Crazy Faces

I had the camera outside and Anna asked me to take some pictures of her. She started pulling all these crazy faces and poses. I don't know where she gets these from, but they are hilarious. I'm just glad we were able to capture a few of them. They show a little of the personality this girl has.

We were at the mall and I had turned my back for a second. Then I hear "mom take my picture". She fit's right in with the models. There is never a dull moment with this girl!!

Big Week

Our little girl is getting to be a big girl. We had an eventful week. We got rid of the binky and took off the front of her crib so now it's now a toddler bed. She loves the bed this way...I miss the crib. Nap's are almost non-existent now that she can get out of bed. :(

Anna has always been a great sleeper. We would read stories, sing songs and lay her down, rarely any fussing. The last week was a different story, she would kick and scream and bang her head into the wall (really hard) when put in her crib. We took the binky away because she wouldn't stop hitting her head. I explained to her over and over that if she hit her head we would throw it away. She understood. We put her in bed and within 30 seconds she was going crazy and hitting her head. I went in popped the binky out and shut the door behind me. She screamed and cried for 45 min's. It was really sad but cute. She kept saying "I am so so so mad at my mom." over and over. Then she fell asleep. The next day she would tell everyone that her mom threw her binky in the garbage but we were going to go home and get it out.

The next night she didn't want to get in her bed and she wanted her binky, but it was gone. We put her mattress on the floor and she slept on it. At 5:00 she woke up wanting her pillow. When I went in she was under her bed, so we put her back in bed and she fell back asleep. Didn't even ask for the binky.

Saturday we took the front of her crib off. She was excited to have a big girl bed, but it took 2 hours of in and out before she went to sleep. The next night she did great, but when Shaun woke up at 6:45 and peeked in on her she was gone. He found her under her bed again.

Soon after that she ended up coming into our bed. She weasels her way in by saying "I promise I will be so so quite." She wasn't quite and she doesn't stop moving.

Anna ~ er er er er er (sounding like a rooster)

Me ~ What are you doing?

Anna ~ I'm cock-a-doodle-doing, it's time to get up!

Now we get to work on potty training. I'm not excited about this one. I don't care that she's still in a diaper, it's so much easier and convenient to change her a couple times a day rather then run to the potty lot's of times a day. 2 year old's are so much fun!!!

Happy 33rd Shaun

We celebrated Shaun turning 33 with a last minute BBQ at my parents house. We had a great time and were glad people like Shaun enough to come celebrate his birthday with him. Or maybe it was because they wanted a free meal. Either way it was a good time.

The birthday boy

Bauer, Lindsay & Emily

Kyle, Whitney & Mom

Us

Marianne & Samantha

Brian, Ben, Benny, Jesse & Bentley

Ian, Loni & Mac

Jackson & Rosie

Zane & Brianna

Alex & Dave

Lindsay with all the kid's enjoying the camp fire

Ronnie with the kids

Kevin, Brooklyn, Brian & Leila

Anna's 1st ER trip

Last week we went down to St. George. Shaun had to do some work down there and since his parent's have a condo down there, Anna and I tagged along. It was nice to get away for a little bit. Anna was excited we were going on vacation because that usually means we get to go swimming. We were planning on it too. We got into St. George late Tuesday night, Shaun worked all day Wednesday while Anna and I hung out at the condo. That night we went to Pizza Factory for dinner.

On Thursday Shaun had some work to do in Cedar City which left us at home without a car. I decided that it would be a fun adventure to take the bus over to the outlet mall. Anna loves to see the buses while driving so it would be even more fun for her to ride on one. Plus, I'm 29 and never had taken a UTA bus. The bus stop is just in front of the condo so it seemed easy enough...it was. We rode for 45 mins (lot's of stops). Just when we got off the bus by the mall I was putting up the stroller and Anna's stuck her hand out and something from the stroller got it. Blood EVERYWHERE!! I thought I had cut off her finger, thankfully I didn't. After several four letter words and blood soaked wet wipes I was able to see that she had cut her pinkie finger pretty bad. It was wide open and the fatty pad of her finger was coming out. I had no idea what to do, Shaun was 45 mins away in Cedar City, I had no car, my child was screaming. So instead of walking up to the mall we walked a mile in the opposite direction to the hospital. We went into insta-care first (which was in the parking lot of the hospital) and they were nice enough to look at it for me but they sent me to the ER. They took her blood pressure, which Anna thought was funny and had a good laugh. We went back into a room and had 3 x-rays taken, which she did good with. When it was just the 2 of us in the room, she would ask "Where's my nurse?" When the nurse would come in she would tell them that she had her blood pressure taken. Nothing was fractured, but she needed 2 stitches. When they numbed her finger she wanted to cry because she knew they were doing something with her hurt finger, but then she would laugh because she couldn't feel it anymore.

She thought it was pretty cool that they gave her a bracelet with her name on it. Every time someone came in the room she would show them and tell them that it said Anna Jane Moyes.

She did great, she got lot's of stickers, coloring books, crayons and Dora band aids. Now if you get close to her finger she says "be careful with my finger."

Now we get to go back down so we can take her swimming!!

It's been 7 days and Whitney and Grandma took the stitches out today. I was lucky enough not to have to be there, but they saved them so she could show me. She handed them to me and said to put them in her book. No one told her to say that, she came up with it on her own. But how horrible am I, I don't have a book for her. That might be my next project.

**Those 4 pictures are all I took of St. George, my camera doesn't take good pictures anymore so I borrowed my mom's, I lost it so now I only have my phone. Unfortunately I will be buying 2 camera's sometime soon.**

Lava Hot Springs

For Valentines weekend we went up to Lava Hot Springs with the Trost's and Christiansens, courtesy of the Trost's. It was so much fun, a little chaotic with 5 kids all under the same roof, but they too had a great time. We spent Saturday afternoon swimming at the local pool. All the kids were little fish. They had the water wings on and couldn't be stopped. They would swim to the stairs, climb out and jump off the edge. No fear!!

Mylee, Anna & Brooklyn were so excited to be going on a vacation to Idaho together

Trouble

We had valentines dinner at a pizza place named Royal's

It was snowing like crazy when we finished dinner. The flakes were huge and the kids had a great time playing in it.

After dinner we hit up the Hot Springs. I wish we had some close around here, they were so nice and relaxing to sit in.

We stayed up late (3:45 am) playing games and having a good time. Of course whoever lost the game had to do something nasty.

Jesse lost 2 of the 4 games played. He had to eat a super super spicy almond the first time and the second time he had to eat the rest of the frosting in the container. There was about 2/3 left of the container. I lost one game and had to drink a mixture of energy drink, syrup and 2 junior mints, I ended up dry heaving. Shaun had to drink baby formula.

While we were playing games the girls decided to play "stickers". They found a whole bunch of them in the bathroom.

Kevin joined the girls with their game of stickers.

Dance Class

Last week I signed Anna up for dance class. This was our second week going and I am really happy with how much she is participating. I was thinking she would want to go home the whole time. Not the case...although she knows she gets Skittles when class is over so she has to be there until the end. I also bribe her with treats if she does what the teacher asks.

Anna and Brooklyn showing us what they learned

They get to dance with different things. She loves when they get to dance with the teddy bears and put them on her head.

Being silly

Class is over and the girls are showing us that they can go upside down.

Home from dance and had a great time

It is so much fun to watch her each week. She loves it so far and talks about going to dance class. She loved her ballet shoes and outfit, I was thinking I would have to hold her down to put it on. She does not like to dress up in anything but normal clothes. I have a box of dress-ups that she won't even touch. Stinker!!

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bacon...delicious!! Chocolate Chip Cookies...delicious!! Why not combine them and make Bacon Chocolate Chip cookies? Last night we experimented with a recipe that Shaun heard about. He's been talking about these cookies for the last few months so we gave it a go. All the comments were positive so we thought it can't be all that bad. It's true, they weren't all that bad. I wouldn't sit down and eat a whole plate but one or two is do-able.

1 cup white chocolate chips, 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, 2 cups (yep that's 2lbs) bacon!!

Topped with a maple cinnamon glaze and a slab of the good stuff

Delicious, I think we could actually hear our arteries hardening as we ate!

For all you dying to try this recipe, here you go:

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies(12 servings)
3/4 cup butter
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon hazelnut extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
2 1/2 C Flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups bacon bits (real bacon only - not bacos)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.Beat together the butter, sugars, flavouring and eggs until creamy. In another bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and stir together. Dough will be slightly soft. If you want a cakier cookie, add another half cup of flour. Add in chocolate chips and bacon bits. Stir until well integrated. Place dough on a sheet of waxed paper and refrigerate at least an hour. Remove dough from fridge, pinch off 1 1/2 inch pieces of dough and roll into balls. Set dough balls about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten dough balls slightly with your fingers in the center.Bake cookies for about 10 minutes, or until the dough starts to turn golden brown. Allow cookies to cool on a cooling rack.

Note: it takes about 2lbs of bacon to make 2 cups of bacon bits, just for future reference. Just be sure to pat the bacon to remove all the extra grease.

I also like to top them with a Maple Cinnamon Glaze:

2 cups powdered sugar,

1 tablespoon maple extract,

1 teaspoon vanilla extract,

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon,

enough water to make a thick glaze (I used about 3 tablespoons)

Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. If lumpy, use a whisk. Spread a small amount of the glaze on the top of each cookie.

New Year's at Grand Targhee

We spent New Year's at Grand Targhee with family and friends. We had a great time bringing in the New Year. This is Shaun's ideal family vacation.

Anna loved skiing on Shaun's back last year and has been constantly asking to ski since the first snow storm. So far only Alta has let him ski with her on his back. So we decided to try her out on her own ski's for the first time. She had fun; but, one run was enough for the first day. On the lift Shaun taught Anna to say "I'm a little ripper" and "I live for pow pow".

Dad and his little ski bunny

Yea Anna, you are officially a little ripper!