. I'm not your friend! I'm Kynzee Ta-rie".

(Supposed to be Marie)

Hahaha! Oh how I love my silly Kynzee

A Fun Day With Grandpa and Grandma

2009-06-02T07:56:00.000-07:00

Grandpa and Grandma Dixon came down this past weekend and hung out with us for a while.

The girls were so excited and automatically thought that since they were coming they were getting presents. ;)

We went to First Dam to try to feed the ducks.. but they were not hungry.

Apparently Logan's ducks are very well fed.

Then they treated us to ice cream at Aggie Ice cream and we all loved that!

After that we went to IFA and the girls got very excited over the baby bunnies.

We had so much fun with them.

We're glad they came down!

Daddy tickling Kynzee

Kambrie and Grandpa

Grandma and Kynzee

Grandma and Kambrie

It's so funny how they're usually always doing the same things. Monkey see Monkey do I guess.

Mommy Kambrie

2009-06-02T07:51:00.000-07:00

There is an excellent Mommy in this house.. and it's not me.

It's Miss Kambrie.

She takes the best care of her babies.

She makes sure they're always dressed, changed and fed.

I found this on the couch one day after I had laid her down for a nap and thought it was hilarious.

She is so cute and one day will make a fantastic Mommy.

Her baby had all the most important items right at her disposal:

*3 binkies

*1 banana

*A ball on a plate

*Wrapped up tighting in a blankie

We love you little Kambrie!

Memorial Day

2009-06-02T07:40:00.001-07:00

For Memorial Day we went to Ryan's Place Park and had a little family picnic.

The girls love that park and it is so cute and different.

They loved the slide, especially when Daddy taught them to go down on their stomach's.

It was fun to spend a relaxing day together as a family.

We don't get those very often!

Kambrie is a dare devil

Kynzee loves sliding!

Kynzee and her model walk.

Slide hair is the best :)

Silly monkey

Kynzee and her strong arms

Our friend Trisha came along and we were so glad she did! The girls have so much fun with her.

Farmer's Market

2009-05-23T14:27:00.000-07:00

I love the Farmer's Market!
There are so many things there that I would love to buy :)
Of course I don't.. I just write them on my "One Day When We Have Money List".. lol

It's still fun to walk around in the nice weather and look though.

Spending time with my family is my favorite thing to do.

Life is always better when I can hold Danny's hand :)

Danny and I with my new hair that I traded a pettiskirt for... I love trading! :)

Beautiful Kynzee hugging onto her Daddy. She is such a Daddy's girl.

Trisha, me, Kambrie and Brittany B.

Love self photos!

Trisha with Rachel. She was brave enough to take all the kids into the freezing water. They enjoyed it though!

Daddy and Kambrie

Kambrie loves Trisha.. and so do we! ;)

Cuteness

Kynzee LOVED the tire swing. Maybe we'll have to go to this park more often??

Kynzee and Rachel flying around

Peter Pan

2009-05-23T14:17:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to score a ticket to Peter Pan thanks to my fabulous friend Brittany :)

We had such a good time getting out of the house without kids or husbands (Sorry guys..)

We spent our time, laughing, chatting and... eating ;)

The play was pretty good and quite entertaining.

We're definitely going to do it again.
Does this mean I'm "Cultured" now?? hehe

Us with Captain Hook... He was fabulous!

This is what happens when you tell Brittany to take a funny face picture.. she only points the camera to you.. so I end up looking like a fool. Does anyone else have only one eye that crosses? I don't know why the other one can't copy the other one...

One of my very best friends :)

Thanks for the fun night out Brittany!
We have become so close in the short time we've known eachother and I am so thankful for her friendship! She is an amazing person and I'm glad she's my friend :) And yes, she's definitely ten times cooler since she shares my name!

Bees in her ears...

2009-05-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

Kambrie's new thing is that she has "Bees in her ears".

She will wake up in the middle of the night screaming because of this.

When it first started I thought she must have an ear infection, so we took her to the doctor.

We were relieved to find that there were no "bees in her ears".

Just a little fluid...

She still cries about it though...

It's a mystery to all of us for now.

Something wrong or just some weird fear that's she's developed??

Your guess is as good as mine...

Bowling

2009-05-23T14:00:00.000-07:00

For our FHE on Monday we went bowling at the Fun Park.

It started off well.. the girls were excited about the shoes..

Kambrie really liked all the different colored balls.

Kynzee bowling with Daddy

And then this happened.. Kambrie tripped and the whole night went down hill...

She screamed from then on...

So it ended on a sour note :(

But at least we tried to have some fun family time!
The girls were much happier once the Cascio's showed up and they could run around with their kids. Guess they don't like hanging out with their parents so much anymore??
Our final scores ended up being...

Girls: 68

Me: 71

Danny: 147

Yes, that's right... my toddler children beat me by 3 points.

I'm pretty sure I'm the worst bowler in the world.

Danny even felt sorry for me and had them put the bumpers on for me around the 4th frame..

Otherwise my score would have been substantially lower I'm sure ;)

4 Years Later...

2009-05-18T13:49:00.000-07:00

4 Years ago on April 30, 2005 (Yes, I'm a little late!)

I married my best friend in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity :)

We've had a crazy four years.. full of babies, diapers and moving.

After all that he's still my best friend!

I love you Danny!

Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking. -Chinese Proverb

"No man is truly married until he understands every word his wife is NOT saying." - unknown

"To laugh often and love much... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self... this is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

For our anniversary my friend Megan took our children (THANK YOU!) so Danny and I could have a night on the town. We went and enjoyed ourselves to some good food at Olive Garden and then over-indulged at Casper's Ice cream. I love spending time with my husband and it's even better when we can actually hold hands.. instead of each chasing after a child :) Here's to another year!

I'm Kate Gosselin!

2009-05-12T19:22:00.000-07:00

Ok not quite.. but now I can understand what she goes through a little more!

I had the pleasure of babysitting some cute kids the other day.

They all got along really well and had a great time playing!

By the end of the day I was completely and totally exhausted.

Six kids 4 and under is a LOT of work :)

Health Days

2009-05-12T18:04:00.000-07:00

We had the best day at "Health Days" in Smithfield.

The girls favorite part was the bouncy house.

They could have stayed in there all day.
Kambrie had no fear and bounced away.

Kynzee bounced on her knees and refused to stand up. lol

I wish they could stay little forever.

There's a lot of pics of Kambrie jumping, but it was hilarious how cute the pettiskirt looked when she was jumping, so I had to post them all. :)

Happy 50th Grandma Dixon :)

2009-05-12T17:52:00.000-07:00

We went to Pocatello for Grandma Dixon's 50th birthday.

(Sorry Debbie, I figured it was ok to put 50.. since it was plastered to your house.. there's probably not many people who don't know by this point ;)!)

We gathered at Red Lobster and had a great time.. until Kynzee started puking her guts out.

Besides that.. it was fun to see the family and play Sandee's creative games and decorations.

Grandpa and the birthday girl

Daddy and Kambrie

Grandpa and Grandma Young with Grandpa Dixon

Right before Kynzee threw up...

Sandee and Stef

The Young's

She'll be coming around the mountain...

2009-05-12T17:38:00.000-07:00

My family came down from Montana to pick up Alyssa from school.
She graduated with her Master Esthetics.
We are so proud of her :)
However I was very sad to see her leave!

It was fun seeing the family for a little bit though!

It was Casey's birthday so we made him birthday french toast. The girls insisted he have a candle.

The girls love their Uncles! And not only because they're tall and that means they can go really high in the air!

Casey and Alyssa love their birth control :)

Kynzee thinks Uncle "Carrot" is so funny

Everyone with Mimi

I really wish I lived closer to my family so I could see them more often :(

The older I get the more I realize just how important my family is.

Love you all!

Kynzee-ness

2009-04-29T14:09:00.000-07:00

This morning my kids were out of control.

They decided to have their biggest knock down drag out ever...

over a Sponge Bob toy from a Happy Meal...

(You have got to be kidding me!)

I threw the toy in the garbage,took them to their room and explained that they had to stay in there until Daddy came home from school.

I closed the door and heard Kynzee say, "Baby, we have to stay in here for many days cuz we're in big trouble."

Many days?? LOL Where did she get that?

Fast forward a few hours, I laid Kynzee down for her nap.

"Goodnight Kynzee. Take a nap."-Mommy

"Okay Mom, but I'm not going to sleep for many days. OKAY?"-Kynzee

I always wonder where she comes up with this stuff..

I'll probably never know.

For now it's good laughing material :)

It's Already Starting...

2009-04-28T14:20:00.000-07:00

Danny was trying to get Kynzee's attention but she

was ignoring him while jabbering away on the "phone".

Danny asked her who she was talking to.

She covered the phone and said,

"It's a boy Dad."

And then continued talking while Danny and I picked our

jaws up off the ground.

I knew this would happen but I didn't think it would be at the age of 3!

Guess she's starting early :)

I have a feeling we're in for an adventurous ride with this one!

Pizza Bandit

2009-04-27T16:41:00.000-07:00

We've all been deathly ill around these parts,
so we ordered pizza for dinner.
Danny and I each grabbed a couple slices.. fed the kids and sat down to relax.
When Danny went back for seconds he got a little confused when he found 2 empty pizza boxes.
We hadn't eaten that much...
after a little looking around he found that our pizza had been carried off by a zebra.
No joke.
The proof is in the pictures....

Grammies

2009-04-25T09:07:00.000-07:00

Kynzee is really into hearing stories right now.

I was getting tired of always telling "Once Upon A Time" stories..

So I decided to tell her a story from when I was little girl.

The story of the time where my Grandma came in and jumped on the beds with us.

Kynzee threw back her head and laughed so loud.

She thought it was hilarious.

Now she always asks me to tell her "Funny Grandma" stories.

I haven't run out yet..

thankfully I have the funniest Grandma on the planet.

It made me realize how much I'd like to take Kynzee back to my childhood and

show her just how much fun we had with my Grandma.

She jumped on beds, she chased us, she LOVED scaring us, she was the 1st person we shared a joke with, she always spoiled us rotten, she played with us all the time, she always made us feel special and she ALWAYS shared her Pepsi's with us.

When I was little I thought my Grandma was the most wonderful person in the entire world.

I still do :)

She has taught me so much.

I love you Grams! And I can't wait to bring the girls up for a visit so you can scare the crap out of them like you used to do to us...

Kynzee thinks her Grams is HILARIOUS

She has a devious look in her eye.. she's probably about to pinch me...

She came down to help me control my wild child Kynzee after I had Kambrie :)

On a picnic with us

You all should be jealous that she's not your Grandma...

she's pretty much where I got my funniness and my "cool-ness" from. ;)

Those were the days..

2009-04-23T21:17:00.000-07:00

I have a bridal picture of myself on a shelf in my house..

Kambrie pointed to it and said, "Shisha".

I said, "No, that's Mommy".

She replied with a "nooooooo".

She wouldn't believe me...

guess I may look slightly different now.

That got me to thinking about my "pre-baby" days.

Any Mom who has had kids knows what I'm talking about.

The days where you thought you were fat because when you sat down you could almost see a roll.. when you were hunched over... and pushed your stomach out.

The days where you could look for clothes with single digit sizes on them.

When you knew you could squeeze into something just by sucking in.

These days I'm lucky if I can suck in at all.

I try but for some reason it just sucks all the fat to my neck.

Then I have double, double chin.

So it's a no win situation.

I tried on a bathing suit top that I wore "pre-baby".

Let's just say that I looked like a corn dog that was cooked in the microwave too long.

There were things poking out all over the place.

I'm pretty sure those holes were meant to show skin...

And let me tell you, my skin was definitely "showing".

I secretly still have my size 5 jeans hiding on a shelf in my closet.

Every once in a while I'll pull them out and hold them up to me.

Why I do that I'll never know.

I spend the rest of the day being angry at my husband.
He comes home and I just point my finger at him and say, "YOU, you did this to me."

He's so frightened he can't answer.

He just calmly takes my hand and leads me to a bucket of ice cream.

I used to love Sunday's because that meant I got to wear cute, little, feminine dresses.

I'd get all dolled up and bounce my way to church with my springy curls.

Now I despise Sunday's.

I have 2 options...

a dress that barely fits standing up. Then I sit down and it all lets loose.

Buttons popping everywhere.

By the end of Relief Society I look like a hussy.

I have to convince them that I did come modestly dressed, I'm just not leaving that way.

When I sit things always shift upwards...

I've decided with the way I'm built it'd be better if it all went down.
I can't afford anything else up there. It's already crowded.

Option #2 would be the dress that's huge and flowy.

Definitely more comfortable than the 1st option.

However, no one wants to feel like a pregnant heffer.

I walk the halls and people move out of the way.

I sit down and I have billows of (mostly) fabric surrounding me.

I've begged What Not To Wear for their help...

apparently they have better things to do.

I so fondly remember my wedding day when I wore a corset the entire day.

By the end of the night I thought I was going to die before I got that thing off.

Sad thing is I feel like that now most of the time..

I wear my cotton t-shirt... XL.. and by the end of the day

I'm tearing the thing off panting, "Holy crap that was tight!"

Needless to say I've changed slightly since the days I got married.

And one of these days I just may get around to "shedding" my "winter coat".

Until then however, I will continue to look and the mirror and like what I see.

Because that person is the most beautiful person in the world to 3 people.

Kynzee tells me all the time, she points to my stretch marks and says , "Beautiful Mom, I like your makeup."

Kambrie always tells me that I'm as "Pretty as a Princess".

And my husband still smiles when I walk in the room, with greasy hair, smeared makeup, a baby in one arm and a frying pan in the other.

And as long as the most important people in my life like me....

well then why shouldn't I? :)

Poll...

2009-04-23T08:41:00.000-07:00

I hate my phone number.

I can't remember it for the life of me.

I don't know what it is... but it's just TOO hard to remember.

I just realized yesterday that I put the wrong phone number on all of my business cards.

I would have obliviously gone around passing them out until my husband pointed it out.

I had to write my number down for a customer and wrote it wrong TWICE.

Talk about feeling like an idiot...

It's really quite simple...

I need a new number that is easier to remember.

How about 5544? or 3399?

Give me double digits people!

So would you make fun of me if I changed my number again?

Or would you make fun of me anyways??

Are you starting to think that I need something to blog about...??

You're exactly right....

Baby Animal Days

2009-04-20T07:58:00.000-07:00

We went to Baby Animal Days this year and it was so much fun!

The girls were so excited to see the baby animals

and Kynzee is still talking about it :)

I love doing fun things with my little family.

Now that the weather is getting nicer hopefully we'll do it more often!

Kambrie petting the teeny tiny baby bunny. So cute! Danny wouldn't let me take one home :(

The light grey one looks just like the goat I had when I was little. Her name was Sadie and she was my favorite pet ever!

Daddy showing Kynzee the animals

Kambrie going on a wagon ride

With the Easter Bunny. They would not look up no matter how hard I tried. Oh well, at least this year we got them on his lap and not screaming!

Kambrie holding a baby turtle. She loved it! Kynzee refused.

Kynzee and I with a huge horse. Not me- the actual horse ;)

I can't wait for next year! The girls are getting so much fun the older they get.

Candy Hunt with Daddy

2009-04-12T19:26:00.000-07:00

On Saturday the girls went with Daddy to a candy hunt at the mall

while I went to a card class. (Brave Daddy!)

They had lots of fun.

Unfortunately they weren't feeling the best so they were kind of "blah" in all the pictures.

Kambrie was really into it and went all out trying to get the candy.

Kynzee just kind of wandered around and didn't seem to care.

Guess she'd rather have a salad with ranch hunt.. or maybe she just wanted some medicine, bed and some Sprite??

Kambrie's loot

Kynzee and her empty basket

Pretty girl

Having fun with Daddy!

Dishwasher Soap

2009-04-12T19:19:00.000-07:00

In the surprise box that Grandma and Grandpa Dixon sent to the girls there was some Fun Dip. The girls asked me to open it for them, so I did and they took it and ran to the kitchen. I didn't think twice about it...

until I opened the dishwasher and found this in there.

Apparently they've never had Fun Dip before and thought it was dishwasher soap...

So sad.. what a waste.

My favorite candy..

It gave me a good laugh though!

Surprise Box

2009-04-12T19:11:00.001-07:00

We had a surprise package show up to our house

addressed to the "Dixon Princesses".

Of course the girls knew who that meant..

They were VERY excited.

Kambrie loved her new toy.

Kynzee will smile for cookies...

She has taken this duck with her everywhere since she got it.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Dixon!

"The Brittany's"

2009-04-10T20:50:00.001-07:00

Looking for a good laugh?
Well just come hang out with the 3 of us.

We've been dubbed numerous times "The Brittany's".

It doesn't take a genius to figure out why.

We're each the fabulous owners of that name.

I have so much fun with these ladies.

I have to warm up my facial muscles before hanging out with them

because each "hangout" always turns into a

"gut laughing" session.

Love you ladies!

A Princess Everyday

2009-04-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

In our house being a princess comes naturally.

Even if I do get the girls dressed in normal clothes...

they always tend to end up looking like this.

Who would want to wear jeans and a t-shirt

when you can dress in frills everyday?

My gorgeous little lady

Kynzee and her modeling.. this time we get a kiss!

Oh and now the 80's head in hand... nice, nice

They have their moments...

Kambrie

I know all of my posts lately have been about dress up... but that's what goes on in our house 99% of the time right now :) So hang in there until we move to the next stage. Hopefully not too quickly though... I am loving my "girly" girls.

Cinderella- America's Next Top Model

2009-04-02T16:58:00.000-07:00

It really cracks me up just how much Kynzee is into modeling.

She loves watching "America's Next Top Model" with me

and copies their runway walk.

Of course she can't walk the runway without some amazing duds..

she only wears couture made by Madame Mommy.

Working the camera

Her signature move. Half Zoolander, half Tyra Banks

I'm not sure what this one is, her agent is calling? She doesn't get out of bed for less than a bowl of cereal and a juice box. Iced.

Olive Juice...

2009-04-02T16:48:00.000-07:00

Kambrie loves olives..

almost as much as she loves wearing her swimming "soup" sideways.

How she manages that I don't know...

Why do I even bother getting my children dressed in the mornings??

They never keep their clothes on.

They have different fashion ideas than I do...

Anyone else have serial changers in their house??

Birthday Cake

2009-04-02T16:36:00.000-07:00

Kambrie was very excited to blow out her candles this year.

She had watched Kynzee do it in January and it was all she talked about for 2 months :)

But her turn finally came around..

we had to re-lite them because Kynzee got a little excited and blew them out for her the 1st time.

Concentrating hard...

So proud of herself!

Thank You Campbell's..

2009-03-31T10:51:00.000-07:00

Campbell's is the smartest food making people out there.

Thanks to them my kids will eat soup by the case.

Why?
Well because the geniuses at Campbell's make their noodles into shapes.

My kids live by "If it is in a cool shape, it must taste good" rule.

Not convinced I'm 100% correct??

Well here's another example...

dog food...

It has cool shapes,

And I've caught Kambrie with an entire mouthful of the stuff.

Then when I dig it out of her mouth she screams like I just took away the best treat of the day.

Once she swallowed a bead because it resembled a butterfly..

I know I'm right. So here's what I can't figure out...

Why haven't the vegetable people caught on yet?

Star shaped carrots??

Who wants round peas?? Turn them into hearts!

A Cinderella shaped broccoli and my kids would most definitely love it.

And how about tomatoes that look like flowers??

I think it's genius...

These people don't know what kind of money there is to be made.

They need a Mom at the head of their company.

Maybe I'll apply??

Kambrie's Big Day

2009-03-31T08:53:00.000-07:00

Kambrie started her day with breakfast in bed.

We made her pancakes with candles in it...

She wanted to know if this meant she was a princess... I said yes, of course.

She opened her Tinkerbell doll that we won in Vegas and loved it.

She then helped me make her birthday cake... wearing her swimming "soup"

She ended up wearing most of the batter...

But looked gorgeous doing it!

So that meant a quick bath in the sink....

Isn't she beautiful??

When Daddy came home we went to the store and let her run around.

She dressed up in her new blue pettiskirt and told me

she was "Cinderella".

Unfortunately, we were boring this year and didn't do a party.

Maybe next week...

Happy Birthday Kambrie!

2009-03-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

2 years ago today we had the best unplanned blessing of our lives.

Miss Kambrie Raegan turns 2 today and I can't believe how fast it's gone by.

Happy Birthday Kambrie!

We love you so much :)

Right after she was born, 1st time holding her :)

A few days old. She loved sleeping on her Daddy's chest.

Pretty baby! I loved her lips!

3 weeks old
4 months old.. with her "Hoo" hair that would never lay flat

5 months old. She was a drooling machine! Bubby!

7 months old and sweet as could be

1 year old

About 14 months... still had the "Hoo" hair

The sweetest 2 year old ever.... No longer has the "Hoo" hair because Kynzee chopped it off... lol

A few facts about Kambrie:

*Her due date was April 15th

*She weighed 7 lbs 4 oz

* She had colic for MONTHS...

* She walked at 10 months

*Her first word was "Happy"
* She LOVES baby dolls

*Her favorite food is... anything

*She loves to sing in her high squeaky voice

*Her favorite color is blue

*She is the sweetest, cuddliest toddler in the world :)

What's that on your head??

2009-03-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

Kynzee loves to wear this ball of horridness on her head.

It makes her feel beautiful.

She becomes Sleeping Beauty with it on.

As long as she's happy right?

I love that my girls are so into make believe and dress up right now.

It makes me laugh when they insist that I call them

"Cinderella" all day.

Kynzee has turned into quite the little model.. she has all the best 80's moves down.

For some reason she thinks it's sooo cute when I take pictures of the side of her face... silly girl.

A Little Manicure Never Hurt Anyone..

2009-03-28T13:49:00.000-07:00

Cinderella loves to have her nails done..

she has a horrible habit of biting them.

So we put the baby to work and she prettied them up for her. :)

Cinderella thought they looked good,

but I personally would have asked for my money back ;)

Beautiful green polish... clashes just right with her blue dress

Concentration...

Night at the Roxbury-Take 2

2009-03-23T14:01:00.000-07:00

This might not be so funny to everyone, but it was hilarious to me. Every time the song "Circus" comes on they get so excited. Kambrie's head is quite funny about half way through the video. Sorry about the horrible camera person.. we were driving in the car so it was hard to keep it steady :) Enjoy!

Goodbye Corby- Hello Elder Dixon!

2009-03-23T09:43:00.000-07:00

The Dixon family had a "Goodbye" Corby get together

before he headed off to sunny Mexico for 2 years..

We celebrated it in true Dixon fashion....

by playing baseball.

By "we" I mean all of those who can throw balls and

walk at the same time.

(So not me)

It was fun to have the cousins at the park together though

and they enjoyed running wild and taking trips to the

"Port-A-Potty".

Danny was excited to get his mitt out for the 1st time

in a long time and show us his skills :)

Miss Jaycee

2 very beautiful girls

They will never look all at the same time.. no matter how hard I try

Lance proving that white men can jump.

The almost-missionary Corby

Chase and Danny

Kendra

Kambrie and Jaycee with their Uncle Corby. When he gets back they will be much bigger!

Chemene trying to walk the girls to the park

Kambrie going down the slide.. I was so focused on taking this picture that I forgot to catch her at the end... she landed hard on her bum due to my blogging obsession :(

Kynzee being her drama queen self

Kambrie sporting the cute skirt I made her :)

Jaycee is so much better than my kids at taking pictures...

Uncle Chase helped her climb a tree

Now Kynzee's turn... she was a big chicken... surprised??? Mmm... no.

Kambrie very happy that food is coming

Kynzee eating her favorite food salad with ranch.

Corby and his Mama

Chase and Jaycee had too much fun... naptime in the middle of Red Lobster

The whole family

Corby and the favorite Aunt Sandee

Vanessa tied Chase's shoelaces together... then tried to kill him. We're all just glad that someone is finally able to pick on Chase and get away with it. We all know he deserves it ;)

Trying to untie his shoelaces. Go Vanessa!

It was a great time with the family. Corby will be missed terribly but we all now he'll be an amazing missionary. Good luck Corby!

Sweets and Treats

2009-03-19T21:36:00.000-07:00

Kynzee loves to be a big help in the kitchen.

She loves unloading the dishwasher

and she LOVES to help me cook.

I know this won't last long..

so I've been putting her to work while I still can ;)

A few weeks ago we made cupcakes for

Family Home Evening and she very much enjoyed herself.

There really should be a way to slow time down...

I'm going to miss this one day,

I'm sure of it :(

Kynzee loves stirring

Baking is never a funny matter to Kynzee

Kambrie decorating a cupcake... Pretty sure she ate the entire bottle of sprinkles before they made it to the cupcake. The ones that did, well I can't guarantee they weren't licked before they rested on the tops of the cupcakes ;)

Kynzee LOVES frosting.. just as much as her Mommy :)

Kambrie wastes no time, she goes straight for the goods and who needs hands anyways? They just get in the way according to her.

Yummmm... Kynzee eats the opposite of Kambrie and takes her time.

Still digging in...

The final product... topped with possibly licked sprinkles ;) Good thing we didn't give them out...

Ps... Yes, sadly... these pictures are Pre-bad haircut by Kynzee. *sniff sniff, tear tear* I miss her pretty hair :(

Sticky Situations...

2009-03-18T18:43:00.000-07:00

Kambrie tends to get herself into some sticky situations daily..

Lately she likes crawling into the kitchen cabinets and then screaming when she can't get out.

She also LOVES applying makeup by the pounds. The chunkier the better..

90% of the day she has some sort of sticky substance between her fingers.

Sometimes it makes its way to the rest of her body also.

And on occasion to her hair... all few strands that Kynzee has left behind.

I can most of the time find Kambrie just by feeling for the goop she has left in a trail behind her.

I love my messy, gooey, sticky kid...

She makes my life an adventure everyday.

Dress Up Day

2009-03-18T16:18:00.000-07:00

Today I let the girls wear whatever their little hearts desired..

surprisingly.. (not) they chose pettiskirts...

so if you're sick of them, just know you haven't seen the last of them yet!

They sleep in them, eat in them and play in them.

They were hilarious enjoying the outdoor weather that is finally turning nice. :)

I love my girls so much...

especially when they're this cute.

Kynzee is sporting her very favorite rainboots from her Mimi.

Kambrie has 2 right boots on.

One a size 5 and one a size 7.

Didn't seem to bother her.

They melt my heart :)

I guess I'd better get on it and make them some more in different colors

so I don't get sick of the same ones everyday.

Porcelain Pettiskirt Princess

2009-03-16T16:53:00.000-07:00

Officially announcing that Kambrie is now

POTTY TRAINED!

YAY!!!

NO MORE DIAPERS!!!

And what better way to do that than fashionably??

She's the prettiest thing I've ever seen sitting on a toilet.

Bet you can't deny it.

I love this beautiful girl more every time I look at her.

Thinking hard...

So proud that she can do it all by herself!

Wiping the wrong side apparently...

Now she got it! Still looks awfully cute while doing her deed. haha

Pettiskirts are AMAZING.

I love them and they are so worth the hard work that goes into them.

Yes, I am selling them. :)

But if you'd like to attempt one yourself.. feel free to ask me for help!

I think every girl deserves a pettiskirt and there shouldn't be any reason she can't have one.

So get to work mommies of all those little princesses!

I have all the answers in my head! lol

VeGaS bAbY!

2009-03-15T18:28:00.000-07:00

Be Warned!!

This post has one billion pictures..

so if you lose interest fast... move along fellas!

Danny and I took our very 1st "alone" vacation together :)

We headed to sunny Vegas to win lots of money on gambling.

However, it was

A) Not sunny... but COLD

B) We did not win lots of money

C) All of the above

(Correct answer is C)

Despite the Un-Luck we seemed to have following us around..

it was alot of fun :)

We spent our days wandering around in a sea of drunk college students

and scarcely dressed cocktail waitresses.

We hit the JACKPOT 2 TIMES.

We also had no photographers... (Boo)

Since there was no way I could ask a drunk college student to stand up straight enough to take our picture together... there are very few of us together other than our "self" portraits. So get ready for a lot of those! (Yay!)

Definitely the opposite of Logan!

Living on the edge people.. livin' on the edge.

Danny and I on our 1st day there...

On the 4-D Sponge Bob Movie Ride... it was a blast :)

We hit the JACKPOT!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the arcade..... which awarded tickets... not dollars... and we hit it twice.
Holy cow the luck!
Imagine all the cheap "made in China" toys we got with that!
Danny collecting our winnings

JACKPOT Baby! 1st time too! I have some mad pressing the button skills...

My jackpot winnings... I tried to convince them it was DOLLARS.. not tickets.
They were not amused.

We went Coca-Cola tasting. They give you 16 different pop flavors from around the world.

It costs $7.00. Then you spend the rest of the time dry heaving... it's pleasant.

There were only a couple "good" Pops. Sweden was pretty good and Bolivia was not that bad. 2 out of 16 ain't bad right?

The rest of the 16 tasted like..... poo. Italy has the nastiest drink I have ever put in my mouth. I am pretty sure it burned the lining of my stomach and throat. Here's what I learned about foreign sodas... they are either:

A) Filled with syrup and sugar that's so sweet you cry when you drink it

B) So bitter your tongue screams at you for making the poor choice to try it

Either way, I say never drink pop when you're in a foreign place.. but they also say don't drink the water... so maybe just be thirsty. That's the only good option I can see.

Me with my 16 drinks... Boy if I had known what my mouth was in store for.. that smile would not have been there.

Danny and I at Planet Hollywood. One of my favorite hotels.

Another self portrait... humor us people

Danny playing golf at the ESPN game place

We went to the Shark Aquarium and it was really cool. This fabulous fish is a "saw" fish. Best looking fish there. I choose him over the sharks any day. We also got to pet sting rays..... If you're into petting slimey wet things... well then you would have enjoyed it.

We also made our way to the wax museum which was pretty sweet.

Danny and Miss Jessica Simpson. I had to drag him away kicking and screaming from this one ;)

Lucille Ball and I.... for my Grammies :)

This one was for my Mom... I wanted to make sure she looked thin so I stood with my fat side showing. Anything for Diana.

The Kennedy's and I...

For John...

While we were eating dinner at the Stratosphere, Rod Stewart and Elvis came in and served the good common folks dessert. You know times are tough when they have to serve in a buffet. Economy must be really bad...

The man and I at the top of the Stratosphere. Stand up straight Brittany! Stand up STRAIGHT! My 9th grade choir teacher would have my head.

Tim McGraw.... almost.... but not quite... Otherwise I would have jumped on him. Seriously...

Elvis and I. We got real close at the American Superstars Show. He thrusted at me, held my hand, kissed it and even wiped his sweat on me. Nice. Had it been a few decades ago, I could have sold that sweat for a pretty penny. I probably would have even fainted. But it's not. And I didn't. Oh well. I tried to enjoy it for you Grandma! Elvis and his swiveling hips have made me a fan.

Danny and I with my Vegas lashes... think these would go over ok in Logan? Or would I be confused for a street walker?? Poll?

After 5 days of being in Vegas we decided that...

A) 5 days in Vegas is TOO LONG

B) We missed our kids terribly

and

C) We need to get away and do things more often with just the 2 of us :)

Many thanks to the Grand Pa & Ma Dixon for taking on our crazy children for us.

We brought them back a magnet...

I'm pretty sure they feel like they got the short end of the stick.