ThE SHaRp FaMiLy

Its framed!

2011-07-20T18:05:00.000-07:00

They started framing our house this morning. Here is what they had done at about noon today. They gave us all of the samples so we can start picking out the siding and shingles and the rock that will go on the front. WOW!!! There are so many options and making sure it all matches and goes together...that's a lot of pressure! But it is so much fun. I am loving this. (Oh and by the way....only 7 more days until I am done working WAHOOOO!!! :) )

The garage and side of the house

More of the side of the house

Front of the house

"Water Tag"

2011-07-14T11:56:00.001-07:00

Luke LOVES playing tag. He tries to get someone to play tag with him every chance he can. We actually played tag on monday for Family Home Evening...talk about a work out! :) He has been dying to have someone playing "water tag" with him and he finally convinced Tay to play.

My little monkey

2011-07-14T11:36:00.000-07:00

My little monkey has so much personality. Sometimes good....sometimes bad :) He does make me laugh and keep me guessing. He is such a busy little kid and I think it is because he is always trying to keep up with Luke and Taylor. Luckily they are pretty patient with him and let him play right along with them. I so love this little guy!

Apparently doing things the right way is just a little to boring for Linkin. This is how he decided to eat his lunch the other day.

Blowing me kisses :)

Rain Storm Fun

2011-07-12T10:36:00.001-07:00

We had a rainstorm hit last night right at bedtime and Tay wanted to play in it so bad. We told her that the next time it rained during the day she could go out and play in it. What do you know...this morning we had another really good rainstorm. For some reason they thought they needed their coats to go play in it. Little weird, I know. Luke and Linkin had a blast playing in the rain. Linkin loves water, I had to drag him in out of the rain.

Tay decided that she wasn't a fan of playing in the rain after all. She went in the rain, got a little wet and decided sitting on the porch was a much better idea.

......And I'm Back

2011-07-10T09:33:00.001-07:00

Ok, so its only been what 9 months since the last time I posted anything. Sheesh there has been a lot that has gone on in our lives in the last 9 months! I feel like I am to far behind to go back and update the lost time. So we are going to fast forward to now and start fresh! As I said there has been a lot going on in our lives and there have been a lot of changes. Shawn is now completely done with school. He finished in January. It is so nice not dealing with school anymore! And since he is completely done with school it is now time to move on. After doing a lot of looking and a lot of going back and forth on things we have decided to build a house. We are building a house in Shelley. They dug the hole on July 1st, and they poured the foundation this week. It is so exciting! It is so fun to go and see the progress. We will be moving out of Rexburg the end of this month and living with my parents until it is finished. I'm excited to be closer to where we are building so I can see the progress on it everyday instead of getting updates from my mom :) So right now we are busy starting to get everything packed up to move it into a storage unit for a couple of months, cleaning, organizing, and just counting down the days until the end of July. I should be able to stay on top of my blog a lot better from now on. I can only hope! Here are a couple of pictures so far from building the house.

The hole

The foundation---Link was sleeping in the car

Happy Halloween!

2010-11-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween! We had such a fun weekend. On Friday we went down to my parents house. Here's Tay and I with our Frankenstein cake that turned our tongues and lips black :)

On Saturday, we went to Shawn's parents ward Trunk-or-Treat and got tons of candy! After it got dark, the kids wanted to go trick-or-treating to houses, so we took them around the neighborhood. We now have so much candy at our house. It was so much fun this year, because both Luke and Taylor were so excited about everything. They loved running up to the doors. Luke would get a little impatient at the door. If they didn't answer as soon as he rang the door bell, he started knocking. OOOOOHHHHH kids :)

Taylor was Tinkerbell. She would not respond if you called her Taylor. We had to call her Tinkerbell. She was so excited because we put glitter in her hair and on her face. She loved it.

Linkin was the cutest little Giraffe ever!

The Family

Linki, Luke and Taylor

And of course Luke was Iron Man. He picked out his costume forever ago, and has worn it just about everyday since!

Making rootbeer

Its Pumpkin Time!

2010-10-27T09:53:00.000-07:00

It's Fall Time! I love Fall. I love that it means Halloween, Thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS are on their way! I love the Fall colors and when you go inside it has that nice,warm cozy feeling. The only thing I don't love is that it means that it is going to get cold, but there isn't much I can do about that. :)
We carved our pumpkins last night. We meaning Shawn and I. We tried to get them to scoop the pumpkin guts out, but that didn't last long. But we had a pretty good system going. I scooped all the guts out and drew the designs on. Shawn then had to carve all of them. I definitely had the messy part, but I would rather do that then cut them out, me and knives just don't get a long!

Trying to get him to scoop out the guts!

Finished Pumpkins!

Family Pictures 2010

2010-09-30T20:09:00.001-07:00

We went on Sunday and had our family pictures done. I LOVE the way they turned out! I had a really hard time narrowing it down to put on here, so I apologize that there are a tonof pictures here. But I thought it was better then putting all 200+ on!

Luke's 5th Birthday

2010-06-11T07:14:00.000-07:00

I can not believe that Luke is 5 years old!!! How did that happen? Where did the last 5 years go? We had a lot of fun for his birthday. On Monday we went to the Circus. They loved it!

Luke's birthday was on Wednesday (the 9th). He was so excited for it to be his birthday. When he got up that morning he told me that he was the king for the day so he got to do whatever he wanted to do. I had to laugh, when Taylor got up he said to her "Taylor it's my birthday, are you going to tell me Happy Birthday?" she looked at him at said "no" then he said to her, "but it's my birthday and I'm the king, so you have to tell me Happy Birthday" and again she looked at him and said "no".

For his birthday we let him choose what he wanted to do. So for dinner we went to McDonalds and then after McDonalds we went to the library and then we had a party with all of our family.

Luke's new obsession IRON MAN.

Happy Birthday Luke!!! We love you so much!

Linkins Baby Blessing

2010-06-06T17:26:00.001-07:00

What a great weekend! We blessed Linkin this weekend, so we had lots of family and friends here. It was so much fun. Here are some family pictures we TRIED to get :)

Camping Memorial Weekend

2010-06-02T05:00:00.000-07:00

What a crazy weekend we had. We headed up to Island Park on Thursday night. When we left home it was cold and windy and starting to rain. Great way to start out the camping trip. When we got to Island Park it wasn't too bad. A little better then at home, it at least wasn't raining.....yet. We got our tent set up and went to bed. It started raining during the night and continued to rain through out Friday. Luckily my in-laws have a trailer so we hung out in the trailer the entire day. The rain stopped for a little while that evening so we were able to sit around the fire. Saturday you guessed it....more rain, until that evening when it turned to SNOW! We ended up going to Shawn's cousin's cabin for the evening, and when we got back to our camp we had a good 3 inches on our tent. But luckily we had two little space heaters in our tent so even though it was cold and nasty outside we stayed very warm. Then on Sunday it rained in the morning and in the afternoon it finally stopped raining and turned out quite nice. We were finally able to hang out outside. The kids were starting to go crazy with being stuck in the trailer. And then of course on Monday as we are packing everything up to come home it was beautiful weather. Oh well we still had a great weekend and it's always nice just to get away.

Luke loved making smores, but wasn't a fan of eating them. He would make one take a bite throw it away and start on a new one.

It felt like it was supposed to be Christmas time with it snowing. It really would have been beautiful if it wasn't the end of MAY!

Finally getting to play outside

They got to go on quite a few four wheeler rides and loved it

Went fishing on Saturday. Shawn wasn't having much luck at first and then started catching everything. I hate fish so we didn't keep any of them (thank goodness :) )

Luke catching his first fish

Getting ready to come home

Linkin

2010-05-25T11:12:00.000-07:00

I love this kid!

Family Time

2010-05-21T18:52:00.000-07:00

I absolutely love this little girl to pieces! She's wild, she's crazy, she's sweet, she's feisty and she's full of attitude. She keeps me guessing from one minute to the next. The other day in church after the sacrament she stood up and yelled to the deacons that they were awesome. Then she told us and everyone around us that we were all awesome too. I have to admit that I busted up laughing. :)

My guys. I love these guys so much. Luke is such a tease, hmmm just like his dad :) but he is such a sweetheart and such a good helper. He is so good with Linkin. Linkin loves when Luke holds him, and Luke is always right there to love him and help me with him.

I thought this picture was hilarious. We were trying to take a picture of all of us. As you can see, it didn't work out well. I love the look on Tay's face.

Playing Catch Up.....The Last Two Weeks

2010-05-04T19:53:00.000-07:00

The last two weeks have been very busy weeks, some fun some not so fun. On April 22nd we headed to Boise to spend the weekend with our family and friends....and of course for the Daughtry concert!!!

Here we are on our way to the concert
Kim, Me, Kayla

Shawn, Rigg

Funny story about these two blurry pictures. We had two guys in front of us that were PLASTERED (and the concert hadn't even started yet) We were trying to take a picture of the three of us, and the one turned around and said he would take the picture for us. He took the first one and said it was blurry and so he took the second one. He thought the second one turned out great and was quite proud of his work. Well I guess the second one is an improvement :)

Waiting for the concert to start.

1st Band: CAVO
I had never heard of them, but they were really good. The drummer was so good... Kim and Kayla, I think you know what I mean ;)

2nd Band: Life House
SOOOO good! They played a lot of new stuff that I didn't know, but they played a lot of their old stuff that I love.

3rd Band: Daughtry
AMAZING!! I was not ready for the concert to be over. It was so good.

So the concert was amazing and we had a great time. Saturday was the beginning of the not fun part of our weekend. That morning the guys went golfing, half way through Shawn got really sick and threw up out golfing, and continued to be sick the entire rest of the day. We had made plans with his family to meet up that evening to go to dinner. Shawn wasn't feeling up to it, so I took the kids and went to dinner. We got to the restaurant and had just barely ordered our food, when Taylor threw up all over Kayla. So we very quickly left, leaving Luke with Todd and Janae. Taylor also continued to be sick the rest of the day. We got her all cleaned up and asleep, when Todd sent Shawn a text letting him know that Luke had just thrown up all over their carpet. FABULOUS! And he continued to be sick the rest of the night as well. All I can say is THANK YOU to Rigg, Kim and Kayla for all your help. Rigg took care of Linkin while Kim, Kayla and I cleaned up throw up. I think I would have ended up in the nut house with out everyone's help. Between the three of them being sick and taking care of Linkin it made for a VERY long night. I thought everyone was better on Sunday, but on our way home on Monday Taylor threw up in the car about 10 minutes out of Pocatello. That almost had the other two puking again. Thank goodness it never hit me, but I think I have dealt with enough throw up in that one weekend to last a life time.
All the kids...Peyton, Taylor, Luke and Linkin

This last weekend was a busy weekend as well. My cousin Amy got married. It was an amazing ceremony. I had forgotten the counsel and things that were said in our sealing so it was amazing to be there for theirs. It was a great weekend and so good to be with all the family. We also got some very fun and exciting news, my brother Blake and his wife Sam told us that they are expecting their first baby!! I am so excited for them and I can't wait to spoil him\her rotten! So congratulations to Blake and Sam on the new baby and congratulations Amy and Zac on your marriage.

Linkin is 4 weeks old

2010-04-20T18:37:00.001-07:00

I can not believe that Linkin is already 4 weeks old. Time goes so fast. It seems like he has been part of our lives forever and I can't even remember what it was like to not have him in our lives. He is such a good baby and such a snuggler. It's hard to stop snuggling him and put him down. He loves when Luke and Taylor hold him and they can't seem to get enough of holding him either.

Hey look at that....he already has the glare. And before the comments start, yes I know he gets it from me :)

He's a little stinker. He doesn't like to lay on his back and so he doesn't sleep very well. But he loves being on his belly. The other day while I was working, he was being really fussy so I laid him on his belly and he was instantly sound asleep and he slept for a couple of hours. What a stink! Oh I love this kid!

Just Pictures

2010-04-19T15:23:00.000-07:00

I don't really have a lot to say to add to these pictures. I just wanted to put some of our recent pictures on.

The kids new Easter clothes

Some random pictures that I took

My life is so good! I am so happy!

Happy Easter!

2010-04-12T16:06:00.000-07:00

We had such a great Easter. On Saturday we were suppose to go to Green Canyon with all of the Sharp's to go swimming, but unfortunately we had a blizzard and the road was closed up there. So instead we had a nice lunch with Shawn's parents and siblings. That evening the guys went to the Priesthood session while us girls along with Luke and Linkin went to dinner. After the Priesthood session was over we met them back at Shawn's parents house so the kids could have a little Easter hunt. Then on Sunday we got up and saw what the Easter bunny had brought and looked for eggs, all of which took about 15 minutes and then we went down to my parent's where the Easter Bunny had been also and left some eggs for the kids to find. After the egg hunt we watched conference (well we attempted to....with Luke and Taylor running around it was a little difficult at times :) ) But what I did hear was so good. It was also Blake's birthday so Blake and Sam came over a little later and we had dinner and then celebrated his birthday. It was such a nice relaxing day.

Decorating Easter eggs

Easter Morning....checking out what the Easter Bunny brought

These are just some random pictures that we took of Linkin. He is getting big way to fast.

Linkin 2 weeks

Our New Addition

2010-03-27T15:09:00.000-07:00

Linkin Carl Sharp
Born March 23rd at 11:22 PM
7 lbs 12 oz 20 in long

Linkin's Story:
So I was scheduled to be induced on Monday the 22nd. We had to be to the hospital at 7:30 that morning. So we showed up at 7:30, they got me hooked up to everything and we were just waiting for the Dr. to come in and get everything going. The Dr. came in and told me that I should have come in the night before so that I they could start everything and be going through the night. They wouldn't let me go through the day that way because then by the time the baby comes I would be tired from being in labor all day and so would the baby, so he said that he would then end up doing a C-Section. So they sent me home and said that they were going to try and get me back in that day, but they would let me know. So we played the waiting game all day long. I finally called up there at 4 only to be told that sorry they wouldn't be able to get me in that day but they for sure had me scheduled to come in Tuesday. So on Tuesday we continued to wait around until we could finally go in only to get a call at 6:30 telling us that they were full at the hospital so they were going to have postpone it.......again. So after I got off the phone and blew up and cried we sat around (me being extremely depressed) and I got a phone call at 7:30 saying that they had room now and we could come on in. We got there and got hooked up to everything........again and was very surprised when the Dr. came in and I was at a 3. They gave me some medicine to help soften everything, but was told that I would still be at a 3 the next morning and that they would break my water in the morning and the baby should be born about noon the next day. So they gave me a sleeping pill to help me relax and get some sleep about 9:30. At 10:00 I was feeling miserable. I couldn't get comfortable and everything hurt. We called the nurse in and told her how I was feeling and she tried to tell me that this medicine they gave me will put me in labor, but not active labor. I was persistent so she finally checked me and surprise I was at a 6. They called for my epidural and by the time they got there to give it to me I was at a 9 and trying not to push. They frantically started setting up everything, the anesthesiologists ran to call the Dr. and a few minutes later and 3 pushes later Linkin was born. So from start to finish I was in labor for 3 hours.

Here are some pictures from the first couple of days.

Baby Update

2010-03-04T10:12:00.000-08:00

It's March yeah!!!!! We are finally into the month when little mister will be here! I can hardly wait. So just a little update on baby status....I went to the doctor and it was decided that I will be induced on March 22nd. SOOOOOOO ONLY 18 more days!! I'm really hoping that these last couple of weeks go by fast! I am so excited. I think we are finally all ready for the little guy to come.

Random....

2010-02-17T10:22:00.000-08:00

These are just some random pictures and moments we have had this week.....

Funny thing......as I was starting to do this post, Tay came in and wanted to make some Kool-Aid. I told her not right now, since I had just made some last night and I didn't think that we really needed anymore made. The next thing I hear is Luke saying "ok we have the water, now we just need to stir it, then we can have some juice." And this is what I found. He had dumped the packet of Kool-Aid into his hot chocolate cup, added the water and was stirring away. They each took a drink of it, so I figured that was a pretty good punishment! After I got it all cleaned up, I have to admit I laughed pretty hard over it. I'm starting to get very nervous and scared as to how I'm going to handle 3 kids. YIKES!!!! Luckily for me one will be unable to get around and into things for quite awhile!

For Valentine's Day my mom gave the kids these Pound Puppies. They are so cute. These puppies are very real to Luke and Tay, considering the other day Luke came out and told me that his Buster (yes both puppies are named Buster) just peed in my room, but I shouldn't worry about stepping in the puddle because it dries really fast. Luke's puppy also always wants to go for walks, but Luke told me that he is the boss of the puppy and he told him no and made him sit in the kitchen. The imagination that they have!

We just bought a new dresser for Shawn and I, so we put Luke and Tay's clothes in our old dresser. The only problem is that Tay can now get to all of her clothes. I promise I do put her in normal clothes in the morning, but after a couple of hours she has decided on something else to wear. This is today's combination.....her Spongebob pajama pants, a dress, and the original shirt she started out with this morning. I just never know what she's going to come walking out in. And it doesn't just happen once a day, I can usually count on it happening about 3 or 4 times a day. Ya got to love it!

We are borrowing Shawn's sisters Super Nintendo and it has been so much fun! Shawn and I got into a pretty good game of Mario Brother's. I unfortunately wasn't good at it back in the day, and my skills haven't improved. I haven't played Mario Brothers in who knows how long and it was funny to see what things I remembered. Shawn is trying to teach Luke how to play.

A lot of owies

2010-02-11T11:52:00.000-08:00

Why is it that when things get REALLY quiet all of a sudden you know they're up to something? This was the case the other day. I was busy working on stuff when I thought....hmmmm it is strangely quiet, no one is running around screaming. So I went to investigate and I found "Dr. Luke" at work. According to him Taylor had a lot of owies and he needed to fix them. I'm still not sure how many band aids we ended up going through, and for that matter where they all went. All I know is that I found a lot of band aid wrappers. Oh well at least they had fun.

Guess where I will be on April 23rd?

2010-01-27T12:08:00.000-08:00

That's right.....I am going to see Daughtry in Boise on April 23rd!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!! Yeah I'm just a little excited about it!

Seriously....what am I going to do with this girl?!

2010-01-22T05:55:00.000-08:00

What ever you do don't be fooled by this adorable little face. Underneath there is a little terror! This girl is crazy!!! I seriously can't take my eyes off of her for 2 seconds. She definitely keeps me on the run. She has become so independent and if she wants something and it's not done right then....not a problem she'll do it herself. The other day I found her climbing the pantry shelves because she wanted some crackers. It was a good thing I found her when I did since she was half way up the pantry. The same day she also decided that she needed her snow stuff which is on a shelf above my dryer. No problem, she pushed a stool over, climbed up on the dryer, got her snow stuff, but then decided to check out the washing machine and proceeded to close the lid on her hands which meant she was then caught doing something she wasn't suppose to. The other day I made cookies and I gave her the beater. After she was done with it, she wanted more but I had gone into the other room for a second, I came back out as she was helping herself to a handful of cookie dough. But you know the thing is, even though she keeps me guessing every second of the day, I love this little girl so much and I wouldn't trade her for anything. Even though she is so independent and stubborn, I'm glad she is. She keeps me laughing and keeps me on my toes. I love her like crazy!

A little of this and a little of that

2010-01-18T11:51:00.000-08:00

Wow I didn't realize how much time had gone by since I lasted posted anything! We have had so much going on since the last one, so here is an update on everything.

Christmas was great! We had lots of family parties that we got to go to, and it is always fun to get together and see everyone. I have unfortunately been horrible with the camera this whole Holiday season and forgot to get any pictures. This picture is on Christmas eve after we opened our new Christmas Pajama's.

Christmas morning goes so fast, usually to fast to get a lot of pictures. This is what our living room looked like after all was said and done. It looked like a tornado had gone through and I think 2 had...named Luke and Taylor.

Playing with all of our new toys.

Shawn and Luke having a snowball fight. Luke had just thrown a big chunk of snow at Shawn and thought he'd better run fast after that.

Shawn teaching Luke how to make snowballs

So I found this great recipe to make homemade finger paints. It was so much fun. And the great thing about it....it was all edible so when Tay started to eat it, I didn't have to freak out! The kids loved it.

Homemade Finger Paint Recipe:

2 Cups Flour

2 tsp salt

3 Cups cold water

2 Cups hot water

Food coloring

*Combine flour and salt. Pour in cold water and beat mixture until smooth. Put mixture in a large saucepan. Add hot water. Boil until glossy. Beat until smooth. Mix in coloring.

It is really easy and so much fun!

Happy Birthday Tay!

2009-12-13T07:18:00.000-08:00

Wow.....I can't believe she is 2 years old already! Where does time go?
For Tay's birthday we had a family party that afternoon and then that evening we ordered Chinese take out and watched Christmas movies. We had such a great day!

Taylor and her Spongebob cake. I think this is what she was the most excited about! Everyone that came in the house she had to drag them over to look at her "babob cake"

She still wasn't sure this year what to do with the presents. Thank goodness she had Luke to unwrap all of her presents.

I think he was a little disappointed because everything he unwrapped was for Taylor and was clothes. :)

She really just wanted to play with her new toys....if you can't tell!

Happy Birthday Tay!! We love you so much!

Just a few updates...

2009-12-03T18:59:00.000-08:00

WOW!!! Where have these last few weeks gone? Oh yeah I remember now......packing, moving, unpacking, Thanksgiving weekend and getting ready for Christmas. I'm tired just remembering it all. We've had some very busy last couple of weeks, but we've had a lot of fun too. So I apologize now, this post might be long with a lot of pictures. SORRY!

To start with we moved on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. We weren't able to move into our new place until 4 that afternoon. All of our stuff was packed and loaded into the trailer by 10 that morning. So what do you do with two kids for an entire day without any of their stuff to keep them entertained? I stuck them in front of the TV in the lounge and let them have a TV/Movie day. That doesn't happen very often so they were in heaven! After Shawn got everything loaded into the trailer, he went down to Idaho Falls and bought me my NEW washer and dryer. No more searching for quarters every time I needed to do a load of laundry! We are so lucky to have family live so close. I'm sure our families don't consider themselves lucky since they get conned into helping us move every time, but we really appreciate them. With every one's help we were able to have everything out of the trailer, unpacked and put away by 7 that night. THANK YOU everyone for your help!

We had a great Thanksgiving day. Shawn has a Turkey Bowl every year, and this year I was actually able to get some pictures from it. Thank you Leslie for braving the cold to get these!

After the Turkey Bowl we headed over to Shawn's uncle's house for dinner and of course...The Cowboys Game.

All Luke wanted to eat was marshmallows and olives. I made sure to throw a little turkey and a roll on there too :)

Watching the Cowboys game

After the game was over we headed down to my families. But apparently I forgot to pull the camera out the entire time we were there. On Friday morning us girls decided to go do a little shopping. We didn't make it out of the house until almost 11 which means we missed all the excitement of pushing through the crowds and waiting for fights to break out, but we still had fun! I've been done with all of my shopping for a few weeks now, so I didn't have anything to buy but it was still fun to be out there.

Later that evening, we met up with our friends Rigg and Kim and went out to dinner and then watched the Boise football game. (ok i actually slept through it) It was really funny, when they showed up Kim and I were wearing the exact same outfit. We couldn't have planned that any better.

Luke and Taylor absolutely love their little girl Peyton. They both wanted to hold her the entire time and they were both WAY to much help. Taylor had to make sure Peyton had her pacifier all the time, whether she wanted/needed it. I'm a little nervous for all the help I will have with our baby.

We have a little bit of a yard now and the kids got to go play in the snow

We put up our Christmas tree on Tuesday. We have one section that is very decorated. :)

And that is what we have been up to the last couple of weeks! Life is crazy....but great!

It's a.......

2009-11-09T16:04:00.000-08:00

We went to the doctor today to find out what we are having and we are having a..........BOY! We are really excited! I think Luke is the most excited. He's been saying the whole time that he does not want another sister, and that if it's a girl baby he will be sooooo MAD and if it was a boy baby he would be soooooo HAPPY! We took the kids with us to the appointment and when they said that it was a boy the look on Luke's face was priceless. He had a grin on his face from ear to ear. Everything with the baby looks really good. He was being very stubborn (oh yeah he will fit in to this family perfect) and would flip over so we weren't able to see his little profile, but other then that everything looks great.

On the move......yes again

2009-11-07T11:04:00.000-08:00

Well it's official. We are on the move again! I haven't decided if we are crazy or if this is really the only way that we have found to dejunk and deep clean! This will be our 8th move in the 5 years we've been married! We just found out this week that we will be moving the week of Thanksgiving. We're not sure on the exact date, but we know it's sometime during the craziness of the Holiday, but hey we've moved on Christmas Eve with a 12 day old baby before so this isn't anything new to us! I am going to be managing a different complex, one that is quite a bit bigger then the one that we are at right now, but the great thing about this move is that we are moving into a......HOUSE!!! It's a 3 bedroom house which will be so nice with baby #3 on the way! We're really excited about this new crazy adventure!

Happy Halloween

2009-11-04T09:42:00.000-08:00

Happy 2009 Halloween! We had such a fun day. I decided that I love having Halloween on Saturday. You get to play all day long. To start the day out we headed down to my parents to spend a little time with them. It was nice enough that the kids went out and "helped" grandpa with the leaves and even got to jump on the trampoline. We headed home later that day to get ready to go to the Trunk-or-Treat. Luke was a lion.....yes again. He really does make costumes easy on me! Taylor was suppose to be a really cute puppy, but she was being really grouchy and wanted nothing to do with her costume so she went as......Herself (I think that's about as scary as they come!)

At the trunk-or-treat.

Luke and his crazy eyebrow thing.

Taylor being kind of happy and cooperative.

After the trunk or treat we went to Shawn's parents house for a spooky dinner. We had a snake sandwich, bat chips and salsa and brain cupcakes. After we were done eating Luke decided that he wanted to do some real trick or treating so we took Luke and Tay around the block. They loved it, and you wouldn't believe the candy they got! We are in candy heaven at our house.

All of the candy from Luke's bucket. It was filled to the top.

Who does he look like....

2009-10-30T12:10:00.000-07:00

Gee..... I wonder!!! They both do this eyebrow thing and when I took the picture I couldn't believe how much they looked a like.

It's Time for Fall

2009-10-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had to rake the five billion leaves off of my property. I think I had every leaf in Idaho here. Tay came out to "help" us rake so of course I had to grab a couple of pictures. Shawn threw her in the pile of leaves, and she HATED it! But once she got use to it, she eventually had fun. But it took a few minutes. I thought this picture was hilarious!

Last night we went and picked out pumpkins and carved them. The kids thought it was great until we started working on them, then they were bored. Luke helped scoop out some of his pumpkin and Taylor wouldn't go near her pumpkin once we started scooping it out. She would look at it and then back away saying "yuck, yuck it's gross". Maybe next year!

The finished pumpkins

Words of Luke

2009-10-17T06:04:00.000-07:00

I love the things that Luke will come up with to say....for the most part. Here are a few from this week that made me stop and just have to laugh.

me: Luke why don't you go play?
Luke: mmmm, I just don't think that is a very good option.

The other night Taylor was laughing at something Luke did, so he turned to her and asked, "What are you laughing at chuckles?"

Shawn and I have this thing that whenever Tay has a gross diaper we yell "not it". Who ever says "not it" last has to change her. Luke has started yelling it to. So yesterday when the kids and I were eating lunch I could smell that Tay had a really rotten one, so I asked her if her bum stunk. Luke instantly yelled "not it." So I asked him if when our new baby comes if he will help change those diapers. He then told me that he won't change those diapers either because he is not a big boy. He's always telling us that he is a big boy and we have to make sure that we never say that he's a little boy because he always corrects us. So I said to him "I thought you said you were a big boy?" He then told me "I'm tall that's how I am a big boy, I'm not a big boy when I have to change diapers."

Oh I love him. He keeps me laughing!

Luke the VIP

2009-10-06T09:35:00.001-07:00

Luke gets to be the VIP this week at school. The week that they are the VIP they get to bring a poster all about them and the things that they like to do, and then he gets to bring a special treat for everyone on thursday. Shawn helped pick out the pictures to put on the poster and I did have to ask him if these were things all about Luke or if they were things all about Shawn :) Luke was so excited to take his poster to school today (it was the first thing he asked about when he woke up this morning)...now I just need to think of something for the treat on thursday!

Some Favorite Pictures

2009-09-13T08:22:00.000-07:00

These are just a few of my favorite pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Luke getting ready to go to school. He thinks that he needs to have his picture taken every time he goes to school, since I took his picture on the first day of school. And because Luke is getting his picture taken, Taylor thinks that she has to have hers taken too.

I love these pictures.

This is the first ultrasound of our new baby. We actually had the ultrasound a couple of weeks ago, I'm just a little behind!

It's time for school

2009-09-08T07:38:00.000-07:00

Luke started preschool last Thursday and he loved it. And for Luke that is a huge thing. When I went to pick him up after school he didn't want to come home. And he's been asking everyday since Thursday if it was time to go to school yet. Who is this kid? But I'm not complaining, this is going a lot better then I thought it would. I just can't believe that he is old enough to be going. Where does time go?

Swimming at Downata

2009-08-17T11:34:00.001-07:00

We went to Downata on Saturday for my mom's birthday. It was so much fun. The day started out pretty cold and cloudy. So we weren't sure how great swimming was going to be, but the day turned out great. It was a little chilly when we would get out to go to the big slides, but luckily the water was warm.

Luke the fish

As soon as we got to the pool Luke saw the slide in the main pool, and that was all he wanted to do. He would not get in the pool until he had gone on the slide.

Luke really wanted to go on the "BIG" slide aka The Dragon, the only problem was he couldn't ride with anyone. He would have to do it all by himself. So they took him up and the whole time he kept asking Shawn if he was riding with him and Shawn kept telling him that he would be right behind him. So dad went down first and when it was Luke's turn Shawn set him on the slide and gave him a little push and away he went. The first thing out of his mouth when he got out of the water "Let's do it again."

Taylor did not enjoy the water! She cried or whined most of the time. She did have some happy moments where she actually played around. But when she was ready to get out, she let us know! She's actually happy in this picture because we had just gotten out of the water.

Guess what's gone?

2009-08-15T06:42:00.000-07:00

That's right we no longer have the stinkin' pacifier any more! WAHOOOOOO!!!! We went from Tay having to pack around 3 at time to nothing! It is so great. No more searching for lost pacifiers. No more waking up in the middle of the night just to give her another pacifier. I am one happy mom right now! I'm still not sure how it happened so easily and quickly, but I'm taking it!

Trip to Jackson

2009-08-14T10:16:00.001-07:00

Ok so I'm a little behind! We went to Jackson on August 1st with our friends Rigg and Kim. We got rid of our kids for the day and headed up to Jackson. We found that theres really not TONS to do there, but we still had fun!

We rode the lift up the mountain and went on the Alpine Slide. It was so much fun!

And played some mini golf. There was a lot of cheating going on through that game! Shawn finally gave up on trying to keep score.

Thanks again guys! We had a blast! And thanks again to grandpa and grandma Horsies for letting us get away for the day!

Shawn's Graduation

2009-07-24T14:53:00.001-07:00

We have been counting down to Shawn's graduation day for so long and we finally made it!!! I am so proud of Shawn and for all his hard work to get through school. It's been a long, hard road, but he stuck with it. Thank you everyone for your support and love! We appreciate everyone that has been there to help cheer him on!

Some good friends that he went through the entire Social Work program with

After receiving his diploma (all of my pictures turned out really dark, except this one)

Taylor at her finest!

Luke pulling some crazy face

The future graduate

Can You Keep a Secret?

2009-07-24T06:30:00.001-07:00

Because I know I sure in the heck can't! We were going to wait a while before we started telling everyone, but like I said, I can't keep a secret for the life of me! We just found out that we are 5 weeks pregnant with Baby #3! Baby #3 is due to arrive on March 27th.

Family Reunion '09

2009-07-20T12:00:00.000-07:00

Wild Horse Campground July 15-19th 2009

We just got back from the Draper Family Reunion. It was so much fun. This was the first year that we have been able to make it and I'm already looking forward to next years reunion! It was so beautiful up there. The only bad part was the millions of mosquito's that we had to deal with!

There was a little stream not to far from our camp. It was perfect. There was a little sand bar that the kids could walk out to so all the kids could play, even the little ones.

Did I mention that the water was FREEZING! Luke was freezing after he dumped water over him about 5 times! I was mean and wouldn't hold him because I was nice and dry, but thank goodness for Alicia! She was nice and snuggled him and even carried him back to our camp.

This is at the same spot as the sand bar. This place was perfect for everyone. The guys could jump off this ledge where it was deep enough for them, and the kids could play just a few feet away. All the guys jumped off for the "man test". Only Cody and Jace did it more then once. Does that make them more manly or just plain crazy?

This was Luke and Tay's favorite place to play. They soaked themselves in it everyday. A lot of dust and water = MUDDY DIRTY KIDS!

Alexys, Taylor and Jenny got to clean out the cake batter bowl.

Our glow sticks. They didn't show up very well when the flash went off.

Grandma had a craft for the kids to do out there. The kids loved painting the rocks, even grandma Horsies and uncle Darrin got in on it. Darrin started the Spongebob obsession and Luke just had to have one, so grandma Horsies was nice enough to paint him one.

The water fight, and yes Grandma Draper started this one.

Attacking Grandpa Draper

Taylor loved to play in the bucket of water.

I think Taylor was the winner of who got the most wet

Getting ready to head home

The whole group. We missed everyone that wasn't able to make it! We can't wait for next years!

It's Picture Time!

2009-07-07T12:57:00.000-07:00

So I decided that it was time to update our family pictures. I of course got the usual grumbling about having to have pirctures done and couldn't last years pictures work, but still I remained very determined that we were going to take new pictures. For the most mort everyone was pretty cooperative about it, everyone that is except for Tay. I think this picture says it all. She cried through the majority of it. We did luck out and catch some really good ones, but I thought this picture was hilarious! For anyone who doesn't believe me that my daughter is a beast....here's your proof!

I love this picture! I have no idea how we managed to catch this one, but it's perfect. Thanks again dad!

Happy 4th of July!

2009-07-06T07:46:00.000-07:00

I love the 4th of July! You have family, food and fireworks, what more do you need? We had a great 4th of July weekend. On Friday we went over to Shawn's family and did our own fireworks show. It was great and was over to fast.

Tay running away from the fireworks. She really did love the fireworks, this one just took her by suprise!

On Saturday we went to the Rexburg Parade. It's the same thing every year, but I love it! It was fun this year because the kids were excited about it and loved it. Tay's favorite part was all the horses. She apparently is not my child!

The family (in two pictures) Me and Luke and Shawn, Merrill, Linda, Kayla, Tay and Derek

After the parade we went over to Merrill and Linda's and had a BBQ and then headed down to Idaho Falls to watch the BIG fireworks. We went with my parents Craig and Cori and their family, Blake and Sam, my Grandma Draper and Darrin and Melissa and their family. It was so much fun!

Hannah and Luke rode in our stroller during the walk to where we sit to watch the fireworks. They were pretty squished in there.

Watching the fireworks. Tay loved them! Everytime they would go off she would cheer and clap her hands. Luke hates loud noises and he even loved them this year.

Happy 4th of July!

New Car

2009-06-26T08:55:00.000-07:00

So we're thinking of getting a new car....what do you think? I'm pretty sure that we could put the two carseats in the back! It might be a tight fit, but we'll make it work!

Ok we'll come back to reality now, but it was fun to dream! We did get to drive it and it was AMAZING!!! I only drove it around town but Shawn took it out on the highway and just let it go. He was in heaven at that point. He can now cross this off his life to-do list.

Luke loved it because it looked like "Lightning McQueen (CARS)"

Run Shawn, Run

2009-06-21T19:57:00.000-07:00

Shawn and his cousin Tyler decided a couple of months ago to take up running and that they wanted to run in a race. I was a little skeptical and didn't think that it would last to long, but they proved me wrong! Yesterday dad, Shawn and Tyler ran in the Scenic River Classic in Idaho Falls.

Before the race (it was very chilly and threatening to rain)

Coming in the Finish Lane -Shawn's time 31:37

To be a kid again......

2009-06-19T14:59:00.001-07:00

Remember those days when there was nothing better then getting to have a picnic of mac and cheese in the living room while watching cartoons? Ahhhhhh to be a kid again!

We made it.....I think

2009-06-17T11:54:00.000-07:00

Well we made it through.....I think! Tay had to go in on Monday for surgery. Nothing to serious, just had to take out the ENORMOUS tonsils and adnoids, and then throw in a couple of tubes in the ears. So we headed up to the hospital early Monday morning. They gave her some great medicine that made her so loopy that Shawn and I were pretty much on the floor laughing at the things she was doing. It's moments like that we wish we had our video camera! She did great through the surgery. The doctor came in after he was done and told us that everything was a lot worse then he had thought it originally was. Her adnoids were blocking 90% of her nasals, her tonsils were ENORMOUS (one was rated a 4 and the other a 3 1/2. The highest they go on rating is a 4) and there was so much thick mucous behind her ear canal. Also her adnoids were so big that they were recessing one of the ear drums. I'm so glad we had it taken care of now! She's still pretty cranky and fiesty, but hopefully once all the effects of the surgery wear off she will be a happy little person! Wish us luck!

Happy Birthday Luke!

2009-06-09T21:22:00.001-07:00

Today was Luke's 4th Birthday! I can't believe that he is 4 years old already! We had a great day. We decided last week that we wanted to go to the zoo for his birthday and then it rained all last week and continued into this week. But luck was with us and we had a gorgeous day! We didn't tell Luke that we were going to the zoo until we pulled in. They loved it! We had so much fun.

After the zoo, we went to lunch at the Great Wall and then we went to the Greenbelt to the feed the ducks.

Hello!! I said to say cheese not to cheese it up!

Then this evening all of our family came over for cake and ice cream .

Yes it was a CARS theme AGAIN!

We had such a great day! Happy Birthday Luke! We love you so much!

First Camping Trip of the Year

2009-05-26T13:37:00.000-07:00

What a weekend! We had such a good Memorial Weekend. We headed up to Island Park on Friday morning. We didn't know what to expect from the weather since all the weather reports were calling for rain most of the weekend. But it was gorgeous. I actually got burned a little. Who would have thought on Memorial Weekend. This was the first time we have ever taken the kids on an actual camping trip (I'm talking tent camping! ) They did so great, and they loved it!

Just soaking up the sunshine! I was doing the same thing, so Luke thought he needed to do it too.

Apparently waiting for the fish to bite gets a little BORING!

Looking at the geysers in Yellowstone. Shawn apparently had lived a very sheltered life growing up and doesn't remember ever stopping to look at the geyers! So we had to stop so Shawn and Luke could see them.

Waiting for Old Faithful to go off.

The only time that it rained on us was when we stopped to look at Old Faithful and as we were driving out of Yellowstone! It was such a gorgeous weekend!

Oh so very grubby and oh so very mischievous looking!

A Bright Sunshiny Day

2009-05-18T12:16:00.000-07:00

I am loving the sunshine that we have had the last couple of days! I hope it means that summer is on it's way! We took full advantage of the warmth today (we're talking 80 degree warmth! ) and headed over to the park. It's days like this I am so glad the park is right across the street from us, and days like this that I can't wait for the water park to open!

.....Oh Stress

2009-05-15T12:18:00.000-07:00

What do you get when you take one very mischievous child , one set of EXTREMELY expensive set of keys (my work keys) and one pop machine? A whole lot of stress! Tay got a hold of my work keys and wondered off with them, without being caught. I noticed a little while later that they were missing, so we started the frantic search for them. We looked everywhere with no luck until we walked past the pop machine and thought, what the heck we haven't checked there yet. We found them all right. If you've never noticed before there is a nice hole (the perfect size to toss a set of keys down) under where the change comes out. This hole goes ALL the way to the bottom of the machine. I don't know how Shawn did it, but he eventually got them out.

<----------- This would be the nice hole.

And this would be the culprit. Don't let her fool you. She's not as sweet as she looks!

Happy 5

2009-05-08T14:25:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was our 5th Anniversary! (I'm a little late on posting about this because I spent ALL of yesterday SICK! Nice way to celebrate our 5th anniversary, I know. Oh well, it's a good thing we got to celebrate last weekend.) I took a little walk down memory lane and thought I would share some of our Wedding Moments!

A Very Much Needed Getaway

2009-05-04T13:36:00.000-07:00

Shawn and I got to spend the weekend in Sun Valley to celebrate our anniversary. It was a very much needed get away! We left on Friday afternoon in gorgeous weather, and arrived in Sun Valley in cold rainy weather. It unfortunately rained the entire time we were there, so it limited what we were able to do by a lot. But oh well, we got to go swimming and bowling. We did brave the rain for a little bit on Saturday and went and walked through the shops. Even with the rain, it was so beautiful there and it was nice to have a weekend for just the two of us!

Inside our condo

The view from our balcony. It was so beautiful, this picture doesn't do it any justice.

Craters of the Moon

We stopped at Craters of the Moon on our way home, but it was way to cold to get out and really explore. We'll have to go back sometime when it isn't cold and raining.

Just Playin...

2009-05-04T06:46:00.000-07:00

A couple of days ago it poured here. But it was a mix of rain and hail. It was really fun to watch. That evening the kids snuck outside and found a nice puddle to play in. They loved it even though it was so cold!

Kite flying time

2009-04-29T13:34:00.000-07:00

We spent last weekend down at my parents and decided on Saturday to go to the kite festival at Sandy Downs. So we bought a kite and were ready to go except...no wind. It's very ironic that you can count on the wind to blow every single day in Idaho except for the day that you want to go fly a kite. It was an absolute gorgeous day, but a slight breeze would have been helpful!

We didn't have any luck with this kite. It would take off, do a couple of loops in the air and then dive bomb anyone that was to close to it.

So you buy a kid a kite and get them all excited about flying a kite and what do they do? Sneak off to the nearest sand pile and get as dirty as possible and love every minute of it. Well at least the adults got a kick out of trying to get the kites in the air!

I love this girl!

2009-04-29T13:21:00.001-07:00

Rough Day

2009-04-15T12:23:00.000-07:00

Tay has had a couple of rough days. Her poor little nose can't handle much more. On Sunday she had a nice tumble down the deck stairs at Shawn's parents and then the next night she was running throught the living room and tripped and smacked her nose again! Maybe if she would actually sit still for more then two seconds at a time!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-13T12:41:00.000-07:00

We had a great Easter! On Saturday Shawn and Luke went up to Green Canyon for the big Sharp Family Easter Party. They had a blast. Tay and I had to stay home and do checkouts. But that evening after everything was done, we had a blast coloring eggs. Luke loved it last year and we were finished in about 5 minutes. So this year we stocked up on lots of eggs. We made it last about 15 minutes this year! They loved it. Luke actually did a little coloring on the eggs, where Tay was not going to be bothered coloring on them, or for that matter using a different cup for all the eggs. She would put three eggs into one cup and then push on them to try and make them all fit. We have quite a few cracked eggs.

On Easter Morning Tay went and woke Luke up a little before 8. They were done "hunting" for the eggs and looking at what they got at 8. It was a fast morning.

After church we went over to Shawn's parents for a barbeque. It was such a beautiful day. The kids were able to play outside all day. We had a great day and hope everyone else had a great Easter!

Is this week over yet?

2009-03-27T13:21:00.000-07:00

I am ready for this week to be over! It has been a crazy week. First off a couple of weeks ago, I took Luke into the doctor for an ear infection. We were then referred to the ear specialist. It turned out that Luke needed tubes in his ears.....again. So we set the date to have them taken out, we just had to come in a couple days before for all the preop stuff. So Tuesday (just a couple of days ago) we were getting ready to go to the ear doctor when Luke doubled over screaming in pain about his stomach, needless to say we made a quick detour to his regular doctor. We walked into the doctors office and he proceeded to throw up all over. That's the way to make an entrance! The doctor checked him over in between him throwing up and then sent us up to the hospital to have an x-ray on his stomach and blood work done. He was pretty sure that is was just a virus, but wanted these things done to rule out appendix and anything else that could be really serious. Luckily it did turn out to be a virus and he was back to racing around that evening. So we went in and had the tubes put in his ears yesterday. He did great! He woke up in the recovery room and started crying so the nurse brought him back to the room, and it was so sad. He looked so little curled up on the bed and it broke my heart to see him like that. Even though it was a really simple and easy procedure, its so hard to see your kids like that! But the great thing about it is that he can hear us again! We thought he was having hearing problems which it turned out he was because of all the junk in his ears. And he is really sweet and he actually listens and does what he's asked. I'm loving this!
So needless to say, I have seen the doctors office's and the hospital enough this week to last me a long time!

Say What?!

2009-03-23T12:29:00.000-07:00

Luke will come up with and say the most random things sometimes. We just never know what is going to come out of his mouth. Here are a couple of examples just from yesterday....
During Sacrament Meeting they were passing the bread and when it got to us Luke looked at it and said...
"No thanks, I already had some. I just want the water because I am SO thirsty."

and then last night....
Shawn "What is all over this floor?"
Luke "Water."
Shawn "WHY is there water all over the floor?"
Luke "Well that's just the way life is."

Thank you Luke for keeping us laughing and on our toes!

Project #1...complete!

2009-03-19T12:51:00.000-07:00

Since I am starting to have those blissful moments in my life where the kids entertain each other, I've been able to make an attempt at being creative. I have a whole list of projects that I want to do, and here is project #1 complete! I don't sew! I can make a quilt, but being honest I just throw it together and call it good. So I decided that I wanted to really learn how to sew. So with a few phone calls to my mom, a lot of unpicking and a little cussing I did it! (I just hope no one that REALLY knows how to sew takes a good look at it, since I did my own thing in a few places!) But for my first attempt at sewing something pretty much on my own, I'm kind of proud of it!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2009-03-18T12:42:00.000-07:00

We have had three days of St. Patrick's Day celebrations! On Sunday we went down to my Grandma Draper's for a green breakfast. And boy was it green! We had green pancakes, eggs, coconut syrup, cinnamon rolls, grape salad, and green milk. Luke wouldn't touch the green milk. He told us that he will only drink white milk!

On Monday we went over to Shawn's families for a green dinner. Luckily the only thing that was unnaturally green was the french bread and the kool aid. For the rest of it we had alfredo pasta with green peas.

Then last night we had our final green dinner for this year! I think my family is greened out! I asked Luke if we should have green dinner last night and he was less then enthusiastic about it! So for our last green dinner of the year we had green waffles and green eggs.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!!!!!

My Top 5 Loves...

2009-03-13T13:51:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking lately about the things that I love the most in my life, and since I've been thinking about them I decided to share my top 5!

1st... Shawn

I have an amazing husband. He's hilarious, sweet, my best friend, hard working, and the love of my life! We have so much fun together and I love that I am married to my best friend!

2nd....Luke

I'm not going to lie, he's a stinker 99% of the time, but when that 1% of super sweetness comes out I just melt! He's into this thing lately that he will just randomly come up to me wrap his arms around me a give me the biggest hug and tell me that he loves me soooo much!

3rd.....Taylor

What can I say about Tay? She is an absolute stinker with a MAJOR attitude! But I wouldn't have her any other way! She definitely spices up our lives! I love when she laughs and when she wakes up in the morning and just wants to snuggle and I love her very slobbery kisses!

4th....Our Families

We have amazing families and we are so lucky to be able to live close to both of them. Both Shawn and I grew up close to our grandparents and our cousins and loved it and were able to have a close relationship with them, and so we both feel that it is really important for our kids to be able to have a close relationship with their grandparents. Because when it comes down to it both of our families are everything!

5th....My blissful moments

I am starting to have more and more of these because they have FINALLY figured out how to play together!!! I am loving this! Luke is really good about sharing his stuff with Tay which is a good thing since she loves to play with cars just as much as Luke does! Luke is my "baby whisperer" he always tells me what Tay is wanting, which is really helpful since half the time I can't figure it out!

So there you have it! My top 5 loves.

I've been Tagged

2009-02-23T09:26:00.000-08:00

I've been photo tagged by Tanielle!
***Rules***1. Go to your Picture Folder on your computer or wherever you store your pictures.2. Go to the 6th Folder and then pick the 6th Picture. 3. Post it on your bloggy and tell the story that goes with the picture. 4. Tag 5 other glorious peoples to do the same thing and leave a comment on their bloggy tellin’ them ’bout it.
I TAG...
Jess
Kim
Lacee
Rachel
Mary

This is an old picture! This is September of 2007. We hadn't had a chance to go camping all summer (there's not a lot of places to go camping in Florida :) ) , so as soon as we got home from Florida we headed up to Island Park for the weekend. A sucker, cheetos and just lounging around...what more could a boy ask for?!

I'm a Believer!

2009-02-20T14:08:00.000-08:00

Well I am 100% a believer now! I never really believed that Scentsy's (the latest "Candle" rage) were as great as they were built up to be. Don't get me wrong, I have one and I love the scents and the fact that my house smells good all the time now, but I was never sold on the idea that the wax wouldn't get hot enough to burn someone. It just didn't seem possible, because I've touched the top where you melt the wax and trust me that thing is hot. Well as I said before I am 100% a believer now. Last night we went over to my in-laws and Tay proceeded to pull over the stand that had a hot Scentsy sitting on it. The wax dumped on top of her head and ran all the way down her face. Of course we all freaked out because of the hot wax, but Tay never cried. I picked all the wax off her face and combed it all out of her hair and she didn't have one burn. Her skin was a little red because I was picking at it, but the wax didn't do anything to her. I am definitely a believer now! YAY for Scentsy's!!!

Weekend Get Away

2009-02-17T18:23:00.000-08:00

We had a great Valentines day! We headed to Boise Thursday night, and spent Thursday through Monday with our friends Rigg and Kim. It was such a fun, relaxing weekend and it was so nice to just get away for a couple days.

This was definitely a different Valentines day for us this year, but we had a lot of fun! We went to Red Robin for lunch and then went and let the kids play at PoJo's (arcade games and rides) for a little while.

That night Shawn and Rigg made a delicious dinner of lasagna, cheese bread and salad. They did an amazing job!

(Luke took this picture of Shawn and I.... pretty impressive I think!)

On Sunday, we went and spent the day at Shawn's uncle's house. It never fails that when we all get together we play the game Spoons. And it never fails that it usually gets completely wild and out of control! So of course playing it this time was no exception. It started out normal, and then someone suggested taking it outside. So all the players knelt around a card table while the spoons were put all the way across the yard. So when a match was made everyone had to race across the yard and attack anyone who was in their way to get the spoon. The game was played until Kayla was tackled by three guys and she wasn't able to move for a good five minutes. But you know everyone still had fun and I'm sure next time it will be even more wild and out of control! Ya gotta love it!

I had such a great day and weekend. I loved getting to spend the weekend with Shawn and the kids and not having anything to worry about but just getting to spend time with them. I love them so much!

Pictures of the kids

2009-02-05T11:44:00.001-08:00

Here is my attempt at getting a couple pictures of the kids. Two things I learned today while doing this... Luke is a total cheeseball. As soon as the camera comes out he' s ready to cheese it up, but he gets distracted very easily. Half of the pictures I took of him he would look at something else at the last second so we would have to try again. Second thing, Taylor is not a cheeseball and does not like having her picture taken. She will not smile for the camera no matter what crazy sound or face is being made. She is also way to busy to hold still long enough to have her picture taken. She would be on the move again just as the picture took.

Luke 3 1/2 years old

Taylor 1 years old

Superbowl Sunday

2009-02-02T13:53:00.000-08:00

The superbowl was so much fun this year! I need to explain a little history first... Shawn has been a HUGE Cowboys fan since he was little, where his dad is a HUGE Steelers fan and also Shawn's best friend is a Steelers fan, so there has always been a HUGE Rivalry when it comes to football. So this year the Steelers made it to the Superbowl, so Rigg and Kim (Shawn's friend and his wife) came here to watch the game. Shawn decided that since Rigg and his dad were going to gang up together against him, he needed to do something to get under their skin! Soooo..........

We made football sugar cookies in the Cardinals colors and.....
(sorry no pictures of the after look, I forgot to take a picture, but they turned out awesome!)

Don't worry the oven wasn't turned on yet!

We all wore red and......

Shawn became a die hard Cardinals fan for the day. From shaving an A in his hair to wearing an Arizona shirt.

It was great! His dad about threw us out of the house when he saw us! Unfortunately the Cardinals lost, but we still had a lot of fun!

Come what may....and love it!

2009-01-26T12:43:00.000-08:00

Yesterday our Relief Society and Priesthood lesson was on the talk given by Elder Worthlin, Come What May.... and Love It! It is the last talk that Elder Worthlin gave before he passed away. It is an amazing talk! One of the major things that Elder Worthlin hits on is laughter and how it can take a bad situation and make it not seem so unbearable. So after Relief Society yesterday I was determined to follow his advice and whatever comes or happens, just laugh! Well I had my first test this morning.....
So this morning didn't start out the best. Taylor is teething with MOLARS and when she teethes, she doesn't sleep. I LOVE MY SLEEP, and I am very cranky when my sleep is interrupted! A little after six this morning Tay is wide awake and crying, so I knew there was no way that a pacifier was going to solve this and she would go back to sleep. And because Tay is now awake everyone else in our house is awake too. But....come what may, and love it! Well I got the house all cleaned and I rode my elliptical and I felt great! I jumped in the shower after I made sure that both kids were happy and playing. When I got out of the shower there were three things that I noticed RIGHT away...
1st There was water running somewhere in the house still.
2nd One bathroom towel was missing
3rd Luke was just coming in to grab ANOTHER towel
Not good, oh not good at all! I raced out of the bathroom to hunt down the running water, to find an inch of water all over the floor in the other bathroom. Come to find out that Luke had something on his hand that he needed to wash off (I still have no idea what it was) so he got a rag, turned on the water to the sink, stopped up the sink and then left the bathroom. But don't worry his hands were clean, so no reason to turn OFF the water! And to make the situation so much better, we don't use our second bathroom as a bathroom, we actually use it as storage! So now all of the boxes that were on the bottom of the piles are now sitting in an inch of water! Here is the part of the story that I admit that I totally 100% FAILED this test. I ranted and raved for a good 15 minutes until Shawn called to see how our day was going. After he got an earful, he laughed and said "Remember our lesson from yesterday "Come what may...and love it!" So now I have all of the towels in my house soaking up the water, and luckily the boxes hadn't sat in there long enough for anything to have been ruined and now that I have calmed down, I can finally laugh about it! Ahhhh LIFE!

Major Milestones......for our family!

2009-01-18T16:34:00.001-08:00

We've reached some major milestones in our lives, well we think they are major anyways!
Our first milestone:
Shawn has started his internship. YAY!!! Two more semesters left. He is working for the Health and Welfare Department here in Rexburg doing Child Protection. He started a couple of weeks ago and is really enjoying it and learning so much. I think his eyes have been opened to a few things.
Our Second Milestone:
Luke is now in Primary. He is now a little Sunbeam, and he LOVES it!! So for anyone who doesn't know the history of Luke and nursery i can sum it up in a few words detested, hated, despised...really do I need to say anymore? We fought him to go to Nursery for 2 years. He hated it. The nursery leaders actually told us that he is very talented because he can cry for 2 hours straight. He has gone to class every Sunday so far. Last Sunday he had a hard time at first, but his teachers are amazing and after a few minutes he was having a great time!
Our Third Milestone:
We finally hired a babysitter to watch our kids! Yep this is another huge thing for us. We have always had our immediate families watch our kids. But we needed a babysitter for last night, so we branched out and had Shawn's cousin come and watch the kids. It went AMAZING!!! We have VERY clingy children and they have a hard time with new situations and people, so I was a little nervous. But they had a great time, and it was a total success!
Our Fourth Milestone:
This milestone is more for me. This is a big one for me. I HATE to cook and I have cooked everynight the last couple of weeks. The entire time that we have been married Shawn's schedule has always worked out that he has been home in time to "help" make dinner, which what really mean's that he has been home to make dinner while I stand there and talk to him. But since he started his internship he has a normal schedule (7:30 - 5 everyday) so that means if we are going to eat, I'm going to have to fix it. I'm good with cereal and grilled cheese sandwiches evernight, but that doesn't go over big with the rest of them! Not to long a go I found this recipe book of nothing but crock pot recipes and it has been my life saver! We can now eat delicious meals and I don't have to think about it and cook all day long. It's great and I highly recommend it!
Well those are our major milestones. They might not be major to anyone esle, but they are to us!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

2009-01-03T17:53:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that Christmas has come and gone and that we are now into 2009! We had a great Christmas and New Year's. Here's what we have been up to...

I realized that I am worse then a kid when it comes to Christmas morning. I was wide awake and ready to be up at 6:00. But we had decided that we wouldn't wake the kids up, that we would let them sleep as long as they needed. That was a great plan until it was 8:00 and I had been awake for 2 hours waiting. I decided it was time for everyone to wake up! We didn't get any pictures of us opening presents because it went SO fast. Once we had everyone up Luke tore through everyones presents! So needless to say we were done pretty fast!

We decided to do Christmas defferent this year. It was getting crazy trying to juggle both families. So we decided that what we are going to do is every year rotate families. So this year we spent Christmas day with Shawn's family and then headed down to my families the day after. It was so nice! It was really relaxing, and we actually got to enjoy the day instead of rushing every which way!

So on Christmas day we planned to go to Shawn's grandparents house for dinner. When we woke up on Christmas we had been hit with a lot of snow which meant... we were stuck in our parking lot. We weren't going anywhere, or so we thought. Everyone was already at Shawn's grandparents house so they sent Shawn's dad down in a four wheel drive to pick us up. We had a lot of fun. We played games, ate some delicious food, the kids got to play out in the snow, and Shawn, Luke and I were able to make our first snowman of the year! Luke was a little disappointed after we made the snowman because it didn't come to life. The whole time we were building it, he kept asking when Frosty was going to be alive. Hmmm, how do you explain this?

On Friday we went down to my parents to play. Blake and Sam were there too. My parent's got a Wii for Christmas so we played it pretty much the entire time we were there. That night we had my grandparents, my uncle and his family over for a Wii party. It was great. We were even able to get my grandma and grandpa to play!

For New Year's we went to Island Park with my family and my uncle's family. We got in some sledding time. I can't even tell you the last time I went sledding. I hate the cold, the snow, winter, etc. So it took a lot to get me out there. But I was glad that I did.

Fearless! Luke and Carter loved sledding. I think they could have stayed out there all day long.

The poor kid! He spent New Year's Eve so sick. It was horrible! He started throwing up that evening and it continued through the night. I'm sorry everyone that had to deal with it, but I REALLY appreciate everyones help!

Here we are welcoming in 2009! I obviously can't take a picture that gets everyone in it, so here's everyone that is suppose to be in there... Shawn, behind him Cori and Craig, Dad, Cody, Sam and Blake, Mom, Darrin, Alicia, Melissa, and Jenny. Amy and Ben and the kids had all fallen asleep before midnight.

Happy New Year everyone! We hope you have a great 2009!

HAPPY 1st BIRHTDAY!!

2008-12-14T19:16:00.000-08:00

Taylor's 1st Birthday!! WOW where in the world does time go! I can't believe that she is already 1

Well we didn't do much on her actual birthday (the 12th) because I was doing check outs all day. But we figured no big deal...she'll never know the difference! Shawn and Grandma and Grandpa Sharp did take the kids out to McDonalds in honor of her birthday though!

On Saturday we did the celebrating! We had all of our families over for dinner and cake!

She HATED (and I don't even know if hate is a strong enough word) having the cake and frosting all over her hands. I got this picture right before the screaming began!

But let her stand and have a fork, sure no problem! She loved it then!

Luke was a great helper at opening the presents. He had them unwrapped before we knew it! Tay wasn't really sure what do anyways, so it was a good thing she had such a great big brother to unwrap them for her!

Her first Cabbage Patch Baby

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TAY!!! We Love you so much!!!

Holiday Fun

2008-12-11T17:38:00.000-08:00

Now that there is a little bit of snow on the ground, that is the only place Luke wants to be. All I hear all day is how he NEEDS to go play in the snow!

Gingerbread house making!!! We made a gingerbread house the first year we were married, but haven't since. So this year I was determined that we were going to make a gingerbread house! The last time we did it, I somehow completely ruined the gingerbread (I'm still not sure what happened) so we had to go with the alternative and buy a kit, so this year I was NOT going to ruin it! And YAY I didn't ruin it!!!
And how did Taylor spend her time while we were decorating.... oh yes, pulling all of my towels and rags and everything out of the drawers onto the floor.
The little stinker! After we were finished decorating and starting on clean up, Tay climbed up on the dishwasher and started attacking the Gingerbread House.

Our Thanksgiving Happenings!

2008-12-01T07:09:00.000-08:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! We had a great Thanksgiving. This year we went to Shawn's family for dinner and of course....... The Cowboys Game! Dinner was delicious as always (Shawn made the most amazing ham) and the Cowboys won. That always makes for a good day! After dinner all the girls went over to KMart and did a little shopping! Just getting ready for the big day after Thanksgiving shopping!

These are the only pictures I got on Thanksgiving. Luke found this hat, and instantly became "santa". He would go around the house saying "Ho Ho Ho Fairmy Christmas"

The day after Thanksgiving shopping!!!! It was so much fun! I love to go. It's total chaos everywhere you go, but it's so much fun!!! I don't usually need to go, but I love to go! We went to Wal-Mart first- it was insane there- we were just waiting for a fight to break out between a couple customers that were standing in the line next to ours!

In the picture: Me, Grandma, Mom, Michelle, Melissa, Alicia, and Amy

I can't wait for next year!!!!

Luke was able to get in a little horse riding with Uncle Blake. I'm still suprised that he wanted to ride and that he actually got on the horse!

The kids had to get in a little attack grandpa time. They did this for about an hour! I was worn out just watching them.

Our Christmas Tree!!!! On Saturday we went and bought our tree and then put it up Sunday.

Luke decorating his ornaments to put on the tree.

I pulled out our stockings so Luke decided that his and Tay's stockings were his "boots". He was all set to be Santa now with the hat and boots. He grabbed a plastic bag and put a bunch of the decorations in it. Then walked around saying "Ho Ho Ho Fairmy Christmas" (he doesn't quite grasp that it's MERRY!) he handed out the "presents" that he had in the bag too!

My little helper

2008-11-26T20:57:00.000-08:00

I was making my cheesecakes for Thanksgiving, and so I let Tay "help". I can't say that she helped a lot, definitely made a bigger mess, but she did love the cool whip! This was just the beginning of the cool whip eating...it only got worse from there!

Updates

2008-11-23T14:24:00.000-08:00

We have had a lot going on the last two weeks. The following posts are updates of everything that we've been up to!

Random Moments

2008-11-23T13:59:00.000-08:00

We went down to Shelley this weekend for Blake and Sam's open house. I unfortunately forgot to pull out the camera during it and get some pictures. Friday we spent the morning running around and picking up cakes and backdrops and flower baskets, and then headed over to the church to set everything up and decorate. It turned out beautiful!
Then on Saturday it was nice and suprisingly warm out so the kids got to play out side. There favorite place to play.... the ditch of course. Where else could you get the very dirtiest?

I gave Tay some yogurt and as you can see, she loved it!

And the funniest part of the weekend, I definitely don't have any pictures of it. So let me tell about it. The kids and I went down to mom and dad's on Thursday night so that we were there to help Friday. When we got there, Luke was dancing around definitely needing to go to the bathroom. I sent him in to go, not realizing that he was playing with a tiger toy. Luke came out from going to the bathroom and told me that the tiger was in the toilet. GROSS!!! So I went in to get it out, but when I went in there, no tiger. I asked Luke where the tiger was, and again he said in the toilet. He then told me he dropped it in, and then flushed the toilet, so yep now its lodge in the toilet. When dad got home he ended up tearing the toilet apart, breaking the toy and pulling it out. So long story short...tigers and toilets DEFINETELY don't go together, and it's a good thing grandpa loves his grandkids!

It's Birthday Time!!!!!

2008-11-23T13:37:00.000-08:00

Shawn's birthday was on the 19th!!! HAPPY 26th BIRTHDAY!!!!!

For his birthday this year we invited family and friends to go to dinner at Puerto Vallarta and then had cake, pie, and ice cream. Unfortunately I forget the candles, but Luke still made sure that we sang Happy Birthday to him.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAWN!!!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

Wedding Time

2008-11-23T11:32:00.001-08:00

Taylor was an absolute beast before, during, and after the Wedding. I was hoping that she would go to someone in the family during the ceremony, but it didn't work out that way. Anytime she was handed off to someone else she would scream until I took her back. So I carried Taylor down the aisle with me! She was also extremely attached to her Goerge and when I tried to take it away from her right before walkind down the aisle, she freaked out, so Shawn, me, Taylor AND George got to walk down the aisle together. She was ok standing in the line with me until she saw Luke, Hannah, and Carter coming in. She was so excited to see them (she thinks she's a big kid now because she can run around with them) and so when she saw them, she wanted to get down and be with them. When I wouldn't let her down, she proceeded to throw a huge fit, so my aunt Melissa came and grabbed her and took her outside. Ohhh kids!!!!

Luke, Hannah, and Carter were so good about walking down the aisle. At the practice they just walked in, and did exactly what they were suppose to. I was a little nervous for the real thing considering how Luke did at the last wedding he was in. They walked out and came to the top of the stairs and just stopped. It took them by suprise to come out and have a lot of people looking at them, but they did it!!! They walked down the aisle and stood where they were suppose to. I was so proud of them!

Our Family

Weekend in Utah

2008-11-23T06:52:00.000-08:00

Last Friday (the 14th) we headed down to Utah for Blake and Sam's Wedding! It was an interesting ride down. This was the longest car ride we have ever taken Taylor on. She did ok, but by the time we got there, she was done and wanted out of that car seat! All I can say is thank goodness for GOLDFISH. It kept the kids quiet and us sane! We went through an entire box just on the way down.
I kept trying to convince Luke that if he took a nap it would make it go faster and he would be able to see Carter when he woke up. But he told me that he couldn't go to sleep because the sun was awake and he can only sleep when the sun sleeps. Oh well, so much for that idea.

Taylor showing off her mouth full of GOLDFISH, like I said thank goodness for GOLDFISH!

We had to be to the Reception Center at 2:00 to practice everything. And then later at 6:30 we were having the family dinner. We finished with the practice by 3:00 and had quite a bit of time to kill. So Shawn and I and our kids and Craig and Cori and their kids went to Temple Square. I was a little nervous to go to Temple Square because of all the protestors, but we had nothing to worry about, not a single protestor around.

I had to laugh because when we were walking around outside we were pointing out different things to the kids, and they were to busy running around to get much out of the historical things, but as soon as they saw a tractor (they are redoing part of the sidewalk) they were so excited. They could have stood there all day!

Luke and Carter were inseperable the whole weekend.

Just Relaxin'

2008-11-06T09:00:00.000-08:00

Luke has a Sponge Bob Camp chair that Tay loves and has pretty much taken over. I find her lounging in the chair all the time! The other day I walked into the room just as she was using the chair to climb up on Lukes bed.

I love this picture! She was totally happy just hanging out in the chair.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

2008-10-31T21:43:00.001-07:00

Happy Halloween! What a great Halloween we had. The weather was absolutely amazing. Hey it wasn't snowing, what more could we ask for?! The kids had fun, we ate some delicious food and ate way to much candy! Yay for Halloween!

Luke has a new obsession! He loves the movie Madagascar, so when Shawn's aunt said that she had a lion costume it couldn't have worked out better! Luke was so excited to be Alex the Lion!

And for Tay... she was the cutest little chicken I've ever seen!

Luke really did have fun trick or treating! This picture doesn't show that very well! He was more into handing out the candy rather then getting the candy. Who would have guessed it?!

The sugar rush has now begun!

'Borrowing" Pumpkins

2008-10-31T21:18:00.000-07:00

We decided to carve pumpkins this year. We always planned to do it every year, but somehow never got around to doing it, so this year we actually did it. We kept telling Luke that we were going to get pumpkins and then carve them. Somewhere the translation got a little mixed up and in his thinking it came out that we were "borrowing" pumpkins.

Luke was excited to go pick out the pumpkins but when it came time to dig into the pumpkins, he didn't want anything to do with it. Tay was only interested in eating all the seeds.

Our finished pumpkins.

It's Wedding Time!

2008-10-24T13:48:00.000-07:00

Shawn's cousin Travis got married last weekend! Shawn was the Best Man and Luke was the Ring Bearer.

Here they are at the rehearsal. Shawn, Jeremy, Landon (Travis's brothers) and Travis

At the Rehearsal Dinner

At the Wedding. Her colors were Hot Pink and Navy Blue

Tay and I were just the observers of the wedding! Nothing to demanding of us!

Travis and Shawn

Luke the Ring Bearer and Kylee the Flower Girl!

Luke did great at the rehearsal. He walked down the aisle without a problem. The next day at the wedding didn't go as well! He stood and cried at the start of the aisle until Grandma Sharp came and carried him down and stood him by Landon. I definitely wish he had more of his dad's personality and not so much of my personality in him!

My handsome guys! (With Luke cheesing it up!)

Bridal Shower

2008-10-16T15:25:00.001-07:00

Cori and I threw Sam (our new sister- in- law) a Bridal Shower a couple of weekends ago. It was so much fun. We ate some delicious food, played a few games, talked about the Twilight books (they are loved by everyone that was there!) and had a great time being together!

All the other kids were kicked out along with their dads and grandpa. Taylor was suppose to take a nap, but once all the guests showed up, she had to much fun with all the attention on her!

Cori did a great job on the games. We played pinned the bow tie on the groom, Celebrity couples and everyone had to make a brides dress out of bubble gum.

Me and Cori

For our food we had little ham sandwiches, fruit tray, vegetable tray and cookies

A little behind...

2008-10-16T11:44:00.000-07:00

I realized today that it has been a REALLY long time since I updated. So I decided I would update everything all at once. So all of the posts that follow are updates of us in the last couple of weeks! It's been a crazy couple of weeks with a lot going on, and a lot more coming in the next couple months too! Life is crazy but great!

Playin Around

2008-10-16T11:34:00.000-07:00

It's been really fun to watch as Luke and Taylor have started to learn how to play together. They can get each other laughing over just about anything. There new thing lately is Luke will chase Tay around and then they both crash to the floor. Then they jump up and Tay will "chase" Luke around then they crash to the floor. They love it and they will do this over and over!

They love playing in the shower. They will sit in there until we run out of hot water!

Park City Here We Come...

2008-10-16T11:16:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we left our husbands and kids at home and headed off for a Girls Weekend in Park City. It was great, and a much needed girls time! We definitely spoiled ourselves. We stayed at the Mariott in Park City. The rooms were amazing! We stayed up late watching Mama Mia and laughing and having a great time! I have had the music going through my head since we watched it. (Luke now goes around singing Mama Mia)

The next morning we ordered room service and then headed off to do some major shopping. So we headed off to the outlet stores and found some great deals. Mom and I didn't stay as long, since we woke up that morning to SNOW! We had such a fun time and can't wait for next time!

All about Luke...

2008-10-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

The other day Shawn took some dinner to his aunt's. After he left I found Luke sitting at the front door. When I asked him what he was doing, he got all sad and said "I'm just waiting for my dad."

Luke is such a cheeseball! He loves having his picture taken. Today he wanted to have his picture taken. The top picture he's telling his Ninja Turtle to smile.

All about Taylor...

2008-10-16T10:37:00.000-07:00

Just some random pictures of Tay...

She has found my lid drawer, so of course her favorite thing to do is pull all of the lids out, throw them on the floor, and walk away!

PIG TAILS!!! I know you can't see it very well in this picture, but there really are two mini pig tails there.

I was really suprised at how well she sat still and let me put the pig tails in. This is way to much fun!

Today I put her in her high chair to have a snack and when i came back in to check on her, she was sound asleep. Maybe if she would sleep at night!

And she's off

2008-09-30T17:55:00.000-07:00

Well it is official..... Taylor is walking!! YIKES!!! She is way to little, but so dang cute walking around! She is always busy and is just trying to keep up with everything Luke is up to!

We love George

2008-09-19T18:21:00.000-07:00

When Luke was about one Shawn found a Curious George stuffed animal at Broulims for only $1. So he bought it and brought it home for Luke. It instantly became Lukes favorite. He packed it around with him everywhere. He even joined us on our trip to Florida. We lost him once, and had a paniced search for him so that Luke would go to sleep.

Luke 14 months

George has now been handed down to the next one. When we got home from Florida and after we got kind of settled into life, Luke didn't need George as much, and was put up until the other day when we pulled him out for Tay to play with. As you can see, he's now loved by Tay!

Taylor 9 months

Cowboy Fever

2008-09-18T14:41:00.000-07:00

Well it is that time of year again. The time of year that Shawn counts down to and the time of year that I dread! Football season has officially started! This year Shawn was determined that all of us would be wearing Cowboy's shirts. So here we are, all decked out in our Cowboy's stuff. Tay has a little Jersey that looks just like Shawn's and Luke and my shirts match too.

Shawn is definitely starting Luke out early with the Cowboy obsession! It's hilarious to watch Luke during the game. He sits and watches everything Shawn does, then mimicks him. So Luke will start yelling at the players, the coach, the ref's (because apparently they can hear us!) just like his dad does. Ahh well what can you do? Only 4 more months till its over!

Picture Time

2008-09-09T17:24:00.000-07:00

We went on Monday and had family pictures done with Shawn's family, so we thought while we were at it, we might as well get ours done at the same time! They turned out really nice!

My guys!!!!

It took him a little to like the idea of having pictures, but boy once he warmed up to it, you couldn't get him to stop cheesin it for the camera!

Awww, that's my husband!

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-02T19:46:00.000-07:00

We went to Island Park for Labor Day Weekend with Shawn's Family. We headed up Thursday night and came home Monday morning. We had a great time (except for the fact that Tay didn't sleep AT ALL)

Luke, Tay, and Grandma and Grandpa Sharp

Oh yeah, he loved riding on the Four wheelers!

We went to Mack's Inn to do some fishing. Tay and I hung out while the boys did the fishing. She kept me on my toes as I tried to keep up with her. It's amazing how many rocks she can shove into her mouth and at such an amazing speed!

Shawn caught two fish! Lucky for me, he didn't keep them! (I hate fish!!!!)

Our little fisherman! We put a string on the end with weight on it, so he really thought he was out there fishing.

Showing off the "fish" he just caught!

Luke is a little dare devil. Shawn was out in the middle of the river, and the next thing we knew, Luke had waded out next to him.

Weiner Roast! You just can't go camping without the campfire and weiner roast. (I could live without the hotdogs, but my guys love them, so I am a little out numbered)

On Sunday we did a LONG four wheeler ride. We started out at Shotgun and drove all the way to West Yellowstone. It was so fun. It was so dusty on the way there, and then coming home we got stuck in a big rainstorm. The end of the trip was very cold, but we had a ton of fun.

Oh yeah, we were so dirty. It was caked in Shawn's beard, my hair, our faces!

We stayed in Island Park until Monday morning, then we headed down to my parents to spend the day. Hannah, Carter and Ethan were there (mom and dad had watched them for the weekend) so Luke was in heaven. It was totally chaotic, but it's so fun to watch the kids together. Blake and Sam (Blake's fiance) came day a little later, and then later Craig and Cori came to get the kids. It's always fun to get everyone together, even for a little while.
It was a great weekend. It was a last big hoorah before we get back into the swing of school and back to the real world! I'm glad it was such a great weekend!

I love these faces!

2008-09-02T18:57:00.000-07:00

They like all kids can drive you to madness, but then they go and be all cute! Its hard not to love these faces! Can you tell Luke loves the camera? Everytime he or Tay does anything he thinks it's time to pull out the camera!

Island Park

2008-07-28T08:02:00.000-07:00

We went up to Island Park for the weekend. It was great! Kayla went up with us and we met up with Tyler and Jessica (Shawn's cousin and wife) and we spent Saturday out on the boat. Luke wasn't so sure of it at first but it didn't take long before he loved it!

Shawn tried wake boarding. He loved it, although he is a little sore!

We took Luke to a pond that is just for kids. It's suppose to be stocked with fish all the time, but I think we hit it on the wrong day! But Luke still had a great time.

Shawn and Luke waiting for the fish to bite.

Life.....and all it's changes

2008-07-25T09:10:00.000-07:00

We have had so many changes in our lives in the last month or so. Some of the changes in our lives.......
Another semester has come to an end. Shawn did amazing. He had 15 credits this semester and pulled straight A's. I am so proud of him! It was a good semester and now he has a nice long break to recooperate and get ready to start his last 3 semesters! He's taking on 21 credits Fall semester, but after we get through Fall he should be home free!! His winter and Spring semesters will consist mainly of Internships. We are definitely getting there!
Taylor is crawling now. Yes our lives our over. We have two on the move now. She is into EVERYTHING!!!! She's not content with just being able to crawl. She is pulling herself up on everything and walking around holding onto things. She's even getting brave and trying out her balance. And to mark another milestone, she just had her first two teeth pop through. She has been pretty miserable for about a month and they finally broke through!
And last...we have moved AGAIN! Yes we have now moved for the sixth time in the four years we have been married! The first few moves were kind of fun, but now it's getting old! I'm hoping our next move will be into a house and that we can actually stay there for awhile! The reason we moved is because I am going to be managing some men's housing instead of working in the salon. It's a great opportunity for us.
Life and all it's changes are great! It keeps our lives interesting that's for sure!

Just playin around

2008-07-25T08:47:00.000-07:00

What's wrong with this picture?!

I thought this picture was hilarious!

FLINTSTONES?!!

This is the little neighbor kids car and Luke has pretty much taken it over. It makes me laugh everytime I see him in it! He gets his little legs moving so fast and it reminds me of the Flintstones!

Double Trouble!

They are hilarious together. I could hear them this morning in their room making each other laugh. I went to go check on them and I found them as Luke puts it "just chillin" in the crib.

Cousins

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It's so fun to get the cousins together! Luke and Hannah are 11 months apart and Luke and Carter are 4 months apart, so when they get together it is non-stop craziness. Luke and Carter are two very mischievous little boys, so it's always interesting to see what they come up with! Luke and Carter wanted to jump on the trampoline so bad, and we all kept telling them in a little while we would take them out and let them jump. Well they finally got tired of hearing that, and took care of the situation themselves. They drug one of the lawn chairs all the way across the lawn and used it to get on the trampoline. I found them jumping away pretty proud of what they had done.

Luke wearing grandma's glasses. He got in "trouble" by grandma after she had stopped laughing and taking a picture! Can we say spoiled rotten?!

Grandma Draper brought these cowboy hats over for them. Cowboy hats and swimsuits? Nice combination!

Ethan and Taylor- They are only 6 weeks apart. Thank goodness they aren't on the move yet. With the three older ones going non-stop we need a little break! But both babies are trying to learn to crawl, so give it time and we'll be chasing them around too.