South Crossfit UAC

Hey Everyone! Just promoting the new UAC South Location! It's right next to the providence Fire House Pizza and it will be awesome! It officially opens July 5th, times running at 6am, 7am, 5:30pm, 6:15pm and Saterdays at 8am, and other times upon request. Come try it out, you will love it! Here is Crossfit UAC's website: http://www.crossfituac.com/

St. George!!!

Mason being Bridger's little helper hiking at Zions! Mason is soooo good to my kids, we just love him!

Of Course we made it to St. George again this Spring, and this time for 10 days! It was wonderful! The first half was spent with my parents, sister and her kids. And the second half was spent with Abbie, T and their kids! Here is Bridger floating on his own on in a life jacket for the first time! IT was kind of fun! Avery and Cord skipping rocks at Sand Hollow Lake. The sand was absolutely beautiful! No rocks, just dessert sand! Loved it!

The 3 boys working hard at burying their daddy!

Hudson

Marisa

Visity main street again! Love that place!

Hiking at Red Cliffs.

Cord getting creative with the rocks at our Condo.

Hiking up at Zions.

Cord and Baylee holding Grandpas hand.

Our Family!

RECIPE BLOG

Hey everyone! Sorry I've been such a slacker on my blogging, but I have come up with something new! I'm doing a recipe blog to index all of the fun recipes I have tried and loved off of other recipe blogs! THat way I can keep track of all them on one sight! I will add some of my own too, but the ones from other blogs will simply have a link to the recipe blog for all the info!
ENJOY!!!!!
http://kariesrecipes.blogspot.com/

Living Planet Aquarium

So April is Autism Awareness Month, and they had a special day and time set aside at the Planet Aquarium for families with kids with Autism. We have been wanting to go for the past 2 months so when I heard about that I was sooo excited! The awesome thing about going somewhere with other familes that are going through the same thing is if your child happens to have one of the all too many meltdowns in public, no one looks at you like your a bad parent with a naughty child. They look at you with understanding. And I'm lucky that I have family and friends that treat us with patience and understanding when we get caught in a situation where Bridger will not let down, or he has a tantrum, so thank you for loving us and the craziness that comes along with us!
Cord's favorite thing was the Sting Rays you could pet. Bridger pretended like he was touching them but he wouldn't really touch them!
Bridger's favorite thing was the penguins, he loved them!

Hudson kept finding the clown fish and yelling NEMO! NEMO!

Grandma and Grandpa Cole came with us and helped keep the rascal contained!

April Catch up!

April has been such an off and on weather surprise! It's driving me nuts! I'm sooo ready to play outside, just as bad as Hudson! Anyways, here are a few fun pics of the boys! Chris went out and built this HUGE fort a couple of weeks ago! Cord thought it was THE coolest thing ever, too bad it was melted by the end of the day...

And yes, that is a gingerbread house. Cord was sooo bored he came upstairs with this spare in hand and asked if we could make, so I said "why not, it's snowing outside!" And as you can see, Hudson couldn't stop eating the candy!

Soccor Star

So apparently I raised a soccer star (in my eyes anyways!) Cord has never played soccer before and we signed him up this year and he's the star player! It's pretty fun to watch! He usually makes half of the goals. Look at this picture, he's such a cheeseball! He knew I was taking his picture so in mid-play he had time to look up and smile!

George and the Missing Puzzle Piece

Have you ever watched Arthur? Well this is a cute cartoon that focuses on teaching children why kids with Aspurgers ( a more mild case of Autism) are different. It definitley doesn't go into a lot of details, but it gives little bit of information that some of the older kids could watch and maybe understand Bridger a little bit more...

Arther

http://youtu.be/RFfAWYJGAKI

BIGGEST LOSER

Uh-huh, yep! That's me with Brett the beautiful trainer from The Biggest Loser of this season! Him and about 12 contestestants from the Biggest Loser were in Logan the past couple of days and last night he came and did a workout at a middle school for who ever heard about it. I was skeptical that it would be some basic little workout for those wanting to learn how, but no! It was tough! He was laying his boxing skills on us straight for an hour and a half! It was sooo much fun! Of course I had to get a pic with the good looking guy! And that is my SIL Jodi that invited me to go along with her. Thank you!And a few of the favorites Moses and his daughter Kayli! They all did the workout with us. Pretty Fun!And a group shot, minus a few. Justin had just left and I don't know where the others were.

Girls Trip

So am I crazy to say that an annual girls trip is absolutely necessary and unbelievably refreshing and undeniably NEEDED for a Mom to go on???? I just got back from Park City with the girls, and Loved every minute of relaxation, junk food eating, shopping, giggling, hot tubbing, and sleeping in. I shouldn't feel guilty right? I missed my family. But not enough to not go.... I think a trip away is sooo good on the soul. For a mommy to remember that she is more than just a wife, and a mother who cooks, cleans, does homework, & worries. We are Women, Friends, Sisters, who need to feel that sense of nourishment that only comes from other women relationships! I hope I'm not the only one who feels this way, let me know your thoughts on girls trips!?!?!? I know I couldn't survive without them! Wish I had pictures to share!

Our First Tooth Fairy Experience!

So Cord finally lost his first tooth a week ago at 6 and a half. He was starting to feel left out there for awhile because all of his other friends were losing them before him. Anyways, before bed we read "The night before the toothfairy came". It's sooo cute. He went to bed rattling off every amount of money he thought the toothfairy was going to bring him. "May, 10, or 20, or 5, or 1....". Then come 1:30am he comes running in our room telling us he barely closed his eyes and then opened and the toothfairy was sooooo sneaky and put 2 50 cent peices under his pillow. We shewed him back off to bed and he was up the rest of the night like it was Christmas or something! Too Cute!And this is my dear Hudson. Every morning while I'm getting ready, he gets into my underwear/sports bra drawer and strings them over his head and walks around until I pull them off! Not that anyone needs to see a picture of my underoos but I finally caught it on camera and had to share! He seriously is my house terror! He throws everything out of drawers and dumps any bucket of toys. I just can't catch up to this stinker, but I sure love him. Even though he's a terror, he's my sweet little angle that I can't get enough of. He actually got me considering another little bambino not in the near future, but just maybe one day....

Catch up!

First of all, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! It's been awhile since I've blogged about my world, so I thought today would be a perfect day to play catch up. So 5 years ago when I married my sweet husband I told him to never waiste his money on flowers for me for Valentines Day because they just die! But this morning he gave me 3 beautiful roses and I felt like a giddy little teenager! I think I was deprived from the flowers for sooo long, it made me realize what a sweet gesture it is to get them! So thank you honey, I LOVE THEM! And you can put them back in the rotation if you'de like! Cord had a "Special Friend Day" at school and he got to invite 2 people and he invited me and Granny! It was fun to spend time with him at school. He gets all lovey and huggy when I go to his school, kind of makes ya feel special, you know??

Chris hanging out with the boys watching a movie. I love it when I catch moments like this!

Hudson has a fascination with phones, don't let him near yours or your likely to get some fancy downloads!

Bridger and Chris had their Birthday in January. Bridger turned 4, and Chris turned 35, wow that's old.

There was a girl that got a pillow pet that Bridger saw and he wanted it sooooo bad, so that was one of his favorite gifts he got for his birthday.

Hudson enjoying icecream!

They only got cupcakes this year. I was too worn out to think of something fancy:)

CHRISTMAS DAY!!!

So Christmas was just sooo fun this year! All my boys were into it and they all loved what they got! Cord has been begging for a DS for a year and a half and Santa finally brought him one this year!

Hudson got this rocking horse and he loves pushing the buttons and hearing it neigh, but he gets mad when you sit him on it!

Hudson Mastering the art of opening presents!

Yes, that is a doll house under that wrapping paper, but Bridger LOVES that kind of stuff, and Santa really understands him ;)

Chris asked for one thing, a new ski rashgard and so I made him show it off for the camera along with his new bini hat. Look at those biceps!!

Here is Cord with his winnings from Santa

Here's Hudson's pile, and I seriously can't find the picture of Bridger's pile, so I'll have to add it later...

You know how people kid about having "2nd Breakfast", well every year, we get "2nd Christmas" from my parents. They absolutely spoil every single one of us, not just the kids but the adults too. This is what it looks like every year when we gather at my parents house, and mind you it's just for me and my sisters family! SPOILED!

And this is Santa himself Mr. Brent Clause (my dad) He absolutely loves Christmas and I know that he doesn't just buy them alot of presents to spoil them, he seriously loves to see the joy on their faces as they open each present. He gets into the spirit of Christmas more than anyone I know and it goes beyond the presents, he loves the music, getting the perfect tree, (and decorating it to his liking :) ) It's soo fun!And my mom and my sister. My mom loves it just as much as my Dad. She tries to tame him a little bit, but you know she loves it!

Chris and Dean

See, look at that killer smile!

Hudson loving on Brenda

The whole family!