Malolo Family

2012-01-22T22:42:00.002-07:00

Here is Cayden and Tejia making a funny face for me before we had to leave Vegas. Silly kids! One serious picture of the kids where they were told to put on a pretty smile for me! They had a blast playing together!

And Torri is Four months old in this picture! I am taking pictures of her every month, when she is one month older than before, because I have one of those frames to put her first year of pictures in for every month of her first year. Did that make sense? anyway, here is another!

Brant and Torrence. She is wearing her cute little dress Grandma Shell and Grandpa Steve gave to her for Christmas! She is SOOOOO adoreable in it, but I will have to get a better picture of her in it! This will do for now though!

Vegas Christmas!

2011-12-29T00:08:00.000-07:00

So I didn't get many pictures at all of our christmas morning, I did however, capture it on the camcorder, so when I figure that one out, I will put it on here! Here are the pictures I did get!
The Gingerbread house that I and Tejia and Cayden, Tejia's cousin, put together! Turned out alright!

Cute little Torrence playing on her playmat in her cute outfit gramaShell got for her!

and pictured here, from left to right, is Mariah, (Brant's sister) Ciarra, (Brant's other sister) Rex, (Brant's bio. father) Cayden,(Ciarrra's son) and Brant!

and just a close up of my little Torri bug!

2011 Christmas

2011-12-28T23:52:00.000-07:00

Tejia and Torrence got the chance to go see Santa and Tejia told him what she wanted for Christmas! This year she wanted a Figit and an art easel board to practice being an artist! We went to the Shops at Riverwoods and it was FAREEEZING cold! It was still a bit of fun though! We went out with Aimee and Savannah and a couple of Sav's friends! They have awesome displays of Christmas lights there and I like the Santa in the cottage, too. It was free and we were allowed to take our own pictures, so no expensive stuff! I loved the dripping icesickle lights they have there, Tejia is pictured by a tree with those lights on it above! It was just nice to get out and have an evening away from home!

Christmas dance recital 2011

2011-12-15T12:36:00.000-07:00

Yay! Tejia wasn't sick this year for her dance recital! I was sooo excited to go see her perform! She absolutley LOVES to put on a show, especially in her costumes! She really loved the blue and black costume this year! Tejia did such an outstanding performance for her rehearsal and recital! I loved every second of it! She was mostly excited to get some roses at the end of the show from me and Brant! I still don't know how to upload the actual performance from my camcorder onto the computer, I promise, I will have Brant look into it, to see if it can be done so you can view it on my blog, but until then, here are a few pics of her in her cute costumes to enjoy!

Thanksgiving Day 2011

2011-12-04T17:13:00.000-07:00

So, this year we had Thanksgiving dinner at our lilttle house here in Eagle Mountain. We didn't have a lot of people here, but just enough to make it a good Thanksgiving. I would have liked to try and make the dinner, but I didn't have the time or space or money to do it this year. We just ordered a Thanksgiving Feast from Mimi's Cafe, which turned out to be really yummy I thought! We all thought so actually! I did end up making some yummy dinner rolls and pumpkin pie though! We had a great time, watching football, playing some games on the PS3, visiting and catching up with the Malolo's, since we don't get to see them very often.
Tejia LOVED having grandma Klover and papa Tony here. She couldn't get enough of them. It was nice to let her spend some time with them, it let me do some christmas shopping for her this year!
All in all, we had a great time!

Torrence's Blessing dress

2011-12-04T17:01:00.000-07:00

So I just took some pictures of Torri in her blessing dress, and also Tejia's old blessing dress, just for fun, she looked so beautiful in both of them! I had to do it a bit later after her blessing though, because I didn't have a lot of time to take pictures on the day of, so here they are. I had to get some more because the ones I did take were on my phone and were a little blurry because Torri was wiggling a bit! I wish I could get some professional ones done, but our funds are a bit low this season, so we'll just do with the ol' home-made photos! They work just as well I guess!

Look who's 3 months old!

2011-12-04T16:53:00.000-07:00

Love those little smiles! Just melts my heart!

I love this face too, only her eyes aren't as big as I have seen them before! When she gets excited, her eyes are HUGE, and you can see the white of her eyes all around, it is so funny, but so cute! I love that her eyes are blue, too, who would have thought?...with Brant and I having brown eyes!

just random pictures of my girls!

2011-11-25T19:00:00.000-07:00

Halloween 2011

2011-11-21T10:07:00.001-07:00

random pictures for fall 2011

2011-11-21T10:02:00.001-07:00

Tejia in her "Lil' Devil" Halloween costume this year! She was super cute for a devil. She had a lot of fun and ended up with a ton of candy. We took her trick-or-treating with the neighbor kids and they were "nerds" for Halloween. It was a lot of fun.

and here is just a picture of me and Tejia when we went to choose which pumpkins we wated at the patch! We got some good ones.

Here are the kids, Cameron, Braden and Tejia

and Just a cute picture of Torrence and her daddy!

Family picture of us on Torrence's blessing day!

2011-11-06T21:15:00.002-07:00

We had such a great day today, November 6, 2011 for Torri's blessing! Brant did a wonderful job on her blessing prayer, made me cry, of course, Tejia was a bit tired and cold here in the picture, so she isn't smiling.

We had some yummy dinners, made up of soups, thank you to all of my family who helped me out with it all, I appreciate it very much!
It turned out to be a beautiful day for us all!

Torrence at 2 months old

2011-11-03T14:38:00.002-06:00

Torri's stats are as follows:
weight 10 lbs 14 oz; 55%
length 23 inches; 75%
head circ, 39.5 cm; 75%

She is doing Great and is where she is supposed be for her behaviour and actions. She is cooing and smiling so sweet! It is just so fun to watch her learn and grow! This is one of my favorite times for having a sweet little baby! She is such a good baby and sleeps for me very well! I love her so much and I am so grateful she is finally here to enjoy, I am very blessed to have such sweet daughters!

Torrence is one month old! October 2, 2011

2011-10-07T22:59:00.002-06:00

Shots from our photo session!

2011-10-07T22:30:00.005-06:00

12 days pre-baby

2011-09-21T22:32:00.002-06:00

Tejia's sixth Birthday Party!!

2011-09-14T17:15:00.003-06:00

For Tejia's birthday party, all the kids played games like Red Rover, Cat Tails, Duck, Duck, Goose, and did the piniata. They all had a blast!! It sure wore me out though! Oh well, it was all for that pretty smile on Tejia's face and so worth it too!! Oh, you see that little boy in the yellow shirt and red hat? Tejia also got a sweet little birthday kiss right on the cheek from him, His name is Dawson Douglas. He is such a cute little kid. He is a year younger than Tej, but I think he likes her. She got a kiss from his little brother, Parker, too, but he is shorter so it was on her belly. Kids are so cute!

Torrence

2011-09-14T17:02:00.002-06:00

Torrence

2011-09-14T16:55:00.001-06:00

Sisters!!

2011-09-14T16:47:00.002-06:00

How Lucky are these two to be sisters? I can already see how much they love each other!!

Picture day at school!!

2011-08-30T13:37:00.000-06:00

Tejia has picture day today at her school and I didn't really want to buy the pictures they had to offer because we just had our pictures taken from a good friend on the 20th of August and we are just waiting to get those back!! There are some other reasons why I didn't want to buy the school pictures like that the pricing on the packages are not to my liking and because the school Tej is in, is a charter school, where they wear uniforms, and I don't think that school uniforms are the cutest thing to put kids in for buying pictures. So, Before school today, I went and took some quick little snapshots of Tejia in school uniform for my own little keepsake. No, it won't be with her class, or her teacher, but, why do I really need any of them, when all I care about is her and her cuteness for pictures? I think these turned out alright for a quick photo shoot. Anyway, I hope you enjoy these and stay tuned, I will be posting more of the other pics we had done in the near future!! Can't wait!

more pics of Tej on her picture day

2011-08-30T13:24:00.001-06:00

Tejia's first day of Kindergarten!!

2011-08-23T18:55:00.001-06:00

Tejia was SOOOO super excited to go to her first day of kindergarten!!! I drove her there and dropped her off, took her inside the classroom to make sure she was all good to go. She went in dropped off her back pack in her little cubby and got her name tag and she was set!! Almost forgot to tell her mommy good-bye, so I had to ask her if I could have a quick little kiss and a picture!! She let me have both, thankfully. :) She is so not shy, not one little bit!

I am back in blogging business!! YAY!!

2011-08-11T01:18:00.002-06:00

Okay, here you go. I just put a bunch of posts up for the last month and a half or so since our computer went caplooey!! We finally got our new computer and now I have all the pictures up that I have been wanting to post since the 4th of July! So I hope you enjoy!

Sunday Pictures!

2011-08-11T01:12:00.001-06:00

I just wanted to go out one Sunday after church and take some quick pictures of the family while we were in our nice clothes and it was a beautiful day, so this is what we got!! I really enjoy them!

Our stay at Bear River Lodge up in Summit County

2011-08-11T00:42:00.004-06:00

Well, this summer on July 21st, was our 10 year wedding anniversary and Brant had gotten us this cabin rented for us to stay in and it was quite nice. We did have Tejia there with us, and that was great. It was just another little family vacation for us and it felt so nice to get up in the mountains where the air was cooler and away from all the busyness that life has to bring us.

Tejia caught a lady bug and was so proud of it so I had to take a picture of her accomplishment!

Just daddy and Tejia hanging out together on the porch swing!

and the one wild animal we came across on our ATV ride was this moose!!

I like this picture above, it is Tejia falling asleep on the ATV ride! Too cute!

The cabin also had a nice pool and hot tub outside to go relax in, but it was a bit chilly for us to play in the pool for most of our stay there, so we hung out in the hot tub!

Then just a few pics of us at the cabin we stayed in.

It was nice, because it had a kitchen and everything we needed, besides food, to make our own meals with!! Not that I WANTED to cook, but I did and it was great! It also had a very nice big jetted tub in the master bedroom where I could relax!!

All in all, it was a very nice place to go stay at and I would recommend it for anyone looking to get away for a little relaxation!!

Vacation with Grandpa Rex!

2011-08-11T00:31:00.004-06:00

So when we went to Vegas, we spent our time and nights at Grandpa Rex's house, which was nice, no hotel money had to be spent! Haha!! No Rex was super nice for letting us stay at his place and it wasn't bad either, because he had the pool and TV for relaxing, which I desperately needed while I was there! Las Vegas in July is NOT the kind of weather you want to be in while pregnant, at 8 months!!

Our vacation in Vegas!

2011-08-11T00:25:00.002-06:00

Brant is just chillin' spoonin' in his rootbeer float!

So was Tejia, only hers is a slurpee!

We had to hit up the ol' M&M Factory!

I just love it when she poses so cute for me!

Lagoon Day with SYSCO!!

2011-08-11T00:16:00.002-06:00

I didn't get many pictures at Lagoon, only because I am pregnant and I spent most of the day at Lagoona Beach while everyone else went on the rides! I had a good time still though!

I just love the second picture of Tejia up there, her face just screams, and it makes me laugh!!

Fourth of July 2011

2011-08-10T23:51:00.004-06:00

So, our Independence Day this year consisted of us lighting our own fireworks and watching a few of the neighbors as well, and a few around the neighborhood too!! We spent more than we ever have before on the fireworks this year, but it was well worth it!! We had a great show to put on and the neighbors loved watching them as well. We got one of those packs with the aerials in it and there were six boxes of them with 19 rounds in each, so it was pretty spectacular for just home fireworks!

Tejia just cheesin' it for the camera!!

Tejia with her neighborhood friends, Alysssa on the right and Kaylee on the left!

rear view of the girlies!

You just can't do the 4th of July without poppers!! Right??

and the streamers!!

And I don't know if I can ever catch this cheesy dog smile on Boozie again, so here it is, in its full glory!! My favorite picture here!!

Baby belly, and the pets of the family!!

2011-08-10T23:43:00.002-06:00

Just had to put some of these in here because I never get these two to relax together like this,

especially on my lap, or belly I should say!!

I am in a bit of a slump :(

2011-07-29T23:38:00.002-06:00

Well, I have wanted to put some fun pics up since the beginning of July but I haven't had a chance to!! I have a bunch that I will put up hopefully soon, but the dilemma is that I don't have my computer to do it with! It is so frustrating!

I have a bunch of pictures from the Fourth of July, and some from our couple of little vacations, and some of our little family. I guess they all will just have to wait, and so will I.

Tejia's poor little red eye

2011-06-10T12:43:00.002-06:00

You can't really see how red it really is in the pictures because I am trying to open the eye a bit while taking a pic at the same time. I just hope this inflamed eye will GO AWAY in the next couple of days or so. I am tired of seeing her eye like this, it makes me wanna cry for her. It doesn't hurt her, but just seeing it, is just awful.

just a couple of pics from the rehearsal!

2011-06-10T12:31:00.002-06:00

I was happy to see the rehearsal anyway! I am so sad Tejia didn't get to perform at the actual recital. :( I am super glad she is over her fever now though! Just wish we could get rid of that nasty little red eye thing she has going on.

Tejia's Dance recital!!

2011-05-31T15:39:00.003-06:00

So just a quick little note of Tejia's dance recital coming up this week!! It will be at the Herriman High School again and the recital will take place on Friday June 3rd from 6:00-7:00 pm and the address is 11917 S. 6000 W. Herriman

The rehearsal will be on Thursday same place from 5:00-6:30. Let me know if you want to come to either of these!!

Hanging with the cousin!!

2011-05-31T14:02:00.002-06:00

These cute little girlies are cousins and they are only a week apart in age!! It is hard to believe how tall Tejia is!!! Tejia is with her cousin Madi, and they had a ton of fun playing around together!
We were in Mapleton this day visiting family and going to a mission farewell for our cousin and I just love the looks of this town!!! We were just at a little park by a church and there was this little museum and I thought it would be a cute little place to have Tejia get some pictures taken, so I just did a quick snapshot of her in front of the door there and I really would love to go back and get some more there. There was also a neat old hand cart there that would be great to get some pictures by as well. I will have to go back and get some with Tejia in a cute outfit!!
Tejia and Brant just playing around on this piece of playground toy! They had a bunch of fun!!
It was such a beautiful day!

The "Bug Bite"

2011-05-31T13:52:00.002-06:00

The first day the bug bite really swelled up, looks happy, doesn't she?
You can kind of see how big it was, look at her nose right there between her eyes!
Oh, and I just felt soooo bad for her the third day! This doesn't even look like her!

We FINALLY found some children's benadryl so the swelling went down the next day!

Meal Makin' Momma

2011-05-28T11:49:00.004-06:00

Well, I just thought I would share this post with anyone who wants to see! This is a blog I just recently started following to try to get some new ideas on dinners and drinks and gatherings and other fun crafty things!! This blog is called Meal Makin' Momma and there are some great ideas there for dinners and I really need some new ideas, so if you want to check it out too, just go here and check it out for yourself!! There is also a fun little giveaway going on there too if you would like to enter for a chance to win!!

Tejia's Dance Pictures 2011

2011-05-07T12:54:00.001-06:00

Just a quick snapshot before we left!!

Super duper cuteness!!! I loved the location and the props
but especially the girlie in the photo!

and just a snapshot of the class!
The weather turned out to be GREAT for photos and I am soooo glad!! They turned out very cute!

Self portrait of the "Baby Bump" at 20 weeks

2011-05-05T21:03:00.002-06:00

No, this is not the best picture of me by far, but I wanted to keep a little picture journal thingy of my pregnancy. I do have another blog that I have been doing that in, with this pregnancy, but it is private, right now! I just thought I would let ya'll see how the bump is coming along!! I love it!! I can feel baby moving inside of me now and every now and then I see a little jump of the belly where she is jabbing me, but I just love it!! Anyway, that is my little update for now!!

The Egg Hunt for Eagle Mountain!!

2011-04-26T13:29:00.002-06:00

So, we had never been to one of these egg hunts before, so I thought we could check it out this year! It was fun!! Not like I had expected, but it was great! The hunt consisted of 3 age groups ranging from 3 up to 12 years old and Tejia was in the 5-8 year olds! The lawn was marked off for the egg territory and the kids were not allowed to go in until the horn sounded then they just run a free-for-all!! and grab as many eggs as they can! it was funny to watch because it was like a herd of ants or something all swarming the lawn for the eggs!! The kids came in waves and then the hunt was over in about 1 minute! WOW!! Tejia had a lot of fun though! Even though she spilled a few eggs out of her basket at the end and another little girl came and snatched some of Tej's eggs :( I felt bad though coz the other little girl had like no eggs whatsoever, so we let her have a few. If we go next time, Tejia will have a better basket that won't spill!!

Easter Morning!!

2011-04-26T13:23:00.002-06:00

Tejia and her new favorite toy, wearing her cute little Easter Dress for church on Easter Sunday!
Some of the things the Easter Bunny brought Tejia!

...and her kinda strange reaction to what she saw Easter morning. She was being all awkward for the camera, oh well!
She found a few dollar bills as well!! That is always exciting!!

Eater Egg Hunt with Syd and Jax!!

2011-04-26T13:16:00.002-06:00

Tejia had a blast with her cousins Sydney and Jaxon on Easter!! She went on an egg hunt with the help of the two cousins and found a basket full of goodies!! Next year the Easter Bunny should just bring eggs and not worry about stuffing the eggs, Tejia loves the eggs the most and could care less about what is in them! haha!!

Easter Egg coloring fun!!

2011-04-20T19:07:00.002-06:00

Tejia and I started to have a little Easter egg fun last night!! I thought we better color some eggs so we can enjoy them a little before Easter gets here!
Tejia is putting the egg in the dye ever so gently! She did a great job!
I like this picture because of her little face, she is SOOO concentrating!!
This is the egg she wanted to put a moon on with the glue and glitter!! I didn't get a picture of the finished eggs yet, but I will, and try to put them on with this post!

Finally, this is just what colors we dyed the eggs!! We then put glue all over them with a bunch of glitter! Now my fridge smells like stinky eggs! yum! :P

Mini-vacation!!

2011-04-20T15:42:00.007-06:00

So, we went on a little family vacation up to Park City and stayed there a few nights and did a few fun family outings while there!! The pictures are a bit out of order of the things we did, but here they are anyway! We went to Hollywood Connection for our last day since it was closer to home and Tejia had a BLAST there!! I mean, it is mainly for kids anyway, so we just wanted her to have a great time and she did!

Bumper cars are always a favorite in our family, because of the crazy crashing into each other with out getting hurt, it is just a little crazy fun!! Look at the faces on Brant and Tejia! Tej's is the best though! I know it's a bit dark in the pic, but it was indoors and not the best lighting, oh well. :)
Next we went rollerskating, and I haven't don that in years!!! wow, roller blading is so much easier, they had roller blades there, but you had to pay extra for those, dumb, I know, but I didn't have my $ on me so we just did with skates!! This was Tejia's second time roller skating, and she kept pulling on me and falling down, but we went around the rink a few times, and she practiced on the carpeted area a bit too, and she got better and better!! Maybe Skates for her this year on her birthday! We will see!!!

And I think that the Balloon ride was her favorite of them all!! She loves the thrill rides and this one goes up in the air and you spin in your balloon carrier, really fast if you want, and believe me, Tejia wanted to!!

This was her next favorite ride! The roller coaster!! She DID NOT want me or Brant to ride withe her, she had the caboose all to herself and she LOVED it!!
Lastly at Hollywood Connection, we watched a magic show and the magician was pretty great for the little kids and had balloon fun after the show, and Tejia got a laser gun and a flower, good combo, right? Haha!!
Another day we went to the Hogle Zoo as you can see!! Tej was a bit of a bugar for some of the day, I think she just needed a nap, but didn't have one until later, because she was so excited to go on "bay-cation" as she calls it!! You can't tell that by her pictures, but she was! We still had a lot of fun anyway!

On another day, we went bowling up in Park City and it was really fun, I hadn't been for a long time, so it was nice to just get away and do some fun things!!
Tejia is showing off her awesome bowling shoes she got to wear!! I loved her style of bowling!! she did it "Granny Style"!

And Finally, just a few pics of the hotel fun: the swimming pool and hot tub!! That is the best part of any hotel for a kid!!! Tejia just loved it!! We were at the pool every night and sometimes more than once in a day!! Here she is just waiting to go to the pool!!
and now in the hot tub
chillin' with dad!
sneaking back and forth from pool to hot tub
and finally trying to learn to swim with mom!
We had such a great time, just getting out and enjoying each others company, not in our home, although home is nice, it is just as nice to have a little getaway now and then too!!

Our next vacation will be in July and We plan on going to San Diego to see Seaworld and maybe Disneyland if we get the chance to, I am not so sure though, I will be 7-8 months pregnant by then and it will be the middle of summer, so we will see. Hopefully we can have a few family members join us on that trip!!!

New family vehicle!

2011-03-29T22:32:00.002-06:00

Here is our new vehicle!!! I am so very excited to have this, since we had to get rid of our Mazda CX-7. I missed that one like crazy, but this Ford Flex will suffice!! No, seriously, I love the Flex. It is VERY roomy inside and, just so I don't have to go into detail on it, a very awesome family vehicle overall!! Brant Tejia and I all love it!!

Saratoga Springs Fire Department field trip day!!

2011-03-29T22:14:00.002-06:00

So Tejia's preschool class just recently got to go on a little field trip to see the fire dept. of Saratoga Springs and they had a lot of fun and a great learning experience!!! The pic above shows the kids learning they need to crawl out of a room if it was to have smoke in it. They learned how to "stop, drop, and roll" and to get low.
Here they are learning what a fireman needs to wear when going into a building to fight a fire.
And this is fire-woman, Cindy Lou who is showing the kids that firemen, or women, are not scary people when they are all dressed in their outfit to fight a fire. She showed them that she needs to wear this special outfit to protect her body from the fire and smoke so she can go in and try to fight fires.

All the kids were so great at the fire department!! They paid close attention and loved every minute of their field trip!!

Just a cute picture with some of the members of the class with Cindy Lou and the Fire Engine!!!
This is just my personal fav of Tej and her famous little pose for the camera!!

2011-03-19T10:10:00.002-06:00

I really have pictures to post on blog and FB, but I haven't done it for a while now and so I just tried to do some, but the cord to my camera that connects to the computer is not connecting for some reason and it is driving me insane! I want to put some pictures up but I just can't right now! Hopefully Brant will be able to figure it out for me, I don't want to get a new cord, but that just might be the issue. We will see a bit later though. So stay tuned if you would like to see some pics in a few days or so. What a bummer. :(

Spotlight Kid for preschool

2011-02-12T22:53:00.001-07:00

So Tejia got to be the "spotlight kid" in her preschool class this last week and we were supposed to put together a poster or scrapbook page of her and the things she likes to do, so I just got some of my scrapbook things together and came up with theese. I know it isn't much, but I only had a day to get it done in my schedule, so here it is. I really miss scrapbooking too, I wish I had more time to do it.
someday..........

Tejia's latest hair-do!!

2011-02-12T22:41:00.002-07:00

It has been a while since I have posted anything on here, but I just have not had any ambitions to do so lately! so here is just a bit.

I know I have posted pics of her hair a bit and it is only because I love it and now it is longer than what it was when it got chopped! and I am sooo excited for that!! it is even cute with purple streaks going through it!!

"Frosty" The Snowman!! Yes, Frosty!

2011-01-05T13:56:00.002-07:00

So, after one of the big snow falls we had, Tejia really wanted to go out and play in the snow with her dad, so, dad promised he would ater he came home from work, and they built Frosty!

Thanks to Jessie, we have a nice little snowman kit to build Frosty's face and dress him!!! Thanks Jessie! Tejia is LOVING that these days!! it comes in VERY handy!

Christmas time

2011-01-05T13:48:00.001-07:00

I just So Very much LOVE this little girl, and she looks soo sweet when she is fast asleep, I can't help but try to capture that moment!

The morning of Christmas, she woke up with a bright smile on her face when she saw some of the things she wanted most! It was a Christmas for Tejia this year! We didn't do much for ourselves, which is fine, I just love to see Tej happy and that makes my whole Christmas for me!!

some cute little pics of Tej at dance recital

2010-12-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

Tejia's Dance Recital!!!

2010-12-14T10:44:00.002-07:00

Tejia's Dance recital is coming up this Friday!! I am so excited!!

I just love watching her dance, it is so much fun! This year she gets to do 2 dances per recital!! I have put this picture up before, but I really like seeing her in her costumes. I don't have a pic of her other one, but it is just as cute!! Tejia's class is doing a Jazz dance and a Hip-Hop dance, so that will be great for her little personality!

If anyone wants to come to the rehearsal or the recital here is the info of where and when!! It is a ticket free event so there is no cost!! yay!

dress rehearsal is Thursday December 16, 5:00-6:30 pm

and the recital is Friday December 17, 6:00-7:00 pm

and it will be at the new Herriman High School

11917 S. 6000 W. Herriman, UT 84096

I recomend coming early if you can to get a good seat because there are now a lot of people who come and it does get crowded, but SOOOOO worth it!! haha

ZOO LIGHTS!!!...and Santa!!!

2010-12-06T23:49:00.004-07:00

So here is Tej and Brant, but Tej had just woken up and so she wasn't too happy at first. In fact she was being a little grump most of the time we were at the zoo. But the lights were still amazing, I have never been to see the zoo lights before and I thought it was pretty fun! it was a bit foggy as you can see though. Oh well. Here she is just a bit more happy. She was getting cold by this point. So that is when we decided to go see if Santa was still in............... and he was. That got Tej all excited!!

I loved this tiger!! it was so awesome to see it at night time looking down at me from the bridge above in the moonlight and fog, kinda creepy in a way, but still cool!

Tejia had asked Santa for a baby doll for Christmas, and that was it!! How easy is this Christmas gonna be you ask? Well, just so you know, after we left the zoo, Tej told me that she couldn't remember all of the things she wanted to ask Santa for when she got to see him. Everything on her list included the following: baby doll, buzz lightyear, woody, guitar, a moxie doll, and rapunzel. Those are the things I let her write down on her list to Santa, she really wants A LOT more.

Getting ready for Christmas!

2010-12-06T23:34:00.002-07:00

So, I thought I'd capture a picture of Brant putting up our tree and "fluffing" it this year, because this has NEVER happened before, and who knows if it will again! It was so nice of him!! and I didn't even ask him to do it!!

and here is the finished product!! I know it is the same thing year after year, but hey, Tejia is always in front of it so I get to see how big she has gotten each year! Maybe when we get more money and a bigger house, I will have something else to take a picture of!!

Boozy and his blankey

2010-12-06T01:05:00.002-07:00

I just think this is hilarious!!!

Boozer is sucking on the blanket and rubbing it in his paws. This is what he does to fall asleep and comfort himself!! Enjoy!

Thanks Giving Day 2010

2010-12-06T01:02:00.000-07:00

Just a few posts of some pics I got at Thanksgiving dinner!! not much, but I still had a great time!! I liked the games we played this year. I had a terrible headache, but it was worth it all for all the laughs I had!

This above here is my yummy lime tart! I planned on a picture of them all togther, but Brant had his share of them before I got any pics,
so I just took a snap shot of mine! it was delish!

2010-12-06T00:55:00.000-07:00

Savannah is carefully watching grandpa carve that bird, not sure if she is hungry, sad or just curious. oh well. then I have Tej and Drew playing around with cars, and trucks!!

This is what Andrew ALWAYS does when he sees me. I think it is soo funny. I wonder if it is only me he does this to or not???? I told Melissa I was gonna get a good picture of him........................

....................it took some time but I finally got one!! I love those cheeks!!

2010-12-06T00:43:00.000-07:00

all of the cousins at the kid table, Jaxon, Sydney, Tejia, Savannah, Tyler, and Andrew on the other side!! had to angle it to get all of them!!

Aimee, need I say more!

The turkey we ate

and my little turkey below! haha!!

little girls' messes!

2010-11-17T21:36:00.002-07:00

Before I cleaned up the messy room, but pictured here is nothing! You should have seen it 1 day earlier! I couldn't walk through her room without tripping over something or stepping on something that made my foot cringe!

And here is the after photos! so much nicer and much easier to walk through! I am greatful for this little girl and her messes, why? because that means as a mother, I get to clean it up! Key word there, incase you missed it, mother!!! need I say more!?!!!

Yep! I am so very greatful to be a mother, especially to my beautiful little girlie!

2010-11-13T10:42:00.002-07:00

I am Thankful for our home we live in. It is not the house we want to be in for the rest of our lives, but I am greatful for a nice place to live, and of course, all the people and pets that make our house a home!

Green Beans!?!?!?!?!

2010-11-09T11:23:00.000-07:00

Yes, this little girl of mine loves green beans, and I AM thankful for that. Why? because it is a vegetable that is good for her and there are a lot of kids I am sure who don't like green beans. I especially love it because of the way she eats them. She splits them in half and takes the beans out, eats the beans first and then the outer portion!! See, down below, she is showing me her bean she is about to eat!! Yes, it is a bit strange but I love that Tejia likes most veggies!! Granted, she does like sweets too, but then again, what kid doesn't??

I am very greatful to have a great little family!!

2010-11-07T19:37:00.004-07:00

It may be a small family, but it is a small family with A LOT of love and A LOT of fun. Here we are playing some games on the PS3 move! I tried to get a shot of them all looking at the screen, but failed when the dog moved and Tejia saw me get the camera! Brant, however, is in "the zone." I love my family!

The number one person I am soo Thankful for!!

2010-11-06T10:45:00.002-06:00

So, I have a little challenge to put up everyday in November whatever I may be thankful for!! Obviously, this little person is the number one person I am soo greatful to have in my life!!
She is so full of personality it is unbelieveable!! A complete opposite of me, but I love it so much that she is!! (Aren't you mom?? haha) anyway, here are some little pics of her, so enjoy! I do!

And, a little side note here-Tejia's hair is back now to where it was right before it got chopped off last year September 15, 2009. I am soooo excited for that!! yey!! I love doing her hair!

and I like the pink stripe Aimee put in there!

Tejia still has reminicing thoughts of her hair being chopped I think coz out of the blue, she starts whining and I am like what is wrong with you, and she says, JD cut all my hair off, and I just have to put the memory of that behind me and tell her that it was a LONG time ago. And then she is better again! haha

I just had to put these up too, this is just one of her costumes for dance and this is for her hip-hop dance!! I am so excited for her recital this year!! She is full of energy and the dances she is doing this year are going to be perfect for her!! I love it!!

2010 trunk or treat Rock Creek Ward

2010-10-27T21:35:00.002-06:00

Tejia and her friend Avery

one of the treat baskets!!

Just enjoying the chili, cornbread and cider!!

Tejia just telling me a story!

and her costume....kinda!

Gathering pumpkins at the Patch!!

2010-10-22T10:38:00.003-06:00

Yes, little did we know that here in our little town of Eagle Mountain, there is a small pumpkin patch just down the road from our house!! I found out about it this year in an Eagle Mountain newsletter!! I wanted to go check it out, because it said that the best thing about it is there is no one hanging around, selling pumpkins, just a small container to put donations in, as much or as little as you wish, and 100% of the proceeds go to a charity of the patches-owner's choice!! So, we drove over there, and it is a small patch, but they did have a lot of choices of pumpkins to choose from! I did put a few dollars that were left in my purse in the container, and we got like 10 pumpkins!! Granted, half of them are the tiny tiny ones, because Tejia wanted to carry them all, and those are the ones she could handle!!, but we still had a good time as a family and Brant even found him a nice rock to put in our flowerbed!!

5 year old pictures of Tejia

2010-10-08T14:38:00.005-06:00

I plan on taking some more photos of her that will look better, for one I can hang on my wall!!

Although, she is still pretty darn cute here in these pictures!

my little cowgirl!!

2010-09-10T09:23:00.000-06:00

This above photo is of her getting ready for
school in her new outfit and boots, she didn't
wear the hat though, I didn't want that ruined
while she was at school!

Below is her sporting the cowgirl look in the morning, after
she wakes up, and before anything else. I woke up to a cowgirl
hat rubbing me on my face, telling me to turn on the cartoons!

and so the birthday party begins!!!

2010-09-08T20:46:00.001-06:00

a little game I am sure you've heard of, called
Duck, Duck, Goose!!
and the following posts of pics are just more
games such as Red Rover, the Spanking Machine,
Balloon Pop, and of course the piniata!!

Tejia had a Great time, although, there were a
few tears shed, and a little of not sharing very well,
but, hey, that is what you get when you try to
combine twelve, ( yes, I said twelve) 5 year olds
and a whole lotta sugar, toys, games...and stuff!!!

Spanking Maching and Balloon Pop!!

2010-09-08T20:39:00.001-06:00

2010-09-08T20:38:00.001-06:00

here is all the kiddos playing Red Rover!!

all the little buddies!!

2010-09-08T20:35:00.001-06:00

and the presents!!! with the cupcakes!

2010-09-08T20:33:00.001-06:00

First day of Preschool!!! YAY!!

2010-09-01T14:59:00.004-06:00

Tejia had her first day of Preschool

today, September 1st, 2010

She was sooo excited that she almost

forgot to give me a love...................

but I still got one out of her, the little stink!

She is totally opposite of me when I

was a kid. Tejia is so outgoing!!

She is friendly with everyone, she loves

getting out especially to school!! YAY for Tejia!!

Welcome to the world baby Tyson!!

2010-08-25T14:39:00.000-06:00

Baby Tyson Rex Malolo (or T Rex!) :)

2010-08-25T14:37:00.001-06:00

Tejia was sooo excited to meet her new cousin!
He looks just like his daddy we thought!!
He is a real cutie though!!
Congratulations to Rex and Rose!

Aunt Fern

2010-08-25T14:33:00.001-06:00

I loved this bouquet of flowers, it was so darling!

Such a sweet little lady will be missed dearly.

2010-08-25T14:30:00.001-06:00

Visiting the mountain with family!!

2010-08-03T15:55:00.001-06:00

Everybody on their 'wheelers

2010-08-03T15:54:00.001-06:00

Tejia and Tyler walking the mountain, seeing

what kind of treasures they can find!!

Dad, Mom and Tejia looking smashingly great!

Brant looking like his hot self!!

Ryan and Tyler getting ready to ride!! WOO HOO!!

up in the Mountain with family!!

2010-08-03T15:52:00.002-06:00

Boozy sniffing all he can sniff on the mountain,

which was quite a bit for a puppy and a tiny

nose, he loved barking at the cows!!

Tejia found wild flowers, her favorite thing to

do in all the nature around her!!

...and Tejia with uncle Ryan, crying after she fell

while walking down the mountain. so sad :(

But it was a fun little trip to take for the last part of one of our vacations this year!! I miss going on the mountains with my family, we need to do it more often!!

Check out that view behind Ryan though!! I like that!!

Primary Parade!!

2010-07-22T13:26:00.000-06:00

So, we had a little Patriotic Parade for our primary
classes on July 17!! We got to decorate our bikes
and scooters and such and make a sign for our class!
CTR 4B is the class Brant and I teach!! It is a
bit crazy some days and other days are really fun!
We had a bunch of fun at the parade too!!

Dinosaur Day!

2010-07-15T21:04:00.000-06:00

Brant's Birthday!

2010-07-15T19:23:00.007-06:00

Brant decided he wanted to rent a BIG outdoor
theater, inflatable projector screen and projector
to play games and watch movies on!!
it turned out to be a big hit and A LOT of fun!!
Tejia just liked dancing in front of it and seeing
her shadow dancing!! HA!!

The Fourth of July!! (in a few posts)

2010-07-07T20:15:00.000-06:00

2010-07-07T20:13:00.000-06:00

2010-07-07T20:11:00.000-06:00

2010-07-07T20:09:00.001-06:00

2010-07-07T20:07:00.000-06:00

2010-07-07T20:04:00.000-06:00

Boozer's favorite toy, The Easter Egg Half

2010-07-01T14:50:00.004-06:00

Little Beauty

2010-07-01T14:22:00.002-06:00

Just putting on her face before heading out the door!! She asked if she could wear make-up this day, and so I told her that she could put on some lip-gloss and she came back with lip-stick instead, so I let her put some on with a little supervision. This is how it turned out!! Not too bad!

Tejia's day at the Pony Express Days!!

2010-06-11T15:51:00.005-06:00

There was this booth that had a bunch of
princess dresses to try on and the tri-mirror
to look at and get beautified, then a princess
to get a picture taken with!!
There were also shields and swordes and things
like that for the little guys too! So much fun for
all the little princes and princesses!!

Carnival and Pony Express Days!!

2010-06-10T10:15:00.002-06:00

Here we are waiting for the parade to start!
I love the sun in the eyes, cheesy smile face
trying to look at me for a picture!!

Then, I noticed a new kitten across the street from us,

so I told Tej to look at it, and she decided she wanted

to GO across the street and make a new little buddy...

and see the kitty, which was really cute. The owners

of the kitty had her on a leash and a cary-case for her.

and her name is Ga-ga.

And then Tejia is just admiring the city royalty!

And I just love this face. It is when she was

tired and ready to get out of the sun for a nap.

She was putting on the pouty face...REALLY heavily!

I had to get a pic of the big pouty bottom lip!!

2010-06-10T10:07:00.001-06:00

sunny and warm weather!!

2010-06-10T10:04:00.000-06:00

Tejia found a little ball of plant food and asked what it
was so I told her it was plant food, she asked if she could
feed the flowers. I said yes, so she put the little ball of
plant food in the flower!!

Boozer is getting big!! He has really long legs,
especially after having Scooter as our last dog!
He is so cute!

Tejia's little performance!

2010-05-25T22:49:00.004-06:00

She got a bit distracted, but still did great!!

The video, again, is NOT the best quality, I

apologize, but next time we will have an actual

camcorder, so it won't be so in and out of focus

because it is on my digital camera.

Tejia's Recital Spring 2010

2010-05-25T22:37:00.000-06:00

Her class did a dance to "fly To Your Heart" from the
Disney movie Tinkerbell!!
It was so adoreable!!

Tejia's dance photos 2010!!

2010-04-30T22:49:00.001-06:00

"Butterfly Kisses" and "Fly to Your Heart"

7 months of hair growth!!

2010-04-27T12:18:00.006-06:00

So, Tejia's hair is getting to be really cute now, I thought, and it has been 7 long months since the cut and I am still mad about it!! But, anyway, I just thought I would do a little Tejia "do" update.

I can now put it in a little braid on the top side of her head and also a little topsy-turvy ponytail, or what ever it is called. She has a little "bob-do" now, sort of, just need the sides to grow a bit more, but all in all, she looks so stinkin' cute still!!

And this is way back when it was fixed! in September 2009!

I really love this girl!