Star and Braxton come for a visit

The other day Maren and Teresa wanted to go out to get their nails done, so they asked if we could babysit. I LOVE babysitting the kids because its pretty much the only time I get to spend with them....anyway on their way over David asked them to pick up Mcdonalds (YUCK) Braxton got very attached to his own box of fries and would not put them down for a long time...he would share with Star but not us.
After a while, he was trying to play and hold them at the same time and this was the result....it was cute because for about 5 min he didnt even notice he was holding the box upside down and all the fries spilled out. We missed that picture.



We wouldnt let him eat the ones off the floor, so he was picking up the ones on top of the pile and stuffing them in his face as fast as he could. He had chipmunk cheeks and couldnt fit anymore in his mouth!



We put on Polar Express for them, but they were NOT interested in a movie. Our house isnt really made to entertain little kids. We have zero toys and its tiny and cramped. So they sat there as best they could before they started looking for things they could use as toys....



The phone was great for a while.......




Then they found the balls...a few footballs, a volleyball and this nerf ball. Braxton used it as a golf club or something and started swinging at everything....so we decided it was time to go outside. They ran around and kicked and threw the balls every where. Braxton actually let me pick him up and race him. Star is just a self entertainer, until she wanted to be thrown in the air and spun around. Braxtons most used phrase was "I WIN!" They both had a few trips and hits with the ball but they were tuff and kept running around. I dont remember why, maybe it was potty breaks but we had to force them to come back inside. Braxton wasnt too happy for a while...but a few tickles and he was happy again.



Star and I started to get VERY tired, Braxton found the chapstick. At first he picked it up once put it on and walked away. Then he would come back and get it every few min. Then he started putting it on Star.



I got her a little bottle so maybe she could fall asleep, she kept laying down every where and her eyes were opening and closing, so i grabbed her and started falling asleep with her. Little did I know while we were dozing off Braxton had decided he liked the chapstick enough to eat it! Perfect timing for his mom to walk in! I swear he wasnt eating non edible things the entire time Maren! It was fun playing with them, we even got them for 2 hours more than expected! We will need to take them more often.

Tag from Maren/Teresa

Okay so Im not sure how this is going to work yet, instead of going by folders since my computer doesnt do folders, I am just going to close my eyes and pick one, then ill count away from it as if it were the beginning of the folder. Here we go!

First one, ended up on top for some reason, is Star at my wedding. She is so stinkin cute!!





Second, its the sisters (minus rachel) at my wedding goofing off




Third is us in Oregon with frankie playing on the beach. This was actually taken by a pro photographer who was retired, they said he worked for national geographic.





Haha Fourth, Darin and David have a special relationship...



Fifth, David has a camera on his laptop and when he first got it he played with the picture warper thing all the time...



Sixth, me doing my dirty truth tag after a day of cleaning.



Seventh, David and my gramas new puppy. I was so jealous I wanted a beagle sooo bad, now I have Snoopy to go play with so I guess its okay.



Eighth, Maddie and her older sister Jessica.



Ninth, Austin at his football dinner



Tenth, this was Nolans Christmas card...they sent it thru an email and for some reason every picture we get thru emails just automatically saves to the computer.

Ah that was fun, some of the older ones I forgot were even on here!!

Baby Christmas Tree!

My grandparents are cleaning out their storage and found this extra tree, and a box of lights. They were just going to throw it away but thought they would offer it to us first. Lately we have just been collecting other peoples hand me down things, before that would have bothered me A LOT! But now I dont have the money to buy anything new and I would rather have something used than nothing at all. Anyway the tree leans a lot and most of the lights dont work, it took us about 45 min just to find lights that would work well enough to cover the little tree...and here it is!



If you look closely we used the infant diapers Maren gave us to decorate with! We dont have anywhere to put any of our baby stuff yet, so they were just laying around and David picked them up and decided they would be cute. Baby diapers on our baby tree. The smallest bundle is even the tree topper.
We still plan on getting a real tree because they are cheap (again something my grama is selling out at her house) But I dont know that we will get any ornaments that look as cute as this!

Great Life Dinner

I went thru Great Life back in March I believe, this is my buddy Thai. She went thru part 1 and started part 2, but ended up dropping out. She came back this month to finish and will be here in Jan to do part 3. She lives in California so I dont get to see her, ever! I did keep in touch with her since she left tho. So I was REALLY happy when she came back. Her sister was in Teresas part 1 too. She is practically family!



She has a little girl named Sky and she told her there was a baby in my tummy so she lifted up my shirt and kept her tiny hands there for a few min then pulled back and says wheres the baby?? It was the cutest thing I have seen yet from being pregnant!



After her graduation we all went out to eat at Chillies, we combined with another group of people there for someone graduating, so we had about 18 people shoved in the corner. Luckily they werent busy AT ALL so we got our food pretty fast. This is Mari she was in my group, and her friend Josh. He started in Davids group, but dropped out and then finished with the next group.



This is Nolan and Nickole with her daughter. Nolan is like a second dad to me now. I talk to him weekly and he is just awesome!! He is an inventor and goes to China all the time! He started Everlast beauty and I know they just opend a store in the Orem mall so now you know who started it!



These are my best friends these days, Dez and Katherine. I must say hanging out with Kat and her multi colored hair has really opened me up lately! I used to be the shallow type who wouldnt hang out with people who looked a little different. BUT she is the funnest person to be around and I LOVE going out in public with her now lol. She is a vegitarian so I get to eat any of her meat so thats always an extra reason to go out with her haha jk.

While I am on the subject of Great Life, they are doing a Christmas party sometime real soon, I will have to find the for sure date. There will be a santa and they will do pics with santa, and games for the kids. I would like to go just to be there. For anyone who has gone thru they understand that just being in the building kind of refreshes the feelings and memories and I just love it.
SO if anyone would like to go with me, I would love to go!

November family party

Okay so this is a boring post, but I am sooo nervous to lose any pics I take so I am just going to post every pic I have! The Cardon side of my family does a dinner every month and the celebrate any birthdays or anniversaries in that month then too. This month my little brother Branden turned 19. He doesnt make the blog much because he is never around! He doesnt like the family scene.



Here he is with my dad, if you notice my dad is punching his arm and he is sticking it out like he is flexing big muscles or something. This is our way of saying hello. We dont shake hands or hug, we punch. We all just know that when we get together we can expect a few punches, and then we get to return the favor. I guess thats what we get growing up with 4 boys and 1 girl. My older brother is the only one who can get away with a few smacks in the head and messing up the hair, if we try to do it to him then he will really hurt us. Now you can understand why it would be akward to instead of getting the usual hello, I get a pat or rub on the belly. Usually followed by the punch.



There is always a picture of Maddie. She doesnt like us until we ask if we can take her picture. Then she will turn her head to us, doesnt smile but then she likes to look at herself on the screen and she laughs. Then she will talk to us from a distance. I dont know if i have ever posted a picture of my aunt Maggie. She is Maddies mom and my fav aunt!

Now for those of you in Utah, last I heard there was a plan to get together the 3rd sunday of every month. Is that still in effect this month?? If so we need to either do some tricky timing, or pick another day. The 3rd sunday of this month is the 21st and that is our family Christmas party for my side of the family, and Davids bday party. I believe it was planned for around 430 and I have no idea how long it will run....SO let me know what is being planned for Christmas on this side of the fam.

It was also planned at this party that my step mom will be throwing me a second baby shower (my mom is doing one too) I agreed because my moms dont get along and I just figured it would be the best way to have fun and have a stress free baby shower. We already had ours at Thanksgiving but I am still inviting you anyway, you can come hang out and play games and eat food but there is no present required!