All Aaaaboard!!

Eating a snack at a before getting back on the Front runner
Cousin Emeree came along for the ride too!

Cohen and cousin Emeree getting ready to board.


Feeling pretty cool that they are ditching out on their naps:) And boy were they both tired before they left.

I think we may be making a train gingerbread this year instead of the traditional house...just a feeling.

Every so often when my dad has a spare minute at work he will call Cohen to see if he wants to take a ride on Front runner with him. Heck yes, he does! Cohen has an obsession with trains at this moment and whenever he can see or hear a train well......that just makes his day. We meet grandpa at the train station and the two(and sometimes three with cousin Emeree) jump on the train and head North or South, just depending on the day. What a fun way to spend the day with grandpa, riding trains, stopping for treats at a diner, or riding the train into Salt Lake grabbing lunch, hoping on Trax for a quick ride around the city and then getting back on Front runner and heading home. Thanks Grandpa for thinking of Cohen and taking the time out of your work schedule to take him on the TRAINS....you have no idea what kind of impact you have made and continue to make on him. He loves you and thinks you are pretty cool.

Side Note.. Cohen had thee cutest blond, surfer look, angel wings over his ears type hair. Well the other day Scott was going in to get a haircut so I asked him to take Cohen with and just trim up the sides and make it a tad bit shorter on top. Thats it. That simple. Half hour goes by and Cohen runs into my room to show me his new cut. I took one look and burst into tears. I asked Scott what in the heck did he have done he said, "You told me to have them trim it up all around"....Uh, yeah, trim is right not use a #2 and buzz his whole head. Ugh! I was and still am so upset. Here is to praying that his hair will grow back quickly and never again will daddy be taking him in for another "trim".. Did I mention how ticked I am??

TrICk ~O~ tREaT

SHA-WANG!! Party on Wayne and Garth. Loved the costume Audree and Gramma Shawna.

Grampa Curtis freaked all the little kids out, Cohen was still talking about the "scary monster" the next day. I will admit it was freaky and I had no idea who he was when he walked in my house. I love that you and Gramma get into the holiday spirit and dress up!

The cutest trick-o-treaters around.

Cohen sportin' his "super spidey"

The gang at the annual trunk-o-treat

Claire in deep concentration carving her own pumpkin

Emerson showing off her own creation that she carved all by herself.

Baby Teagan

Our friends the Stewart family need your prayers. Their baby and first son was born with a serious heart condition called HLHS. Since his birth he has undergone one of many open heart surgeries required to help fix little heart. The little girls in the family have had swine flu so they are not able to go up to the hospital for a week to see their son...I could not even imagine how hard that must be for them.

Please pray for the Stewart family and baby Teagan that they may be wrapped in the arms and the comfort of the Savior.

Feel free to visit their blog at http://www.teaganstewart.blogspot.com/

Happy #6 CLAIRE

CLAIRE ELIZABETH COLQUITT

September 22, 2003

Born at 2:16 p.m.

6 pounds 5 ounces

19.5 inches

Born 31/2 weeks early, fast,scary(placental tear, shocking my tummy to get heartbeat)delivery. Came out perfect, sweet, calm and to this day those characteristics have not changed one bit.

Claire has been such a joy in our home. She is such a kind hearted, funny, caring, compassionate little girl. She is so excited about life and truly cares about the happiness of others around her. The picture above was chosen because she is an absolute animal LOVER of ALL animals.

Today in the car as we were running errands this was a conversation Claire and I had.

C: Mom am I 6 yet?

Me: Yes, you are 6! Can you believe it?

C: No! I don't feel 6 and I certainly don't look 6!

If that isn't the most innocent , sweet and completely serious conversation.....well than I don't know what is!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE-BEAR!!

School Days are here!

Claire sitting by her desk partner and current crush Brandon. Claire is so ready and excited to be starting kindergarten this year. We love her teacher Mrs. Stephens and think this year will be an exciting one for Claire. She had kindergarten testing this week her teacher was so impressed at how well she did that she said next week she will be sending home books for Claire to start reading. She is a smart little cookie but more importantly she is kind, sweet and thoughtful of others.
After spending ample amount of time round brushing Claire's hair I came outside to take her picture only to find her dancing in the rain. Wet hair sprayed hair looks AWESOME!!

Claire just had to hold her mouth like that so "everyone can see all my teeth that are gone." She is too sweet and often times thinks she is Hannah Montana(take note of the outfit, the top was glitter galore)

Emerson was so excited to be starting the 3rd grade that she got up every 3 hours to check the time. She is so thrilled with her teacher Mrs. Breese this year, she is super cute, super nice just how teachers should be! The neatest thing about her according to Emerson is that she worked at Disneyland before becoming a teacher. We are excited to see what this year has in store for our Emerson she is a brilliant girl who just loves to learn and has a real ability to absorb everything that is given to her. She has spent every year starting with kindergarten in the S.E.M. program(program for gifted children) We are proud of her for her willingness to learn, her pride in her school work, and just how much she loves learning. Not only is her outer beauty stunning, but her heart is just as beautiful.

The girls had so much fun school shopping this year with Gramma Shawna. Gramma had them sleepover at her house and the next morning she took the girls to the mall to shop and out to lunch. They had such a fun day shopping with Gramma and when they got home they tried all their clothes on for us. Grampa also did a little shopping for the girls on his lunch breaks....he headed to Gymboree(his favorite little shop) and picked out thee cutest little outfits for the girls as well.

Thanks gramma and grampa for taking the girls shopping. They had a BLAST(and they look pretty darn cute too!)

Emerson's Baptism

The famous father/daughter pose.....moments before the big event.

We caught this candid moment between Gramma and Emmy after being confirmed....too precious!

The newest member of the church. Isn't she gorgeous? Cousins

CTR anklet from the Flynns

Scripture bag from Kassadi and family

Her very own scriptures from Nana & Papa

Her new CTR ring

The stitched picture Gramma Warrick made Emerson. It is darling and it will be a keepsake to be forever cherished.

On April 25th, 2009 our Emerson Rose was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was such a beautiful day! The ceremony started at 5 p.m and having 5 other kids getting baptized that day we decided to have a luncheon before the ceremony. The food, family and conversations were Divine, it was so much fun to have almost all of our family together in one room(we missed you Janes family and Colquitt fam). Emerson had a special surprise by having her cousin Kassadi fly out from Texas to come support her choice in becoming baptized. We are so grateful that she was able to come out for a few days and be with us. Thank you everyone for your love and support on this milestone event.

Britney Spears

On Tuesday April 14th Audree and I went to the Britney Spears concert. She certainly is a good performer the stage and all the props were really interesting but her outfits take the cake. I have one word to describe her outfits....WHOA!! I took over 200 pictures and there was only a select few that I could post because they were quite provocative. Her show was most definitely for adults. She was really impersonal and seemed to just go through the moves, dances and songs just to get the concert over with. All in all we had a fabulous time it totally made me want to come home and dance, dance, dance.........DANCE!

*********these outfits were her most "modest" ones, therefore these were the select few photos I could post********

Easter 2009

We tried our hardest to get a family picture as we were walking out the door on our way to church.
My cute little family

Cohen is looking like such a little man. We love our little "presidente"***said with a strong Spanish accent:)

Claire our little princess.

Emerson looking like such a young lady.

Thanks Gramma for the beautiful Easter dresses for the girls they looked adorable!

Watches!!!

My two cute girlfriends just started making these really cute beaded watch bands. Check out their blog to see their cute ideas, they make wonderful gifts and remember Mothers Day is just around the corner.

Order your watch band/faces here:http://bellarosebeads.blogspot.com/

Good Job Ladies!!

Family Night Randomness

I had to laugh at this photo because this is the only picture I got with Cohen in it. He was so busy throwing pillows off the couch and then every so often he would bop each of his sisters across the head with one. Lil stinker thought he was so funny! We love him and all the excitement he brings to the family. I love that he is a momma's boy and that I am his "favorite." He melts my heart completely.
Emerson with her beloved Webkinz.

I couldn't resist. The girls were snuggled up together listening to the lesson and I just happened to notice their little feet and toes. These sisters sure do love each other and really are each others best friends. I hope it stays that way FOREVER!

Emerson really loves family night she gets really involved in the lessons and most of the time I am in such awe at the knowledge that little girl holds. Scott giving the lesson and check out all the props he pulled out for the lesson. He is a great teacher!

Emerson reading from the manual and Claire listening intently on what Emerson is saying.

Claire had to show off her Webkinz too...her and "Pinky" are rarely separated.

I love my Eternal family!

(I wish I got at least one photo of Cohen...he is THEE cutest love bug around)

It's GREAT to be 8!!!!

Gpa lifting Emmy up to see if she has any resemblance to what she looked like as a newborn. It was so fun to look back on that special day that she was born. Fun to see her cute face....not fun to see the body I acquired while prego with her and gaining 60+ pounds. Not cute!! Scott dubbed me as the Octo Mom times 2.....thats how huge my belly was....and really it was ALL belly!!
Birthday girl with her special Gma and Gpa

Showing off her cowgirl bratz doll.

New shirt

New hat!

DVD

Happy 8th Birthday to my sweet Emerson

Rose! We had such a great today celebrating and by the time the night ended and the party done it looked as though we had just celebrated Christmas.

We love you little beattle-b and are so truly blessed for your sweet spirit in our home. You are such a good girl, great daughter and excellent big sister. We love you so much and hope you had a great birthday!!

Gifts Emerson received

1. Gramma and Gramps--hurley capris(sooo so cute), shirt, nike hat, bratz cowgirls barbie, the last unicorn dvd, a decorative towel holder with holiday towels. Emerson loves anything that has to do with horses so when she told g'ma that she wanted a bratz it was very fitting that she got the cowgirl(good eye G'pa) Emerson always admires G'ma's decorative towel ring in her guest bath which she decorates with "holiday of the month hand towels" very cute and she is so excited to have her very own. Tonight she told me she loves that Gma and Gpa love to Spoil her:)

2. Flynn fam---a littlest pet shop stuffed animal, a bracelet made by Cortnee, and a stained glass necklace making kit

3. Horrocks Clan-- really nice sterling silver earrings. Her first piece of "fine" jewelry...haaha!! It is very beautiful thanks guys!

4. Family-- littlest Pet shop Monopoly(very fun), baptism jewelry, 2 webkins, and movie passes and dinner for the new Hannah Montana Movie

We also got a call from her cousins in St. George wishing Emerson a Happy Birthday, a call from her cousins in Texas with a great birthday present saying Kassi would be coming to stay with her and attend her baptism at the end of the month. She is beyond thrilled !! And also a call from her Nana and Papa.

Fishing at Cold Creek..Hook Line and Sinker!

The look of a proud dad. He is so proud of his little girl for snagging this beauty!
Gross!!! Fish slime spraying everywhere.....ewwww!

Cohen probably having a hard time just standing there and not diving in the water to get the fish.

Look....he cant believe that he put an empty pole in the water and when he brought it out there was a fish.

Repeat picture:)

Cohen snagged another one. Look at all the fish activity in the water.

Looking at the catch. Claire standing in the distance not wanting anything to do with it.

Again Claire in the distance nervously bitting her nails. Emmy and Cohen getting ready to snag another.

What a good way to spend a Saturday. We had gone over to visit my parents this afternoon and my dad got talking about a fish farm in Ogden and how much fun the kids would have fishing for some good 'ol rainbow trout. Scott, my dad, Claire, Emerson and Cohen loaded up and away they went. I guess when you get there they throw fish food in the water and the fish go nuts, you drop your pole and within 2 minutes you have one hooked. Emerson caught a total of 5, Cohen caught 3, and Claire caught 2. Claire was a little afraid of the fish and really didn't want to be around it. Emerson had a good time and was extremely proud of herself for catching the most and Cohen he was in his element...outdoors, water, mud and disgusting things he can touch.

They all had such a great time and look forward to going again. Thanks grandpa for providing the day of fishing and lunch. Now.....I will let you all know how they tasted after our Monday night fish fry!!