No Lymits

Update!!

2011-11-17T21:13:00.000-08:00

Brody turned one Sept 26th- this is before he got his cupcake, which he did not eat. He is the only child that I know that does not like frosting and he would not eat it after he had some. Chocolate is whole different ball game- if only I had known.

This is post surgery a month after his birthday. This is a picture of his antenas that he has for his jaw. We are all done moving it thank goodness and now we wait. Moving his jaw was the hardest thing we have had to do yet. Talk about torture, it made me and him cry. It is hard to do something to your child that you know hurts them so much.

The pictures are in the wrong order, but this is after Brody's haircut. We did not want to give him one but his hair was too long and kept getting wrapped around his antena's. But he looks so grown up. This is the day after we brought him home from the hospital.

This is the day that we brought Brody home from the hospital. He was super chubby! And the swelling has gone down considerably in this picture. He was a trooper though. He did so well for what he had to go through. We have one tough baby!!

This is cute Brody on his birthday prehair cut. We loved his little curls in the back. It was so long and soft. But we love his hair now too.

Well sorry my blogging is so sporadic. It really seems like I should be able to do it more often but every time I get on I always look at everyone else's and I don't get to mine. Plus half the time I get online it is through my phone and I am not savy enough to do it on there. Anyways, we are doing well. Ryan has a few more weeks of school and he is ready for a break. He is doing all his last tests before the finals. Clayton is loving preschool and is doing really well. He is starting to read a few things and is getting the letters and sounds down well. Brody is doing good. He is now to the point that he is over the pain, now we just have to teach him that he can play by himself on the floor once in a while. He always wants to be part of what is going on and always wants to be held. He loves his grandma and grandpa and will pick them over me and Ryan any chance he gets. He learned to go up the stairs on his own because he knew grandpa was upstairs playing on the computer. He is starting to walk if he has a push toy. He loves to sing and dance, and he knows the sound that a dog makes, which is the only animal sound that he will do. He does not talk really but he is starting move his mouth in the same way as us and he does his best. He also learned the word kiss and what to do and now we all get kisses all the time. Very slobbery kisses!!

Pictures!!

2011-08-13T21:44:00.000-07:00

Clayton fishing with Grandpa! He loves fishing and he loves to eat the fish he catches.
Brody and his wonderful smile. Playing with toys. This is pre heart surgery about 6 months old.
Post heart surgery at the hospital. From right to left: Grandma Kelly, Grandpa Blake, Clayton, Grandpa Purdy, me, Brody and Grandma Sylvie.
We went down in the hollow for a picnic. Clayton likes to wear his hat any way but the way you are supposed to. Its pretty cute.
Claytons sand box. We got this in anticipation for the one that is going to be permanent. Clay spends a ton of his time here it is wonderful!
Cute Brody with no tube and nice combed hair. We say that he has man hair. It is long and soft and combs perfectly, and it is now getting curly. It is sooo cute.
Brody's scrunchy face. He does this to make people laugh. When he is doing it he also breath hard and sounds like a pug. It is pretty funny and does make us laugh so he does it constantly. He is a little entertainer.

Hello again!

2011-08-13T21:15:00.000-07:00

Well I am officially horrible at blogging. I think about it all the time but never get to it. And when I should be blogging I end up looking at everyone else. However, tonight I am going to do it. I unfortunately only have a few pictures to put on because my phone has become my new camera and I do not know how to get them from the phone to the computer. Ryan does though so I am using his pics.
Anyways, we have had a very normal summer. The 4th was awesome. Brody was a champ and slept through the parade, and fireworks. Clayton loved the whole day and asked if we could do it all again for at least a week after.
We had one camping trip up in the Uintahs, just below Mirror Lake. It was very beautiful up there because of all the rain it was very green for this time of year. But there were a ton of misquitoes, and I mean a ton!!! Brody did not like sleeping in the tent. He likes to spread out and roll around and he couldn't. It was also too cold to not have a blanket on him and he does not like that either, needless to say me and him did not get alot of sleep. We also finished a room in the basement. Well two actually. My dad moved his medical workroom to his old wood working room. Ryan and him finished that room and then we redid the bedroom. We were only going to paint it but it just so happened that a pipe coming from the kitchen was leaking and had been for some time. So we had to remove half the wall and replace it then paint and replace the carpet. However, because I have an awesome husband he made it awesome. Clayton got a bunk bed for the room and we finally have a living room and our own room down here. It is great!!
The latest news is that Brody had his palate surgery on the 8th of Aug. He did really well and is recovering well also. He is a trooper. Right now it has been 5 days. His only problem is getting used to breathing. He doesn't have his big hole linking his nose and mouth so it has been difficult. Night times are the hardest, he gets really stuffy and really upset. They sent us home with oxygen, for while he sleeps, but he hates it. We are back to sleeping on the couch because he can't breath laying down. He sits up on us or against us all night. Poor little guy cries half the night because he stops breathing and is makes him angry. Cute things though is that he sounds like he is constantly sucking on something because he is playing with the top of his mouth with his tongue. He has also started sucking his thumb because he does not like his pacifier in there. We are trying some new ones but we will see what happens because technically they are not supposed to put their fingers in their mouth.
Clayton and Brody are such wonderful boys. Clayton has been quite good through this whole ordeal. He is very excited about his birthday this month. He has been talking about it for months now and we are having a Star Wars birthday. I am pretty excited. I found an awesome website with some great games and ideas for it. I think it will turn out well if I can get everything done in time.
We have a few trips that we are going on. Clayton and Ryan are going to Lake Powell- which is Ryans favorite place to go. And while they are there I am going to take Brody to Ft Lauderdale and play on the beaches there.
So this is getting long. And I am not sure how many of you are still reading because I myself prefer pictures with the talking but I posted those above. Anyways, I have a tired and hungry baby. Thanks everyone for your support, prayers and love.

Update on Life!

2011-03-28T21:20:00.000-07:00

I wanted to have a copy of some of the cute things that Clayton and Brody do so you all get to have the update as well.
Clayton's preschool class has finished learning the alphabet and Clayton all of the sudden knows most of it. For the last two years I have been trying to get him to tell me letters or sounds of letters and he is not interested. He has never let me teach him them. Now he loves it. He can almost say all of the alphabet and knows most of them. Thanks Miss Georgia!!!
He is also getting better at counting and can recognize 1-8. We are working on that now too.
He says the funniest things all the time. Here are a few but mind you only a few because he is full of them.
One day he had a secret for me and while he was telling me he reached around and was plugging my other ear. When I told him to take his finger out he said "I don't want any one else to hear the secret and it might get out."
He loves to call everyone sweet cheeks. I don't know where he learned it but he says it all the time now.

Brody is in the stage of grabbing everything and is getting very good at it. He is also at the stage where he would rather play with the lid he just saw you holding over the exciting toy that you are trying to give him. He is a joy, and always has smiles for everyone. He sat up for the first time by himself the other day and just today did it for about a minute. He is progressing better that we could have imagined. He got one of those exersaucers for Christmas and we have started to put him in it. He loves it. He squeals at all of his toys before he attacks them. He has started to squeak and squeal and growl to get our attention any time he feels like we are ignoring him, or when he is excited by something. He has started to realize that there is a lot to look at in the house and does not always want to be bothered by people, but if you walk past him without saying anything he will holler at you.

On the more serious side, we had the echo and the EKG the other day and he will be having his heart surgery within the next 3-4 weeks for sure. They want to do it as soon as they can fit him in the schedule. And then we will progress from there. I will post again what day it will be. We should know by the end of this week for sure.

I wanted to post a thank you to everyone that has helped us especially my parents. I do not think that we would be able to do it with out them. Clayton gets all the help and attention that he needs with Grandma and Grandpa here. He would not be as happy if it weren't for them. We love you very much mom and dad!!

Fun Times!

2011-03-28T21:12:00.000-07:00

Some new pictures of our growing boys. They are both doing great. Clayton loves to entertain Brody, and we keep telling him that he is Brody's favorite and it makes him want to do it more. Brody really does love it and watches everything Clayton does. Here are a few pictures.

This last one is Brody's awesome hair. We did not do anything to get it to stand straight up. He has the funniest hair after he wakes up from a nap. This was one of the best and we got a good picture of it.

Whats New

2011-02-27T23:11:00.000-08:00

Well I figured that it has been a while and I should post some pictures. Here are a few new pics of our ever growing baby. Not much of interest has been happening here. We mostly stay home and hang out since it is RSV season we have been cautioned to stay home. That and the fact that Brody does poorly in his car seat has set our mode to home life. But we do have a few things. Clayton is still in preschool and loving every minute although the mornings are still hard for him. He really is a night person like his parents, though we are trying to break him of it. Brody will have his heart EKG and Echo on March 15th and we will be able to move forward and hopefully within the next month or so he will have his surgery. For now he is gaining weight and is above the weight that they were hoping he would be. He is 14 lbs. He loves to get attention and unless he is tired almost always has a smile for you. His new thing is to squeal when he is excited and he growls all the time. When he is tired, angry, or just wants to make noise- the only way you can tell what mood he is in is by looking at facial expressions. We feel really blessed to have so much help with him and that he is such a good natured boy. I really feel like I got some of the best kids you could ask for. Clayton is wonderful with Brody, earlier today I was trying to wash some things and Brody did not want to be laying down. Clayton saw that he was upset, brought him a toy and started to talk to him to entertain him. Brody loves to watch his older brother and smiles every time Clayton talks to him. He is such a big helper and likes to point out that he can take care of his baby brother.

Brody Pictures

2011-01-25T19:34:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the cute pictures that our professional family photographers took of Brody. We was very good for us and slept the entire time. Thanks to Nette and Jon for the wonderful pics.

We went to the doctor today and Brody is doing good. He is 13 lbs. and in the 25th percentile which is good for our family. He is our trooper.

Family Pictures

2011-01-25T19:27:00.000-08:00

So my sister Lynette and her husband Jon are doing photography and they are wonderful at it. We had limited places that we could take pictures since we did not want to leave the house with Brody. But they turned out great. These were a few of my favorites.

New Pics

2011-01-09T23:20:00.000-08:00

So I got my moms sd card and she had some way cute pictures of all of the cousins and of my boys so I stole it and here are the cute pics.

Brody smiling for grandma and grandpa. He pulls his feeding tube out a lot and any time he does we like to get pictures. This time he did it for grandma and they of course took advantage of it.

Brody with grandma and Bensen with grandpa. Our two newest additions to the grandkids lot. They are a week and a half apart.

Grandpa with Vanessa and Macey. Two of the cutest girls ever.

Clayton, Cody and Macey got to go to Kangaroo Zoo. They love it and this is one of the many pictures. This is the only one that had all of them. I imagine they were going a million miles an hour. I am impressed that my mom got this one.

Grandma with Brody snuggling in. He loves to snuggle and is a very sweet boy.

Clayton

2011-01-04T21:59:00.001-08:00

Clayton has been very busy this year. He started preschool with Miss Georgia. He loves it and is learning a ton. He got to go Trick-or-treating with his cousin Micah and he was a monkey this year. He has gotten used to his new brother and loves him very much. He is a very good older brother in everything except being quiet. That word is not really in his vocabulary. He is a wonderful boy and is really quite good. He loves to hang out with Grandma and has learned that if he goes shopping with her he will get a treat and always wants to go with.( this is impressive if anyone has been shopping with my mom they know why- she is a marathon shopper not a sprint shopper). He is also our little entertainer and always has the funniest things to say. For instance he announced the other day "When I grow up I want to have pokies (a beard) like my dad, and a big belly like Grandpa." He is a wonderful boy and is very lovable and always keeps us busy.

Brody

2011-01-04T21:47:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures of Brody. He is getting pretty big and is gaining weight like a champ. He is almost 12 lbs now. He is a very happy baby and is doing great. He is very aware of what is going on and always wants to be able to see people. He loves his dad, grandpa, and brother the most and watches them anytime they are in the room. He is doing the power nap thing and it is hard to get anything done but you cant be upset with him because he always wakes up with a huge smile. He is a very good baby and we all love him tons.

1 Month Old

2010-10-25T21:26:00.000-07:00

Brody is one month old on the 26th. We are excited because his surgery went well and he is recovering very well. He is able to eat from a bottle already and we are working on that. Hopefully he will be able to learn to do that quickly and then he should be able to come home if there are no more complications or surprises. He is getting bigger, he is about 20" and 7 lbs 4 oz. He is a tough boy and we love him tons.

Brody Update

2010-10-15T11:45:00.000-07:00

For anyone that has not heard. Brody had his first surgery yesterday. He had to have his tongue sewn to his bottom lip. It will be a semi-permanent thing. It will probably stay until he is 10-12 months old. He did well through the surgery and everything looks good so far. He is kept asleep until Mon. so that he does not move it at all. He will be able to wait until he is 6 months for his heart surgery as long as things stay the way they are. And around the 6-9 months they will do his jaw distraction (pulling it forward). Then around 9-12 months they will correct his palat. We are hoping that the surgery he received yesterday will be all he needs to be able to breath well enough to come home. If all goes well he will come home within the next couple weeks. Thank you everyone for your prayers and support.

Baby Brody!

2010-09-29T21:36:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the delay but better late than never. Brody was born on Sept. 26th at 11:06 am. He was 19" and 6 lbs 7 oz. Full name is Brody Craig Lym.

Slip N Slide

2010-07-05T13:52:00.001-07:00

We had an awesome slip n slide. It was about 60 ft long and the boys were having a competition to see who could slide the farthest. It was really fun. They were even nice enough to slide me down it, since I can't run and jump on my stomach. They did get some pretty fun war wounds but in all it was awesome. We also had another on the 4th that was a little longer, and we will continue to improve on them- once the boys recover fully.

Brianna on the slip n slide.

Ryan sliding down. They started to wear bags because they were sliding onto the grass at the end and it hurt less with the bags.

Nate's turn.

Shon sliding down.

Clayton and dad playing before the big competition.

4th of July

2010-07-05T13:45:00.001-07:00

We had an awesome time on the 4th. Clayton says that it is called the candy day, because that is what he remembers most. He was very determined to get all the candy that he could and we came home with a huge bag. He also had a great time shaking his hips and dancing to every float that came by with music. It was hillarious, but it will not let me post it so unfortunately you cannot see it right now. But here are some cute pictures of him and Micah at the parade.

Happy Anniversary!!

2010-05-10T09:53:00.001-07:00

I love you Ryan and all the adventure and fun that you brought to my life. Happy late anniversary!!

One more to come!

2010-04-08T20:57:00.000-07:00

We are officially announcing that we are pregnant. My due date is October 4th and we will find out the sex in 5 weeks. Clayton wants to have a baby girl and he wants to name her Vanessa after his cousin who he loves. I will post pictures after the next visit- baby was moving to much last time to get a good pic.

Review of the last 5 months

2010-02-20T17:58:00.000-08:00

Well I know that it has been forever since I last updated my blog, but better late than never. Not much has been happening in the first place to blog about, but we have cute pictures of Clay and have had some fun times so here goes.
One of Claytons new favorite things to do is paint. This is a finger paint, but he has painted a wooden snake, lizard, alligator, bus, truck, race car, and a lot more pictures. He loves it!!

In January we went to Red Rocks, NV to do some rock climbing. It was cold but fun. The little person climbing is me and the close up is Ryan. Clayton had a fun time finding all the caves he could and climbing into them.

This is our sweet snow fort that we made. Clayton loved it, it was big enough that he could stand up in it.

This was our awesome Halloween costumes. We were 80's rockers and Clayton was a dragon!!

So this is a way cute picture of Clay and the other shows the huge pile of leaves we raked for Grandma and Grandpa.

We went camping with Nate and Nick and as you can see... it was cold. It snowed on us and we ended up going home a day early.

Clayton loves his cousin Vanessa and just today told all of us, "I am not her cousin I am her brother."

Claytons Birthday Party- He is 3 years old!

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Camping in the Uintas

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Water Park in Couer d'Alene

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Camping!!

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Micah and Clay at the top of the trail. They hiked the entire way- it was 2 miles. We were so proud of them. They were awesome and had so much fun together.

Family photo at the lake. It was gorgeous up there. We hiked up to the lake above Brighton Ski Resort. It was Brighton Lakes Loop.

Our camping spot. The shirt heads- we woke up to a ton of bugs that would fly into your eyes and mouth, so we devised these to keep them off.

This is Clayton fighting the bugs. He was getting very angry at them and trying to punch them.

Everyone on the trail up. We hiked up between two of the lakes and camped. In the morning we hiked to the lake that is pictured above.

From left to right is: Brandon, Steph, Clayton in front, Micah, Becky, Brett, Nick, and Ryan. It was a ton of fun and it was gorgeous. Thanks for coming everyone it is always more fun with people.

New Baby!!

2009-08-09T18:15:00.001-07:00

Sorry the pictures are so small, but here it is. This is at 9 weeks. We are now 12 weeks along and everything is going pretty good.

New Apt.

2009-04-10T11:34:00.000-07:00

Well we are in our new apt. and almost unpacked all the way. I wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped us. It was great to have so many people help out. Thanks to Mom and Laura we were almost completely unpacked the day after we moved in. They are both amazing. I will be posting pictures later when it is clean enough to take pictures of for those out of state people that can't come see it. For everyone else, if you haven't seen it yet, I am sure we will have a BBQ so you can.

The Zoo with Papa!

2009-04-10T11:29:00.001-07:00

We to the zoo with Papa a couple weeks ago. Clayton loved it! Of course because of the animals, but also because it was with Papa! He had so much fun that he slept through dinner in a noisy restraunt. We are excited to go again when it is a little warmer and there are more animals outside.

Driving!

2009-04-10T11:26:00.000-07:00

Clayton is only two but he loves to drive the car. Every time we get in the car we have to listen to him yell "I wanna drive!" We have a long time to listen to that. But it is pretty cute when he does get his turn.

Bye Bye North Salt Lake!

2009-03-12T11:07:00.000-07:00

So we are moving! We have found a nice duplex in Kaysville. We are moving in at the end of this month. We are very excited for the move it is a nice house with a fenced in backyard. We are also very excited to be closer to Grandma and Grandpa!!
-Now for the packing.-

Sledding!

2009-02-18T13:25:00.000-08:00

Ryan and Clay sledding.

Grandpa and Clay sledding.

Mom and Clay sledding.

Clayton all by himself. Ryan shoveled all of the snow into one spot on the hill so we could sled down it. Clayton loves it and never wants to come in once we start sledding.

I love the 4 Wheeler!!

2009-02-18T13:18:00.000-08:00

Grandpa pulling me on a sled.

Riding with Grandpa!

Riding with Brandan.

Waiting for Brandan to take me out on the 4 wheeler! Clay loves the 4 wheeler anytime he can he will ride on it, no matter what the weather.

Opening Christmas Presents

2009-02-18T13:09:00.000-08:00

Thomas the Train!

Ooh more presents!

We opened Christmas presents at grandma and grandpa lyms house. it was great fun. Clayton loves to unwrap presents, when he was done with his he tried to open everyone else's.

Yay snow!!

2009-02-18T13:04:00.000-08:00

Clayton doesn't care what he is wearing, he will jump in the snow no matter what. He loves the snow more than anything. We were just walking in the house from the car and we didn't make it without him getting soaking wet.

Our Christmas Tree!

2009-02-16T18:22:00.001-08:00

Our family in front of our little tree.

Clayton helped us decorate the tree. He put all of his ornaments on the same branch. It was very pretty. He loved to decorate the tree, and throughout the entire month he would move the ornaments from one branch to another and was constantly redecorating it with his cars and toys.

"I'm A Cowboy!"

2009-02-16T18:15:00.000-08:00

Clayton loves to ride on his "horse." Which is styrofoam from our computer packaging that he thinks is the greatest thing. Proof that kids seriously do not need toys, although he has a ton anyways.

MOOOO!!

2008-11-02T20:26:00.000-08:00

Our favorite part of Clayton's costume was the wide poofy bum. It was so funny to watch him walk, it looked like he was waddling from behind.

Clayton was a cow for Halloween. He was pretty excited about it, he even found the costume himself. He did not want to go to the door of the first house, when we went trick or treating, but after they gave him candy he could not get to the next door soon enough. He loved it. He was mooing for people and asking them for treats the entire time. He did not pick up on the trick part of trick or treat and we would get to the door and he would say "treat a treat". It was adorable. He loved to see the other kids dressed up too! Unfortunately for us we only had about three trick or treaters and we have a ton of candy to eat :(, Clayton doesn't mind though.

Playing in the Leaves

2008-11-02T20:12:00.000-08:00

Getting ready to throw the leaves on mom. Yay!!!

Bury the toys!

It lookes kind of weird to have snow pictures and then playing in the leaves in the fall. But with Utah weather the snow came and then the leaves fell. Clayton had a lot of fun raking the leaves, he loved to jump in them, crunch them, and throw them on mom. We also buried toys and stuffed animals. It was quite exciting for him.

Building Snowman

2008-11-02T19:53:00.000-08:00

This is Clayton helping Dad roll the top of the snowman by laying on the snow. They had soooo much fun.

Clayton playing in the snow. He loves the snow. He was running around like crazy, his snow suit does not really fit him anymore but we made it work for the one day of snow.

This is the beginning of the snowman. Clayton did not know what was going on at first but he had fun following Ryan around the yard. Thanks to the crazy weather in Utah; Clayton and Ryan were able to play in the snow and made a huge snowman. Too bad it was melted the next day, but Clay will know what to do this winter- we can't wait!!

Happy Halloween!!!!

2008-10-31T12:00:00.000-07:00

Yeah!!! Clayton is going to be a cow for Halloween. He is very excited, he picked out his costume all by himself. We are going to go to the mall to trick-or-treat with Laura and Wes, and then when daddy gets home tonight we are going to go with him as well. We are very excited. Sorry it has been a while since i updated the blog but we just go the internet so I will be able to do it a lot more now. Hope everyone has a great Halloween!!!!!

Lake Powell

2008-10-31T11:29:00.001-07:00

Hanging out on the house boat. Clayton loved to play with all of Ryans cousins. It was great.

Ryan skiing, he got even better by the end of the trip this was the first day.

Ryan loves to make drip castles, and bridges. This was the coolest one that he made with Amanda. She was very good at them, I think they spent half the time we were there making different drip castles and towns. It was lots of fun.

One of Claytons favorite things was to get buried. If you dug a hole he would jump in it and start covering himself with sand. This was done by Luke, this is the deepest he ever got.

This is Clayton and Luke, behind them is Olivia, Amanda, and Audre. He loved to play with all of them and was very, very sad when we left. He also loved to play in the sand, he spent almost all day for the entire week playing in the sand.

Clayton's 2nd Birthday

2008-10-31T11:23:00.001-07:00

Clayton always loves his birthdays. He got lots of cool toys from grandma and grandpa. He loves his tools that you can see there and he got a train and he loves as well. Clayton loves trains and blocks, he spends most of his time playing with them.

Blow up Bouncer

2008-10-31T11:14:00.001-07:00

Grandma Lym got a cool blow-up bouncer for the grandkids. Clayton Loves It!!! It is the greatest this for him because he loves to jump, usually it is off the couch so this is great. And a lot safer than the couch.

Cool Picture

2008-10-31T11:12:00.001-07:00

This is a cool picture that we got of Ryan rock climbing.

Our Little Rock Climber

2008-10-31T10:52:00.000-07:00

We found a great place to rock climb in Draper where Clayton can play. He loves it and he is getting pretty good at climbing himself.

Busy Busy Busy

2008-07-17T15:10:00.001-07:00

Well this last month has been a busy one. I did not get to post pictures to my blog for a while so I did a slide show for them instead.
This last week me and Ryan were able to go on a back packing trip to Havaseu reservation and it was amazing. It was an 8 1/2 mile hike in and out of the canyon,and they have a campground where you can stay and swim in the beautiful waterfalls. We went with Ryans good friend Lane and his dad, and the scouts from his ward. You are able to camp right on the river and we hiked and swam everyday. Big thank you to Grandma and Grandpa Purdy who watched Clayton for us so we were able to go. Below are the pictures of the waterfalls and other fun stuff there.

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-07-17T15:09:00.001-07:00

Check out my Slide Show!

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Back to Idaho!

2008-07-17T14:34:00.001-07:00

So Ryan and his brother Brandan decided to climb Tablerock by the Tetons while there was still snow up there so they could get some really cool pictures, and they did. Then the next day we went rock climbing up by Heise at Elephant rock. It was really fun and it is a great place to climb if you have kids. It is a huge rock that pretty much sticks up out of a field so they can run around, its great. We got to see Joe and Natalee again (Yea!!) and we had a ton of fun.

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-07-17T13:37:00.001-07:00

So the week of the 16th-20th we went to Cherry Hill. Clayton loved it! His favorite was the blue slides. Then the next day we went to the zoo. He loved that as well. He thought it was great to see all the animals close up instead of in books. He especially loves the giraffes and the elephants. That weekend we went camping and he got to play in the river. There were a couple of bulls that were hanging out on the other side of the river from us and they were the highlight of the camping trip. All he talks about still is the cow and he is constantly asking where the cow went. Then the next week Micah came to play and we went swimming in Claytons pool. They loved the water and then both layed down to dry off together.

Cute Boy

2008-05-19T15:27:00.000-07:00

Clayton hanging out with dad. He loves to put on Ryans hats and run around. He is the cutest boy ever. Doesn't he look sooo cute.

Cattle Drive

2008-05-19T15:10:00.000-07:00

Clayton on the horse with dad.
Some of the cows that Ryan was herding. These are the ones in the back with calves.
Here are a few more of them for you to see.
Clay on the horse again. Clayton loved riding on the horse. He was very very upset when we made him get down. He also finally started saying cow and horse that day. Clayton and Ryan both loved every minute of it.

Kitty!!

2008-05-19T15:03:00.000-07:00

We had a kitten come stay with us for a week and Clayton loved it. He would wake up and ask for it first thing. He loved to watch it pounce on things and followed it around all day, one of the best babysitters I have ever had.

Our New Play Pen

2008-05-19T14:56:00.000-07:00

Clay loves to play in the car. He will hang out in there forever. He likes to turn the stearing wheel and climb from the front to the back of the car. Its pretty great I get to sit in the passenger seat and read my book.

BUGS!!

2008-05-19T14:48:00.000-07:00

Clayton just discovered bugs. He likes to watch them crawl around. We have quite a few ants around and he loves to follow them everywhere.

Viewing my blog

2008-04-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

To view all of the pictures that I put on the blog this last time. You will need to go into the April archives to see them. Hope you all enjoy.

Clayton Reading a book

2008-04-19T15:31:00.000-07:00

Fixing the Sink

2008-04-19T15:29:00.000-07:00

Grandpa was fixing the sink and Clayton decided to help. He is such a good helper.

Climbing Mountains

2008-04-19T15:25:00.000-07:00

We went to go see Grandma and Grandpas new house but Clayton was more interested in the backyard. So much fun dirt to play in.

Dishes- Yay!!!

2008-04-19T15:19:00.000-07:00

Clayton loves to do the dishes with me. He fills up a cup or something and dumps it out over and over. He is a great help.

Easter Egg Hunt

2008-04-19T15:14:00.000-07:00

This was the greatest ever. Clayton and Micah got to have an easter egg hunt at grandma and grandpa Purdy's house. He loved it once he figured out what he was supposed to be doing.

Haircut

2008-04-19T15:09:00.000-07:00

This is mostly for Carrie. I told her I would post a picture of my new haircut. Don't judge me too badly I am in my pajamas and I don't have any make-up on. What do you think?

Haircut

2008-04-19T15:05:00.000-07:00

Dad giving Clayton a hair cut. He was very good and liked it actually. He tried to cut it himself when we were all done.

Movies!!

2008-04-19T15:02:00.000-07:00

Clayton loves to watch Monsters Inc. It is about the only movie that he will watch but he will make it almost all the way through the whole thing- which for him is amazing.

Little Yoda

2008-04-19T14:45:00.000-07:00

Dad wrapped me up in his sweatshirt and I walked around laughing and thinking I was the coolest. We thought he looked like Yoda.

Bath Time!!

2008-04-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

Clayton and Micah taking a bath together. They are so cute together. They had a blast and learned new tricks from each other. The one where they are laying on their bellies is Claytons favorite thing to do in the bath tub.

Baby Powder

2008-04-19T14:34:00.000-07:00

Mom forgot to close the lid and of course that was asking for it. Clayton had a little fun, and since it was already all over I had to get pictures of it. The room smelled great for a while though.

Ice Climbing

2008-03-05T11:27:00.001-08:00

This is a better picture of Ryan Ice climbing. The other one was him sitting at the top. I think this is a beautiful picture and it shows that he does actually climb up the ice. I believe that this is up Little Cottonwood Canyon.

TAG

2008-02-19T15:54:00.000-08:00

Ten Years Ago... I was 14 and was in 9th grade and thats about it.
5 things on my to do list today... Clean the basement, pay the bills, finish the gift for my
mother-in-law, pack for this weekend, and feed Clayton dinner.
Snacks I enjoy... popcorn, breadsticks, and Dr Pepper
Things I would do if a Billionare... wow, there are a million, but first I would get a nice house, a new truck for Ryan, and a nice car for me. Then I would take the whole family on a vacation.
3 bad habits... biting my lip, interupting people when they are talking, not being patient enough with Clay and Ryan.
Jobs I have had... Copper Rivet as a sales assoc., Hogi Yogi/Teriaki Stix, Tinseltown Theater, Debs as a sales assoc., Skaggs as a phone sales assoc, and Melaleuca in Business Development.
Things people don't know about me... hmmm I like to type and sort paper, and things like that, I always thought that the perfect job would be a secretary because you get to do that all day- kinda weird. I love chocolate but can stand rich chocolate and would prefer a cookie over a brownie, although I will probably eat one of each (but everyone knows that about me).

There is my Tag. I am going to TAG Laura, Natalie, and well everyone else that I know has already done it so thats it.
For those that do not know the rules of TAG: You must answer the questions above and Tag 5 people of your own. (or as many as you can, in my case I don't have that many to tag.)

Kissing and holding hands

2008-01-30T13:44:00.000-08:00

Clayton and Micah giving kisses.
Clay and Micah holding hands and going to play. They love to play together.

Naked Baby!!

2008-01-30T13:40:00.000-08:00

Run Baby Run
Clayton loves to be naked and as soon as he saw me grab a diaper he ran.

Playing with Grandpa

2008-01-30T13:33:00.000-08:00

Sitting on Grandpas head. Yay!!!
Look at me Grandpa. Hello there.
I Love You Grandpa!

New hat

2008-01-30T13:28:00.000-08:00

Clayton was playing with daddy's new hat. He thought it was great and loved to pull on the string that went around your neck and pulled it down over his face. He is a cute boy.

GQ

2008-01-30T13:24:00.000-08:00

Grandma showed Clayton that he had pockets and he just stood there smiling he thought it was the greatest thing ever.

I did it!

2008-01-30T13:21:00.000-08:00

Clayton is finally able to climb on the chair all by himself and he is pretty proud of himself for it. And he does it any time that he can.

Stuck!!!

2008-01-30T13:19:00.000-08:00

Clayton climbs into anything that he can and tries to sit in it. This time he got stuck. And he is not very happy about it.

Ice Climbing

2008-01-30T13:15:00.000-08:00

This is Ryan relaxing on the mountain after ice climbing. You can see his cool new helmet and his awesome crampons.

Little Bird

2008-01-30T13:09:00.000-08:00

We were eating Fettecini and he loved it. We thought it was cute that he got so excited to eat it that he opened his mouth before it even got close so we took a picture. Pretty cute huh?

Snow Sled

2008-01-30T12:52:00.000-08:00

So Ryan got this snow sled for Christmas it is for backpacking into the mountains in snow and it holds your gear. But we have not been able to use it for that yet. But we pulled Clayton around in it one day for fun and then dad and clay sled down the hill at Burton Elementary. It is not a very good sled for sledding but works great for pulling things. Also Jon and Ryan built a snowman on the roof when they were helping put up Christmas lights, its a pretty cool snowman with dead light bulbs for the body parts.

My Cute Sleeping Boys

2008-01-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

These are my cute boys sleeping. Its soo sweet.

My first snow experience.

2008-01-09T13:25:00.000-08:00

So I think I have told most of you about this but I thought I would show you all. We took Clayton outside to see the snow and play in it and he could not move in his snow suit and he face planted it. Then he sat down and rubbed his hands in it and that was about it. He is still unsure about the snow. It is cold and he doesn't really like to play in it that much. Grandpa did show him how to make and throw snowballs and he likes that.

I Love Candy!!

2008-01-09T13:20:00.000-08:00

So one night me and Ryan were watching a movie and Clayton got a hold of the candy bars but I did not think that he would be able to get any open so we let him play. A little while later he was being quiet and this is what we found. We had to get a picture before we cleaned him up.

Halloween 2007

2008-01-03T11:12:00.000-08:00

Clayton was a dog for Halloween. He loved his costume and still carries it around and pets it because it was sooo soft. He got a little bit of candy we mostly just took him to friends to show him off because he was so cute. He is carrying his pumpkin candy basket which he also still plays with.

Cute Boy

2008-01-03T11:08:00.000-08:00

I took this picture because I love that outfit on Clay. It was a couple months ago in Nov I believe but it is still cute. He loved to play in the leaves he thought it was great.

Testing Testing Testing

2007-11-19T21:20:00.000-08:00

Yay!!! I finally did it. Soon to be posted will be pictures and fun things like that. But for right now I wanted to figure out how to do this and how to get this on my blog. Everyone said that it was easy but I am not so sure about that. I don't even know if anyone will be able to read this when I am done typing. We will see. I will get some more recent pictures up too but this is all we have on the computer for now.