Hazar Family Blog

4th of July

2011-07-10T19:28:00.003-06:00

Every 4th of July our neighbors host a huge Children's Parade and it gets bigger and better every year. All the kids decorate there bikes, scooters, ride-ons and ride around our block. Last year and this year I decorated our ride-on car like this. Clara wanted to drive it this year.

Here they all are ready to begin. It starts and ends right on our street a couple houses down from ours. After the parade our neighbors provide hamburgers, hot dogs, snow cones, popcorn and otter pops, and everyone else brings a side dish or a dessert. It is so much fun.

This year a fire truck led the way sirens and all.

There were about 300 people there according to our neighbors by counting how many hamburgers and hot dogs were eaten. This is the starting line.

There's Reid.

There's Clara.

And there off. I started walking with Clara and then had to catch up with Alvin because he was driving his ATV and not looking where he was going and he just about took out another kid.

Here he is looking the wrong way.

At the end of the parade the fire engine raised it's ladder with the hose at the top and sprayed down the entire street. The kids were in heaven.

Alvin and Clara got to sit on the fire truck. Reid was no where to be found doing all of the activities.

Here are some little video's of the parade and the fire truck spraying the kids. Notice the bag pipes in the parade.

Dean Dean the Dancin Machine

2011-07-10T19:17:00.003-06:00

Skirt I made for my neighbors daughter in trade for her cake baking skills.

Here is Dean at 7 weeks. We all call him "Dean, Dean the dancin machine". I try not to say it out loud, but I will have to say he is a pretty fussy baby. I still can't say I have ever had an angel baby and I guess I won't ever say it since this is my last baby. I guess I was made to take care of fussy babies. I don't feel like I was made to take care of these little fussy guys. I don't do it very well. I keep trying different things with each baby thinking I did it all wrong last time and this time I will make them an angel baby, but still they are fussy. I am still trying with this little guy. He is a cute little guy fussy or not. Wish me luck.

My House

2011-07-10T18:21:00.005-06:00

I am finally posting pictures of my house. I finally feel like the decorating I have slowly been doing is coming together. I still have some other things I will need to swap out and add but it looks pretty good for now. This is the view when you walk into the front door.

This is in the entry way. I made the cushion for the chair and I painted this ikea frame turquoise (it use to be black)

I painted this canvas myself with a lot of painters tape and time:) It took a long time. Way more than I wanted to spend, but I love the result. These green glass bowls were handed down to David by his grandparents. I love them and that they have sentimental value.

This is our entryway. You can see the windows from the loft upstairs. I really liked this part the house. It adds a fun look.

View of our staircase.

Gallery wall up my stairs. I mod podged the wooden letter H with turquoise lattice paper and I painted the ampersand sign on canvas.

Family room.

Kitchen/ dining room. I wanted this chandelier for a long time and David surprised me with it for Christmas. David isn't the best at surprise gifts so it made it even more special.

This is our old coffee table that I painted and then distressed and then glazed. I can't find the perfect coffee table yet so I thought painting my old one until I find one worked great. I made the pillows for the couch. It is so hard to find the right color for pillows so it is such an easy thing to make and then you can get them exactly how you want them.

Entertainment center. This is a really neat piece from restoration hardware. It was the perfect size and color for our house. It looks a lot better in person. It really stands out.

Swimming, Dean one month

2011-06-20T14:11:00.004-06:00

Swimmimg at my mom's pool.

Dean is 1 month old and smiling. I even caught one in the picture.

sew cute :)

2011-06-20T12:06:00.007-06:00

Pillows I made for our bench on our front porch.

Dress I designed and made for Clara. I was going for kind of an orphan look, but more modern.

I finished it and it needed a little something so I made this to sew on.

most of the gathers are on one side and one side is longer than the other.

For some reason this picture uploaded the wrong way.

Chair cushions I made for our patio furniture.

I bought this dress at forever 21 and added this bib to it. so cute on Clara.

Trampoline

2011-06-20T08:44:00.002-06:00

We got a trampoline this summer and the kids are loving it. They jumped for 3 days straight and by the end of the 3rd day they were so tired, but still could not stop jumping. So far we have had such a fun summer. The kids play nonstop all day long.

Here is little Dean at 3-4 weeks old.

Alvin pretending to have a baby in his belly.

C is for Clara

2011-06-20T08:32:00.006-06:00

Clara turned 6 this year and had a "C" birthday party. She is wearing the shirt I made for all the girls with a "corsage" on it. Everything started with c.

another of the shirts that I made.

She had cupcakes. My neighbor made me these cute c's to put on top they are made out of gum paste so they are edible. She makes the best cakes and cupcakes herself. I traded with her and made a shirt for her daughter and she made me these darling cupcake toppers.

We had a candy buffet.

And animal cookies, crackers, and chips.

We decorated c cookies.

Here are the decorations that I made.

Each banner had a cameo of Clara, a crown, a cupcake, and cat, a letter c, and each one said Clara.

We made cat ears, and had an obstacle course.

We played a game with cotton balls. I put lansinol on their faces and they had to see how many cotton balls they could stick to their faces. the girl with the most won. We were going to play a game with candles where you have to squirt the candles out with a squirt gun, but it was too windy outside to light candles so we didn't get to do it.

Clara is such a sweetheart. She helps me so much. She hates when when anyone is upset and will do anything to make them happy. She is such a loving sister to her 3 brothers. Clara is such a tomboy. Most of her friends are boys and the girls in the neighborhood try to tell her not to play with the boys, but she is such an adventurous girl that she can't help but play with the boys.
I am so happy I got Clara as a daughter. We love her so much.

Reid!!

2011-06-06T13:31:00.005-06:00

Reid was in a play at school. He was a snake. Here he is ready to sing in the chorus. He did a good job. He had a lot of lines to memorize and he was constantly whispering to the other snake what his lines were. It was so much fun to watch. He even had to do a little dance with the other snake and shake his booty. It was so cute.

Reid lost his first tooth. Kind of late but it finally happened. He is 8 and a half and hasn't lost a tooth until now. He lost it in the beginning of June.

Dean 2 weeks old

2011-06-06T13:26:00.003-06:00

Getting bigger. I took him to his 2 week appointment and he was almost 10lbs and grew almost 3 inches. unless they didn't stretch him out enough in the hospital. He is a big guy.

He reminds of of Reid because he never relaxes. He is always trying to lift his head up and does a pretty good job. Look at him arching his back. He is like a seal. He is so strong for 2 weeks.

Dean 1 week old.

2011-06-06T12:57:00.003-06:00

My in-laws came to visit and see Dean for the first time when he was a week old. My mother-in-law took this picture of out house. I haven't shared a picture since we have landscaped.

Big brother Alvin.

Dean one week old.

Dean and Jido.(Grandpa)

Grandma Candace and Dean.

He looks like all of my other kids. A combo of them all.

Baby Dean arrived!!!

2011-06-06T07:58:00.005-06:00

Big belly right before I went in. I will never have one of these again.

I was induced 2 days early this time. I usually wait and go overdue, but this time I felt like he was big and i was right. He was 8lbs 10oz.

Dean Merrit Hazar born May 12th at 5:22pm. 8lbs 10oz 19 1/2 inches. It was probably my hardest delivery. It took forever for the anaesthesiologist to come in and so I was in tons of pain and then while in the process of giving me the epidural the girl next door was having major problems so he ripped out my needle and ran into the other room. They told me he might not be able to come back. Luckily, he did but I had to go through tons of pain waiting. Then one side wasn't working and my heart rate was dropping. I had the push tons more and i ripped. I am just glad he was okay and healthy. I would rather go through the pain than worry about him. Anyway, it is over now.

Easter

2011-06-06T07:31:00.002-06:00

Easter egg hunt in the park. Clara was so happy because Alvin got her a golden egg that was in his section. Inside was $1.

Easter outfits Sunday morning.

Wedding in San Diego

2011-06-06T04:06:00.007-06:00

David's cousin got married in April in San Diego where she lives. The ceremony and reception were right on the beach. It was beautiful.

Here is Reid and his BFF cousin the night before at the rehearsal dinner.

Clara with her cousins. There are 4 girls all within a year apart. They are inseparable.

Alvin also has a boy cousin close to his age. They are so cute together holding hands and all. Alvin kept telling him that he loved him.

Family pic at wedding.

It was suppose to rain, but it turned out to be a beautiful night.

Clara's signature move.

Balcony in our hotel room. We were right on the ocean. It was so much fun.

We also got to go to sea world.

Alvin turned 3.

2011-06-06T03:58:00.006-06:00

I took the easy way out and went to Jungle Jim's for Alvin's bday party. He was in heaven.

Alvin is our most strong willed so far. So he has always kept us on our toes. Although he is strong he also has a very sweet soft side. Alvin has the cutest smile. He says the "s" sound for the letter "f". He has a very low voice. He loves salad and candy. He loves to play and goes a mile a minute. We all love Alvin very much. Happy Birthday Alvin.

I made him a mickey mouse cake using round cake pans.

More Sewing

2011-06-06T01:37:00.011-06:00

Dress i made for Clara. I made the bodice out of some old jeans I cut up and the buttons on the bodice are so buttons off of a dress my mom had when she was younger.

Here are some of my latest sewing projects. This dress and pants I made for Clara for her Easter dress. She also got to wear it to David's cousin's wedding.

Baby shoes for a friend.

Fun peasant dress for Clara.

Dress for my niece Chloe. Again I used the same old jeans to make the bodice. I made shoes for Dean out of these jeans too. I had them in a DI bag and had a great idea to use them as fabric for sewing. What else can I use in my DI bag:)????

Newport Beach

2011-06-06T01:35:00.004-06:00

David and I fit in one last trip without the kids before the baby was born. It was heaven. The only thing bad about it is once you get a taste of freedom you want more. I can hardly wait to go again on a trip alone, but I know it will be a while before we get to go without the new baby. We went to Newport California and had a blast. It was so relaxing. Here we are at the Newport Temple.

Here we are at a restaurant called Blue Water Grill. It was so yummy we went there twice. We went to the best restaurants. Some of my favorites were Blue water grill, R+D Kitchen, Tru Food Grill, and BJ's pizza, and we found the best bakery at Fashion island called Pain du Monde. They have the best almond pastry and pecan chocolate chip cookie. We went everyday and shared one of each. I can't wait to go back.

Pinewood Derby

2011-06-06T01:25:00.007-06:00

Reid had his first pinewood derby. He didn't do so well or should I say David didn't do so well. We did take note of what he did wrong and what to do next year. I have to admit I am not a big fan of the whole pinewood derby. It is a little too competitive for me. And the kids who win usually win because their dad knew the best way to make their car. Reid seemed okay with not winning, but I felt bad for him. He did win most realistic looking car. Reid isn't a competitive kid so he was happy with his award.

It's a BOY!

2011-02-01T08:32:00.003-07:00

Yes I am having another boy. I was so upset too. I was very surprised at my reaction. I knew I would be sad if it was a boy, but I was really sad and cried for 2 days. At first I was so sad, and then I was mad, and then I was in denial. I went through all the stages. And then I woke up the 3rd day and I was fine. I found out the week of Christmas so that didn't help either. I told David he didn't have to get me a present for Christmas this year(thinking that I was getting a girl for Christmas), but when I found out it was a boy I told him "you better get me a really good present" and by the way he did. He surprised me with this chandelier I have been dying for to put in the kitchen. Anyway, I am fine with my boy now and I think part of it was that I was already in a bad mood being pregnant and needed the girl to cheer me up and when it didn't I just let it all out. All I can say is that it better be an angel baby boy. My family will be the same as the family I grew up in. I was an only girl and I had 3 brothers, 1 older and 2 younger. So at least I should be pretty use to the set up.

New Pictures of My Kids

2011-01-31T21:19:00.011-07:00

My sister-in-law Michelle has picked of a new hobby of photography. I could not be more excited about this. She is awesome at it too. She definitely has a natural talent for it. I am so happy how my pictures turned out. When I was in Arizona I did her hair and for payment she took my kids pictures. It was perfect. I was so due for some good pictures of my kids too. Here they are Clara is now 5, Reid is 8, and Alvin is 2.

Disneyland

2011-01-31T21:14:00.005-07:00

After Christmas this year we surprised the kids with a disneyland trip. We didn't tell them til after Christmas so that it wouldn't take away from the excitement of Christmas and so we didn't have to hear them asking us everyday "How many more days til we go to Disneyland?" We had a lot of fun despite the fact that we all got sick while we were there. David was sick 2 days before we left and it hit him hard while we were there. Reid had it a week before so he was pretty much better and Clara woke up the day we left with a fever so she had it the whole time and Alvin pretty much had a fever the whole time too. David, finally after being up every night coughing had to go find an instacare and go on an antibiotic. And then the next day we finally brought Clara to the instacare because she had been complaining the last 3 days of her ears hurting. (note that we didn't have a car to do all of this) I didn't want her to miss a day of disneyland so I pushed her in the stroller and jogged the whole way to the instacare at 6am in the morning, oh and don't forget that I am 5 months pregnant at this time too. Luckily I didn't get the sickness until the last day so I was the care taker for everyone, even though being pregnant is a sickness in itself:) Clara ended up with both ears being infected and Alvin ended up with one ear infection(which we didn't take him to the doctor until we got home) oh and by the way our insurance doesn't cover out of state doctors so let's just say we spent a lot of money on medical stuff this trip. We were there for 5 days so we did end up with some good days through it all and the weather was nice and it wasn't crowded. I will still look back on the trip and say we had a fun time even though we were all sick. Disneyland is always magical even when you are sick:)

Clara was so excited that she finally got to see Tinkerbell. Last time we went they didn't have a Tinkerbell character and Tinkerbell is Clara's favorite. "She doesn't like princesses" What little girl doesn't like princesses? She has always been somewhat of a tomboy.

Waiting for the bugs life show. Every time I take my kids to this show I forget how scary it is. Big black widow spiders coming down from the ceiling, bees stinging, bugs crawling on your seat, and a big mean grasshopper. Let's just say they didn't trust me when I told them the next show we went to wasn't scary.

I look like I am ready for a blizzard in these pictures. The first 2 days were colder, but still nice, but I am such a wimp in the cold that I need to always be bundled up. I look kind of silly next my my husband and kids without coats on. At least Alvin will wear a coat.

Reid went on every ride this year. His favorite ride was splash mountain(Dave had to take him on it like 10 times), but he also liked space mountain and the Matterhorn. He wasn't sure how he liked the Tower of Terror and Screamin over California. He for sure didn't ask to go again. He was a brave boy to do them all though. Clara is pretty scared when it comes to rides, but I can already tell Alvin will be our most daring. He will put his arms up on the toon town roller coaster already. So funny to see.

Sewing projects

2011-01-31T21:06:00.004-07:00

It's that time of year when I sew all sorts of Christmas presents. Although, my sewing days have become spread out all through the year now, but it is definitely more during the holidays. This year Clara got an American Girl Doll for Christmas and so I made a dress for it that matched Clara's Christmas dress I made this year. It was so much fun making a tiny one.

Since I am having a baby boy I have started to sew more boy stuff now that I am going to have 3 boys. Although, I couldn't help but make a girl pair. The boy pairs are reversible that is why they are each different so you could see the 2 sides.

See I am making boy stuff. Pants for Alvin.

Another pair for Alvin. Harlem pants. You can't see, but they have cute pockets on the bum.

Reversible ties for Reid and Alvin.

Skirt for my niece Chloe.

Dress for my niece Cali's Christmas present.

Clara and Chloe's Christmas dresses.

Every year since I was 7 I have sewn a present for my mom for Christmas. It is my favorite tradition. Last year I made a Christmas table runner and so this year a made a tree skirt to match it.

Dress I made for my niece Kate's Christmas present.

New Year in Arizona

2011-01-31T21:04:00.003-07:00

No this is not the same picture as last year or the year before, but it looks the same every year. All the Hazar grand kids up on the fireplace in the nativity costumes. This year there are 10 grand kids next year there will be 11 after my little boy comes out. Alvin is missing in this picture he was asleep.

Here are all 10 Hazar Grandchildren. There are 10 under the age of 11. We had a fun year in Arizona. We were there for New Years and it was warmer than Utah, but we didn't have great weather for Arizona, but I will take anything warmer. The kids have a ball together. It is pretty crazy at Grandma Candace's house with all of these kids running around.

Christmas and Christmas Eve

2011-01-31T21:00:00.004-07:00

This year we spent Christmas in Utah. We switch off every other year going to Arizona to be with David's family. Here the kids are riding Alvin's plasma car and 4 wheeler. Alvin got all the fun ride on things. The funniest thing is to see Alvin on the 4 wheeler, he zips around on it so fast.

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Brinton's. Alvin got silly bands.

Reid so excited.

Clara got her leapster 2 she was dying for. We also did the nativity with the grand kids, played games, and had a yummy dinner. Christmas morning my mom came over for presents and then my 2 brothers and sister-in-law came over for my traditional Christmas morning breakfast of "French Toast dipped croissants" they are to die for.

Christmas Time

2011-01-31T16:39:00.004-07:00

My kids all still believe in Santa. However, Reid is starting to catch on. He asks me all sorts of questions about how Santa could ever do what he does in one night. They were some hard questions. His little brain is ticking.

Reid's first time making a snowman by himself.

Reid on Alvin's shoulders (with a little help from Uncle Packie)

Live Nativity in Draper that we have now gone to for the past 2 years. Here the kids are standing in front of the live camels.

Getting ready to go into Bethlehem. Reid was in trouble so he pretended he was asleep.

Christmas time at Gardner Village. I just love this place. It has such a fun feeling. I am there a lot and my kids love it too.

Trip to the Temple

2010-11-17T21:22:00.002-07:00

We went up to the Draper Temple with my in-laws so they could see it and get pictures. David was back at the house because Alvin was having a meltdown after not having a nap for 4 days straight. It was freezing so it was a little hard to smile. I do love this temple though. One of my favorites.

Reid's Baptism

2010-11-17T16:24:00.003-07:00

Reid got baptized this past weekend. I am so proud of him. He is such a special boy. He really wants to be a good boy. He said he felt a good feeling when he got the Holy Ghost. He received a set of scriptures from his grandma and grandpa Hazar and he has been carrying them around ever since. He kept saying "How much were these scriptures because they are GOLDEN" and then he came to me and said "Guess how many pages are in these scriptures mommy?" and then he went on to tell me how many. and then he said "can you believe Grandma and Grandpa would buy me these with soooo many pages" He also got some diary of the wimpy kid books and he was reading them a lot this weekend and he came to me and said "Mommy, whenever I am reading my diary of the wimpy kid book I am thinking 'I should be reading my scriptures, I should be reading my scriptures' so I stop to read my scriptures." The Holy Ghost is whispering to him already. What a good boy. Reid has always been such a sensitive boy. He is always the first to comfort me when I am sad and he tells me he prays for me too. All my kids fight over sitting with Daddy and Reid is the only one who will say "I am going to sit by mommy"

After the baptism with my family. Everyone is here, but Chauncy who was in Afghanistan this summer, but is now back in the states in Virginia for school.

The Hazar's came for the baptism. David's parents and his sister and her 2 older kids.

Our little family.

The man of the hour and his proud parents. It was sure a special day. Better than I could ever imagine. I felt the spirit so strongly as Reid was baptized and received the gift of the Holy Ghost. It was so special. These are the days you will always remember as a parent.

So You Think You Can Dance

2010-11-17T16:23:00.002-07:00

David and I went to the So You Think You Can Dance tour. It was so much fun. I have been 3 other times and I am never disappointed. I love this show and it is so much fun to see it in person. The dances are even more amazing in person. This was the first year David got to go. He usually is stuck home watching the kids.

Halloween

2010-11-17T16:20:00.003-07:00

The school parade. Clara was so scared to be in the parade for some reason. She has never loved dressing up and I don't think she like being dressed up with everyone looking at her. You can tell she looks a little hesitant.

Reid walked so fast that it was hard to get a picture of him.

Reid wanted to be dracula and would not participate in my wizard of oz theme. Although, I think he was second guessing he costume after the 3rd time he had to put on all the makeup and hair spray.

Clara was Dorothy. I love a Dorothy costume. I made her dress and shirt. What a cute little Dorothy. She wanted to be something else until she found out that Dorothy got to carry a dog. She loves stuffed animals.

Alvin was the scare crow. I also made this costume which was a nightmare once I got started, but at that point I had to finish. I am just glad he wore it after all the hard work I put into it.

If only we had the tin man.

Crazy Hair day

2010-11-17T16:18:00.003-07:00

Pony tails for Reid on crazy hair day.

Dress I made this summer.

Reid's 8th Birthday Party

2010-11-17T16:15:00.003-07:00

Reid turned 8 this year and wanted a party at Classic Fun Center. He loved it and so did all of the kids. There is so much to do there. Here are the ghost cupcakes.

Blowing out the candles.

Playing video games. They also rode there scooters, played in the bounce houses, jungle gyms, and obstacle courses.

Clara and Ellie.

Alvin had a blast following the big kids around.

Jog-a-Thon

2010-11-17T16:13:00.002-07:00

Our school had a jog-a-thon. Reid and Clara ran (i think) 1 and half miles. Here is Clara running, but she came in walking. She did great.

Reid starting out.

All done.

Grandma and Grandpa Hazar came to town

2010-11-17T16:11:00.003-07:00

Grandma and Jido came to town. Here is Clara ready for church and holding her pillow pet from grandma. She has been dying for one of these because of all the commercials. We found them at walmart for $10. Although I think they are $20 now.

I love a profile shot of my kids. Cute little boy.

The boys.

First day of school

2010-11-17T16:01:00.002-07:00

Here is Reid ready for his first day of school He is in the 2nd grade and he likes his teacher and is doing well in school. He wouldn't let me walk him to school so I don't have a picture of him at the school. He is "too old" for his mom to walk him to school I guess. He still will never leave to school without a hug. I hope that never stops.

Clara started kindergarten this year. She was a little scared, but did good leaving her mommy. She loves her teacher and loves doing her homework.

Waiting in line to go inside. I love this age.

Lagoon

2010-11-17T15:56:00.003-07:00

We made it to lagoon this year and we decided to go on a half price day at the end of the summer in August which was a mistake. It was soooo crowded, but we got there early and luckily got some rides in before it got too bad. These fountain pictures are at the end of the day. We promised the kids they could go in the fountains at the end of the day so they wouldn't be wet all day. They were soaked.

Out of all of my kids Reid had always loved the water the most. He will soak himself where ever we go. Even as a little baby he was always running through fountains and sprinklers with his clothes on.

Alvin loved the rides. He would go on anything. Most of the time Clara was scared and Alvin was laughing. We took him on Puff the Dragon Roller coaster and he put his arms up.

Reid is getting old enough to go on the bigger rides and he was a brave boy and tried a lot of them. It is getting fun to go with him the amusement parks.

Family night at Thanksgiving Point

2010-11-17T15:53:00.003-07:00

Like I have said before we got memberships to Thanksgiving point this year and it has been well worth it. Every Monday night they have a Family night where there are different activities. This one was called "Having fun with food" they made banana boats, threw spaghetti at a wall, they made houses out of graham crackers, and made paintings out of pudding. anyway, the kids had fun. I read the calender wrong and I thought it was a water activity so that is why Clara is wearing a swimsuit. oops.

Fire department visits the school

2010-11-17T15:50:00.002-07:00

Over the summer the fire department came to the school parking lot and sprayed down all the kids. We have sure loved this neighborhood and all the fun activities that are going on all the time. This is just one of the annual activities that happens every year. The kids were in heaven.

You know it's time to fold the clothes when...

2010-07-18T21:14:00.002-06:00

One of my husband's household jobs is to fold the clothes and he was out of town for almost 3 weeks and so when I finally got around to folding the clothes this is what happened. I dumbed out my laundry baskets onto the bed and when I lifted them up they had formed perfect cubes of clothes. My kids and I were laughing so hard. It's times like these when I really appreciate my husband.

Liberty Park

2010-07-16T20:30:00.003-06:00

We went to liberty park this week and it was so much fun. I have to say I feel like there is a lot more to do with my kids in salt lake county than in Utah county. I loved Utah county, but we have had so much fun this summer all for free. At this park there is a fun play ground, a splash park, and this fun river part. Here is Alvin taking a break from the splash park and eating a snack. He is at such a cute age. I love how he gets so excited about everything and I live for his reaction to something new and fun(however I hate his reaction to something he doesn't like) He is still so hard, but he is so much fun at the same time. I wish I could freeze this stage. The other day we were on our way to Cafe Rio and those of you who go to Cafe Rio a lot know that if you have a free meal from your stamp card then all the workers yell really loud "FREE MEAL!!!" and so as we were walking in I asked David "Do we have a free meal?" and all of a sudden we hear Alvin yell as load as he can "FREE MEAL!!!" That's when you know you go to Cafe Rio a little too much.

Pushing Alvin on the disabled kid swing.

Shivering Reid. He loves anything with water and if he is ever anywhere near any kind of water it doesn't take long for him to be soaked.

Here is the fun river part. This was their favorite part. It had all of these little rivers that were suppose to be the canyons and rivers in Utah. We went with my friend Amy and her kids. Her daughter Ella is a poser. look at her perfect stance and she does it in every picture. A little model.

Landscaping coming soon!!!

2010-07-16T20:18:00.005-06:00

We are getting our landscaping done and when the landscaper dropped off the tracker my kids played on it all evening. The yard is almost done and I can't wait for the dust to go away from our house. We are also finishing part of our basement so I have it coming from everywhere. It is not fun, but it will be worth it once it is all done.

Playing on the tractor. Clara was the only one letting me take lots of pictures of her. The boys were too into the tractor. Clara is getting so much fun. She is starting to try more things and wear a variety of clothing. she use to only wear tennis shoes, jeans, and t shirts and now she will wear different kinds of pants, tunics, and she actually wore a skirt to dinner the other night and not just to church. She is a little tom boy, which I love about her, but having only one girl I get excited when she is a little girly.

Naartjie Model

2010-07-16T20:05:00.008-06:00

Reid was choosen to model for the children's clothing store Naarjie. There were 2 pictures of him on their website modeling their transitional line. Here are the shots they took of him.

4th of July

2010-07-03T15:57:00.009-06:00

We had such a fun 4th of July this year. My new neighborhood really goes all out to celebrate, which was nice because we didn't have to go anywhere. Here are my kids in their 4th of July shirts I made.

I made Clara some pants to go with hers.

Our neighbors across the street have a huge celebration every year which includes a children's parade where the kids decorate their bikes and cars and ride around the block. We had so much fun with this task and decided to make reid's car look like a real float.

The starting line. Look how cute the balloon arch was. This family makes it so much fun.
Look how many kids there are in this neighborhood. It is crazy. My kids absolutely love it.

Reid is ready to go.

Clara is ready to go.

They set up awnings all over their front yard for the bbq after the parade.

They set up bounce houses for the kids to play in.

Here we are eating our hamburgers and hot dogs. That night we went to another neighbors house for fireworks. It was a fun day. Reid was so excited because he got to light some of the fireworks.

Clara learned to ride a 2 wheeler

2010-07-03T15:42:00.005-06:00

About two weeks ago Clara went outside and decided she was going to ride a two wheeler and next thing I know she was riding down the street. Way to go Clara!
This video is kind of long so sorry. I forgot that I filmed the kids for longer afterwards.

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

2010-07-03T15:37:00.003-06:00

I have a family membership to Thanksgiving Point and we have used it soooo much. We go at least once a week. My kids have so much fun. They especially like the children's gardens.
This time we brought Chloe and Katrina with us.

We had Chloe over that whole day while Katrina went to work. The kids had so much fun and keep asking when Chloe came come again for the whole day.

This is Alvin's face when he says "CHEESE!!!"

Sewing projects

2010-07-03T15:21:00.013-06:00

I have been doing a lot of sewing lately. It has become a big stress relief for me. here is a dress I made for my niece.

Okay so you will see that i have gone a little crazy adding bibs to everything. Here is a shirt I made for Clara.

Cute skirt and bib shirt combo. I made this skirt using all leftover scraps. I really liked how it turned out which is funny because usually i spend so much time putting the fabrics together and it seems like the ones that I don't think about as much turn our the cutest.

I bought all of this fabric and walmart and made this reversible dress and pants. one side looks like this and the other looks like the one below.

Other side of reversible dress.

Dress for Clara. I love a flutter sleeve on little girls.

This dress is where the my bib obsession started and when i finished I was like "where else can I put a bib?"

And I found many places to put them:) These are not for Clara so she doesn't have this many of these shirts.

However, Chloe and Clara are now often found wearing bibs:)

This is big on Clara because it is for an older niece, but Clara was willing to be the model.

A twin dress for Chloe like Clara's.

Cute flutter sleeve dress I made for a 1 year old niece.

Clara turned 5!!!

2010-07-03T15:12:00.007-06:00

Clara loves butterflies(as you can see by her bedroom) so she wanted a butterfly birthday party. Also, as you can see by her room I have now cut out soooo many butterflies. Reid said as I was making butterflies for this party "wow, you are good at making butterflies" And it is because I have now cut out hundreds of them.

I cut these butterflies out of Amy butler paper and hung them from the ceiling. and made these pom poms out of tissue paper. i looked up online how to make them and it wasn't very hard.

I was so happy that I was able to reuse the mural my aunt and uncle painted for Clara's Tinkerbell party last year. I just added all the butterflies to it.

More pom poms.

Butterfly cupcakes. Clara loves cupcakes. especially the frosting. these were especially yummy cupcakes. I used the flag sheet cake recipe from barefoot contessa and the Wilton's butter cream frosting recipe. The pretzels and the mint chips made them really yummy too.

I made these applique shirts for all the girls. Like I said I have cut out my fare share of butterflies.

Here are all the kids piled on Clara's bed.

Each of the kids got sand buckets and we decorated them with this foam butterfly kit from walmart.

We had a butterfly beanbag toss.

And then we played the butterfly Elefun game. A game where the elephant blows out little butterflies and the kids have to try to catch the most butterflies.

My niece Chloe had a tank top version on the butterfly applique shirt.

All the shirts had butterflies on the back too.

Clara got the "monkey swimsuit" from grandma that she wanted.

Clara is such a sweet girl. She can't stand for any of her brothers to be upset. The other day we went to the family night at Thanksgiving point and the activity was making rockets and then they could blast them off with this air pressure thing. The kids loved it until Reid's rocket busted. He was especially upset since Clara still had her rocket to take home. Reid pretty much screamed his head off the whole way home. Clara felt so bad for him that she sat in the car and tore up her rocket so that Reid wouldn't be sad that he didn't have one. It was so sweet. She is always doing things like that. She gives Alvin anything he wants. Sometimes when Alvin doesn't get ice cream because he was naughty she sneaks in the pantry with Alvin and feeds him her ice cream cone. I sure do love my only girl Clara. She is so special to me.

WE MOVED!!!!

2010-05-07T23:38:00.005-06:00

We moved to Draper. We have been looking for houses on and off in Draper, but it has never seemed right, but we finally felt right this time and found the perfect house in the area that we wanted to live in. Here is our home. I have had a hard time with the transition though. I loooved where we use to live sooooo much and so I have really mourned our old house and neighborhood. Although, I am starting to come around. It felt so right to move this time so I know it was the right thing to do, but it has still been really hard.

I haven't done much decorating yet, but I did finish Clara's room. She has never had a girl room so I had a lot of fun creating the perfect girl room. Clara loooves butterflies so she had to have butterflies and it had to be pink. I made a lot of the things for her room. I had so much fun. I wish I would have taken before pictures of all the things before we changed them.

The bed use to be a light wood color and we painted it white and the stairs were wiggles stairs and i painted them green and i painted the night stand's knob fuchsia.

My friend Amy gave me this idea to put fabric in these needle point rings.

I made this butterfly mobile which was a nightmare. It costs $115 at pottery barn so i thought I would just make one to save $, but it was sooooo hard that I could see why it was $115. And it is hard to see here but the butterflies on the wall I cut out of contact paper which was $5.

I made this butterfly lampshade out of hard felt and leftover ruffles from the ruffle shirts I use to make.

And I bought a huge sham that went with the bedding and I cut it up and made a smaller pillow and added these butterflies out of hard felt.

And I really wish I took a before picture of this because it was an old white washed mirror that was very out of style and I bought a wood butterfly at Michael's for $1 and glued it in the middle and painted the whole thing green. so it looks like one piece. So now I can check off Clara's room because it is done, yay!!!

Alvin turned 2

2010-05-07T23:36:00.002-06:00

Alvin loves Elmo so I made an Elmo cake. He was so excited and wanted Grandma to see it sooo bad. He could hardly wait to show her. Whenever he sees Elmo he dances and sings La La La La, La La La La.

Proud little birthday boy of his Elmo cake.

My niece Chloe's birthday is 3 days before Alvin's so we had a combined birthday party. Here they are blowing out the candles. Alvin has been my hardest kid so far, but I still love him to death. As hard as he is all day I still go to bed missing him. He is such a cute boy and loves his ma ma. He always has to come back for hugs once in a while as he is off playing. He has such a low voice for a 2 year old and he grunts before he says anything. For example he loves protein bars and asks for them all day long and so he is often walking around going "ugh bar" "ugh bar". I don't know where the ugh came from, but he has said it for a long time and hasn't changed. I will miss it when it stops. I love my little Alvin. Happy Birthday Alvin.

Easter

2010-05-07T23:33:00.002-06:00

The kids in their easter outfits. I spent too much time making Clara's that the boys had to wear their outfits from last year.

The easter egg hunt at our church. Poor Reid had his cast on and so when they let all the kids go to run for the eggs Reid was left in the dust because he had crutches and so he just chucked his crutches to the side and started to crawl. He still was mad because he couldn't go fast enough, but Clara got tons of eggs and felt so bad for Reid so she gave Reid about half of hers. She is such a sweat sister to her brothers.

Checking out the candy.

Saint Patrick's Day

2010-05-07T23:30:00.002-06:00

I stole this idea from my friend Jill, because it seemed so fun and it sure was. My kids love it. anyway she posted on her blog last year that the leprechauns come to her house on Saint Patrick's day and play tricks on them and leave a pot of gold. So here are the tricks they played. They turned the milk green and left us with some lucky charms for breakfast.

They turned the toilet water green.

They left foot prints all over the house so we knew where they had been.

And they left pots of green candy.

And pots of "gold". Clara was so scared to go to bed the night before because she was afraid they would pinch her. She made sure to wear green pj's to bed. It was a fun day. Especially since it was my birthday too:) I went to cheesecake factory for dinner which always makes it a good day.

Valentines Day

2010-05-07T23:25:00.003-06:00

Big Lips comes to our house on Valentines day. And this year Reid wanted to make sure that Big Lips knew where to go so he made signs telling Big Lips where to put everything. This sign is telling Big Lips to put cut out paper hearts all down the hall(that is what she has done in the past years)

This sign is telling Big Lips to put the candy on the coffee table.

And this sign is telling Big Lips to put the presents by the fire place.

Big Lips thanked Reid for the helpful signs and left a kiss. Clara was so scared to go to bed that night, because she was afraid Big Lips would kiss her.

Here are the hearts she left down the hall.

Here are the kids with there presents, and their "I love you because...." books that I have made the past two years for each of my kids and my husband telling them why I love them. My friend Amy has done it for her kids and husband all along and I kept meaning to do it, but never did until last year so that is my new tradition.

And at last we had a full pink breakfast. Pink milk, pink waffles, and pink eggs.

Fun Times

2010-05-07T23:21:00.006-06:00

Reid like I have said before is always making costumes out of nothing. He made this with the easter grass and paper.

One of the many painting days. My kids love to create, I just wish it wasn't so messy. Reid especially likes to create. He is often in his room for hours and then comes out with some sort of book he wrote or picture. I love to see what he comes up with.

My only girl Clara won't dress up in princess clothes, but she will dress up in Reid's clone trooper costumes, but notice she does have glass slippers on with it:)

Reid broke his leg skiing in Park City. I was so mad because we got this great deal to take him skiing, and now it has turned into a $1200.00 day of skiing. Every time I get another bill I weep. Reid got so good on his crutches though. He was so fast. He eventually got a walking cast and some days he would still use is crutches and I would ask him "Reid why are you using your crutches." and he would say "I miss them." This poor kid has broken both legs and had stitches on his face four times. There is a video below of him on his crutches.

One of my best friend's dad has opened up 2 Corner Bakeries in Utah and we got to go to the open house. Here we all are with our empty plates and baguettes. By the way the food there is to die for.

Here is a video of Reid on his crutches. I took it to show how fast he is, but in the video he actually fell on them too, which normally didn't happen, but happened while I videoed him. I am telling you this kid gets hurt a lot.

Dinosaur Museum

2010-05-07T23:18:00.002-06:00

We have a Thanksgiving point membership this year so you will see a lot of pictures at the many venues there. Here is alvin in the sand at the dino museum without a shirt because he got it all wet at the wet sand part. He is such a handful lately. He usually ends up shirtless everywhere I go so you would think I would think to bring an extra shirt in case he gets wet, but I don't. I finally bring an extra pair of underwear just in case Clara has an accident, but ever since I have had one she has never needed it.

The wet sand part. My kids could play in this for hours.

Alvin is a little small for the aprons but he had to have one because his big brother and sister had one.

My in-laws were in town when we went this time and so here is Jido(grandpa) with Alvin.

Dresses I've been making.

2010-05-07T23:05:00.005-06:00

I have the sewing bug again and so I have been making all kinds of dresses. Some for Clara and others for gifts. This one above I made for a one year old named Blakely. Her mom hasn't seen it yet so I excited to give it to her.

This one above I made as Clara's Easter dress. I made a matching one for my niece Chloe.

This was a second Easter dress for Clara because I couldn't get making it out of my head.
And so I had to make 2 of them. One for Clara and one for her bestie Ella.

This one was for my client's daughter who is clara's age.

And this one was for my niece Madison's birthday present. What a good little model Clara is :)Yes i know I am obsessed with sewing, but I have really found my passion. I would sew all day if I could, unfortunately I don't have time for it, but I have somehow found time for these projects.

2010-01-25T22:20:00.002-07:00

Alvin had me take a picture of him in this chair and this is how he posed all by himself.

So my kids got all kinds of Christmas presents, but instead their favorite toy is the laundry basket. They love this thing.

They think it is a jungle gym.

"ALVIN!!!!!!" Alvin can't stop drawing on the furniture. Here are all of my cushions with the covers off because I am constantly washing them because he has drawn all over them. He somehow manages to draw something on every single one and most of the time as soon as I put the cover back on he some how finds a pen or a marker and draws on it again. It's awesome:).

Christmas in Arizona

2010-01-25T21:46:00.006-07:00

We spent Christmas in Arizona this year. It was so much fun and the kids has a blast with all of their cousins. There are now 10 cousins under the age of 10. Here they are acting out the nativity on Christmas day. Reid is always goofing off. As you can see in the picture. When he came out for his part he was holding this fuzzy worm he got for Christmas under his nose like a mustache. It reminded me of something my dad would do. Reid has always reminded me of my dad so I am glad we named him after him.

Santa made a visit on Christmas Eve. Clara was so excited and I was very surprised that she wanted to be the one sitting on his lap. She is not usually like that.

Opening presents on Christmas Eve.

Sitting out by the rock waterfall with grandma and cousin julia.

Alvin was often found playing with this Christmas tree.

Clara and her new puppy from Santa.

Just like Daddy.

Some of the cousins got nintendo DSI's and so here they all are watching them play.

The kids all went and saw the Princess and the Frog.

The 4 girls had so much fun together.

We went and visited great grandma Rowley. Here she is taking us on a tour of her new place with Alvin sitting on her walker. We had so much fun spending time with her.

Alvin loved playing in the drum.

My sister-in-law Michelle blessed her new baby girl while we were there. Here we are at the chapel. I had to put this picture to show Clara in her dress that I made.

The whole Hazar Family at the blessing.

Playing at the park. It was nice to get out of the snow.

Early Christmas eve with my family.

2010-01-25T21:39:00.002-07:00

We spent Christmas in Arizona this year with David's family this year and so we had an early Christmas eve with my family. Here the kids are acting out the nativity. It was fun this year to have the participation of Alvin and Chloe this year. Although it is still a pretty wild event trying to get kids these ages to cooperate in acting it out. They love it though.

Too many Christmas projects.

2010-01-25T21:26:00.004-07:00

This year for my traditional homemade gift for my mom I made her a Christmas table runner. I finished it in Oct. this year so I was craving making things in Dec. so I decided to make more homemade gifts and it turned into a lot of homemade gifts. I was addicted to it. I am currently taking a break, but I have definitely found a passion of mine.

This is a skirt I made for Clara.

This is the dress I made for Clara too. And then when she wore it I thought it was so cute so I had to make one for my nieces for Christmas. (i don't know why but this picture always uplaoded like this even though it was the right way when I added it)

This was for 6 month old Mackenzie.

This one was for my friend's daughter Ella who is 4.

This is for 18 month old Chloe.

And this was for 6 year old Julia. It was so much fun to see the finished product.

Playing outside

2010-01-25T21:16:00.004-07:00

Just some cute pictures of Alvin and Clara playing outside. Alvin is talking a lot now. He pretty much repeats every word you say. Not clearly, but he tries to say it the best he can, but the funny part is that he whispers a lot of the time. Whenever you ask him a question he always answers it in a whisper. It is so funny.

Now that Reid is in school all day Alvin and Clara are best buddies. Clara takes such good care of Alvin. She can't stand to see him upset. It is so nice to have Clara around to help out.

Christmas activities

2010-01-25T21:02:00.004-07:00

We did lots of festive activities this December. We live so close to the mall so we went to see Santa at least once a week. Each time they had to tell him something different that they wanted Santa to bring them. They also got a See's candy carmel sucker so that made it even more enticing to go see Santa.

We attended both Reid and Clara's Christmas program(I am so sad, but I forgot my camera for Clara's program and she was so cute singing) Reid did a good job too. He sang some of the songs in French (Reid is in a french immersion program at school).

We went to the live nativity in Draper. It was such a neat experience except for the freezing 2 hour wait, but once we went through the streets of Bethlehem and came upon the nativity seen it was sooo worth it. My kids complained the whole 2 hours and then once they went through the main part they begged to wait another 2 hours so they could see it again. I would highly recommend it.

Here we are waiting in line. They did love the fires every ten feet. And the different scenes you got to see while in line.

We watched Santa fly in on a helicopter.

Alvin sees the helicopter. "Copter" He says. We also went to see the lights at Thanksgiving point along with Santa's live reindeer. And we went to the festival of trees. The kids loved it all.

Clara at preschool

2010-01-25T20:54:00.002-07:00

I recently got these pictures from Clara's teachers and so I thought I would post them. Clara has grown so much this year in her preschool. She has really come out of her shell. She actually sits on diferent spots now on the carpet. She use to only sit in the very far left corner on the "C" square and no matter what was going on she would not leave that square. She now moves about to be able to see what is going on.

My mom came to read with the kids on granparent day.

Funny quotes from Clara

2009-11-18T22:19:00.007-07:00

Last Saturday Clara was on the toilet going #2 and just then David came out of our room for the 1st time that morning (he had just woken up) and right when he walked past the bathroom Clara said "Daddy, I'm going poo and you get to wipe me!" in a very excited voice. David said "how exciting" and he wished he was still in bed.

Then when Reid woke up and needed to use the bathroom he noticed that Clara didn't flush the toilet and so he yelled out "GROSS!" and then Clara said "I left some poo for you Reid" in a very sarcastic voice. She is a little sicko sometimes and she likes to tease people and always has ever since she was very little.

"Mommy, I stepped on a muffin"

2009-11-18T22:10:00.004-07:00

The other day I was changing Alvin's diaper and just as I got it off of him the phone rang and so I went to get it leaving Alvin without a diaper. As you can imagine when I got off the phone I didn't remember that Alvin was without a diaper and so I went to get in the shower. Pretty soon Clara came in the bathroom saying "Mommy, I stepped on a muffin." I stood there thinking "Mmmmm, I don't have any muffins, I wonder what she is talking about." and then it clicked in my head that Alvin didn't have a diaper on and Clara didn't step on a muffin. Let me tell you it was not so fun to clean up. At least it was a muffin consistency and not runny. gross.

Fashion Night Out at the Depot at Gateway

2009-11-18T22:02:00.007-07:00

My sister-in-law's best friend owns Vintage Fox Boutique and she showed her stuff at the Fashoin Night Out and the Depot at the Gateway last weekend, so she asked me to walk in her runway show. It was so much fun. I love stuff like this so I was happy to do it. Katrina also walked in it and a couple other friends. There were other companies with models to show their clothes as well. Urban outfitters and Lola Bella are some of the companies there. I also walked for a local designer named Nappi. My mom and brothers came so it was a family event:)

Here we are waiting for Vintage fox to go on.

The Vintage Fox models. There were others, but we didn't know them.

Standing in front of the Vintage Fox display.

Some candids.

Here I come.

next outfit .
Last outfit. I was suppose to have a jacket on here, but I set in down and when I went to pick it up it was gone. We ended up finding it though.
Here I am in the Nappi outfit.

Here is a good shot of the hair and makeup. So crazy, but so much fun to get to wear for a night.

Cousins

2009-11-18T21:59:00.002-07:00

I got some really cute pictures of Chloe, Alvin and Reid the other day sitting on my porch. They were all so happy.

Halloween

2009-11-18T21:54:00.002-07:00

Here I am with Clara ready for our ward Halloween party. I was dressed as an 80"s person if you can't tell. It is always easy to fall back on the 80"s costume.

Reid as a power ranger in the school parade. I didn't know that he had those orange hot wheels tracks until I saw him walking in the parade swinging them like they were nun chucks. He knew he couldn't have weapons so he brought car tracks:) He knows how to beat the system.

Clara at her preschool trick or treating to the parents. She still doesn't like to dress up. What little girl doesn't like to dress up? Well Clara doesn't. She just hates it. I have to force her to do it. Silly girl.

Ready for trick or treating. Reid again with the track nun chucks. Clara let me do her hair in a bun like tinker bell. It took a lot of persuading. Alvin is peter pan, but he looks like robin hood or an elf. I made his costume so it isn't perfect.
Again those people in our neighborhood had the huge blow up things. Alvin didn't dare go on them, but loved to watch. He looked so funny standing in his little costume.

Little Elf

Cornbelly's

2009-11-18T21:49:00.004-07:00

My in-laws were in town during oct. and we went to Cornbelly's while they were here visiting. Here is a picture of the cute aprons my mother-law made Clara and I for Halloween. Aren't they cute? She also made my kids Halloween pillow cases which they loved. What a nice mother-in-law I have.

Here we are at cornbelly's I had to include this picture because when I saw it I was laughing so hard at my face. Click on it big and you will laugh too. Looks like I was really scared. Alvin loved this slide though. I kept putting him down on his stomach feet first and he has never been so excited. I have never seen him smile so big. So cute.

Sitting on the huge rocking chair. This place is full of photo opportunities. My mother-in-law was in heaven. She is a picture fanatic.

Sitting on the pumpkin princesses carriage. Clara still won't get within 100 feet of a princess. The pumpkin pricess was there, but sure enough like every other princess Clara doesn't like to get near them. Have you ever met a girl scared of princesses. She is more of a timkerbell kind of a gal.

We went through the corn maze. This way or that way?????

Our favorite part is the big jumping pillow.

The cow train. This is such a fun place. We were there for hours and still could have stayed longer. Lovin the cornbelly's.

Reid's 7th Birthday Party

2009-11-18T21:34:00.002-07:00

Reid turned 7 this year on Oct. 21st. I decided not to make a mess of my house and go somewhere else for the party. It was so much less stressful and not too expensive at Pirate Island Pizza. The kids loooved it. It is new so nobody was sick of it yet. Reid didn't want a pirate themed party so we did a costume party. Here is the ghost cake I made with fondant. It was really yummy too. I made 2 layers inside, one was death by chocolate flavored and the other was the same recipe as the death by chocolate, but with a yellow cake and white chocolate chips. And then it was frosted in Wilton's butter cream frosting(it is a great frosting recipe by the way)

Reid really wanted a Power Ranger Party, but i figured that would be kind of hard to do in a pirate themed pizza place. He did dress up like on though.

Clara and her friend Ellie. We always include a friend or 2 for Clara.
Lots of fun games and rides to play on.
When you walk in to the place it looks like the Pirates ride at Disneyland.
My dad and Alvin.
Blowing out the candles. Reid is such a special boy. He is getting so creative and responsible. He is such a good helper at home. He can get upset, but he can also calm down very easily. Lately he is really into illustrating and writing books and they are so neat. I am always so impressed when he comes out of his room with his creations. He is such a nice boy at school too. He is always careful to include others and is always concerned for others. He started a French Immersion program this year at school and is doing so well. It is so much fun to hear him speak in French. It sounds so cute coming from my little boy. We love him very much.

Trip to Arizona

2009-10-12T17:00:00.006-06:00

David's brother blessed his new baby girl over Labor Day weekend and so we took a trip to Arizona so that we could be there. The kids were in heaven with all their cousins. There are now 9 kids under the age of 9, and there is one on the way very soon. Here is Reid reunited with his BFF Tyler. They are 3 years apart, but they have had a connection ever since Reid was just a tiny baby. They are a lot alike. They have so much fun together and they still hold hands. We keep wondering when that will stop. It is so cute, but we know when they get older they will be too cool for that.

Hanging out at Grandma and Jido's house.

Of course doing hair at Grandma and Jido's house.

Playing with all the billions of toys at Grandma and Jido's house.

Playing Wii at Grandma and Jido's house.

And of course taking the famous waterfall shot at Grandma and Jido's house.

Oh and wearing the wigs and hats at Grandma and Jido's house.

The whole Hazar Fam at the blessing of Mackenzie Candace Hazar. My brother-in-law TJ gave the most beautiful blessing. The spirit was so strong. His wife Carrie, my sister-in-law, bore the most beautiful testimony as well. It is so nice to hear each other's testimony's of the gospel since we don't get to hear them all the time even though we should be sharing them all the time.

Here we are at dinner at one of my favorite places to eat in Scottsdale. The White Chocolate Grill. Everything is good there. I like this picture because you can see how big the family is getting, we need 2 big tables to fit us all.

It was still really hot there so we spent Labor Day swimming at a family member's house. The kids had diving contests (oh wait that was Carrie and Chad:)), they played water games, and they were thrown up in the air by their dads. All fun.

Again the big Hazar Fam(minus Grandma, Jido and new baby).

More Pictures

2009-10-10T21:35:00.004-06:00

My sister-in-law Katrina was out of town and so my mom watched Chloe and so she brought her over for the day. We had so much fun with her. We really wore her out. She slept for over 3 hours in the dark basement in a port-a-crib. At least we think she slept that long because when we went to finally check on her we opened the door to look inside and there she was standing in the crib in the pitch black room not even making a peep. So who knows how long she was awake.

This was the kids playing outside one morning in sept. Alvin loves to just be in his diaper. Look at his cute little body.

Here they are looking for the neighbor's cat in their driveway.

Here they are at a condo in park city. My parents stayed there for a week and we went up one Sunday because David was out of town. They loved the bunk bed.

A very late first day of school

2009-10-10T21:03:00.002-06:00

As you can see I am way behind with my blog. I haven't been taking very many pictures lately and I haven't been posting the ones I have. Anyway here is Reid and Clara's first day of school. Clara has the same teacher that she had last year, but it is at a different school this year, because they canceled the UVU preschool she went to last year. She loves it just the same. It is at Orem elementary so she feels like she is like Reid now that she is going to a real school. A lot of the equipment is the same as last year and so she still sits on the same "C" square on the rug. Every time I come to pick her up and the class is on the rug sitting she is in the far corner on top of the "C" square. She has 5 teachers because 3 of them are student teachers from UVU and so she loves all the attention. Every time I drop her off she walks in like everyone is watching her every move and she kind of shows off when she walks in. She is a lot more outgoing this year.

Reid is in first grade this year and he also started a french immersion program which he loves. Half of his day is all french and half is in english, and once he is in the 3rd grade all of his day will be in french. Reid is really good at immitating sounds so I think this will be a good thing for him. He has transitioned pretty well into a full day of school. He never complained although for about 2 weeks he came home from school in the worst mood. He was so cranky. He is getting a lot better now.

Family Pictures

2009-10-01T13:15:00.010-06:00

We got our family pictures done this year by one of my best friends from high school, Jill Tew. She did such a good job. I love them. Here is her blog if anybody wants to use her. daytewdayphotography.blogspot.com We got a lot of good pictures, even though Reid fell in the beginning of the shoot and so he was very difficult because he was crying a lot of the time, but we managed to at least get a couple of him not crying. Clara was good so you will see there are a lot more of her than the other difficult boys. It was all worth it though. David my tell you differently, but to me it is always worth a good picture.

I bought this t-shirt dress for $10 and I made the apron to sew onto it. I stress so much about the outfits in pictures. I not only want them to look just right, but also I am a tight wad and so I try to do it and spend little to no money. David dies at me. It is the artist in me that wants it to be just right.

Clara always does this dance when a song she likes comes on. She points her 2 fingers up in the sky and sways side to side to the music. It is a pretty fun dance:) I usually join in with her.

Dear Alvin:

2009-08-13T20:06:00.005-06:00

Yesterday Alvin was crying and wouldn't stop(surprise, surprise), and Clara was getting annoyed. But instead of just telling him to stop, she whips out a piece of paper and folds it in half and then opens it and says as if she is reading..."Dear Alvin: Please stop crying, if you don't I will be very mad."

How did she think? Maybe I should try that technique from now on. She has been saying the funniest things lately.

Provo River Half Marathon

2009-08-09T08:52:00.002-06:00

My dad and I ran the Provo River Half Marathon this weekend. It has become our little tradition. It was a very cold morning this year. So waiting for the race to start was very uncomfortable, but sitting a talking to my dad is something I will always cherish(freezing or not). I don't always get to spend time with my dad alone so this is such a fun thing we do each year. My dad had a funny thing happen during his run... My dad has allergies that make him have to clear his throat a lot and when he runs it is even worse and so while he runs he has to clear his throat and spit a lot. Well, one of the times he had to spit a girl was coming to pass him and my dad turned to spit and he spit right in the girl's face. YUCK! Can you imagine? He said he was so sorry. He said as she passed she was really wiping her face off with her hands. Gross.

This was taken basically right when I stopped running. Alvin had to be held by mommy as soon as he saw me.

We could not get the kids to do normal faces, but at least they are looking at the camera.

Later that day we went to the Children's Discovery Park in Pleasant Grove. It is such a fun park. My kids love it. It has tons of little castle like forts with slides and just a lot of really different park things. It is all out of wood except the slides. It is really big so the kids can play forever. Alvin was in heaven.

It has a these little beehives with little chairs inside. This is the queen bee's hive. Alvin loved the little chair inside. It is just his size.

The queen bee.

Couch Fort

2009-08-09T08:08:00.003-06:00

Many days our couch ends up looking like this. Our couch is played with more than any other toy. Our kids love to make all kinds of different forts with the couch. It is great entertainment for them, but I hate how there is no where to sit all day. As long as they are having fun it is worth it.

Some funny things that my kids have been saying are...

The other day my friend Amy was changing her baby's diaper and just as she took off his diaper Clara gasped and said "Oh what a beautiful bum!"

The other day when I was trying to get Reid to not wear his soccer jersey for the 3rd day in a row he said, "Just ignore that I am wearing it Mommy, that's what I do when you are wearing something that I don't like, I just try to think about something else and then it doesn't bother me." (I never knew he was so aware of what I wore or that he hated it.) I asked him what he doesn't like that I wear and he mentioned these black balloony pants that look somewhat like knickers. They are cute, but David hates them too so maybe they aren't so cute:)

Summer Activities

2009-08-09T07:54:00.003-06:00

We have had a lot of fun this summer. Here are a some pictures through the summer of the fun things we have done. Here we are at the children's discovery gardens at Thanksgiving point.
One evening in July I went out with my high school friends. Another night I went out with my beauty school friends, but forgot to get a picture. It is so much fun to get together with good girl friends.

Reid and Alvin getting in the car to go somewhere. It seemed like we were always in our mini van going somewhere. It is like our home away from home.

Many days ended like this with kids falling asleep in the mini van.

One night we stayed in a hotel in sandy just for fun and that evening we went to the Mayan. Our kids love it there, and the food is better now that they changed it. Our kids love staying in hotels and swimming in the pool and eating the breakfast in the morning. That was a fun night and morning. We've been going to Grandma Brinton's house to swim and take baths. My kids love to take a bath at Grandma's house because she has a big tub and it is especially fun when cousin Chloe is there. Reid is showing a little too much so i tried to cover his little bum.

Alvin eating a fudge bar, and sitting on the table. That is where he usually ends up eating his meals. We start him on a chair, but he always crawls on top of the table. What a stinker. It is very hard to keep him in his chair anywhere.

The 4th of July weekend

2009-07-19T19:47:00.011-06:00

My in-laws came in town this year for the 4th of July weekend. We had a fun time doing lots of fun activities and eating at lots of yummy restaurants. My mother-in-law got this picture of Alvin. I have no idea how or why he was doing this. Silly Alvin. One day while they were here we went to the Hollywood Connection. The kids loved it, but I wouldn't go again. One of those things that is fun, but not amazing. Alvin loved the dance, dance revolution game.

Alvin also loved daddy's shoulders.

Alvin also loved the hammer game. Do I have any other kids? or just Alvin? He is just easier to take pictures of.

Here's my other kids. We are on a hot air balloon ride. I went on all the rides with the kids and they all were the kind that make you a little sick. Fun for me:) There was a roller coaster, bumper cars, carousel, hot air balloon ride, and a bus ride.

Reid and Clara after their bath.

The 4th of July is one of my favorite times of the year in Provo, UT. Every year they do a hot air balloon fest for 3 days in a row, and most days they fly right over our house and even land in the park across the street. We make sure to go one day and watch them take off. Here they are taking off.

The Tony the Tiger balloon was a new one this year.

This is how Alvin was the whole morning looking up at the balloons.

Here are the balloons that landed in the park across the street. My kids were so excited that the pig balloon landed in our park this year.

Because the pig balloon takes so long to put away they gave free rides to kids in the other Bank of American Fork balloon. Reid got to ride in it, but Clara was too scared. The fire really scared her.

Getting ready to take off.

You can see his little head peeking out.
You can see the sun coming up and the hot air balloon in the background. Such a fun morning.Cute kiddies watching the balloons in their pj's.

Perfect flag backdrop by our house.

We also went to bridal veil falls on the 4th. My kids could play there all day. It was pretty crowded that day, buy usually not too many people are there. It is such a beautiful atmosphere. My in-laws were in town and went with us and were in love with the scenery.

Summer Fun

2009-07-19T19:23:00.004-06:00

We have been having a lot of fun this summer doing different activities each day. In the beginning of June we did swimming lessons. I had to entertain Alvin the whole time so I didn't get very many pictures and none of Reid:( He was usually off in the deep end and under water.

Utah county has a lot of carnivals on weekends. We went to the one in Orem for the summer fest and this one was in the Albertson's parking lot behind our house. This is Clara and her friend Ellie.

Reid and his friend Coleman.

The Provo Airport had an event where there were a bunch of jets, helicopters, and planes on display. Reid was in heaven. He loves all forms of transportation especially fast ones.

The airport fire truck drove by and sprayed all the kids. Reid said it hit some of the kids in the stomach so hard they were crying.

See little Reid in the middle in the black shirt? He loves water. Clara does too, but she was a little hesitant to jump right in the crowd getting sprayed.

We also went to the farm at Thanksgiving Point.

This is at thanksgiving point in front of the farm. It is for the "cornbellys" in October so it was deflated, but the kids had so much fun running back and forth on it and making "waves".

Want to Lose Weight?

2009-06-30T12:55:00.008-06:00

(Katrina's before and after)

Some of you know that my brother owns a company called Total Health and Fitness. If you don't know what it is, it is a weight loss program that costs over $700 dollars to do, and has proven to be very successful for many people for loosing weight. If you need to loose a lot of weight or just a little it is the easiest way to do it. If you have ever wanted to do it and didn't want to pay that much money, well now is your chance. My sister-in-law Katrina(my brother's wife) has now made the same program available for a lot cheaper price $120($100 if you prepay). Go to her website to find out how. It is such an amazing program. David, my mom, and my dad have all lost a lot of weight on it in the past. here is the website.

http://www.4weekslimdown.com/

Clara turned 4

2009-06-12T11:51:00.001-06:00

Clara Michelle Hazar turned four June 8th. She is such a wonderful little girl. I have so much fun watching her little personality develop. She is tough, funny, happy, emotional, sensitive, affectionate, creative, and crazy. She cares so much about her brothers, but at the same time she likes to tease them. She loves to cuddle with anyone her will let her. She likes to make and create and she likes to laugh. She definitely has a mind of her own. We love her so much. Here she is on her new bike that she got from her grandma and grandpa Hazar. When she saw that they got it for her she said "Mommy, Grandma Candace and Jido love me so much to get me this bike."

Clara's Tinkerbell Birthday Party

2009-06-12T11:29:00.015-06:00

Clara turned 4 on Monday. We also had a party for her that day with her friends. Clara loves fairies and butterflies so she wanted a tinkerbell party. I had a lot of fun creating this party for Clara, but when the day finally came it is pretty stressful trying to pull it all off with 11 four year olds and 6 year olds. Here is what we did....

Here is a view of the decorated room that the kids first came into.

Fun banner of pictures of Clara. I stole this idea off of my friend Amy's blog. She did one for her one year old and had 12 pictures of her son(one for each month of his life, showing his growth)

This was the best part of the party. The pixie dust tree mural. I mentioned to my aunt that I was thinking about doing a mural for Clara's party and she jumped all over the idea and offered to do it (which I was very pleased because she is an artist and I am not). It really ended up being my uncle that did it with a few touches from my aunt. I can't thank them enough for their help and enthusiasm. They better be prepared for my next child's birthday party:). Can you believe this thing? My aunt kept telling my uncle while he was perfecting it "now you know that this is for a bunch of 4 year olds don't you?" I couldn't stop looking at it. It was so much fun to have. Thank you Gary and Carolyn.

Reid and Clara in front of it so you can see how big it is.

The Tinkerbell cake I made.

Each kid as they came in got a Tinkerbell or a pirate sword applique shirt that I made. I wanted a party favor that they wouldn't throw away when they got home.
There were 3 stations that the kids could go to as they came in. One of them was decorating butterfly sugar cookies.

Here are some of the kids creations.

Clara and Aiden decorating their cookies. My mom ran this station. My mom helped me so much as well with this party. My mom is a professional garage sale goer. So she kept finding things we could use for the party at the garage sales. See the stars and the ceramic pot holding the balloons....it's a garage sale special. We all got into this party so much. Thanks mom.

Another station was painting ladybug rocks.

Here are the kids creations.

My aunt Carolyn ran this station. My aunt is the perfect aunt. Anything goes with her. Everything you do with her is fun and crazy. With her you are always creating, I owe a lot of my creativity to her. It was perfect to have her at the painting station. She is an artist and she appreciated so much all of the kids' ladybug creations. It was so helpful to have her there. You need so many adults at these parties to pull it off. The only thing I was lacking was a photographer, because I was running a station, holding Alvin, and taking pictures. (David tries to help with Alvin, but Alvin has a heart attack if he sees me and I am not holding him)

The last station was decorating pixie wands and swords.

Boys making swords.

Girls making wands. After all the kids went to each station, we had a treasure hunt. The first clue they had to dig through the sand box to find. During the treasure hunt I was reading the clues and holding Alvin so I didn't take the pictures that I wanted to, so this picture was taken after the party. I made Reid and Clara reenact finding the clue:). The real picture would have had billions of kids all on top of each other trying to find the clue first.

The next clue was earned after they all threw water balloons(dew drops) through the "spider webs".

The next clue was earned as well after each child watered the garden.

And finally they found the treasure chest filled with pixie dust(pixie sticks) and pirate coins.

I was so mad at myself because in all the craziness I forgot to get a picture of all the kids together in their shirts in front of the mural, so I got a picture of the last lingering children. What a fun day we had. Clara was in heaven. During the opening of presents Clara was saying things like "I always wanted one of these!!!" "This is exactly what I wanted!!!" And "Aiden, where's my present?" She was loving all the attention. It was so much fun to watch her enjoy it.

Hogle Zoo

2009-06-12T11:27:00.004-06:00

We went to Hogle Zoo on one of the rainy days last week, which turned out to be perfect, because it didn't rain while we were there, and it was the perfect temperature. This is Reid and Clara catching bugs in the wind tunnel game.

Waiting for the bird show to start. Which during, I was called as a volunteer to hold a $5 bill in my hand while a big huge bird flew to land on my arm and take the bill and them fly back to the trainer. Kinda fun. My arm was pretty scratched up though from its nails grabbing my arm. Clara answered a question as well during the show and got a free ride on the train.

Reid's last week of school

2009-06-12T11:23:00.001-06:00

Reid enjoying his popsicle after playing outside during water day on his last day of school.

This was taken while waiting to watch Reid's kindergarten program and graduation. Which I shouldn't have taken, because by the time it started my camera ran out of batteries:(. Luckily my neighbor got some pictures of him which I will get.

Alvin crawling in front of the slide show. It is hard to keep him sitting for any period of time.

Jogging with the Children

2009-06-12T10:52:00.004-06:00

Here are my kids out on a run with me. I run about 20 minutes to a park where they play for a while and then I jog back home. Reid has been doing it on his bike lately so that I can take all 3 kids. He loves it because the trail I go on has tons of hills, tunnels, and bridges. We live close to the provo river so it is a very pretty run as well. Here are some videos I took with my phone(so they aren't great quality). It is kind of fun to see Reid riding behind me on his tiny bike. He has a bigger bike, but he always picks the tiny one.

The Park

2009-05-27T12:46:00.002-06:00

I spent the weekend at my parents house. Reid pulled the girls in the wagon at my parents' house.

Alvin at the park. He wasn't so sure about the wood chips

My dad pushed the kids on this swing so hard and fast. After a while they were getting pretty scared. Other parents were pushing their kids on it so nice a slow, and then my dad gets my kids on it and pushes them like they were big teenager kids. It was funny.

Memorial Weekend

2009-05-27T12:34:00.003-06:00

This past weekend we visited my Grandma Johnson's, my Grandma and Grandpa Brinton's, my aunt Genevieve's, and my cousin Genevieve's graves.
Reid and Clara standing over Genevieve Brinton's grave. She died in a house fire when she was less than 2 years old. I can't imagine how my grandma and grandpa ever made it through that tramatic time. They say they were loved a supported by many friends, family, and ward members.

My dad and Alvin looking for my dad's parents' graves. It took us a while to find them. It is hard to remember where they are when you only go once a year.

We cleaned the grave too. I mean Chauncy and my dad cleaned the graves:)

Applique Shirts

2009-05-27T12:26:00.004-06:00

My friend Amy and I teamed up and made these applique shirts. We had been talking about it for so long, but we never found the time to get together, go pick out the fabric, pick and cut out a design, and sew them on. So this is how we did it. Amy is an artist and I am a seamstress and so she picked out the fabric and drew all the designs and then made two of every design and then gave me the designs and hers ironed on to her shirts and I sewed them all on. I feel like I had the easy job. We make a pretty good team though. We had an english class together in college and we asked the teacher if we could write our paper together and to our surprise he said yes. We also use to make fun highschool color outfits that we would wear to the games.(orange and blue, yes we were hot!!!) We made a pretty good team then and we still do now. She and I are so much alike it is like having two of myself when we do something together. Anyway here are a few of the shirts I made for my kids, Amy made me a lot more that I can use in the future, but my kids didn't need that many shirts.

Just random pictures

2009-05-27T12:20:00.002-06:00

Clara finally wanted me to make her a ruffle shirt and she wore it.(only to church and then she wanted it off as soon as we got home, but I'll take it) I think since she sees me making them for other people she felt like she was missing out. Here we are in matching shirts.
We went to Noodles & Company the other night and ate outside and so I got some cute pictures of the kids playing around.

Chuck E Cheese

2009-05-27T11:50:00.004-06:00

We went to Chuck E Cheese last week. The kids were in heaven. Especially Alvin. He couldn't believe his eyes. There was so much to look at. He loved getting on all the rides.

Alvin and his friend Mason. Mason is the youngest of a family who has kids all my kids' exact ages and genders. They are all best friends. As you can tell Alvin is loving Mason already:). It has been great to have them so close to us.

Ham and Swiss Sliders

2009-05-25T22:14:00.003-06:00

I got this recipe from my friend Katie. My mom and I made them on Sunday and they were so yummy. I could have eaten 5 of them myself. Anyway here is the recipe...

Ham & Swiss sliders
24 good white rolls, if you are in utah we like shirley's or judy's
24 pieces good honey ham
24 small slices swiss cheese

1/3 cup mayo
1/3 cup miracle whip

{poppy seed sauce}
1 1/2 TBSP poppy seeds
1 1/2 TBSP yellow mustard
1 stick butter, softened
1 TBSP dry minced onion
1/2 tsp. worschestershire sauce
in a small bowl, mix together mayo & miracle whip. spread into both sides of the center of each roll. place a slice of ham & a slice of swiss inside of each roll. close rolls & place into a large baking dish or heavy cookie sheet. place sandwhiches very close together.
in a medium bowl, whisk together all of the poppy seed sauce ingredients. pour evenly over all of the sandwiches. Let sit until butter sets if butter was too melted. cover with foil & bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes or until cheese is melted. uncover & cook for 2 additional minutes. serve warm.
** sandwiches can me assembled a day ahead & kept in the fridge ready to bake.

Funny things my kids have done or said lately.

2009-05-17T07:22:00.003-06:00

Reid loves to wear his soccer outfit and puts it on most days when he gets home from school. The other day when he was wearing it my client asked him "Reid, what position do you play in soccer? Do you play goalie?" and Reid replied "No, I play with Coleman."

The other day when Clara had the stomach Flu and was up all night throwing up I asked her in the morning "Clara do you need to throw-up?" and Clara said "No, I ran out of throw-up"

Reid said on one of our bike rides this week "It's such a nice day to be outside on a bike." Cute little boy.

Clara loves to make of names for people and her nicknames for Alvin are "Sally"(don't ask me where she got that one) and "Mister Manny"(again don't ask I have no idea).

I had a garage sale yesterday and Reid and his friend Coleman made signs that said STOP and put them on all the trees in the yard.

And last but not least, the other day one of the moms of one of Reid's friends from school said her son came home from school with one of our checks (yes a real life check) and it said on it "To John, One Billion dollars, signed Reid Hazar." She asked him where he got it and he replied "Reid said if I let him cut in line in front of me then he would give me one billion dollars and he gave me this check." She told him he couldn't cash the check and he was very upset with Reid for tricking him. Can you believe Reid?

Alvin

2009-05-17T07:04:00.003-06:00

Alvin still isn't walking yet, but he is now standing alone.
This is the usual Alvin. He is still such a grumpy guy. I am working so hard all the time to try and figure out how to make him happy. I had to take a picture of this side of him cause this is him most of the time. It has been hard, because I feel like I am doing something wrong. As a mom I am always blaming myself. I guess that is a typical mom.

Wanting me to hold him. The day this was taken he wanted me to hold him all day, but even when I held him he wasn't happy so this picture was taken when I just set him down because I couldn't take it anymore. Poor Alvin.

My mom and David always have all of these theorys of why he is this way, but my theory is that he just doesn't sleep enough. so he is always tired. I can't get him to take good naps. He sleeps through the night, but wakes up from his naps shortly after I put him down and I can't get him to fall back to sleep, he will cry for hours. (Seriously hours I have tried it) My other kids as babies eventually gave up, but not Alvin. A lot of my day is spent trying to get Alvin to take a good nap. Any tips?

Projects I have been doing

2009-05-17T06:46:00.003-06:00

I made these shirts for my niece Chloe and my friend's daughter, but I made Clara model them. In case you are wondering why I didn't make one for Clara it's because when I asked her if she wanted a pink one like these ones she replied "Yes, but without that stuff on it." So basically just a pink shirt. Clara is so particular with her clothes like I have said before. Anyway, I first made one of these shirts for myself and my friend Amy and then thought how cute they would be on little girls. I am working on some applique shirts for my kids too, let's hope Clara will wear them. I will post them when I finish.

Alvin saying no

2009-05-17T06:34:00.002-06:00

Instead of just shaking his head no, Alvin shakes his whole body to say no. It is so funny. We like to see him do it so we often just offer him stuff that we know he doesn't like just to see him do it. Now you will notice that on this video he actually says the word "no", but that is really the first time he said it, and now has been saying it ever since. It is so cute, and I am glad I got it on video.

The Mothers in my life.

2009-05-10T21:20:00.003-06:00

I just wanted my mother-in-law to know how much I appreciate her and all she does for us. She was the most amazing mother to my husband. David is constantly telling me how much she did for him and his siblings. She is so involved in my kids life even though she lives in Arizona. She is such a caring mother-in-law to me too. My kids love her and miss her so much. She wants to know everything about them and is always sending them cards with stickers in them for every little and big holiday. They love it. She has always had a love for children's books and her love for them is so contagious. Because of her we now have a huge collection of books that my kids and I love. I think my kids will always thank their grandma for their love to read. She is such a great example to our family. We love her and thank her.

Happy Mother's Day Mom! I wanted my mom to know how much I love her are how much she means to me. My mom is the best person to talk to if you are having a bad day or need help. She always makes me feel like I can handle anything or helps me if I can't. Even with rheumatoid arthritis, she is there to help me as much as she possibly can. She is always up for any outing. Even if she is having a bad day health wise, it is very uncommon for that to stop her from having fun. I remember when I was younger and we had planned to go clothes shopping and she woke up feeling really bad she would take me anyway. It meant a lot to me and I don't know if she knew I noticed that she didn't feel well and took me anyway. I know it was just shopping, but that is a very special thing to me:). She is also the greatest grandma too. When she watches my kids she doesn't just let them play or let them watch a movie. She plays with them the whole time and wants to take them to all kinds of events and activities where I am usually the one saying it seems like too much work to go. This is how she was as my mom growing up. Taking us everywhere, to everything. I feel so lucky to have her as my mom. Thank you mom.

Oreo Truffles

2009-05-10T21:13:00.003-06:00

I made these for mother's day and they were a dream. Fun and unique.

OREO Truffles

Makes approx. 50 one-inch truffles or 100 half-inch mini-truffles

Ingredients:

18 oz. package of OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

8 oz. package of Cream Cheese, softened

*16 oz. Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate or Chocolate Chips, melted

**Directions:

Crush the cookies into fine crumbs in a food processor.
Add softened cream cheese; mix until well blended or “until you have mud.”
Roll cookie mixture into balls, about 1-inch in diameter for full size truffles or 1/2 inch diameter for mini-truffles.
Melt the chocolate over a double boiler or in the microwave. Stir until smooth.
Roll the balls in chocolate to coat completely; use two toothpicks or forks to remove the balls from the chocolate, allowing the extra chocolate to drip off.
Place on a wax paper-lined baking sheet.
Refrigerate 30 minutes until the chocolate forms a hard shell.
Store leftover truffles (if any) in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Provo River

2009-05-10T20:57:00.002-06:00

Last weekend we had to stop and let the kids see how fast the river was running after all the rain and melting snow. It was so pretty and the kids loved to see it.
The kids also love to go in the jogging stroller on this jogging trail. I took them on it yesterday and the river was still running very fast. Ever since Reid was a little baby I have taken him jogging with me. And ever since we have lived in this house we have been going on this jogging trail (since 2003). Everytime we go over a bridge like this I will say "that sure is a rickety old bridge." and Reid will say back "it sure is a bumpy old bridge too". And then we will both laugh. Year after year he will always reply the same, even if we haven't been jogging through the whole winter sure enough as soon as it gets warm and I go jogging again I say the same thing and he replys the same way. (now and when he was just starting to talk) I love it. It is our little inside joke. Reid and I always laugh and Clara doesn't know why it is so funny.

Fashion Show

2009-04-26T21:59:00.003-06:00

My sister-in-law Katrina and I were models in a fashion show for her friend Jen's boutique this weekend. We has so much fun. Her friend Jen's boutique is called Vintage Fox boutique. You can link to her site from my blog under "favorite sites" and it says "JChic" (the old name). She has really cute clothes.
Here is am in the basement waiting for the show to start with Katrina's friends who were in it too.

Here I am in my second outfit after the show. After the show we went to dinner and had some good food and good laughs.

Here I am walking in it. My mom was there and she was trying to take pictures and she kept yelling "wait stop right there. Let me get a picture right there." It was hard not to laugh.

Here are all the models in the show. Lot's of fun girls. It was a fun break from being a mom.