More pictures

This picture was taken at my mom's birthday lunch which was in September but it is such a cute picture of all of us (minus wonderful ol' Sarah who is missing because she lives a million miles away.) haha. We had a party for my mom and dads 60th birthday. It was a ton of fun and it was awesome to have everyone there. Zach and Sarah came down and we even got a new family picture done, which if you knew how many people that is, including all the KIDS you would realize what an accomplishment it was!!

My little man is getting so big. He is almost 10 months old and wants to eat everything. You wouldn't know that by looking at him. He weighs almost 15 pounds, which is VERY little for his age but what can I say??? My kids are midgets. Well really only Noah and Warner. He is such a good baby and we are so lucky to have him.

Our little Izzy Bells!!

Since I haven't blogged in forever I will try to catch you up with whats new with us... We got a puppy. I know everyone is in shock. My cousin Liz's dog had shitzu/poodle puppies and she gave us one. I had to fight for the only girl cause that's all I need is another male ANYTHING in my house. So I guilted my other cousin Amanda into letting me have Izzy. They had already named her so we just decided to keep it. She is so cute, doesn't shed, isn't going to get big enough to jump on my couch or bed, barely barks, was so easy to potty train and loves the boys. Welcome to the house Izzy. We love you.....

Halloween pictures!!

Garrett was Ghostrider, Cooper was the Grim Reaper, Warner was Batman and little Noah was a devil. I tried to talk them into being Indiana Jones or cowboys but my days of Disney characters are over. It is now the scary, blood and guts guys. Ghostrider was a step up from what Garrett originally picked out. Thanks to Dad and Papa for the fabulous artwork. We had tons of fun trick or treating.

Garrett scared little girls who came to our house to trick or treat. They wouldn't even come up to the door when they saw him. They sent their moms to get their candy for them. He was saying "It's okay I won't hurt you, it's just paint I promise." They weren't buying it.

This picture Warner ran out of at the last minute.

My cute boys!!

I love these pictures of my boys. They were taken by Katherine Taylor. If you are interested click on Kelly and Jasons blog from mine then she has a link to Katherines photos. All of her information should be on there. She did such an amazing job. They look so cute and innocent like this. Even if it's only for a moment. They put a big smile on my face.

Garrett- 7 years old
Cooper- 5 years old
Warner- 3 years old
Noah- 71/2 months old

Sorry for the delay!

Ok so our computer crashed a week ago. As of now the hard drive is fried and I have lost all pictures, work, lab program, we're talking EVERYTHING. Yes cry with me..... I do have pictures of the boys first day of school but no computer to download them too. I am posting from my mom's laptop now. We should be getting a computer soon. Keep checking back for my return to the blogging world.

Family Home Evening

We started out by feeding the missionaries and our good friends from our ward the Dixons. It went great. I made enchiladas, Nelson style. Then a warm chocolate cake. After we were done cleaning up we decided to go for a walk. I thought it would be fun to take the Bishop and his wife a piece of cake. So we did that and had a good time.
We have lived in our house for 6 years now and occasionally we have a huge toad on our front door step. I think he lives in our lantanas. He scares the crap out of me when I get out of the car to walk to the front door and there he is right on the sidewalk or right in front of the door. We have named him Hopper. He welcomed us home from our walk last night so I took his picture to show all of you.

Congratulations Josh and Allie.

Josh and Allie had their baby July 25th. It was a little hectic that day. She had a stress test because she was measuring small. Well my mom and dad went up to the cabin the day before so I wanted to make sure everything was going ok. I sent Josh a text and he said she was doing good. Not even 5 minutes later he called and said she was going to have the baby. They were starting to induce her. He called my mom but couldn't get a hold of her. So I rushed down there and stayed with them while the Doctor started her petocin. She went pretty fast. Ryker Scott Bradshaw was born around 8pm. He weighed 5lbs 9oz, 19 1/2 inches long. They wouldn't tell us the name until he was born so we had already nicknamed him Frank. Welcome Ryker, you have a lot of boy cousins who are dying to play with you.

More pictures from Big Lake

When I woke up I saw Warner sleeping like this. His head was at the bottom of the sleeping bag. I guess he got cold.

This is Nick's cousin Julie. She is so fun and sweet. We just love her to death. She had some awesome boots she wore everyday. I wish I took a picture of them. Sorry.
This is Nick's dad Craig and his Aunt Sue. We just hung out in the forest all weekend. It was cold enough for a jacket but the sunshine was out all day too. What more could I ask for??? Relaxing with good company and mouth watering meals.
Cooper and Garrett were in their pajamas most of the time. As soon as they would wake up they were out the door and I saw them when it was time for bed again.
Warner is a little OCD about his clothes getting wet, or getting food on them or..... So his Nannny bought him a rain jacket so he wouldn't have to change 15 times a day. But it didn't help, so at this point I was running out of clothes . I told him he would have no shirt if he didn't want to wear the one that had rain on it. He decided to be shirtless even though it was freezing outside. But he is so cute anyways right?? His Uncle Jason teased him about his crocks calling them girl shoes all weekend. Finally Warner told him to "Stop Uncle Jason there not girl shoes!"

Big Lake

It is a tradition in Nick's family to go to Big Lake every year. We have missed the past few due to babies being born or other reasons I can't think of right now. This year we got to go and lucky for us we got to borrow Liz and Ron's 37 foot Jay Feather trailer. It made the trip so much better because it rains every day and I was so worried Noah would freeze to death if we were in a tent. Not to mention having a bathroom you didn't have to walk to in the middle of the night. The boys had so much fun. Every night they about passed out from pure exhaustion. Here are some pictures of our fun trip. If you would like to see some of the delicious food we ate go to Kelly and Jason's blog. You will get a laugh out of her photography of every meal. Nick's family has some serious cooks in it. The food is absolutely delicious. They don't mess around.

Warner, Noah and I drove with Nanny and Warner was a good big brother and fed Noah for me.
What a beautiful picture of Big Lake. We also saw a bunch of deer going up the mountain.
Garrett and Zane sitting down for breakfast. It was so cold in the mornings but my boys loved it.
This is Nick's cousin Kristen's daughter Alex. Cooper is such a sucker for girls. He never left her alone. She is so fun, she kept us all entertained at night doing a mean Molly Shannon skit from Saturday Night Live. Thanks for all the laughs Alex.
Warner was having so much fun showing off in front of everyone. He painted this little figure thing but ended up getting it mostly on himself.

Look at those baby blues

Look at those beautiful eyes....
Warner flexing his muscles.
Hiding at the doctor's office before getting shots. His Nanny gave him those boots for our trip to Big Lake.
This is a picture of Hunter, Cooper, Buggy and Garrett all playing the wii. Can you tell Hunter and Buggy have a pool and we don't? They are so tan compared to Garrett and Cooper.
Auntie Liz holding Noah. She is expecting a baby boy in a month. I'm giving her some practice. I asked Buggy if he was excited to have a baby brother and he said..... NO.

Top Ten For June

10. Being done with my radioactive iodine.
9. Noah rolling over.
8. The boys going to Utah to see their cousins.
7. After getting into the HOT car Warner is crying and yells to me "Mom tell the sun to stop looking at me."
6. While driving to Walmart Cooper looks out the window to the mountains and asks me "Mom is that where Utah is? " I say "No, that's where the cabin is." Cooper says "Oh ya, I can see the tire swing from here."
5. Nicks going to get gas and Cooper says "Dad can I get a candy at the gas station?" Nick says "No not this time." Cooper says "Barnacles."
4. Garrett and I were walking into the house from the car and I am complaining about living here in Arizona and he goes "Ya I wish it was an even 79*."
3. I read the 3 twilight books in 3 days.
2. Nick surviving the 2 weeks he had without me. (Get it?)
1. Nick and I having our 9 year anniversary.

Fourth Of July Party

We spent the 4th of July at Grandma and Grandpa Medley's. We couldn't ask for better neighbors. They are our 3rd set of Grandma and Grandpa's. We had Kelly with little man Tucker, Hannah and Stephanie, Jason and Becky, and our best friend Justin. The kids had so much fun. After a delicious barbecue there were cupcakes. As you can see Tucker got it every where but in his mouth. He was laughing so hard as my boys called him "chocolate man". When I said smile for the picture my two looked right at me, or as the Medley's call it "took a Sears pose."


This little pool has seen it's last day. By the time the party was over it was full of cupcakes, grass, and mud.


Thanks to the host Karen Medley (Grandma), and Jerry (Grandpa) for all the mouthwatering food she made. Kelly and Karen with their Sears pose.
Justin helps us out so much when he comes over. He and Warner have a special bond. Warner makes him throw him up in the air over and over ( which isn't hard since he weighs a whole 25 pounds). We sure love you Justin.
Grandpa Medley is so much fun. He has this infectious smile and laugh. We played the name game I think 5 times. Garrett won the last game when we all forgot his name, Guy Moon. Some of the other names we came across were Jack Lemon, Shrek, Lulu, Harry Cleberman, and my favorite Ghostrider.


Thanks again Medley's for having us over for a FUN Fourth of July. We love you like parents.

Isolation

Well everyone tomorrow morning I go in for my radioactive iodine. My doctor has decided to "kill" my thyroid. I start tomorrow and have to stay in my room for 6 days with no contact with anyone. Yes you read that right NO ONE. Garrett, Cooper and Warner are staying with my mom and baby Noah is staying with Nicks mom. I am getting more scared as it gets closer but I have to admit I am a little excited to sleep through a full night with no kids tugging at me, or climbing into my bed. That will last for a couple days then I will probably go stir crazy. I have never watched Greys Anatomy so I am going to watch all 4 seasons, read, do some book keeping, watch more movies and sleep. I will post when I can return to civilization. Love you all......

Happy Late Anniversary To Us

Happy 9th Anniversary To Us!

My bridesmaids- Christy VanSickle, Claire Conway, Katie, Kelli Michael. I still talk to every single one of them. They are all still my best friends.
Holy crap- look at Josh. Can you believe he and his wife are expecting their first baby???? These guys are Jason Standage, Derek Nelson, Andrew Puricelli, Jeddy Brimhall and Josh. Nick talks to most of them still. Thanks to all of them or being part of our big day.

Some of you might not know this but our reception was at my Aunt Sandra's house. A couple months after this her house got struck by lightning and burned almost burned down. Everyone was ok thank goodness. Crazy huh???

Noah's first day at the pool!

Noah loved the pool. He didn't cry one time. Even though the water was a little chilly, it was better then the 108 out of the pool. Thanks to Dean and Carol Young for always letting us come enjoy their amazing pool.
Such a gentlemen- Warner pushed his favorite cousin Kambree on the swing outside the pool. While we were swimming Kambree couldn't reach her towel so Warner pushed a stool over for her to stand up on. Such a sweet little boy. (sometimes)
While I was making sandwiches Alisa was sitting in the little pool with Warner and Kambree. Well Warner thought he would be funny and came over by me and got a drink of his freezing capri sun, went over to the pool and spit it out onto Alisa back. Alisa was laughing so hard because his juice was freezing. This went on for awhile. He was having so much fun torturing his Aunt.

Top Ten for May

10. Warner asking everyday "Is baby Noah big yet?" Me, no not yet but soon.
9. Katie moving home from San Francisco and my neice Kinley haivng so many fun things to say. Her last name is Green but when I say "Kinley what is your name?" She says Kinley Purple.
8. Garrett bore his testimony for the first time and he did great.
7. Noah has only laughed a my mom. I have tried and tried but only huge smiles.
6. We fed the missionaries this month and he following Sunday as we were walking to the car Garrett says to Nick "Dad are you a missionary?" Nick says ya, why do you ask? Garrett says you are dressed like one except for your pocket thing.
5. Cooper says the funniest things- After two surgeries for tubes in his ears he is terrified to put his ears under water. Of course we have been swimming already, and Warner is the first with an ear infection. Well Cooper saw Warner taking his medicine and says to me "Mom there is water in my ear. I have an ear confection. I need medicine."
4. My inlaws are redoing there pool and Papa told Warner when it was done we would have a party with Warners favorite things which are popsicles, chips, pop, and hotdogs with ketchup only but Warner says he is not getting in the pool.
3. Noah was finally put in his own room after sleeping with mom and dad for way to long. Garrett was so concerned that he would be in there by himself that he came out and asked Nick if he was strong enough to lift his mattress? Nick said well I'm not sure why? Garrett says I want to sleep on Noahs floor to make sure he doesn't get scared. I thought it was so cute that I said ok. Well when Noah woke up in the middle of the night for his bottle, Garrett was sitting up and said mom he keeps waking me up. Needless to say, Garrett ended up in our bed.
2. Warner crying and crying on his way to bed screaming "No Mom, I don't want to take a bed."
1. The top thing to me for May is being able to fit in some of my clothes again

Andrew and Rose Puricelli came to visit

Andrew and Rose came to visit. They live in San Diego, Ca. and they have a baby girl named Gianna. She is very close in age to Noah. Nick and Andrew grew up together. They have been best friends for years. Garrett played the wii with Andrew and his dad. Of course Garrett beat both Andrew and Denny. He thought he was sooo cool. It was so fun to see them. We love you guys.
Warner loves to have his picture taken. He put on this beenie the other day and kept saying, take my picture mom. He wore it the whole day. He looked so cute. To bad it is never cold enough in this state to need a beenie.
Noah was in the funniest position on the couch. He had his butt way up in the air. It was so funny. The boys kept pointing and laughing. He is the best baby. Easy, easy, easy.
Another funny position. Some of you don't know this but as of last Wednesday I had to stop nursing Noah. My thyroid was out of control the whole time I was pregnant, so when I had him they lowered my medication so Noak wouldn't get it through the breastmilk. Well I went and got my blood drawn and my doctor said my level was so high that I had to take way more medication and not only that, they are going to give me radio active iodone. Apparently that kills the thyroid. I won't be able to have any human contact for 6 days. It should be happening next week. My mom will take the older boys and I will leave the baby with Nicks mom. Noah has done really good with the bottle. I cried for a little bit but I am okay with it now. I was just sad because he is my last baby and the only one I haven't nursed. Nick tells me to look on the bright side. We will be able to leave him to go on dates now.
Garrett ripped a box of fruit snacks and put it on his head so they could play bad guys. Cooper's in the back assuming the position.

Warner and Garrett

Warner was in trouble so when he was sent to his room he sat in the doorway with the one and only blankee he goes everywhere with over his head. After watching him for a few minutes I realized he was asleep under there so I snapped a picture of him starting to fall over.
After awhile he made it to the ground, where he slept for over an hour.
He loves kissing "Baby Noah" but still to this day doesn't want to hold him.
My big boy Garrett has an obsession with pajamas. Probably from his mom. They have soooo many pj's. Everyday when he gets home from school at 3:30 in the afternoon he drops his backpack and goes right to his room to put them on, then outside to ride his bike.
For Easter this year we went to St. George, Utah to see Nick's grandpa. We had our Easter egg hunt at the St. George Temple. It was beautiful and the kids had so much fun.