Ain't She Cute!

I just have to brag about my sister Krista. Isn't she clever and creative to think of this? She won the costume contest at work! In case the picture is too small to see, she's the game "Operation." I wish I had her creative juices flowing in my blood! And a big "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!" shout out to Krista and Jeremiah. Today they celebrate 9 years!!! Way to go guys!

Tinkerbell!

Jason thinks that the Newbold side of the family likes to make up occassions for parties, as well as, have a party for every occassion. That's only because his family doesn't celebrate holidays...they celebrate sporting events! (they really do celebrate holidays...they just have parties for the sporting events.) Anyway, today I proved him right!

The new Tinkerbell movie came out today and we celebrated! Emma had her own party and Maddie had hers. Emma invited a couple of her little friends over while Maddie was at school and we made a Tinkerbell bookmark (complete with pixie dust!) and watched the movie. The girls dressed up in their dresses and wings. The great thing about 3 year olds is they are so easy to please. You put the word "fairy" in front of anything and they squeal in delight. For instance, pretzels taste so much better if you call them fairy pretzels and water is no longer when you call it "Fairy Juice." Maddie only had one friend that was able to join us and we made Fairy Fortune Tellers. The girls had a lot of fun watching the new movie and being with their friends. I can't wait for the next Tinkerbell movie to come out so we can celebrate all over again! Nathan partied in his Mets onesie in honor of the World Series. See, I told you we party for sporting events.

Hee Haw Farm

Maddie had a field trip today and I was lucky enough to go with her. We went to the Hee Haw Farm in Lindon. The corn maze is confusing even in the daylight! The kids kept saying "we're never going to get out of here." The hayride was a 3 minute circle in the fields. I wanted to put some of the other moms in time out for making negative comments about it. The kids were listening and started following suit. IT'S A HAYRIDE and there were TWO OTHER SCHOOLS there! What do you expect? Anyway, my little group enjoyed it. They went down a really big slide on a sack and played in a "corn" box that was filled with corn kernels. They were able to pick out a small pumpkin and take it home and we learned about all of the things that have corn in them...like make-up. Weird! We sw Leroy the pig. He weighs 1200 pounds! No, that's not a typ-o. We went through the little haunted house and then just played around at all the activities they had. It was a fun time. Maddie said that her favorite part was feeding the piglets. They ate right out of her hand. A big THANK YOU! shout out to my sister in-law Nicole who watched Emma and Nathan for me so I could go.

Halloween Parties

On Friday, 1800 Contacts had their annual trunk-or-treat party for the families. The girls were so excited to finally put on their Halloween costumes and get some candy. Emma is Sleeping Beauty and I finally talked Maddie into being a Witch. She couldn't decide between a robot, werewolf or candle. Nathan is a little pumpkin. We had one of our neighbor girls with us that we were babysitting and she was a flower fairy. We had so much fun. They had someone taking pictures of the kids and then we went upstairs for cookies and brownies. They each made a few crafts and brought home a lot of candy. Saturday night was the DC's party. (Jason works at the Distribution Center). We went bowling at Fat Cat's. I haven't been bowling since Jason and I dated 5 years ago!! Let's just say that I was a little rusty. Fortunately I was on the wives team so I didn't feel too bad. A few nights before the party I did some bowling on my parents Wii and bowled a 202!! At Fat Cat's it was a different story...I was terrible up until the last frame. I bowled 3 strikes in a row on the 10th frame and I was so excited and I looked up at my score and my face fell...I had a 99. Even after a turkey I didn't even break 100!! The second game was bad for all of us. I bowled a 76 and the high score was a 79. The third game didn't count and we didn't even finish it because our time had expired. But, as usual, the game that doesn't count is the one that we all did really well in. The time expired on about the 4th or 5th frame and I was already at a 79. Oh well. On Sunday we went to grandma Childs house and made chocolate cupcakes. The kids started out frosting with their knives, then eating the frosting with their knife, then eating the frosting with their fingers, then just shoving the sprinkles in their mouths. It was pretty funny. They did eventually eat the actual cupcake that had a little frosting and a few sprinkles. They were so gooey by the end of the night. Maddie asked if she could take a bath and I told her no because she was only messy on her hands and face. She said, I can make myself messy and proceeded to rub her frosting covered hands all over herself. Needless to say she still did not get the bath she wanted. Check out all of the fun pics in the slideshow above!

Fun Filled Weekend

Wow! We did a lot this weekend. There are so many fun pictures and they are all in the slideshow above. We started our weekend by going to the Wee Witches at Gardner Village on Friday with some of our friends. It was fun to see all of the cute witches and walk around. It was very crowded!! On Saturday Jason went hunting with his brother Todd and his Dad. So my sister in-law Kristy (Todd's wife) and I decided to take the kids to Thanksgiving Point's Barnyard Boo. The kids had a ton of fun! Maddie and Emma had their faces painted. Maddie wanted a spider w/web and sparkles and Emma of course wanted a princess crown with sparkles. They played fun games and won candy, got tattoos and frosted cookies. Of course you have to pet the animals while you are there. Maddie's favorite part was the pony ride. She selected the largest one (which was actually a horse) and was just in 7th Heaven! Emma rode on the little pony all by herself! Zachary and Tyler had fun. Zack was a little nervous to ride on the pony without his mom, but then I wounded his pride a little bit when I told him that even the girls were riding by themselves. He felt like he was pretty hot stuff on the horse all by himself after that. Emma's favorite part was getting fairy wings made out of balloons! Maddie chose to have a balloon cat. The boys of course wanted swords. Nathan slept the whole time in his snuggly. Thanks Nate! Afterwards, the girls and I took a drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon to see the colors. It was a perfect day and so beautiful! We found the cave that my friends and I found when we were in Jr. High and walked the trails and played in the leaves. The girls had fun throwing rocks into the stream and finding all sorts of treasures. On Sunday we went to my mom's house for dinner and pumpkin carving. Maddie and Emma were just beside themselves creating their pumpkins. They've been bugging me about it since last Monday when we got the pumpkins! They've played with them all day today and are quite proud of them. We dressed Nathan up in a little Michael Jordan basketball outfit that we gave to my sister in-law Nicole when Ashton was born. He even has on little Jordan shoes! He was so cute and just so you know...those aren't fat rolls they're muscles! All in all it was a pretty fun filled weekend! I'm so glad that Maddie doesn't have school today so I can recoup!

Prince(ss) Nathan

Despite Jason's valiant efforts to protect his son from Princess stuff, Emma managed to sneak a Cinderella crown on Nathan while he was sleeping. He just looked too precious to pass it up!But have no fear! Mommy is here! I remembered seeing a baseball cap in a sack of clothes that my sister in-law Nicole had given me.Now there's a son that any father could be proud of! When I first put the hat on him it reminded me of the remark that Tom Hanks says to the umpire in the movie "A League of their Own." Because this is a family blog I won't say the quote, but I think you get the picture....

At the blessing a lot of people asked me how much this little chub-chubs weighed and I didn't know the answer. He had his two month check-up a few days ago and he weighs....12 pounds 15.5 ounces!!! So basically 13 pounds and 23 1/2 inches. He's gained 5 pounds since his two week check-up. I know that he was almost a full 2 pounds bigger than Maddie but I looked in Maddie's book and she weighed 13 pounds and was 23 inches when she was 4 months old!! My he's a chunker. But a cute one at that. He's happy and healthy and just look at how well he holds his head up!

Hey, he's not doin a whole lot right now so I've got to be the proud mother about something! well, there you have it... my son...slugger by day...princess by night!

Credits

Ok. So as you can tell, I am revamping by blog a little bit. It has some issues and it's not quite how I want it, but I'm too tired to fiddle-fart around with it right now. Maybe I'll fix...maybe not. Either way, I've had fun creating it and I will be able to correct my mistakes next month when I inevitably change it.

Aren't those pictures cute? Those are from Halloween last year. Maddie (for whatever reason) wanted to be Spiderman. The only Spiderman costume I could find was the one with the muscles. So, on a girl...it looks like Spiderman with boobs. Emma, of course, wanted to be a princess. So, for trunk or treating purposes that's what they were. I, on the other hand, wanted them to be Thing 1 and Thing 2 from the Cat in the Hat. So, for school and trick or treating purposes that's what they were. My sister in-law Amy gave me some stuff to make their hair blue but you can't really tell that in the pics. They were so cute!!!

Ok, so on to the credits. While I was the one who designed the background and header (should I really be admitting that?) I used some scrapbooking kits. Here they are:

Background: Ellie Lash Halloween Kit

Header (various elements from several kits): Candy's Treats- Halloween Blog Train

Man in the Moon-Witch's Warts

Leslie Emery-Trick or treat

Creations by Jess-Spooktacular

Anyway, like I said it was fun to create, even if it looks like a mess. Hopefully they'll get better as time goes by. Make sure you listen to the music! It's Mannheim Steamroller Halloween. Spooky!

Tag-Memories

I got this from my sister in-law Amy. I thought it would be fun to see what you remember about me. Be nice!! 1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you!

Nathan's Blessing

Sunday was Nathan's Blessing day. He was two months old exactly on that day. It's amazing how time flies when you're busy! It was such a special day despite the snowy weather. We had so many friends and family members there. It was wonderful. Jason did a great job on the blessing even though I didn't write his prayer out for him like he wanted. I told him to have his dad whisper it into his ear like a child. Nathan was such a good boy. He started crying towards the end of the prayer but what do you expect? I was just glad that he didn't poop all over his nice white outfit! Isn't the onsie so cute?!? I loved the little tie and that's why he was blessed in a onesie. Thanks to Nic for letting us borrow the white pants. They are near impossible to find and I didn't have the time to make a pair of white pants. We had some delicious soups and desserts following the blessing and I want to say a big THANK YOU to all those who brought goodies to share. I'm so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family around me! I'm also blessed to have a husband who is a worthy priesthood holder who utilizes that power to bless our family. Thanks J! You're the best! The girls were well behaved and that made me very happy! Maddie had a little friend in Eagle Mountain and they moved out to Clearfield so we don't get to see them very much. So she sat with them in church and I think I need Addison to come every week. I don't know that Maddie has ever been that reverent in church without being asleep! Thanks Sari and Brett for coming down and letting Maddie sit with you. Even though the blessing isn't a saving ordinance, it's still such a sacred thing to present your child to our Father in Heaven. To thank Him for the opportunity to raise and teach one of his Spirit Children and bless them with the things they will need to be able to return back to Him. I only hope that my family will return in better condition than when we left, though I don't think that is really possible! Oh well, we strive for perfectness and pray that we will be perfect enough!

CONTEST!

For those of you who like to cook or collect recipes like I do, there is a fabulous blog called Tonia Cooks. She is having a contest right now and all you have to do is leave her a comment with your e-mail address. The prize is a basket full of foods and items from West Virginia where she is from. Go to this link www.toniacooks.blogspot.com/2008/09/fall-contest.html and enter to win. But hurry! It ends on Sunday the 12th. Good Luck!

Breast Cancer Awareness

Tomorrow my family and I will be participating in a walk for breast cancer awareness. My mom works for Weight Watchers and has her own team participating. We did it last year and it was really fun. If any of you would like to donate even just $5 to help support my mom's team, as well as, the many Men and Women who suffer from Breast Cancer I would be forever grateful. You can just click on the donate button on the right. You can also join her team and join us on the walk if you want. Just go to http://www.makingstridesinutah.com/ and find Lynda Newbold's team. A month or so ago, my mom had to have a cyst removed and have it checked for cancer. Fortunately it was benign, but this is the closest that I have come to being associated with breast cancer in my family. I used to work for Bryner Medical in the radiology department and we did hundreds of mammograms. I also worked for Alta View Hospital in their Radiology department and we did MRI's for breast cancer patients. It was kind of experimental but it's amazing what medical technology can do. Unfortunately, there are too many women and MEN who are affected by this horrible disease. I am walking tomorrow in gratitude to my Heavenly Father that my mom is ok and that I am ok and that if in the future something does happen to either me or my mom, or even my two daughters, I will know that I did my part to try and fight this dragon of cancer! Call me the DRAGON SLAYER!! (Maddie is really into killing dragons right now that's why it's also on my mind.) Anyway, click the button and do your part in this fight or put on your tenny's and come walk a 5K with us. It will be fun even though it's in the rain and cold. But Cancer does not take a break for bad weather. If that were the case then I would move to Antarctica and swim with the penguins and cuddle with the polar bears. Do it for you, your mom, or little girls who (heaven forbid) just may one day have a cancer scare. Women stick together and help each other out. Join the team "BUSTIN" A MOVE FOR THE CURE today!

Emma's in the paper!

http://www.heraldextra.com/component/option,com_dharchive/Itemid,180/?s=1&q=american+fork+fitness+center&task=query Click on the link and it will take you to the little community paper where Emma's picture is. While we were there a lady kept taking pictures of us for some newspaper. I guess this was it. I was really surprised to see a picture of Emma in there and not one of Maddie because she took pretty dang near to a hundred of Maddie. Oh well, I guess Jason's and Maddie's legs made it too.

Dentist

Emma had her second dentist appointment today. She was very brave! Her mouth is still too small for x-rays but she held very still while they cleaned her teeth. She enjoyed watching the new Barbie movie on the t.v. in the ceiling. The best part about today was the new toothbrush they gave her...PRINCESS!! She is so very proud of her toothbrush and sparkle toothpaste. They let her pick a prize and she chose the princess wand this time. Her teeth look good so far and now we have to start the flouride supplements. Maddie has her appointment in a few weeks so we'll see what he says this time about her teeth. She has lost two teeth since her last exam and her mouth is too small to make room for the new ones. He had mentioned last time that they might need to pull some teeth. We'll just have to see what surprises are in store for us in a few weeks!