Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Lake Cocolalla 2009!











We had an opportunity to go to Idaho with my cousin Lori and her fabulous family in July. They invited us to stay at a beach house and play in the water for an entire week!! We had so much fun spending time with them and their kids it was one of our favorite vacations!! Aspen and Charli couldn't look more different, but act more alike! We are so lucky to have family like them that we can have such a good time together, Margaritaville, Silverwood, late night trampoline, learning how to slalom ski, tubing etc!! We can wait to go back next year!!




Sunday, April 26, 2009

Moab 2009!

This year we were lucky enough to get invited to Moab again with Max & Ali. We took the Jeep and let the kids stay with my mom (THANKS!) and went for a much needed getaway! We had so much fun and I even got to drive - I think I'm hooked! Jer is great to let me drive and push me to do things I'm not sure I can do! Thanks babe for a fun weekend!























Easter & Green River

I know - I have been really bad at posting so I figured it was about time!
Every year around Easter we go to Green River so this year we loaded up the trailer and 4-wheelers and headed south - for a fun filled weekend. Too bad it was cold and rainy, but that didn't stop Aspen from riding her 4-wheeler until she couldn't push the throttle any more! It was a ton of fun and on the drive home Aspen wanted to know if we could go camping again? It was a great time and we are already looking forward to next year!
My girls on Easter
Mom - I am SO done taking pictures!

Easter at Jer's Parents - I am so glad my mom-in-law works at Kencraft! The kids had enough candy for a sugar high for the rest of the year! :D
Aspen after the hunt!

Easter Egg hunt in Green River


Jer and Kambri - for the few minutes the sun came out!


Aspen on her 4-wheeler - she was in HEAVEN!



Friday, November 28, 2008

Aspen is 3!!











I know I'm 2 weeks late, but that's the way I roll :D! I can't believe it my little Aspen is 3! How could it have been 3 years already? She seems so grown up all of the sudden. She is doing her alphabet all the way (correctly now) she is "texting" on her Barbie phone and being such a big help with Kambri! She seems to crack us up more and more every day with the things she comes up with! We love you too much Aspen!
We went to Jump on It and had a blast! It was so much fun to watch them jumping around on the trampolines and sneaking in to take tastes of the birthday cake! She loved having all her friends come! As you can see by the picture of her and Zoey it was a lot of fun!




Monday, November 3, 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Aspen, Kambri and Winnie on Halloween - Kambri is starting to smile :D

Aspen & Zoey at the neighborhood party, they had to hold hands crossing the street! It was sooo cute!





Carving pumpkins - she was covered in pumpkin guts so the shirt had to go!



Mom, if I smile can we go Trick or Treating? she kept asking me all day!


She makes a great blond - if she would have worn the wig we would have thought of something to go with this - it was too cute!


She had to try on the Mickey Mouse hat



and the punk rocker!


and the purple go go wig!



Needless to say Halloween was fun until the next day when she wanted to go Trick or Treating again. I think that Aspen is ready for Halloween again everyday! We had a blast going (2 cultisacs and she was tired :D) we were lucky that we didn't have to go too far and the weather was nice for my little Tinkerbell!

Friday, October 3, 2008

The zoo!

I can't remember the last time I went to the zoo, obviously I was young enough to not care about all the hills or mind the heat! Oh well, I needed the workout pushing the stroller up the hills. Aspen had a blast, I couldn't believe how hot it was for the last day of September, but she enjoyed it so it was well worth it!








Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Kambri & Aspen pics by Tiff

Here are some pictures that my amazingly talented friend Tiffany Ericksen did of Kambri and Aspen - They are so cute and I am so glad that I have a friend like her that is this talented! Here is a link to her picture blog for more information http://www.tiffs-pics.blogspot.com/ - call her to do you family pictures! Thanks for the awesome pictures Tiff!









Friday, September 12, 2008

Aspen's First Day of School

Aspen finally had her first day of school and was so excited she could hardly stand it. She has been asking me since we had Kambri when she could go to school, "Because I am big now mom." she sure is, mom had a harder time with her going to school than she did. I also think she was wondering what was up with the couple of kids completely melting down when she walked in the door. Needless to say she is already asking when she can go back! She had so much fun and is getting so big - mom wants to cry (I am sure it's all the hormones :D)

Monday, September 1, 2008

Kambri J Cowley

She is here! We are so excited that Kambri arrivevd at 12:08 am August 30, 2008. She weighed 5 pounds 14 ounces and was 17" long. We had been to the doctors office earlier that day, where the nurses all said again, "I can't belive you still haven't had that baby" since I had been having fairly regular contractions since 35 weeks and went to the hospital a week earlier with contractions every 8 minutes! So needless to say I figured we wouldn't have a baby until September 5th when they would induce me. At the doctor my contractions were every 10 minutes, but still not far enough along to go to the hospital so I told Jer lets just go to dinner. We grabbed Aspen and headed out to Los Hermanos since I figured I already had heartburn so what the heck! While we were waiting on the list my contractions got closer and I began wondering about my idea. We told the waitress we were going to a movie so they would get our food fast as my contractions continued to get closer and harder during dinner. Jer was ready to jump and run out the door just in case (I told him unless my water broke I was eating my meal! :D) On the way home we decided to stop by the hospital, it was 7 pm and they decided to "watch" me for a bit. After 1 1/2 hours I asked the nurse the plan since I was either taking Aspen to put her to bed or calling grandma, she said I have kids so I completely understand bedtime and will call the doctor. They decided to keep me since my contractions were 3 minutes apart and asked how soon I wanted an epidural? Finally, some relief! They moved me rooms while Jer took Aspen to grandma & grandpa's for the night and the anestesiaologist was on his way! We got settled about 9:30 pm with the epidural and Jer got back from dropping Aspen off. The doctor came in an broke my water and said we would just wait it out. We called Grandma Betty at 10:50 pm to let her know where we were and then it seemed like we had a baby. Fortunately the doctor was close and I was able to deliver amazingly fast. Kambri was wide eyed from the moment she got here, when she is awake she is looking everywhere checking things out. It only took us 2 days in the hospital to name her, but we wanted to make sure we had it right!