Colquitt FAB 5

Fall snapshots

2010-01-13T13:33:00.000-08:00

My beautiful and talented little sister Audree recently got a new lens for her camera that she wanted to try out, so she called and asked if she could take my kids out on a mini photo shoot session. She took hundreds and I literally mean hundreds of pictures and they all turned out beautiful. A couple of these have not been edited yet....I had a couple blown up into 20x30's to display upon my latest project(hopefully I will have it done by my birthday) Now I just need to find some bargains on frames that size..

Thanks Audree for experimenting on my cute lil' kids. I love the photos and they are sure to be treasured forever. You are just a talented young lady and this is a hobby I think you should stick with.

All Aaaaboard!!

2009-11-22T11:57:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-03T18:51:00.000-08:00

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

2009-10-23T08:49:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-08-26T13:36:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-26T21:41:00.000-07:00

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

2009-04-19T08:38:00.000-07:00

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

2009-04-16T20:56:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2009-04-16T10:26:00.000-07:00

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

2009-04-05T22:37:00.000-07:00

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!!!!

2009-04-05T21:47:00.000-07:00

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

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!

2009-03-28T20:33:00.001-07:00

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!!

Best Friends

2009-03-28T20:14:00.000-07:00

Ok...so I have a talented little friend who has just started up her own Photography business(and by the way she is awesome) she had called me saying she wanted to use Emerson in some photo's along with some of her friends I gathered Emerson, Cortnee and Gracie up and dropped them off with Alex for a 2 hour photo session. The girls loved it and came home saying how much fun they had and how "cool" Alex is. Well I just got done viewing the pictures and they turned out so dang CUTE! I love how it captures their innocence and what truly beautiful, kind, sweet little girls they are.

Check out their photos here

http://legacy-photo.blogspot.com/

Thanks Alex!!

1-800- Nutrisystem

2009-03-09T18:59:00.000-07:00

While I was cleaning my house today I had turned on a cartoon for Claire to keep her occupied when I entered my bedroom to put something away Claire jumped up and said this

"Mom did you know Marie Osmond.....she lost 45 pounds on NutriSystem and you can too"

I guess I am on my way to calling 1-800- nutrisystem!

My HEART is so SAD!

2009-02-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

I have written about little Gracie once before on my blog almost a year ago. She has been through so much in her little life it just doesn't seem right or fair. You can check her blog out at http://thegledhillfamily.blogspot.com/

I just wish I could do more to help ease the physical pain that little Gracie is feeling as well as lifting the emotional pain and suffering of her family. We trust that Heavenly Father has a divine plan for each little child he takes home earlier than any parent would ever want. I have followed Gracie's story since she was born and have grown to think that I know the family personally by reading the ups and downs of this journey they are on. I am sure it is not the journey they ever intended or wanted but is one they signed up for when Gracie chose them to be her parents here in this mortal life. She was brought here to this family for a very specific reason and through her mothers strength and love for Gracie she has documented the journey of her life. She has given me such a great understanding to take each day and embrace everything that comes along with it. I am grateful for the health of my children. I am thankful for all that I have been given in this life, not the worldly things, the things of monetary value but the things that I can take with me to heaven...my memories, my love for my family and my love of Christ.

Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers.

Valentines Day 2009

2009-02-17T08:53:00.000-08:00

The girls showing off their new Valentine pillowcases G'ma made along with their books. Thanks G'ma and G'pa for always spoiling us and making holidays so much fun! Cohen and Dad showing off his new book from G'ma and G'pa...also his new Hot Wheels!

Claire more interested in the toy than in the food. Typical Claire.

Emerson showing off her new rabbit smile. She just lost another tooth and thinks pulling this face is so cute!

Our McDonald dinner by candlelight
We had such a fun Valentines this year. I am not a fan of going out on Valentines Day, I mean you wait for a good 2 hours or more if you don't have reservations and I find that INSANE! Plus it is always hard to find a sitter on such a day, although my parents did offer to take the kids but I wanted them to go out and do something special for themselves. So, this year I decided to decorate the table let the kids choose what we ate and eat it by candlelight. The kids decided on McDonald's Happy Meals and homemade chocolate cake that I let the kids decorate with Valentine goodies. It all turned out yummy and it was fun to watch the girls get so excited over everything. After dinner it was movie in mom and dads bed but not long into the movie we had some surprise door bell ringing going on. Out on the front porch was a bag filled with lot of goodies and of course lots of LOVE! Gramma and Grampa Warrick delivered some of the cutest Valentines around.(see above pictures) What would we do without G'ma and G'pa around? You guys always make every holiday so special and fun for the kids.
Happy Valentines Day Everyone!
(oh...thanks Audree and Jens for the yummy homemade chocolate dipped strawberries..YUM! You can bet that I sat in bed that night eating those and the V-chocolates caramel apple that I got Scott:)

Cohen's First Haircut

2009-02-17T08:44:00.000-08:00

Scott and the girls took Cohen down to get his FIRST haircut on saturday. He looks like such a big boy now. Look how handsome he looks with his "faux hawk"...I love my little guy!

Super Bowl Bonanza!

2009-02-02T20:22:00.001-08:00

Emerson(sportin' a groovy face) mom, uncle Jens, Audree and Natalee sitting around enjoying all the yummy food! Launee and fam we sure missed you guys:(
The basement over at my parents..they had it all decorated with football streamers and balloons. So cute! The blur is Emmy doing a cart wheel:)

Claire showing off her prize from the balloon she popped.

The whole gang with our 3D glasses on watching the commercials.

Cohen with cousin Emeree..he is showing off his prize from the balloon pop.

Cohen again with his "buck" and sportin' a chocolate "stache"

We had such a fun time this year at Mom and Dad's Super Bowl party. Let's get right down to the point I don't go to watch the game I go for the FOOD! My parents had their basement all decorated in the Steelers and Cardinals colors, balloons, streamers and all. It really looked cute and festive. My dad had planned a football Bingo game and each time someone got bingo he had a big bucket full of surprises we got to pick from, also for every touch down scored we drew a name and that person got to pop a balloon and the prizes were monetary prizes:) anywhere from .25 to 5.00(happily to say my Scotty won the 5 smack-er-roos) I wish I would have taken a picture of all the loot we walked away with it seriously was like Christmas. We had so much fun hanging out with everyone, stuffing our faces until we couldn't move anymore, playing the fabulous games and stuffing our faces again. We had a blast and look forward to next years Par-tay!

Am I cut out to raise a BOY?

2009-01-28T22:26:00.000-08:00

Cohen has developed a love of shutting doors around the house. Whether he is leaving a room or going into one to play it doesn't matter the door gets SLAMMED! Last week he was leaving his sisters room he turned to slam the door and unfortunately he ended up using his thumb as a door stopper. After the good 5 minute melt down he was fine and on his way playing again. I did manage to look at it but nothing was looked abnormal, it was a little red around the cuticle but that was to be expected after getting your fingers caught in the door. No worries. Or so we thought...Fast forward 4 days. Cohen wakes from his nap crying hysterically(never does that) he wouldn't let me pick him up, hold him NOTHING! He was holding his little had in a weird position so I grabbed it and examined it(not even recalling his door incident)and that is when I saw the THUMB! Yowsers! That thing was double in size and totally yellow under the nail bed. Since I was sick with the flu and it was Saturday around 6 p.m. Scott took our little guy to the E.R. it was there after and X-ray that they determined he had fractured the tip of the thumb. The Dr. then went on to say that when a child hurts a finger they tend to start sucking on it to help relieve the pain, hence that is how it got so infected under the nail bed. After a quick incision to clean and drain the infection, a prescription and hand wrap they were on their way home. Now 5 days after the antibiotics it looks somewhat normal...we are just missing the WHOLE nail which we did happen to find on the floor...VOMIT!

No, he did not learn his lesson on slamming doors but I am hopeful he will soon grow out of that stage. HOPEFUL.

Once again no pictures and I think everyone will thank me this one time for that:)

St. George Trip

2009-01-28T22:02:00.000-08:00

This past week the kids and I went down and spent some time in my old hometown of St. George. It was so nice to get away and go down see my sister, niece and nephews, although the weather was chilly it sure beat the temperatures back in SLC..oh, and the clean air it felt so good to be able to actually breathe. While we were there we were able to help my sister pack a few boxes in prep for her move into her CUTE new house, shopping, visiting the Brigham Young winter home, swimming(thanks uncle Darren) and visiting old family friends. Our family has dear friends that we have known forever they are like a 3rd set of grandparents to my kids. Wayne and Loyanne sure treat each of the kids so special and they always seem to have some new little doll, paper doll, tea set to show the kids. We love spending time at their home and feeling so loved and welcomed by them.

We are so grateful to gramma and grampa for taking us down and letting us use their beautiful condo we always have such a wonderful time with you guys and making everything so special and exciting for the kids. Grampa thank you for taking each of the grandkids shopping and buying each of them an outfit of their choice. Thanks for offering to buy me a pair of $196.00 pair of jeans. Now, why didn't I take you up on that offer?? Come to think of it...does the offer still stand? Mom, thank you for taking the girls down to the gift shop and letting them pick a necklace of there choice.

I am so bummed. I brought my camera and intended to take lots of pictures but I only managed to get one. Oh, well I will make up for it when we head back down in a couple of months to meet our new little niece. I cant wait! On the other hand...I can wait...don't even get me started on the car ride down and back. Oh BOY!

History Was Made!

2009-01-21T21:24:00.001-08:00

No matter what your political backgrounds may be...we witnessed HISTORY yesterday! I am truly proud to say that I am AMERICAN!! Watching President Obama's swearing in and Inauguration really renewed my love and faith for my country. His speech spoke a thousand words and restored a lot that has been lost in the last 8 years. I am EXCITED to see what happens for our great nation in the next four years!

Hardware Ranch

2009-01-12T19:58:00.000-08:00

The male elk fighting for dominance

The "posers" sitting pretty with a bobcat in the visitors center

Sitting on the sleigh and anxiously awaiting the tour

Claire and Emmy waiting to get on the sleigh

Grandpa showing Cohen what Elk antlers look like!

So my dad called this last weekend and asked if Scott and the kids wanted to go to Hardware Ranch and then on to lunch..his treat! We have taken the girls a couple of times to go see these huge creatures up close and they have loved it every time. The experience in itself is so much fun...you load up onto a sleigh pulled by horses which takes you out into this open field where hundreds of elk migrate to during the winter, every year for many many years. It is a preserve a "safe zone" for these animals in which they are fed daily, it was a tactic to help the farmers back in the day because the elk were eating all the farmers crops....it worked these animals have come back every year for years. It is so cool to be within feet of these monsters. Thanks Grandpa for the fun weekend Scott and the kids had a wonderful time and to top it off.....Golden Corral for LUNCH!

Colquitt Cousins

2009-01-06T22:11:00.001-08:00

Gabe and Cohen(on right) in a rare moment of not hitting each other or screaming,"Noooo....mine! We are certainly crossing our fingers that the next time they see each other that this will only be a phase of the past"

The girls with their Build-A-Bear creations. Thanks Chelon for the fun treat!

Having fun coloring their bears boxed "homes"

We loved every second that we got to visit and hang out with our cousins from Texas. Emmy and Claire miss Halle and Kassi so much so they really had a good time catching up on barbies, babies, Hannah Montana dance off, bob sledding down my stairs(my ears are still recovering from the high pitched giggles) and it really seemed like the time went too fast. Chelon I really had a fun time hanging out with you over the week and really grew closer to you. Thanks for being a wonderful friend and sister. How lucky am I that I have been blessed with 4 great sisters and to add another with you I feel truly blessed. We had soooo much fun and we miss you all so much. MOVE BACK!!

And then there was NEW YEARS!! 2009

2009-01-06T21:49:00.000-08:00

What can I say?? We know how to PAR-TAY! We rang in the new year this year with our kids and my 2 sweet nieces who were visiting from Texas. We headed over to my parents house around 8 to eat pizza, treats, play aggravation, have dance contests, and of course dance to the famous beat of G'pa's drums. We were struggling to stay awake so we decided to pack up around 11:30 and head for home into our warm beds..I was the trooper and rang in the new year watching Dick Clark drop the ball as everyone else in my house was sound and snug in their beds. No New Years KISS for me:( Halle, Kassi, Emmy and Claire building a pyramid all the while getting their sugar rush.

Daddy and Cohen ringing in the New Year!

The girls sitting still for a minute before running and dancing to G'pa's "beat"

I love all these little girls!

playing Aggravation with G'pa. This game lasted a loooong time. Good thing gramps had patience to see this game out. Whew!

We hope that 2009 is a year filled with happiness, health and wonderful memories.

Christmas Eve

2009-01-06T21:36:00.001-08:00

Getting ready to read stories at G'pa's house.

All the grand kids on the Warrick side. Look at them all sportin' their new jammies!

I love how amused Scott looks in this picture(and check out his brother in the the corner:) This was at Nana's house while she was reading the classic"Twas the Night Before Christmas"

This is for you Chelon..."Tis' the season to be jolly..falalalala"

A task in itself trying to get all the kids to look and hold still. All the grand kids on the Colquitt side.

Christmas 2008

2009-01-06T21:02:00.000-08:00

Cohen on his new drums from G'ma and G'pa Warrick. He loves them and has gotten some good use out of them already! Thanks for always getting such great gifts and making Christmas day so fun and memorable. The kids looked forward to going to your house all day long...the games, the treats, the activities you sure do know how to make it a special!
The girls with their new luggage from G'ma and G'pa Warrick. These will come into good use with all of the sleepovers at your house....Cohen got his own too! The girls also got their very own MP3 players from G'ma/G'pa....now choosing what songs to download...decsions, descions??

Emmy on Christmas morning! I love that she is still interested in dolls and all the girly things. She is so sweet and loved her doll and all the furniture to go with it. She got her own cell phone, shoes, dangly earrings, barbies,(presents from a couple of BOYS in her class) bead sets..she was such a sweet heart all day long and really enjoyed every minute of it.

I love Claire and her sleepy looking eyes. She is our little crafty/artsy kid..she loved the bead set as well as all her crayons, coloring books, dolls, her SWIMMING dog(that she just Had to have), barbies and new shoes.

Our lil' Cohen had such a fun time this year. He was old enough to understand that if you rip the paper off the boxes there are some pretty cool suprises underneath it all. He loved his fire truck, cars, balls, shoes, but most of all her loved the empty boxes and shredded paper.....go figure!

Feast Your Eyes On My Cute Family..

2008-12-13T18:27:00.000-08:00

We had our family pictures taken a couple of weeks ago and I honestly thought things would go a lot worse than what they did. I was prepared though with skittles stashed in my pocket for bribery when Lil' Cohen just couldn't take it anymore. All in all he did good, considering it was his nap time and he was beyond tired, and the girls well..lets just say they love the camera and attention anytime! As for Scott and myself we were wishing that our photographer could have photo shopped about 50 pounds on both of us..yuck..the reality of pictures really bites!

I need to give a shout out to Alex Perry for doing these awesome pictures for us. She has just started up her own photography business so anyone interested look her up at: legacy-photo.blogspot.com. She is the cutest thing ever and she does an awesome job! Thanks soo much Alex.

Let The Holiday Parties Begin!!

2008-12-07T21:21:00.001-08:00

This Friday we attended our ward Christmas Party. I so cant believe it is December and Christmas day is just around the corner....I am NOT ready!! We had such a fun time and it was so well planned out. We had the usual ham dinner, and a buffet of treats that the kids LOVED! I think Claire made 4 or 5 trips loading her plate each time(I hope everyone got through the line at least once before Claire came along) After dinner we had the Syracuse High Choir serenade us with beautiful Christmas songs and then followed by a "surprise" visit by the big guy himself. I love this time of year and all the activities it brings along with it. Hopefully, time will slow down a bit so we can actually take time and enjoy every minute of the season!Claire, Emerson and their friend Maddi waiting to eat!
Claire with just ONE of her many treats!

Daddy and Cohen. Cohen was to interested in the basketball hoops in the gym. This kids LOVES basketball...

Our friend Maddi and our sweet Emerson telling Santa she wants a horse, a baby doll, and maybe a cat. Hmm...I'm thinking Santa thinks the doll is sounding just about right:)

Look at Claire's nervous little hands. She was practicing in the hall what she was going to tell Santa she wanted. She asked for a doll and a swimming dog. Easy enough!

I LOVE the face on Claire here. She was ticked that she wasn't on Santa's lap, she thought that she wouldn't get the chance to tell Santa what she had rehearsed for so long in the hall....eventually she got her turn!

UNTIL THE NEXT PARTY....

Edward....Here I Come!!

2008-11-23T20:20:00.000-08:00

Team EDWARD! This is me right before going to the movie.

Oh....the excitement nerves were really kicking in just then!
Team Edward...All the way!

The "Twilight" gang

We only had eyes for each other:)

I don't care if you haven't read the book...go to the movie just to see EDWARD!! He played the part amazingly well and he for sure swept me off my feet....well, at least for 2 hours:)

MOOOOVE OVER BELLA, HERE I COME!

We Bleed RED!!!

2008-11-23T18:20:00.000-08:00

Enough said!!

Thanks Mom and Dad for hosting Codee's birthday and then keeping us all around a little longer to watch the UTES kill those Cougs.....Yeah baby!!

Happy 35th Codee. We had such a fun day bowling with you. Thank you for being my sister and our "special" aunt. WE LOVE YOU!

Bronco Bramma!?

2008-11-11T00:48:00.000-08:00

Claire walked into the kitchen while I was putting dishes away and this was our conversation.

Claire: "Mom the president I voted for won!"

Me: Oh yeah, who was it?

Claire(very serious tone of voice)" you know.. it was Bronco Bramma"

Me: well cool. good for you. I am so glad you voted for a president."

Claire: "Wait! Is he going to be the new president or prophet?

"Daxton's Box"

2008-11-10T22:47:00.000-08:00

Check out this blog. The story will tug at your heart and many times leave you in a cry out loud moment. There are so many ways to give this season and I have made the looking a little bit easier on you. The website is dbkunz.blogspot.com. Listed on the sidebar there are items needed for "Daxton's Box". What an easy way to give. You may donate the items listed or make a donation to help purchase the needed items. I know we will feel such joy in our hearts to be able to help families feel some sort of comfort in their time of loss and sorrow.

Saying Goodbye...

2008-11-04T14:13:00.001-08:00

Last night Scott and I drove up to University Hospital to say goodbye to his granny. It was hard to go into her room and see her laying in her bed so motionless. I was yearning to hear her say,"hey, doll how are ya? You look lovely." I sat by her bedside held her hand and thanked her for being my friend, for loving my Scottie so much, and loving my little ones. I am so grateful for the time she was here in Utah that she came to eat pumpkin pie at my house, visit with my kids while I had Dr.'s appts, and having bbq's at Steph's house. I am grateful that I got to really spend time with her a few years back as she helped me sew fabric blocks together in hoping to get a quilt done(we got all the blocks sewn, but regretfully never pieced the quilt together) she was a perfectionist at the sewing machine and often times checked my lines and literally made me start over from the beginning, but I loved it. I loved hearing all of her stories of her days growing up in England. I will miss our weekly check in calls, and her letters that she used to type to us that always managed to have a sticker of a cat on it somewhere(in homage to her love of cats, and closing every letter with "love granny & puddin' followed closely with a pawprint)

It is hard to say goodbye, but the thing that makes it feel a little better is knowing that she knows how much she was loved by me. Love you Nana Peg!

Next Project Runway Star??

2008-11-01T15:21:00.000-07:00

This year Emerson was introduced to stitching by her gramma Warrick. Emmy loved that hobby and talked all the time of "making things". We had asked the girls what they wanted to do this year be it dance, gymnastics, art etc. Emmy was not interested in any of those and then lo and behold I found a flier for sewing class, I mentioned it to Emerson and the next day I was calling to sign her up. She LOVES it!! She has been in class for a month and so far she has made a hair scrunchy, this cute book bag, and she is finishing up on some fall pumpkin decorations. Now she really wants to make some clothes, doll clothes and a night shirt. I guess it is time now for me to whip out the sewing machine. Watch out Project Runway.....Emerson Colquitt is on her way to big the next top designer:)

TRICK-O TREAT!!

2008-11-01T13:35:00.001-07:00

This is the only photo I got of Emerson at her school Halloween party. She looked so cute! What a fun class she has this year.

Don't we have the cutest grandparents in the world? They stopped over on Halloween to see the kids and to bring us a darling Halloween decoration to display next year.

Scott, Codee, and Cohen passing out candy at the trunk-o-treat. Codee went around asking everyone there for a pepsi:)

The kids starting round 2 at the trunk-o-treat. These kids scored big time this year!

After the trunk/treat we went over to visit my sis and bro/law at their cute new house. They gave each of the kids a special treat. We love having you guys live so close...now if we could only get you to babysit every once in awhile:)

Scott and I dressed up this year as well. Doesn't Scott made a beautiful pregnant lady? Somebody shoot me if I ever end up looking like that. Love ya hun, and I am so glad you have such a fun time on the holidays.

Emerson as the spider witch bride. A pretty dang cute one at that!

Claire as a "nice" witch and her pet crow!

Cohen as Elmo. He was too interested in what was in his bucket.

He HATED wearing this costume. I think he thought Elmo was eating his head. Poor kid...scarred for life:)

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Dang Computers

2008-10-26T14:12:00.000-07:00

Sorry my page is a bit skee-wamp-pus!! I don't know what happened but after journaling about our trip to California it just disappeared and now is out in cyber space somewhere. Not only did my journaling vanish but the layout and the spacing on my page is weird as well. I guess I could go in a retype everything and sort my page back out,but being the lazy sucker I am, I will not be doing that again today!! Makes me mad. I spent a good 30 minutes writing about our fantastic trip and now.....its GONE! I will journal it again another day, just not today! Most of you don't care what we did, where we went, what we saw, what we ate, how the airplane ride was....but I need to have it written down for my own little online journal. I just hope I don't forget before I actually go in a journal it.....you know me and my memory---SCARY!

CALIFORNIA 2008

2008-10-26T12:43:00.000-07:00

Laguna Beach!! For those of you who have watched the show Laguna Beach this is where the show was filmed. In fact we saw Lauren "LC"S HOUSE, THE SURF SHOP WHERE Stephen WORKED AND THE HOTEL WHERE they STAYED FOR PROM NIGHT. the TOWN IS GORGEOUS, THE BEACH WAS SPECTACULAR, IT WAS AMAZING!! In fact I will live there someday:)

We LOVED Laguna and cant wait to go back!!

Waiting for the parade

Cohen and I cruising in our "cool" ride

Waiting for the Tower of Terror

The face paintings that made me choke costing about 31 smack-a-roos! Oh well it is Disneyland after all :)

Scott and Cohen riding the carousel

Tea cups!!

Being the major animal lover she is...Claire did not want to leave the petting zoo area.

Winnie the Pooh

We LOVE Disneyland!!

We Love SeaWorld. Every year we go I am reminded on how much we love that place. The kids loved the rides at the Sesame Street Park, the Atlantis roller coaster(me not so much)shipwreck rapids, tide pools, and of course the dolphin and Shamu shows. The girls are insistent on wanting to be dolphin trainers now. Cohen loved seeing the penguins(called them ducks) touching star fish, and he LOVED the Budweiser horses so much that he tried to go into one of the stalls with these massive horses. We also loved having my autistic sister(aunt Codee) there at the park with gramma and grampa. It was so much fun seeing how excited she got riding the rides and she absolutely loved the scary Atlantis best.We couldn't wait for the following day to get her on all the scary rides at Disneyland

PAAAR-TAY!

2008-10-12T09:55:00.001-07:00

Candice, Rachel and I

Look at what super cute girlfriends I have!!

Did I just say I had cute girlfriends?? Yikes!
jenny evans, candice worthington, rachel lafon, me
and birthday girl herself--kate!

It was my cute friend Kate's surprise 30th birthday a couple of weeks ago. We had a good time. Lots of yummy food, drinks and pie. It is always fun to get together with my girls, chit chat and have a wonderfully good time. Happy Birthday Kate! And thanks Tyler for throwing together a fun little shin-dig.

Candice- I am ticked we didn't get any pictures of your birthday last week. I had my camera in my purse and during dinner and conversation it just slipped my mind:( I had a great time celebrating your 30th with you as well. Thanks for being such a great friend. Holy Crap--YOU ARE OLD!! HAHAH!

A Mom's Bragging Moment(only once..I promise:)

2008-09-22T20:38:00.000-07:00

If I may brag just for a minute. Just want to tell my Emerson Rose how proud I am of her for being chosen again this year(3rd year in a row, may I add) for the S.E.M program at schoool. Basically it is the gifted program and the teachers choose students based on test scoring, ability to learn and retain information, reading skills..etc..

We are proud of you beattle and want to commend you on your thirst to learn and the love you have for school and all the learning that is accompanied along with it. All your hard work now with pay off in the years to come with Jr. High, High school and then on to college. You are a smart girl but more importantly you are a nice girl. Remember to always be the example!! Love ya girl!

Just Because.....

2008-09-22T20:34:00.000-07:00

Just because he melts my heart! That's all!

(oh..and what mother can resist a cute naked bathtub picture??)

Happy Birthday Claire!

2008-09-22T20:06:00.000-07:00

The CUTE shirt gramma and gramps bought her to wear on her special day!

It was 5 years ago today that our little Claire Elizabeth was welcomed into our family. From the very beginning she has been such a calm, sweet, tender hearted little girl and to this day things have not changed. Our little bundle of joy weighed in at 6lbs 5oz. and 20 inches. She was born 3 1/2 weeks early. At just 4 weeks she was admitted into Primary Children's with Viral Meningitis. There she endured a spinal tap, more I.V.s than I can count and still every Dr. and intern that worked with her commented on how sweet and calm she was. She has grown into a very beautiful, caring, loving, free spirited, whimsical, creative, playful little girl. She makes our hearts and home happy daily. We love you Claire Bear and we hope this year is the very best yet!!!

Gifts she got: diamond princess dvd, flying horse, art supplies, and camp rock nail kit...from mom, dad, Emmy and Claire

gramma and gramps--sparkle pink satin sheets, diamond princess singing barbie, gymboree dress, mini barbie and horse, lights for bike spindles and a pass to have a sleepover at their house.

Codee--a peanut butter and jelly game

Nana and papa- mini sticker book and candy stick

Thanks everyone for the calls, the gifts and making Claire's day so great. We love you all!!

We celebrated as a family at the famous Chuck-E-Cheese. Mom, Dad, Emerson, Cohen, Gramma/Grampa Warrick and aunt Codee joined in on all the fun. This saturday will be Claire's "friend" party where 7 of her friends will continue on with the celebration!

He Makes Me Laugh:)

2008-09-09T12:38:00.000-07:00

Don't let this cute face trick you, he is full of energy, discovery and TONS of FUN!

Getting ready for the big jump. Maybe he should be a freestyle skier! Don't they hold a stance like that when they jump mid-air??

getting some serious air:)

white boys CAN jump!

Look at his cute little feet. He literally jumps and dives onto the pillows.

I just had to post some pictures of something that made me smile. As I was getting ready to make my bed Cohen decided to lay my pillows out stand on my quilt and jump full force to the pillows. I couldn't believe how high and far that little guy could jump. I love this little man and the everyday things he does that make me smile and fills my heart with so much joy and love. I don't know what I would do without my little guy. Love you Chubba!

***sorry for the blur of the pictures. i didnt have time to change the setting on my camera and had to snap him in action:)

Our Weekend

2008-09-04T21:21:00.000-07:00

Here is our weekend....in no particular order. Yes, as you can all see we are one exciting family! Please don't be jealous of our fun packed weekend. We are par-tay ANIMALS!!Cohen enjoying a ride on his dump truck. He loves our wood floors for that sole purpose.
My hunky hubby blowing out his candles(yes, the candles are not lit:)
Love you hun and hope this year is the best ever!

Weekend movie night in mom and dad's bed.

Scott, Emmy and a naked Cohen enjoying the cooler weather on the back patio. Cant wait for fall!

Cohen holding "his"flower, and he wouldn't be a BOY without all the dirt and mud smeared on his face! I love this little guy he brings so much joy to our family. We love you chubba, dirty face and all!

Did I ever mention how much my girls like to pose for the camera? Emerson loves to pretend to be in photo shoots:) Someday she wants to be the next Hannah Montana, Taylor Swift, Rodeo Queen, Pediatrician........

Another photo shoot opportunity:)

Where's Claire?? This is the pose she chose to do for the camera and was so adamant about getting about 60 pictures in this same pose...

Look at that cheeser!! She LOVES to be in front of the camera and there is no fake photo taking with her. After every picture you take of Claire she has to see it on the screen approve of it and then start again. Oh, how I love my little posers.

Claire's First Day of Preschool--Year #3!!

2008-09-04T20:49:00.000-07:00

Thee Cutest Preschooler around!Claire Elizabeth
Claire has an obsession with shoes. She is a typical girl
I guess. She loves to change her shoes at least 4-5 times
a day I'm guessing. After trying on 4 different pairs of shoes
at the store these are the ones she chose. I tried to convince her a couple
of times with different pairs but she kept coming back to these ones. What
can I say...this girl knows her shoes:)

The nice big backpack from gramma Shawna.
I think it will be big enough to fit all that preschool
homework in don't ya think?

Doing the famous "first day" pose!

We are so excited for you Claire to
start another year of preschool. You are such
a smart, kind, sweet little girl. You will have so much
fun meeting new kids, going on field trips, and learning
all the fun things Ms. Aubrey has planned for you.
Here's to your last year of Preschool---Hurraahh!!

Moving Day

2008-08-29T20:49:00.001-07:00

I knew this day was coming for the last month, the day when my sister, brother-in-law and their 3 kids would be moving. It didn't really hit me until tonight when I saw the big moving truck parked outside the house. Although, I do have to say that it will be an easier move having them only going to St. George unlike their last move to San Diego. Hard enough where we cant do our weekly lunch dates or having Lauren and Dawson coming over to play at my house for hours at a time. Five hours in still a long drive where I wont be able to see all of your cute faces all the time, yet close enough where I can sneak in a weekend visit every now and again. It is hard to have family move away. First it was my bro/sis in-law moving to Texas and taking their kids away from me and my kids. Emmy and Claire loved to play and have sleepovers with Kassi and Halle and the following day heading to Dollar Tree to find a one of a kind toy. Oh, how my kids miss them and ask frequently when they are coming back.....and NOW....Lauren, Dawson and Damon. That leaves us here with one set of cousins left. Cortnee and Emeree it looks like its just us! We are so happy for all of our relatives that have moved and all the exciting experiences that the move has provided for your families and the wonderful opportunities your jobs have provided you. We love you all and wish you were all just a"little"bit closer.

I love you Launee! This will be such a good move for you guys. I will miss you and your sweet personality so much. You will do great down in the land of sun!

P.S. I hope this makes a little sense as I am typing through my crying eyes! BOOHOO:(

Back To School!!

2008-08-26T20:30:00.000-07:00

So...I couldn't have asked for school to start fast enough. I mean 3 1/2 months is a long summer and coming up with things to keep kids entertained and busy wore off in lets say, ohh, week 2! The day finally arrived for Emerson to start her year in the 2nd grade. As excited as she was I was actually sad to see her walk into her classroom. I have enjoyed her help and company all summer long and was a little jealous that she wouldn't be with me all day long. I just cant believe how fast time is going by. My baby, my first born is already in the 2nd grade:( I am thrilled that she is so excited about her teacher, her new friends, and all of the fun things Mrs. Worley has planned for them this year. Next week we get to do this all over as Claire will be heading into her 3rd....yes, I said 3rd year of preschool. You have gotta love the late birthday's that miss the actual deadline by 2 weeks. Therefore that leaves us spending $65 a month *times 3 years! I think I should become a preschool teacher...they are making some fun spending cash:)the typical "mom. quit taking my picture you

are embarrassing me!"

the classic first day of school pose

Emerson loved taking pictures on her first day of school so much that we just"had" to take them on the second day of school as well!! My girls LOOOVVEE to be in front of the camera!

Oh! P.S. Thanks gramma Shawna for taking all of the girls shopping for their new book bags they are totally cute!!

4th of July Activities

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BEAR LAKE "08

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How cute are they?

The "official"family photo

(disregard the nice frizzy hair...that I didn't do

the whole time I was there, and not ashamed to admit it!
Emerson and I trying our hardest to be
tough

The cutest kids on the planet:)

Cohen

Emmy and Claire LOVE to pose

for pictures

Emmy and Claire chillin'

with aunt Audree

Emerson patiently awaiting

our turn for family pics

Men thinking they are tough

and cool

GOOOO......SPITFIRES!

My very own beach babes

Next year we will actually

try pulling him behind the boat..(not if his momma

has anything to do with it)

Trucks, sand, water.....

what more could a little guy ask for?

We had another great year at our annual Bear Lake Family Reunion. The weather was absolutely beautiful and of course the water is phenomenal, I cant believe how blue and crystal clear that lake is. We are so lucky to have that kind of beauty right at our finger tips. Thanks mom and dad for the great week and always putting on such a memorable trip, also thank you for letting us stay in your nice condo I cant believe in the past we truly roughed it....yuck! We love you and cant wait for Bear Lake next year, oh, and those yummy raspberry shakes too!

(I NEED Candice or Kate to teach me how to do a slide show....sorry for the long list of pictures:)

Baptism and Parades!

2008-06-29T20:40:00.000-07:00

I dont know where my girls ran off to?
Cortnee with her cousins. Lauren, Cortnee, Emerson
Dawson and Claire!

The kids waiting for more loot.

Cohen scored a sucker. He had a BLAST!

This weekend was quite eventful in Syracuse. We started the day off with the Syracuse Heritage Days Parade. It was so much fun (hot) to enjoy our little community day parade. It has such the small town charm and feel which is why I love Syracuse so much. It was so fun to sit with all of our neighbors and visit with people from the ward. Hey, I even scored a Golden Coral T- shirt (yeah)! After the parade we had to get ready for my niece Cortnee's baptism. It turned out so nice and the spirit was truly felt there. I began to cry as I watched her enter the baptismal font in her white attire, what a sweet pure spirit she has. She looked beautiful and we couldn't be more proud of her. Congrats, Cortnee!! I can't believe your 8!!

Some Of My Favorite Things!

2008-06-29T20:27:00.000-07:00

So, I have decided to post some of my

favorite things once a week. It is kinda fun to really

take a look a what you do throughout the week and

see what you did or did not enjoy doing. It

would be fun to see what all my blogger buddies

favorite things are as well:)

My favorite new art project. I am ticked

that this picture didn't turn out to well. The frames

are cream and olive green and the paper is black and cream.

I think it turned out cute and added the final touch to

our laundry room.

My new favorite desert. Fruit Pizza

Sadly, this is the damage done after one day and

what's even more sad?? I ate it all by myself:) Did

I feel guilty? NOT ONE BIT!!

My new favorite shoes for little

boys! Soooo cute!

ShOuT OuT TO mOm ANd DaD!

2008-06-24T21:09:00.000-07:00

Mom and Dad thank you so much for making our anniversary so nice. It was so great to go out and enjoy each others company for a couple of hours without kids, we really do appreciate your thoughtfulness on taking the kids. Emmy and Claire had such a wonderful time sleeping over(that isn't anything new, if they could they would live there) enjoying grampa's bedtime stories and getting as many treats as they want. You always make it so special for them.
Mom, thanks for taking the girls shopping and out to lunch today. Those shoes and tea set you got them are killers, they wore the shoes all day long and even hosted a tea party this afternoon with the new set. Thank you so much for always spoiling them rotten. It is not even about the stuff you buy for them it is how they feel when they are with you guys(hence the phone calls they have to make to the both of you on a daily basis and the phone calls you make to them daily as well)

Thank you so much for our awesome gift as well. I cant wait to take it out this winter and put it on display. Each village collection we have has a special date as to when you gave them to me(birthdays, anniversaries, holidays) there will always be a story told as to when I received each one.

You guys are the best. Thanks for always thinking of us and our beautiful, sweet kids. THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!

The Naked Bobsled Man

2008-06-24T19:13:00.000-07:00

Oh the things that keep little ones entertained. It has been so hot the last couple of days it is almost unbearable to be outside, I got the hose out and sprayed the kids and all neighbor kids off while they rode by on their bikes. Cohen dragged the sled out and was playing in it so I put a little water in it and it seriously kept him entertained until we were all ready to go in which is good because it deterred his fascination with running into the street every two minutes. This kid loves to run from the top our driveway to the street and back and will repeat this process continuously....awwwhhhh! He is all boy that is for sure. He runs to the gutters picks up rocks or basketballs as he calls them and proceeds to throw them as hard as he can into the street.

Boys will be Boys and I for sure love my little guy. He has been such a wonderful baby and is getting more and more fun the older he gets. He really is the best little guy around!!

Summer Fun!!

2008-06-24T18:56:00.001-07:00

So, the other day my mom and I took the kids to Salt Lake just to get out of the house. We had a great time considering it was way too hot!! Our first stop was East High School. They are in the process of filming High School Musical 3 and we wanted to see if we could get any glimpse of action, unfortunately we didn't see anything exciting except for all the movie trailers parked behind the school. The kids still thought it was cool and couldn't believe Troy and Gabriella were sooo close.

Our next stop was the Gateway where we met Grampa for lunch. The kids loved seeing him and eating lunch together, he even gave them money to ride the little rides inside the food court after saying goodbye to grampa we headed down to check out the fountains....oh, boy did we have fun there and got soaking wet!! I wasn't prepared for them to get so darn wet, but with that heat and seeing how much fun they were all having how could I resist? The kids were drenched and there was nooo way they were going to ride all the way home in the car that wet, so we ran up to Gymboree where they were having some killer deals on their summer clothes. I bought the kids a new outfit everyone was dry, warm and happy....that makes for a nice quiet car ride home:)

GIRLS NIGHT!

2008-06-22T21:20:00.000-07:00

WARNING!!!!! Images Below May Startle the Living Daylights Out of You!Emerson striking her best super model pose!
Claire looking like she was a main character in the corpse bride:)

Lauren, Emerson and Claire enjoying their late night!
Me getting my make-up done by the pro's...thanks
Lauren and Emerson, I looked BEAUTIFUL(wink wink)

Cortnee, Natalee and Audree getting hair and make-up

All of the girls in action

Claire applying make-up on Gramma...Oh, she looked pretty!

So, What do you do when your husband goes out of town? You have GIRLS NIGHT!! The girls and I invited Natalee, Cortnee, Launee, Lauren, Audree, Gramma and Codee over for a night of pampering. We had sooo much fun just hanging out as girls. We ordered Chinese food, had lots of treats and then let the little girls do the honors of doing our hair, make-up, paint our toes, massage our feet....oh, we were so spoiled and it actually felt terrific. As for the finished product I do have to say that we all looked rather scary(maybe it was good Scott was gone because if he took one look at me I think I would have been left on the spot). All in all we had such a good time and it helped pass the boredom we were facing while Scott was away. The girls also felt really cool because they got to stay up until 11:30 p.m.(those of you who know me I am a strict 8p.m. bedtime, so this was really a treat for them, and the real treat for me? They slept in until 11:19 the next day! Yeesssss!!! Thanks guys, er, I mean GIRLS for the fun night. Who is next up???

Hair or No Hair??

2008-06-15T22:59:00.000-07:00

So, I have been going back and forth for weeks now debating if I should get extensions or not. I have never really had Long hair before(when I say long, I mean to the middle of my shoulder blades) I would be doing the beaded extensions which are suppose to be the best. they look natural, cant see them, the hair is top of the line hair, blah blah, blah. I need some honest opinions because it is such a big chunk of change to do this, if I wanted to wait and just have my hair grow on its own we are looking at years down the road. My hair grows so slow, I do have nice thick/fine hair but it just takes its own sweet time in the growing department....aargghhh:(

Please help me out and let me know what you think, and be totally honest. Long hair=instant gratification, or short hair=time+more time= it will never get there on its own.

Let me know what you all think:) Seriously, does this sound vain or what? I promise I am not being vain I just want my stinkin' hair to grow

Oh, give me thoughts on color for my hair as well.

1. leave it the summer/beach blonde that it is now

2. platinum

3. darker blonde

Another Tooth Bites the Dust...

2008-06-15T22:41:00.000-07:00

After weeks of her front tooth dangling by threads, it is OUT!
Doesn't that gummy grin look fabulous! She is looking like such the young lady these days. Would you quit growing up so fast Emerson? I love you, even if your front teeth are M.I.A:)

Baby Lindsay

2008-06-15T21:38:00.000-07:00

So, I came across another little heart defect baby. This special little one was born in the last week and suffers from a severe heart defect(the same as the post I did on baby Gracie) this sweet little angel will be undergoing her first open heart surgery tomorrow. Please pray for her family as you all could guess that this would be such an emotional, stressful nerve racking day for her family. Can you imagine giving your brand new infant up, and trusting these doctors with the outcome of basically her life. I know Heavenly Father has a plan for each one of these special children, and these children knew the risks, trials, pains they would face as they agreed when they chose to take a some sort of disabled body to come into this world. I am ever so grateful for their valiant little spirits and the lessons in love, faith, humility, honor, courage, selflessness that they teach me. I know that whatever agreement they made in the premortal life is one they should be so proud of.

As a little girl I had always dreamed of becoming a "baby" doctor, so maybe that is why I always feel so drawn to these sweet babies, I just wish there was some way I could save them all, just whisper in their ears that they would be okay and take whatever pain they would face in this mortal life away from them and carry their burdens and pain on my back. They are a lot stronger than what I could ever dream to be and that is why our loving Saviour gave them the trials they would be facing, because they are choice spirits and their parents should feel so PROUD!

I want to thank my special spirit sister Codee for teaching me about all of these sacrifices, promises, lessons, that she made with her Father in Heaven when she chose to be born with Autism, giving up on a "normal life" just so she could gain a body come to earth and teach us all a lesson. I love you Codee, and am so grateful you are my sister and the many wonderful things you have taught me.

Again, please offer up your prayers to Lindsay's family as they will be facing a very challenging road in the next couple of days. Her parents would love if you left them a comment on their blog showing your support for them and their family. Just click Lindsay's name on my blogger buddies..

Happy Fathers Day!!

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We had such a wonderful day celebrating Fathers Day today. We started the day off by making Scott breakfast of french toast and LOTS of bacon, our daddy LOVES bacon. We then had a great day at church with uplifting talks and a beautiful music selection done by the primary children. As a mom tears welled up in my eyes and then tears of joy streamed down my face to see my beautiful daughters stand in front of the audience and sing about their dad. They were so proud to be up there singing their little hearts out and their dad was pretty proud too!

After church we opened Scotts gifts and then headed to the park for a picnic with my dad and mom, sisters and all of their families. We had a fun little picnic, played football, talked, sang, opened more gifts(thanks mom and dad for thinking of Scott and giving him a gift as gratitude for him on being such a wonderful, dad,husband, and son-in-law)

We stayed at the park for a couple of hours, the weather couldnt have been nicer and finished our day there by stuffing our faces with Marie Calendar Pies....Yum-o!!

Thanks to my wonderful husband for being such a great example to me and our kids. Scott you were born to be a dad and we couldnt be more grateful for all the things you do for us as a family. Thank you for taking care of us, making each of us feel special and loved daily, you really are the light of our lives...We Love You!

Thanks Emerson for taking our picture, you did a great job, even if I do look like a drunken soldier:)

Trying to get a descent picture of daddy and kids before church. Can I just say...argghhh! This is always such a fun task, I mean look at everyones faces and hair, its enough to make a mother quiver. Oh, well at least we got a picture and I do have to say, I love my little family!

Happy Fathers day to my wonderful dad. I love you so much and I am so grateful for all that you have done and taught me throughout my life. You are such a wonderful dad and even better grandpa, my kids eyes just light up when you are around and they love you so much. Thanks for all the things you do for me and my family, we love you so much! Have a wonderful day dad-e-o!

Can you guess what our dad got for fathers day?

A new grill. This thing is awesome, it has infra-red cooking, built in temp control themometor for meat cooking, a griddle, rottisierrie, I mean the thing basically barbeques for you. We are ready to do some serious backyard bbq's....Welcome Summer! He also got an outdoor fire pit so we can roast marshmellows, hotdogs, or just sit and relax by a small outdoor fire right in our backyard.

Summer means.....POPSICLES!!

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We love summer because that means LOTS of Popsicles at our house. Cohen thinks he is such a big boy eating one, even though his hand is frozen to the point where it is bright red from the Popsicle resting on his hand. There is no way to help him out since he has a death grip on those babies. Here he is enjoying one after a LONG day outside and getting sprayed by the hose. He is so Yummy I want to Eat him UP!!

I Love Sunday's

2008-06-08T21:21:00.001-07:00

The first part of the day we spent at Randy and Stephanies where we enjoyed a yummy dinner I made and the beautiful weather, followed by the kids playing on the swings.

The second part of the day we enjoyed morea yummy food made by grandpa. We celebrated my nieces birthday, feed horses behind grandma and grandpas house, and finished the day by eating yummy Marie Calendar Pies! Thanks everyone, we had a WONDERFUL day!!

Our Saturday Project

2008-06-08T21:00:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we put the finishing touches on our yard. The job was to unload and place 3 yards of dark woodchips around the yard. I was proud of the girls, they put their gloves on and got to work. We had a great time as a family working together and it was nice to see the finished project at the end of the day.

Scott, you have done an amazing job on the yard, it looks absolutly BEAUTIFUL.

Anyone up for BBQ??

In Need Of A Keepsake Gift?

2008-06-08T20:46:00.000-07:00

My sister in law is having her fifth baby this week. What do you get someone who has 5 kids? I mean by the time number 5 rolls around clothes are plentiful, toys...if you see another one you might want to puke, oh what to give?? There is a lady in California who makes these beautiful keepsake quilts, you just tell her the colors and theme you are going for and she picks all the fabrics(she even emails you with the colors/fabrics she has chosen) and has them done in a matter of weeks. You dont need to just do these for baby gifts, she will custom design any quilt, size and color.

If anyone is in need of a great gift contact me and I will give you her info! Happy Gifting!!

**********GOOD LUCK ON THURS/FRI CHELON*************************

A Niece On the Way!

2008-06-06T11:34:00.001-07:00

(Chelon, this was the only photo I had of just you:)

So my cute sis-in-law Chelon, who lives in Texas just called
me with some happy news...she is having her baby girl next
Thursday! Yeah!! I am so very excited for her and her family,
and almost a little jealous if I do say so myself....there is nothing
better than a new baby in a home.

Chelon, you will do great! I mean this is your fifth kid and all, so by
now you are a pro at this child birth stuff. I wish I were closer
so I could help out with kids, dinners, wash, etc....Hopefully,
I will get to see this sweet angel sooner than later.

Good luck, We love you and cant wait to welcome
another niece to our family!!

Our day at the Duck Park

2008-05-28T21:10:00.001-07:00

My "posers"

The "lone" egg. This must have been the

ugly duckling for sure:)

The baby ducks. We wanted to steal one away

from its momma and take it home with us!

Cohen eating the food for the ducks

Memorial Day

2008-05-28T20:18:00.000-07:00

So, we planned on doing lots of fun activities on Memorial Day but when we awoke it was cold and rainy. This Utah weather is so funny one day it is 86 and the next we have a cold front that nearly freezes you to death. We met up with my sisters, nieces and my parents for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. I do have to say they have amazing breakfasts and after eating one you do not need to eat until dinner:) After breakfast we went to Macy's to find me a bathing suit(i do not suggest doing this after eating a huge breakfast...looking at yourself in a a 360* mirror in a bathing suit is most frightening:) After trying on about 10 suits I finally found one and one that my husband actually picked out for me. I am impressed with his style and shopping sense. Although, I have to say I am dreading the swimsuit season and actually putting the suit on for everyone to see me in. AWWHHHHH!
We finished the day by hanging out at my parents and watching old home movies of me and my sisters in high school. We have never laughed so hard. It was great going back to see the hair(permed), the cheer leading(looks like I missed out on a lot of practices, hmm..I wonder where I went:) and most of all my teenage attitude(puberty! geez, i never realized what I stinker I really was and the faces and attitudes I pulled) It was so good to go back a remember the good ol' days. Thanks Mom and Dad for putting the movies on and letting us hang out and eat treats. Most of all thanks for filming those important times in our lives I do appreciate it NOW! We had a great Memorial Day with you guys and once again made many wonderful memories with you!

COMING SOON....

2008-05-28T15:10:00.000-07:00

I have so many pictures and things to blog about I don't know where to begin. So once I get my pictures in order hopefully I will be a blogging fool!

Today was such a great day. The weather was perfect with a slight breeze so it made the air just right to enjoy the day outside. Scott is out of town for a couple of days so the kids and I went to the duck park today. It was so fun to see the kids, especially Cohen chasing after the ducks, geese and seagulls. He didn't just want to follow them on land he wanted to follow them into the water as well. Good thing for my lightning fast reflexes he would have been sitting on the bottom of the pond. We finished the afternoon with a stop to Pace's for a rainbow slushee. The very best part of the whole day....Cohen took a 3 1/2 hour nap!

I WILL get my game on and post lots of new pics hopefully by this weekend......

I am a Von Trapp!!

2008-05-28T15:09:00.001-07:00

Which Movie Mom Are You?

My Result: The Sound Of Music's Maria Von Trapp

OK, so maybe you never went straight from a convent to motherhood, but it's a safe bet that you encourage and support your family in much the same way that Maria did. Playful and yes, sometimes a little mischievous, you tend to lead by doing, and you always make sure to help your children achieve their goals without actually doing it for them.

You inspire your family because you always find creative ways to make even the most mundane chores or homework problems seem fun and important. And you want others to try to find the beauty in life — whether it's from art, music, books, or adventure. Those are just a few of your favorite things.

What are you?
http://web.tickle.com/jumpto?test=moviemomogt&c=50652

I know this sounds lame-O but I can totally see myself as a Von Trapp. It will be fun to see what kind of Movie moms the rest of you are.

EARS AND TEETH?

2008-05-23T19:40:00.000-07:00

So, this week has been pretty eventful around here. First off Claire decided to have her ears pierced again, when I say again I mean that she had them done last year but they got really infected so we had to let them grow back in. This last week she asked to get them done again. Are you sure? She was sure! She wanted her grandpa Curtis to take her AGAIN, we picked up gramps and headed to the mall picked out earrings and then she sat herself up in the big chair and with the count of ONE, TWO, THREE she had some pretty white gold diamond flower earrings adorning her ears, all that and not one single tear. After gramma and gramps treated her to some new earrings and a vanilla cone.

Emerson has officially graduated from the first grade. I cant believe how fast the school year has flown by. She is really going to miss her wonderful teacher Ms. Allred, she was such an AWESOME teacher. On the second to last day of school Emerson lost her front tooth! Yeah! She was so excited to show her class the note the toothfairy left her as well as her toothless grin. So, we have a long summer ahead of us but I think we have some pretty fun things planned to keep us ALL sane for the whole summer. 3 LONG months Ahead!

Someone's ONE!!

2008-04-23T18:35:00.000-07:00

On April 24, 2007 Cohen Scott Colquitt was born at 5:25 p.m. Weighting in at 8 lbs. 3 oz and 21 in. long.

He is such a wonderful addition to our family. He has 2 older sisters who adore him and he adores them just as much. He is so mellow, sweet spirited, easy going, happy, energetic, and all around BOY!! He really is such a great little guy. He is such an old soul in a little body and seems to have an important calling here on earth. We cant wait to see what that is!!

Have a wonderful FIRST birthday Cohen!!

Baby GRACIE

2008-04-21T15:05:00.000-07:00

I do not know how I came across the family blog of little Gracie, but I feel so lucky that I did. This little baby was born 4 weeks ago with a severe heart defect that will require several surgeries throughout her little life. Her story brings me to tears. I see pictures of her and my heart just aches for her and her family. I know she must have a great calling here in life and many wonderful things to teach people. I feel for her parents, how hard it must be to see your precious newborn endure so much in such a short span in life. I see her tender face in photos and I wish I could scoop her up love her and take the pain away from her. I don't know this child nor the family, but for some reason she keeps popping into my mind. I would like to ask you all to please put a special prayer out there for her and her family.

It makes me appreciate the lives of my children. How I take for granted their health and able physical bodies. It makes me want to hold them a little longer and appreciate their smells, smiles, eyes and the way they touch my face. It makes me want to slow time down so I can remember them being "little"

I appreciate stories like little Gracie's because it helps my faith in my savior grow. I am so grateful for the truth we have of eternal families and that Heavenly Father has a divine plan for each and everyone of us. I am so grateful for such innocent and perfect spirits like Gracie's....spirits that are so perfect, spirits that wanted a physical body so bad that they would sacrifice coming to earth with a handicapped body to obtain one, even knowing that their stay on earth might be a short one. What perfect examples those little ones are to me!

Please offer your prayers and support to not only Gracie's family but all the other families in such trying times as hers. Also, check out their family blog at: thegledhillfamily.blogspot.com

Daughter Like Father...

2008-04-20T14:41:00.000-07:00

The other day we went into Home Depot to get some stuff and Claire just happend to notice the little wheel barrel and miniature shovel. With the cutest little voice ever asked,"daddy, can I get those to help you in the yard?" Of course, Scott can never say NO to his girls and obliged. We got home and they worked ALL day in the yard...planting trees, hauling dirt, and putting cloth down in prep for the wood chips. If anyone is in need of yard care help contact... CLAIRE!

Is It Spring Yet?

2008-04-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

Check Out This Photo...Do you notice the winter coat inside the boat in APRIL?! Claire has been anxiously awaiting boating season, but with crazy Utah weather it looks and feels as though we may be waiting awhile longer:(

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

2008-04-06T20:33:00.000-07:00

I cant believe that I have a child who is 7 years old. Holy moly, that makes me feel old. Seven years has just kind of crept up on us, it has come much faster than what I would have liked:( All in all it has been so exciting to see her grow up over these last 7 years into a beautiful young lady. She really is a great kid! We had a great birthday weekend. It started with Nana and Papa coming up for lunch and cake(Thanks for the pizza and yummy cake:) she opened their gift which was a scrap booking kit, she also opened her gift from her cousins in Texas, a barbie. I am so glad that she still is into barbies and dolls and little girl things. I don't want her to grow up faster than she has. Next day Gramma Shawna took her birthday shopping, she had a blast! She said, "mom, I really love gramma and grampa, because they love me sooo much, plus they SPOIL me." It is true they do. Thanks gramma Shawna. So, I am not kidding when I say it was a party weekend....the day of her actual b-day(April 5) we had 11 girls over at our home. It was a blast, we had pizza, danced, sang, and did the usual birthday things. Later in the evening Emerson got to take 5 of her friends bowling at Fat Cats. We bowled and had a wonderful time, after we settled our hunger pains at Costa Vida, where we watched boys surf at the new indoor surfing complex. The girls all started giggling and I asked them what was so funny....they said," that boy, who just was on his surf board, he winked at us!" Oh, my......it is 7 going on 17! YIKES!!! We finished off the weekend by having all of my family over for cake and ice cream. She opened her gift from gramma and grampa, it was a Madame Alexander collecter doll. Thanks everyone for making her birthday so Great... Happy Birthday Beetle-Bee, We LOVE you.

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DANCING DIVAS!!

2008-04-06T20:02:00.002-07:00

Emerson and Claire have both recently started dance and gymnastics and LOVE it! Emerson sure has taken to gymnastics really well. She climbs the rope like a monkey...she gets to the top in no time and her back bends are beautiful. She is practicing really hard everyday to do a back walk over. Every time I watch her I cringe. It doesn't seem normal to bend your body into weird contortion's. I guess we just have to sit back and watch her develop her own talents, hoping she doesn't follow in her moms footsteps. When I was in high school, I decided to take some gymnastic classes to help me with my cheer leading....lets just say when your 16, you shouldn't start something like this so late in life. I was running to do a round off back handspring, when I so graciously tripped, my wrist collapsed mid back handspring, and resulted in torn muscles in my back and neck, which lead to weeks of physical therapy and a lovely neck brace....yes, I said it a NECK BRACE! How embarrassing. That is why I had such anxiety and fear when the girls asked if they could take gymnastics. The result, Emerson(since she is older and I hate to say it, but less accident prone) got to take while Claire is in a dance class:) I told Claire when she turns "5" she will be able to join her sister in the gymnastic world, until then...ballet! It is so fun to watch Claire each week. She is such a dainty little girl. So whimsical. She gets out on the open floor and just forgets that there are other little girls are around. She really is such a beautiful dancer, a natural performer. Good Job CLAIRE!!

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HELP!!

2008-03-31T09:51:00.000-07:00

Ok, everyone! You saw how horrible my very first attempt at this blogging thing went. I need HELP!! If I can get any websites as to where to find some cute templates and all that jazz please let me know. Even though I am horrible when it comes to this kind of stuff I am actually really excited to get some photos on here and keep in touch with everyone. So, any ideas or suggestions would be soooo greatly appreciated. I am counting on all my friends out there:)

"Stink Bug"

2008-03-25T11:05:00.000-07:00

Not wanting to walk on the grass with his bare feet, Cohen decided to do the stink bug crawl. Thanks aunt Nat and uncle Eric for hosting this years egg hunt!

Easter

2008-03-25T10:55:00.000-07:00

This is the fam after running like crazy to gather eggs! You better believe it, I think I ran faster and harder than any of the kids out there, I mean Reese's eggs, twix, and MONEY were all at store when those things are all at risk I am willing to do anything:)

CHICKS!!

2008-03-25T10:45:00.000-07:00

We decided that it would be fun to get some chicks for the kids to enjoy for Easter. We got them so they could run around with the kids as they were doing their egg hunt. Claire has become obssessed with the chicks and wakes early in the morning to hold them, and this continues all throughout the day.....what did we get ourselves into? We told the kids we were only able to keep them for one week and they were ok with that. They have been living in a giant box in the garage and later this week some farmer on a farm out in this area is going to wake up to new baby chicks walking around..shhh! dont tell, but that is the plan to flop them over the fence of some farm, somewhere! The sad, or maybe not so sad part of this is I cant eat chicken nuggets, sandwiches, eggs anymore at this point. Maybe once they are gone my appetite for chicken will come back full force. Bummer!

EASTER

2008-03-25T10:27:00.000-07:00

This photo was taken after church, so you can guess why we look so tired and haggered, and not to mention VERY hungrey for our delicious Easter dinner. We searched all over for a great photo backdrop but everything was still dead and lifeless, at least the sun was shinning:) Anyway, it is always fun trying to get kids to pose for pictures so this is the best we got:(

EASTER!!!

2008-03-25T10:19:00.000-07:00

Can I do this....really??

2008-03-19T22:09:00.000-07:00

I did it!! I finally joined the Blogging Bandwagon!! I am oblivious to the whole computer thing, I mean the only thing I really know how to do is check emails and Shop online. So, that being said it will be interesting to see how this all works. Hopefully, I will figure it out, I mean it can only get better with time...Right??