Brandon's 31st Birthday

Brandon turns 31 years old tomorrow, and he wanted to have a small, simple BBQ to celebrate... so that's what we did.

The Birthday Boy

My dear husband is a real piece of work! A week before Father's Day he circled a shot gun he wanted in the Cal Ranch ad and left it on the counter for me to find hoping I'd get the hint. I got it alright, and went there that day to pick it up. Trying to make it a surprise still, for Father's Day I gave him everything but the gun he wanted. He confessed his efforts to drop the hint of what he wanted to family members later on Father's Day sounding disappointed that he didn't get it. I just played dumb and laughed along with everyone else. I saved it as a birthday present that was only a week later. My plan worked! He WAS surprised and excited to get it today. :)

Brandon said all he wanted for his birthday was a new basketball and to play 21 with Kole, Riley and Shawn...

...he got his wish.

They play basketball together every Wednesday already... he must really enjoy it.

I had to get a picture of the super cute cupcakes Katie made him.

Jun 26, 2011

Water Day

 It was our turn to get the water today, so when the kids saw the water coming into the backyard from the ditch, they had to run right through it! Willie's shorts were falling off cause they were soaked, so i put his swimsuit on. Kalyssa didn't want to bother putting her suit on. And what do I care? Less sunblock to put on her... :) Omgosh!!! I must be a redneck! lol.

 Kalyssa called Taylee and Makayla over to play.

They hauled water to the sandbox to build stuff.

I let William play in it for 5 hours, and go way passed his nap time. About 3:30 I decided he better get his nap in, and took him to the bathtub kicking and screaming before I laid him down. He was so mad at me.

The water in the yard was starting to dry up, so the girls moved to the trampoline and put the sprinkler underneath it.

Jun 23, 2011

Watering Weeds

I let William water the flower pot on my porch, and he wanted to do it over and over again. I led him to the backyard to water this weed in the corner of his sandbox as much as he'd like. He watered it about 5 times! Finally, I had to hide the pale and get him focused on something else. 

Jun 22, 2011

Birthday Poster

It was Abbee's turn to plan FHE this week. She chose to have it in honor of her Dad for his birthday next week. Me and the kids made a poster with several reasons why he is special to us and hung it up for the week. He worked late and saw it when he got home.

Jun 20, 2011

4 Wheelin

Will & Ryder both got on this 4 wheeler, and rolled it later when Will tried to push them forward. It was funny since neither of them got hurt. haha.

Jun 19, 2011

Best Nap Ever

Willie went to work with Brandon today, and fell asleep on the floor of the tractor. Brandon took this picture with his phone and sent it to me.

Jun 16, 2011

Lamar's Viewing

Missy and Ryder

We were at Grandpa Lamar's viewing and I didn't even recognize Ryder when I saw him! He's always had such long hair! Missy cut it and he looks like a little boy now instead of a baby. :(

But he looked so so cute with a fohawk... Love it!

Will and Ryder outside.

We're going to miss Grandpa so much. He always had kind words for me and made sure I knew I was a special addition to his family since I married Brandon. I appreciated that so much from him whom I have a lot of respect for.

Brandon said he's lost another one of his heroes. Lamar was a major positive influence in his life. He loved going to Grandma's and Lamar's for lunch and they've talked about farming for hours, just the two of them, over the years. The night before Lamar passed away, we'd been at their house all day, when the night came Brandon didn't want to leave his side in case "grandpa" wanted him to stay. Brandon slept on the bedroom floor next to Grandpa's bed snoring with no pillow or blanket. ;) None of us know how he could fall asleep on the floor like that. Grandpa passed away the next day (June 12th) about 1pm with lots of family there with him. We will miss him.

Jun 14, 2011

Flooding

The Weber River runs behind the dairy where Brandon works. It's flooded 350 acres where corn is normally already planted this time of year. The river hasn't flooded since the early 80's, so I thought I'd get some pictures. These are the fields behind the dairy that are completely covered in water.

They've been hauling free dirt in from Willard Bay to build dikes up to prevent even more water from over flowing the banks of the river. The sooner it dries up, the sooner they can plant corn here for cow feed. This has been a terrible loss for the farmers in the area. Lots of reporters have been here tracking the flood and the huge impact it's had on everyone.

These helicopters were bringing in 2,000 pound bags of sand to line the river with to help try to save homes nearby. They worked on this for a few days.

I was taking pictures of the helicopters from my house and saw Will trying to feed the pigs chunks of dirt.

Jun 10, 2011

Summer Slumber Party

Mallorie, Maddie, and Brinlee came over for dinner and a sleep over with my girls.

They played Apples to Apples...

Jumped out of the tree onto the trampoline...

Swung...

...and watched a movie with popcorn until 10:00. Lights out after that at my house... :)

Jun 7, 2011

Make a Wish

Happy Birthday to Mom & Angela!

Their birthdays are 2 weeks apart, so we had a family BBQ at Mary's to celebrate.

Jun 5, 2011

Jackpot in Morgan, UT

Baylee and a few other girls in her 4-H club keep the lambs cool with wet towels.

Baylee has her new lamb for this year. She named him Buddy. It's her 2nd year showing a lamb and she is participating in Jackpots throughout the summer where she pays a fee and competes with her lamb against all the other kids that show up. Just like the fair, there is weight classes, and showmanship competitions.

The judge is checking her lamb in this picture.

Bay got 2nd place in her class, and 4th place overall. Then she got 3rd in Showmanship. She was just one place shy of winning some money, but these jackpots are such good practice leading up to the fair in August.

Jun 4, 2011

24 Weeks

I can't believe I'm already 6 months pregnant with the twins!!!

Dr. Wood measured my stomach and said I'm only 1 centimeter bigger than if I was carrying one child. And I thought I was HUGE!

These are profile pictures of both babies. Baby "A" on left... baby "B" on right.

Fraternal or identical twins? If there are 2 sacs and 2 placentas and the babies are the same sex you cannot know for sure until after birth. This is the case for me, so I'm gonna have to wait for the answer on my babies.

I got some 4D pictures at this appointment! The ultrasound specialist said they're big enough to get good 4D photos of now. The babies have pretty lean figures at this point and will start to plump up. Baby "A" on the left, is still facing downward. She weighs 1 1/2 pounds. Baby "B" is still right side up and on the right side of my stomach. She weighs just an ounce smaller than the other at 1lb 7oz. 4 weeks ago, baby "B" was the bigger baby, but they're so close and right where they should be at this point. Everything was measured again, and checked out perfectly.

The babies are in opposite positions of each other, so in the picture of baby "A", that big circle pushing into one side of her face is baby "B"s butt. It's so funny. They are totally kicking and punching each other in there. Baby "B" seems to have a more round face. She looks like William to me. I wonder if baby "A" will get more round too as they both start to plump up in the next several weeks. :) I think they're both beautiful and I love these pictures. They have such cute little button noses, and seem to have Mama's lips. I can't tell for sure whether they have dimples in their chins like I do. I don't think it's a very feminine feature to have, so maybe they can escape that one. Haha.
How's Mama? Well, I have to take 1 Benadryl every night before bed so I can sleep. It takes the edge off of my insanely itchy skin and restlessness. I sleep with a pillow between my knees now for support, which I've never done before. My feet have swelled up a couple times recently cause I was on them all day. I finally remembered to ask my doctor if I'm okay to exercise 6 days a week like I do. She said if I'm not cramping or feeling dizzy then I'm good to exercise that often up until the day I deliver. Whew! That was awesome to hear. I have had a little cramping in the past while exercising. I've since decreased the treadmill incline from 10 to 5 percent, but still maintain 4mph speed for 30 minutes. That did the trick. I know as I get bigger I'll have to decrease the incline more and possibly walk slower... so we'll see. For now, I feel fine at the level I've been exercising. I can get my heart rate to 140 bpm without cramping, so that will have to do. :)
Jun 1, 2011

1986

My Dad emailed this old picture of the Saxey family in 1986. It's so funny! I'm right in the middle in the white shorts. I was about 6 years old.

It's of my Grandma Ruth and Grandpa John, my Mom & Dad with their 6 kids, and my Uncle Steve & Ann with their 8 kids. Not sure if we were camping or if this was a reunion... I don't even know what state we were in. Haha. Since my uncle lived in Utah and we lived in California at the time.