New pics

Before my trip I posted a couple pics of Jackson and Bryson. I am finally getting around to posting the rest, but rather than double posting you can see them at my other blog <-----

L.A. trip

So have you all been waiting for pics? I guess time snuck away from me and I forgot I hadn't posted anything here yet. It was such a fun, spontaneous, exciting trip! And it probably would never have happened if it hadn't of been so spur of the moment.
My sister-in-law Kristina found out Friday night that she got tickets to the finale that would be taped on Tuesday. So we decided we must figure out how to go! We decided on a road trip. It all worked out and we left about 2:00 on Monday for St. George. It went really fast and very smooth, much different traveling without kiddos. :) We did a little shopping and ate dinner and then stayed at a friends (thanks Dani). We left bright and early at 6:00 am. Made a potty brake in Baker.

And soon enough we were there!
L.A. traffic= not fun. But it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. We got to our hotel which was right up the street from where the show was going to be filmed, but couldn't check in yet. Which was fine, cause we had some line waiting to do. Even though we had the ticket voucher there was a chance we might not get tickets. Our time slot to pick up our tickets was between 2 and 3pm but we were there and ready to get'em at 11:30!


After we secured out tickets and had them in hand, what else, than a little shopping!
Then we headed back to get checked in and get ready for the night! We love those tickets :) (yes, I know I have crazy eyes, I don't know what my deal was)
Liz(Kristina's other sis-in-law, who flew from North Carolina to meet us there!),me, Krissy, and her mom.
The show was so good and it was so fun to see it all live. Our seats ended up being pretty good, but you couldn't have cell phones or cameras or anything in the theater, so we obeyed. They ask you at the door, and even had metal detectors things, which they didn't us on us. Well once we get in and get seated, all these people had their phones and cameras! Boo! So we joked that that's okay we obeyed, we would have had to lie to bring them in, so we will be blessed. After the show we went and ate dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen that is right there outside the theater. And as we were seating eating all the dancers came over! So we got to talk to some of them a little and get our pictures with them. Such talented people and soooo nice.
Kristina with Caytlin and Ade.


Our Utah girl Randi.
Max, Karla, Jonathon, Ade, and Votolio.
Then one of the Choreographers, Louis Van Amstel, was there eating so I snagged a pic with him too! Don't we make a cute couple ;)

Even though it was like midnight, the night was young, so we walked down to the Chinese theater and the Hollywood walk of fame.
This was for Kenny, in front of Arnold's spot :)

Ready to head home Wednesday morning. :( I think I could have used just one more day.


Goodbye Hollywood!

Thanks Kristina for letting me come, and Liz and Loreita for fun company! I will always remember our little girl trip, we should definitely do it again!

Oh and here is a little video of Jonathon and Vitolio goofing around. For those that watch the show, you remember the "door" dance? Well that song came on while they were hanging out, they kept doing this over and over, it was pretty entertaining.

My bags are packed

I am going here:
to watch this:
I will miss them:





but I will be back, and hopefully play catch up with pictures!

A common occurance at our house

Thanks to his brothers, Bryson learns things at an early age.

Bryson's Party!

I know it was a couple weeks ago, but I wanted share pics from Bryson's party.
The invite:

The tables:


A couple of pics from opening his presents. Note to self: Teach mom how to use my camera before handing it over. :) (love ya mom) I tried to lighten these some, but they are still really grainy.

And the cake. Please don't look too closely, I was having some major crumbing issues.

And the fire!
Happy what? What's a birthday?
Oh this stuff? Mmmm...
Now I will just smash it into the table until it is flat!
Give me my cake back!
Thanks to all the family and friends that came, we had a lot of fun celebrating little Bry's birthday! We love you buddy! I don't know what I would do without seeing your cheesy grin everyday!

ps. If you care, a couple new posts at the other blog.

Bryson's ONE!!!

Excuse my absence, I won't make excuses though, I will just carry on with my post.
My little baby is one today! Happy Birthday buddy, we love you so much and you are the perfect addition to our family!
Bryson is a busy boy, he loves to follow his brothers around and play what ever they are playing. His new thing is climbing on everything he can climb. Here are his one year stats.
Weight: 21 lbs. 7 oz. (30%)
height: 29 1/2 inches (40%)
Head: 18.7 (80%) looks like he is following the trend of the Stark noggin.
We are having his little party on Sunday so if I don't slack off, pictures will follow.

Iron Girl!!!

This last weekend I completed my first Triathlon down in Vegas. It was awesome! I went with one of my friends down the street and we stayed at the Monte Lago which was right on the Lake Las Vegas. There was a total of 8 of us that stayed there. We had a lot of fun and met new friends! This was the night before, when we were supposed to be in bed but instead we got these lovely tattoos from one of those little machines at Albertsons. We were trying to get pumped up, and I was trying to not throw up!

The girls in my ward. Great friends! Brandi, Me, Jamie, and Kim. (They all did this last year)

Brandi helped me so much to prepare for this, she is so amazing and beautiful! I can't thank her enough for putting up with me. We had many early mornings and late nights training.

Just about ready to start! Aren't we sexy?
Taking the plunge!
Finished the swim! This was my most emotional moment.
Heading out for my bike.
Our fan club caught the back of me finishing the bike.
And almost to the finish line!
Kenny was there to support me 100%, video camera and all.
My pretty new medal. I'm an Iron Girl!
Me, Katt, and Brandi.
It was such a great experience. Very empowering, exciting, emotional and one of the most thrilling things I have ever done. It felt so good to be able to accomplish something for me. The swim was 1/2 mile, 10 mile bike, and 5k (or 3.1 mile) run. My goal was to be under 2 hours, and my final overall time was 1 hour 53 min. So, I was pleased with that. There was a total of 529 women and that put me in 260th, right in the middle. I was pretty surprised with my run split. 31:23 which put me at 74th out of 529. So the challenge is out there for anyone who wants to do it with me next year!