Home Tag

I am finally getting around to doing this home tag. We have had so much other stuff going on that I needed to post first, but here we go. I actually took most of the pictures earlier today, but I never sit down at the computer until night. You may think I cheated and fixed my house up, but this is usually just how it looks. My family makes fun of me, cause I have a hard time with messes and if things aren't put away just right. It is not always clean-clean, but it is always picked up. So anyways....

Kitchen sink...so exciting.


My favorite room. I love my bedroom, it is in the front of the house with a big window that lets in lots of sunlight. It is so bright and airy, and I love the colors. It is very calming to me.


Another angle...


Messiest room...I really don't have a messiest room right now. It is usually my basement I guess, but we are organizing that to make room for the desk and computer we have to move down there, so everything is really organized. So here is a picture of my garage, it isn't to bad, just kind of cluttered I guess.


What your kids are doing right now? Laying in my bed watching his Georgey...he is supposed to be going to sleep, but Thiago keeps starting new episodes for him. Oh well, he can sleep in tomorrow. Thats what summer is all about.


Outside of my fridge. Covered in pictures, just like both of my sisters. We like pictures what can I say. They make me happy to see those cute smiling faces of all the people I love.


Inside of my fridge. Actually is pretty full, I usually go shopping on Mondays and so the first of the week it is well stocked. Come Sunday though, I look like a poor mother hubbard.


Picture of my toilet...in another post awhile back their was a picture of my bathroom. So for this one I decided to put Carson's toilet in his bathroom. His is funner to look at anyways. Well, as fun as a toilet gets.


Favorite pair of shoes. Flip-flops for sure. That is all I wear in the summertime. I have like 5 pairs I alternate between right now, but these are probably my favorite. They are so comfortable, and I just think they are cute.


My closet. Oh, this picture makes me sad. I have to go from having this closet all to myself the past 3 years to sharing with a boy. Yuck! Thiago's clothes have been in our spare bedroom/office closet, but that is turning into Carson's new room. And Lincoln gets Carson's old room. So me and Thiago now have to share, I am going to put half of my stuff downstairs in one of those hanging garment racks. So sad!!


Self-portrait. Well, this is the most awful picture I have ever put of myself on here. It is the end of the day, we have been outside with Carson's swimming pool all day, and I am trying to take it myself. Not cute...

Weber State Fireworks

We always go with Thiago's family to the Weber State fireworks on the Sunday before the 24th. They actually kinda sucked this year, we got there at like 7:00 or so and waited for them to start. That part wasn't to bad, it is fun to sit around and visit and Thiago's mom brings tons of good food. Plus, Carson always has fun. He spent his first hour there throwing chunks of dirt on the road. I started to get really miserable though cause I drank a capri sun, that literally went right through me. I carry my kids really low and they just sit right on my bladder, I seriously have to go the bathroom ALL the time. Anyways, I have been trying to be careful to not drink alot if I know I am going someplace where I won't have a bathroom for awhile, well who would have thought one little capri sun would have been torture. I wasn't about to go in those little outhouse things...so I sat there miserable for like an hour and a half. The fireworks finally started and they were like 10 minutes long if that. They were the shortest and dumbest fireworks I have ever seen, I was ok with that though. It just got me to a bathroom sooner. Oh, the joys of being pregnant.

In the Great Outdoors

I survived our weekend of camping...those of you who know me well know I am not a camper. We had a family reunion in Mantua this past weekend and we totally tented it this time. We usually take my mom and Dean's trailer, so I still have water, air, bathroom...you know that kind of thing. Well since Mantua is so close, we decided it wasn't really worth all the trouble of packing up the trailer, so we slept in tents and ate out of coolers and little camp stoves. Not my most favorite thing to do, but Carson loved it and I did end up having fun.


Me checking out our tent...thank goodness it was just one night.


Carson and Granny O. Carson thought the tents were the coolest things...he kept calling them our houses. He would walk down to the Kofoeds tent and say "me go to Hallie's house."


He thought he needed to wear his sunglasses the entire time, even when it started to get dark.


The kiddos loved this, they stacked up all of our air matresses before we got them into our tents and jumped from one to the other. Brevin spent most of his time trying to climb back up after being knocked down by the bigger kids.


Me and Ash standing around looking pretty...


Gotta love the 4-wheelers!!


Carson loved roasting marshmellows...he mainly just like holding the stick. He would swing it around, almost hitting us. His marshmellows were never edible...he either burnt them or got ash or dirt all over them. But he had a lot of fun doing it.


Just taking it easy...who knew roasting marshmellows could be such hard work.


Saturday everyone went on the 4-wheelers up to Willard peek. Well everyone except me and Ash, thats a little to bumpy for two pregnant girls. They all were gone for like 4 hours, while me and Ashley sat back at camp. Not a whole lot of fun for us, but everyone else loved it.


Tough guy...isn't he!!


Carson and his dad...I love to see the two of them together doing something they both love. I sure do love my boys!!


Me and Ashley sitting back at camp all by our lonely little selves. Great times, thanks Granny O and the rest of my cute family for another weekend full of great memories. I love my family, each and every one of them. Hope you all had as much fun as we did...and Tanner-boy Happy, happy Birthday. Thanks for spending your big day with all of us, we love you so much and our so proud of the little 7 year old you have become. I can't imagine loving a little guy more than we love you!! Happy B-day buddy!

Flowers are bloomin....and so am I!

Dorky title I know...but I feel weird just putting a picture of me and my little belly up so I thought why not throw in some pictures of my flowers too. I have got a few comments about my lack of belly so far, so I thought I would show you all that it is definitely growing. With Carson I got so big so fast, this one seems to be going a little slower and I haven't gained as much weight. Which is fine by me. Anyways, as I mentioned my flowers are in full bloom too. They have done so great this year, knock on wood that it stays that way. Every year I have something that disappoints me, but so far everything looks beautiful. We work so hard at our yard, it makes me so happy when I see our hard work pay off. Anyways, enjoy the pics...especially the cute little flower at the bottom (ha-ha...thats me)








21 weeks down...19 to go!!

The Red, White and Blue..

I looove the fourth of July!! It is probably my favorite holiday, well after Christmas. I love the colors, the parades, the BBQ's, the weather, the fireworks, pretty much everything about it. We always do the same thing each year, although this year there were a few changes.


Me and Thiago were to lazy to wake up and go to breakfast and the parade with the rest of my family. I know kind of pathetic, I would have done it, but Thiago said no way. Sooo, we just met up with everyone after at about 9:30 or so. We go to Willard's town celebration. I have gone since I was tiny, well actually my mom has gone since she was tiny. Willard is where her dad lives. I like it because, their is just enough people to make it feel like a celebration, but not so many people that it makes you crazy. Here is Carson in his cute little fourth of July outfit, I am a firm believer in dressing for the holidays.


Alright, this picture is the best and worst part about the day. They have races each year, for each age and gender. Starting with crawlers. I used to HATE this, when I was little. My mom made me do it, if I wanted money to spend for the rest of the day. Child abuse!!! I hate this kind of thing, I am so not coordinated. Their is not an athletic bone in my body. I considered myself lucky to just come in dead last, which I always did. Although to top that, most years I fell flat on my face. This is so horrifying for someone like me.


I always swore I would not make Carson do this. However this year, he actually kind of wanted to. He walked right up to that starting line and was ready to go. One problem, he took off to early. He was half way across the field by the time they blew the whistle to go. We tried to not make a big deal of it, we just cheered for him and told him he won anyway. I didn't want to give him a complex for years to come. So according to us, he won!!


This was his favorite, the airplanes. Surprise, surprise. They had all kinds of booths and games for the kids to do. But we spent all of our tickets on the airplanes. Only thing was, this was the only ride except for a water slide. So the line was pretty long each time, oh well. You tough it out for your kids.


This was my shock of the day. For all of you that know Thiago well. He is not a sweets kind of guy. He never, and I mean ever eats candy or dessert type things. He prefers real food. Hallie got a thing of cotton candy, and next thing I know Thiago is eating it. I was like what the heck are you doing, of all things to eat cotton candy. He said it is one thing he has liked ever since he was little. How did I not know this about him.


Anyways, so after the Willard celebration we went back to my moms house to rest and have a barbeque. This is where my day is different then years passed. Usually we go to someones house and let the kids swim and have a BBQ with our whole family. Not really sure why this didn't happen this year. So, my mom, Thiago and me and Carson just did our own thing. Kind of quiet being just the 4 of us. Ash and Souli went to stadium of fire and of course Jen wasn't here. I kind of missed everyone, but oh well what do you do. We had a good time anyway. That night we met up with Thiago's family and friends for the Layton city fireworks. Most people complain about the craziness of parking and all the people, but I have always been a crowd person. And the Brazilians are so much fun, that we love to go.


Here is Carson throwing popits on the sidewalk. We kept having to remind him not to throw them at people. Although Thiago is a wonderful example, and he is the one that usually starts that. He thinks it is so funny to find a group of young girls, and throw like ten of them at their feet. What a brat.


I didn't take any pics of us watching the fireworks but you get the idea. Carson loves it, my nephews all kind of get scared from the loud noise and everything but not Carson. He has liked it ever since he was a baby. Well, hope you all had a great fourth of July, we sure did!

TAG this....

My cute friend Amy tagged me, who I must say I am very excited she got her blog going. So here goes..it is just a short one.

Joys
1. My little family...they are my everything.

2. My home sweet home, no place else I would rather be.

3. At the moment, SUMMERTIME..their is just nothing better.


Fears
1. Death or illness of a loved one

2. Lately our economy...it scares me to see the changes in everything.

3. Not being the best mother, that I know my children deserve, I always feel as if I fall short.


Goals
1. Raise my children in the gospel, teach them the things they need to know.

2. Be a more laidback person, I can be a bit eccentric about certain things.

3. Get my food storage where it needs to be.

Current Obsessions
1. My yard..I have a love, hate relationship with it. Always so much work, but so worth it.

2. Always blogging, I think I make Thiago crazy everytime I turn on the computer.

3. Hmmm... what else? I guess I would say right now, just trying to get ready for baby Lincoln. I stress about the dumbest things, his nursery is high on my list at the moment.

Random facts
1. Well, I have answered this one a few times. Lets see if I can think of something new. First, I am the worlds most wasteful person. I throw all food away if it is even like a week old, even if the expiration date is still fine. I just think it tastes funny. Also, I won't buy generic brand groceries, everything has to be name brand. Weird I know.

2. I have never changed the oil in my car. Before I was married, my mom did it. And now, Thiago does. There are just certain things in life, that I feel are his responsibility. Luckily, he agrees.

3. I cannot stay awake for a movie to save my life. I don't know what it is, even in the theater. The other night, Thiago rented Batman Begins for us to watch. I fell asleep within 20 minutes. He was a little irritated with me, he said how is it you can stay up till all hours of the night reading (I just finished The Host), and you can't stay awake to watch a movie with me. Hmmm, I don't know.

First Family Reunion

Of course family reunions and summer go hand in hand. I have a big family and therefor alot of family reunions. This was our first one so far. It is with my Williams side of the family (my maiden name for all those who don't know). It is in the little town of Malad, Idaho. You kinda feel like you are back in the 80's while you are there, it is such a tiny town with some strange folks. However, it is a fun reunion. I have gone since I was little, so I probably just have good memories which makes me love it even more. We just meet at the town park and have a huge potluck dinner, which is surprisingly pretty good. Then they always have tons of games and all that for adults and kids. I was so hot, and for some reason I was really uncomfortable that day, so I basically didn't move from my spot under the tree. It looked like they had some good stuff going on though...if I had chosen to participate. Which I did not.


Me sitting in my spot...with Ash and Brev. Look at that little guys smile, don't you love it!!


This kid sure loves to swing!!


Carson and his cousin Gehrig. These two boys are two days apart. Carson is obviously a lot shorter...but they are the same age.


Me giving Carson a pep talk for his big game. They had 1 grandkid from each family go up and dig through sawdust trying to find candy. I was trying to explain the concept to him.


He did pretty well. Only problem was every time he found candy, he wanted to stop, unwrap it and eat it. He didn't understand that he needed to keep going. The point was to see which kid ended with the most, and then that family won points. Needless to say, we did not win.


However we did kick but in our families tug-o-war. Oh you gotta love family reunions, especially in the good ol' town of Malad, Idaho!!