Ryan & Chelsi Crockett

New Years Eve!

2012-01-01T00:41:00.001-07:00

2011 was a crazy year for the Crockett's.

We did A LOT of:

Learning

Praying

Gaining

Losing

Crying

Loving

Cheering

Laughing

Strengthening

Growing

Smiling

Blessings

We are sad to see it go but are also happy to be done with 2011! We know 2012 will bring us so many blessings and adventures to conqure this coming year! Bring it on!!

Christmas Day!

2011-12-25T00:33:00.003-07:00

Bunches of fun! Huge Beans Bags from Mom & Dad

Santa brought cruisers for Sam & Ashlynn
and a motor scooter for Cole and a car for Jaxsyn.

Before & After

2011-12-25T00:30:00.002-07:00

Before and After of Christmas

Christmas day we did a little different this year we did just stockings at 7am and then ate breakfast and went to Church for 1 1/2hours. I loved every minute of Church it was a very spiritual day for me. I couldn't help but feel so blessed. After Church we opened for about an hour! We call the 2nd picture Christmas puked all over the family room!

Christmas Eve with the Hirst's

2011-12-24T00:29:00.000-07:00

We always do Christmas Eve with my family! I love having such awesome traditions yummy dinner, Grandma Great passes out her gift for us, we exchange cousin gifts, brother sister gifts, kids open pjs, and a new Christmas book. It always makes me feel like Christmas has begun! Ryan & I started our own family tradition of taking the kids to lunch and a movie on Christmas Eve. It makes the whole day so much fun, we love it.

Partying with the Crockett's

2011-12-16T00:20:00.001-07:00

Every year we have a party with the Crockett's on the Friday before Christmas we moved it up this year since the 23rd was the Friday before. We delievered out Sub for Santa and then exchanged gifts. The kids love hanging with their cousins. There are so many of us now!

What we did in December...

2011-12-15T23:50:00.000-07:00

Coleman had a gingerbread house party and a school program.

Jaxsyn had a dance recital.

Ashlynn preformed at the mall with her new dance company.

Samantha Graduated from elementary school!

2011-05-26T01:14:00.000-06:00

Our baby graduated form elementary school. I am not going to lie this was a hard day. I had been dreading it for the whole school year. Junior high are you kidding me. It is a day full of mixed emotions, happy she did so well and loves to learn and is a good girl. Sad because she is making her own choices, you have to give her freedom and you can't just kiss all of her ouchies away. She has grown into a great young woman and we are so proud of her. She has made great friends and loves life and loves to laugh.
Her awesome friends! They are a cute bunch!

Right before graduation!

Soccer, Soccer, Soccer, Dance & Dance!!

2011-05-22T01:03:00.000-06:00

Jaxsyn's Dance recital!

Coleman

Samantha

Ashlynn

Our spring schedule involved so many kids activities Ry & I were running crazy all April & May!

Samantha: Soccer 3 days a week, & activity days

Ashlynn: Soccer 2 days a week, Dance 3 days a week, & activity days

Coleman: Soccer 2 days a week & cub scouts

Jaxsyn: Dance 1 day a week & tagging a long everyday of the week!

Greyson Karl Hirst

2011-05-02T01:11:00.000-06:00

Nate & Ashley had a new baby! He is so cute! Greyson Karl Hirst, Coleman was so excited to get a boy cousin on the Hirst side.

Lake Powell

2011-04-24T00:57:00.000-06:00

This was all of our 1st trip to Lake Powell, it is gorgeous there. This is the book we got my Dad for his birthday! The kids grabbed it to pose with it since they are posers!!
We went fishing for a few hours. Ryan could have fished all day long and the next day, so next time we will make more time for it.

Our Family!

Easter Outfits

2011-04-17T00:35:00.000-06:00

Look at them trying to pose, and not doing so well!

With Ryan in the background saying hurry we have to leave for church! :)

This is the real them, acting silly and laughing! Gotta love it!!

Jaxsyn's Swimming lessons

2011-03-12T22:32:00.007-07:00

Jasxyn has been a little afraid of water, so we put her in semi-private swim lessons to help her overcome her fear!! She is doing amazing! She gets to take classes with her little friend Maelie!

Coleman's Tonsils

2011-03-12T22:25:00.002-07:00

Coleman had his tonsils removed this week, he is such a great kid

and was so excited for the surgery.

Before

After

This is what he has looked like for the entire week. He even looks worse now since he has lost a lot of weight his eyes are suken in and he looks so skinny. We are hoping he starts feeling better soon, we miss our happy boy!

"Eat with your kids week"

2011-03-07T22:11:00.001-07:00

It was "Eat with your kids week" at school! So Jaxsyn & I grabbed some pizza and soda and treated the kids and some friends to a special lunch!

Wow, I can't believe how grown-up all my kids are looking!

It was fun to go!

My very own shout out!!!!

2011-03-01T21:41:00.002-07:00

Okay, I know I should be less excited but I am really proud of myself!!!

I have LOST 16 lbs in 7 weeks!!!!!

I have worked really hard and focused really hard, so I am going to share my excitement!!!

Snowy Cabin Trip 2011!!

2011-02-20T16:20:00.001-07:00

This was a really fun an memorable trip! We had to 4-wheel in to the driveway and hike the rest of the way 200 yards with all the bags & kids in 2 feet of snow! Once we got in we got to relax and enjoy the warm cabin! The kids had a great time and can't wait to go again!

Valentine's Day Family Home Evening!

2011-02-16T23:24:00.002-07:00

We delivered yummy cupcakes to some of our friends in the neighborhood. I had ordered a dozen White Chocolate Raspberry cupcakes form one of my Young Women, and I forgot until after I had promised Ryan some Skor Cupcakes. So we ended up with bunches. They were yummy though!!

Fancy Nancy Party!

2011-02-16T23:20:00.001-07:00

Jaxsyn's friend had a Fancy Nancy party, so she dressed up. She didn't want to wear a dress, but she looked like a teenager in her outfit! I love the fact that she had the sunglasses in her hair!!! I can't believe this is my baby, it makes me a little sad.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-13T23:13:00.004-07:00

Valentine's Day Breakfast! Banana Nutella Crepes & Juice! Yummy!

The kids get their gifts from us in the morning! Here's this year's loot!

The Perfect Christmas Outfit Picture!!

2011-02-11T22:17:00.004-07:00

This picture is a perfect example of how each child is in a picture.
Samantha- She has her eyes closed! We always have to take twice as many photos if she is in them. She can't help but blink or look away EVERYTIME we take her picture.
Jaxsyn- A poser (usually sassy) she always is ready to pose for a photo! And even has the head tilt down.
Coleman- He is always wishing that he didn't have to take pictures. And he is squinting, he has never liked it when it is bright.
Ashlynn- She has always been very photogenic, thankfully! She seems to know exactly how she looks her best! She has been like this since she was 2!

6th Grade Olympics!

2011-02-11T22:11:00.001-07:00

Sam was on the white team! They have been learning about Greece so they had an Olympics. It was fun to watch them, they are so competitive now!

Coleman's Pinewood Derby!

2011-02-05T00:47:00.002-07:00

As you can see he didn't have the fastest car around he was actually one of the lowest! But he ended up having fun and is already planning out his next car for next year!

Look how grown-up he looks!

Solider Hollow Sledding- Martin Luther King Weekend

2011-02-05T00:36:00.004-07:00

This is the best sledding ever! You hook a tube to a lift and it pulls you up the hill and then you get to sled down 200 ft!! It was awesome and the kids loved it!! We went with my family since the cabin sledding trip had to be postponed since Jaxsyn had pneumonia (we didn't let her sled the whole time, it got too cold for her) and my dad also had a kidney stone. But it ended up a great day! It was so pretty up there!

Lost camera cord!

2011-01-25T18:25:00.001-07:00

Here shortly I will find my camera cord, and so there will be real posts! m But until then I will tell you I have lost 6.5 lbs in two weeks! I am so excited, this is the longest I have ever dieted so I am totally proud of myself!!

Biggest Loser, Starts today!

2011-01-12T00:56:00.002-07:00

I just joined a Biggest Loser group!! Tonight I had to weigh in front of 5 other people. I did it!! Now the work begins!! What did I get myself into! But this picture is some of my motivation! Wow I look chubby!

The kids snow day!!

2011-01-01T00:50:00.001-07:00

The mountain in the middle of the culdesac! The neighbor rented a tracter and made a big hill pile in the center for the kids to play on! They loved it and played on it for hours and hours!!

Snow day!!! It was so fun for the kids to have school canceled. I had watched it snow and snow and snow the night before. While I wrapped and wrapped, and wrapped Christmas presents. I woke up wondering if they would cancel school and even thought I am going to let my kids stay home and play for awhile before I send them to school. But then they canceled school!! Yay! It was a really fun day, I had hot chocolate going all day and during lunch I put their snow clothes in the drier so they could go back out again! Really fun day!

A little update about all of us!

2011-01-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Ryan- Last April he switched companies from Blendtec to Traegar Pellet Grills. He has the exact same job but for a different company! He is building Traegar's Costco program just like he did for Blendtec. Since this company is based in Oregon he was working from home for about 7 months until the opened there sales office here. It was soooo much fun to have him home, I still miss him going to work everyday (cheesy I know but I was about 1000 times better than I thought it would to have him home!)! He is so busy that his travel as really been cut down which has been a nice break.

Chelsi- I am happily unemployed! I quit working in January which was a very long and hard decision, but I really wanted to focus my time on Jaxsyn's last year at home and also taking care of myself (losing weight!!), planning trips and just making lists I want to accomplish. I am loving that ages of my kids right now they all seem to be in a good place.

Samantha-11 Has done a lot of growing up this year. She has made some amazing choices this year that has just shown me what a strong woman she will become. She is doing awesome in school and has found a love of soccer. She is a very good helper and is terrified of the basement!

Ashlynn-9 Is getting to the age where I think my kids should just stay put! She is a very smart girl and when she stops socializing (don't know where she got this from) she learns quickly! She is a very talented dancer and wants to try her hand at soccer this spring. She is boy crazy and seems to like a messy room (don't know where she learned that either!

Coleman-8 He is a charmer still. He can't help it, it is a gift. He is a quiet leader and an example to others. Is a inventor and builds new things and has big ideas all the time (wow, that reminds me of Ryan!) He is a very good athlete soccer, wrestling and in the fall football are his favorite sports to play. He has is very quick witted, and can't walk by a single piece of trash he doesn't want to bring home and make something out of it!

Jaxsyn-4 The princess still. We had a rough time for a bit teaching her that she is not in charge of the family and after about 6 weeks of tantrums, timeouts and lost privileges she learned who the bosses really are and has been a good girl since! She is a cute little dancer and loses to place house with all the boys in the neighborhood. She likes to play with the boys because they let her boss them around. She loves to tell us that we are the best mom and dad in the whole wide world and the neighborhood. She is a little cutie and a night owl who I am sure will be life of the party once we let her stay up past 8:30!

I am still looking for that camera cord! But when I do I will update you all!

Coleman was baptized!

2010-08-29T09:00:00.000-06:00

Yesterday was a great day, our little Coleman mna got baptized. He was soooo excited for this day. He looked so hansdsome in his suit & tie. He told Ryan right after he was baptized that this was the best day ever. We had a great brunch after with lots of family and friends. I just can't believe that I have 3 kids that are baptized!!! They grow faster than you can even imagine!

San Francisco & Hollister CA Trip!!

2010-08-12T22:12:00.006-06:00

We took a family trip to Hollister CA to visit Ryan's Aunts, Uncles & cousins. We went to Ryan's cousin's wedding reception in Gilroy CA and then the next day we drove to San Francisco. It was a fun place to visit and we did TONS of stuff.
This is at the Golden Gate Park Children's Quarter. It was the best park I have ever seen the kids loved it!!

We went to Muir Woods and saw some redwoods!! They were HUGE!!! It was a very fun & beautiful place I could have stayed there for hours!

And of course we saw the Golden Gate Bridge!! When we pulled up to the parking lot we saw a few dolphins in the bay area!! It was freezing by the way, 60 degrees!!! After 4 days in San Fran we drove to Hollister (yes it really is a real city!!) and did family time, visiting everyone, birthday parties, BBQ's, Gilroy Garlic Festival, & swam & swam & swam!! Thanks Auntie Ruth for the use of you pool!! We then left Hollister and drove to Manteca CA to see Mindy & Barratt and guess what we did? SWAM!! It was a really fun, yet long trip 10 days!!! I was sooo glad to be home.

Back to School!!!

2010-08-07T23:11:00.001-06:00

I can't believe it's back to school already!! We shopped all day long, but the kids are almost outfited!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

2009-12-23T19:20:00.002-07:00

We are still here!!! 2009 was a great year full of many blessings, and highlights. Here is a few we would love to share!
Jaxsyn (3) started preschool, and dance this year. Coleman (7) is in 1st grade and plays soccer & wrestles. Ashlynn (8) is in 3rd grade and dances, dances, & dances. And she was baptized in July! Samantha (10) is in 5th grade and is in gymnastics & basketball. We are running like crazy in the evenings from 5-7:30 and then luckily we can sit down and eat dinner together. I am getting the swing of things with working a little each week. And Ryan is working at Blendtec and doing an amazing job!
We been so blessed this year with some wonderful trips to visit some fun places. We went to the Dominican Republic to see Ryan's Mom & Dad (they came home in July!). We also went on a cruise with Ryan's entire family (25 people!). Wow we were a big bunch! And then I got to go on a girl's trip to NYC right after Thanksgiving, with my Mom & 2 sister-in-laws.
We wanted to take a moment to say Merry Christmas to all we love and we hope you have a magical New Year!!!

Love you all,
The Crockett's

Chelsi is a working girl!!

2009-11-07T14:45:00.003-07:00

I started working in July for Utah Valley Magazine! I do ad sales for them, I only work about 15 hours a week. I work on Mondays and when Jaxsyn is in preschool. It is crazy fun and I am loving it. We also do the Utah Valley Womens Expo & Utah Valley Home Expo. So I get to meet a lot of new people every week. So that is the reason for the lack of posting! I am slowly get a grip of life so I am hoping to get better at posting!

HaLlOwEeN 2009!

2009-11-07T14:26:00.004-07:00

If there are people still reading this well here it is a post!!!

Halloween was fun this year Ryan & I were Captian America & Captain America's daughter! Sam was a pirate, Ashlynn a witch, Coleman a skull biker, and Jaxsyn was Belle. This picture was taken at the Crockett Family Halloween Party. What occurred at this party needed to be written for posterity. Ryan dad is an amazing story teller, his Davy Crockett story is legendary, anyways Rob & Christy asked him to tell the story of Sleepy Hallow at the Halloween party. Let me set the scene spooky trees on the wall, lights out, fog machine going, and spooky music playing. Then Rod began telling the story of the Headless Horseman!!! The story was nearing the end and all of the sudden the CD player started the sounds of a horse galloping. My nephew started yelling "turn it off"! Then Rod yelled "look" and pointed to the window, and there stood the Headless Horseman on a horse with a pumpkin in his hand! The kids started running, screaming, crying, & hiding. The parents started laughing, crying (from the scene we where watching, and laughing so more. The Horseman left and we calmed them all down and then he came back and it started again! Rob & Christy had a neighbor with a horse come to scare us all. After, we took the kids out to see the horse and neighbor so they wouldn't be to spooked but it was one of the funnest memories of Halloween ever!

Dominican Republic

2009-06-20T13:29:00.000-06:00

The majority of our Dominican Republic (DR) trip we spent out time in the city of Santiago.

So we really got to see the DR. Here are a few of our photos!This is a classroom for the street boys (homeless boys).

This is a neighborhood of 3 LDS families we visited!

The Fiesta! This is the traditional clothing at CARNIVAL.

All of us at the resort!

They all piled into 1 truck to drive home, from church!

This is the Branch Pres. Home. It took 7 years to build. This is actually a larger home.

Rod & Kathy's classroom!

The Fiesta the Institute planned for us!

Rod & Kathy's Apartment 4th floor window is theirs!

Our tropical Getaway!

2009-06-20T13:20:00.000-06:00

For 2 1/2 days of our vacation to the Dominican Republic we stayed in a resort!

This was fun and relaxing!
A hike to a waterfall we had to cross 3 bridge's
Dinner in the clouds! This is a nice restuarant up in the mountians that overlooks the country!
Right after this picture the clouds rolled in and you couldn't see anything, but was so cool!
A gorgeous river we stopped to look at!
Sosoua Beach!! This where we snorkeled & Ryan scuba dived!

Coleman's T-Ball

2009-06-19T13:18:00.004-06:00

Coleman's team is the White Sox, and after figuring out that not everyone plays so hard core he has really had fun! He is loves to bat first so if he gets a home run it's just his home run! He really is pretty good at hitting and has gotten a few home runs! I think he will love REAL baseball (as he calls it) next year!

Sam's Summer Camp!

2009-06-19T12:46:00.003-06:00

Sam and her best friend Drew had a summer camp of kids!! They charged $2 per kids per hour! They planned the entire thing!!! Clay making, coloring, finger painting, snacks, games, and a relay race! They were so cute, the whole 1/2 half I just sat and watched. They each made $7 for that hour and they are so excited to do it next week!!

Strawberry Days Rodeo

2009-06-18T22:51:00.000-06:00

The rodeo this year was so fun!! The kids were all great & actually were enjoying the rodeo! We had the whole big family!! My Mom, Dad & Great Grandma Hirst; Ryan, I & our 4 kids; Shaun , Tammy & Bailey; Nate, Ashley & Preslee. Ashley's Family & Chantelle my cousin we always go to Starwberry Days with her! Ashlynn sat with her all night and learned a ton about rodeo's!!

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-17T16:20:00.000-06:00

This is photo will always be one of my favorites! Look how cute the men in my life are? Ryan is a wonderful husband & we spend a lot of our days laughing together! He is truly my best friend, and when I saw him across the room and starting falling in love with him I could have never imagined how blessed I should have felt that day. He is such a great dad! He is there for them always, at their sport events, at their dance stuff, and taking them to BYU football games.

He honors his priesthood and shows Coleman how to grow to be a good man. He also shows our girls what they should look for in a husband! Thank You Ryan!!

Sorry!

2009-05-25T23:17:00.002-06:00

I have been neglecting this blog I need to get caught up before summer gets crazy!! So I promise I will be better! here are 2 back posts!!!

Crazy egg hunters!

2009-04-20T22:35:00.005-06:00

We put money in the eggs!!! Just kidding this was all for candy!! So funny!!

The Little Ladies slowly finding their loot!

Sam spinning Preslee!

The picture we could get of our kids on Easter!!! It was SOOOOO bright, and we had 3 min. to get to church.

Easter Morning

2009-04-20T22:23:00.008-06:00

Yes, Jaxsyn looks like that every morning and usually every night by 4 pm.

Coleman showing his basket not his face!! This was the best of 3 pics!!

Samantha with her long hair & looking buff!

Ashlynn perfectly posed!! As usual!!

Yep they are adorable kids!! Look at them all clean, ready to get all dirty coloring eggs!!!

Crockett Easter egg hunt!

2009-04-08T00:42:00.013-06:00

After Conference we had the Crockett Easter Egg Hunt! the kids are so cute running looking for eggs!!

Conference Weekend!

2009-04-05T00:39:00.000-06:00

We watched Conference with Ryan's family at Jason & Tiffany's house! We played Bingo did word searches & had breakfast!

Sam's County Project!

2009-04-03T00:33:00.000-06:00

Sam did almost all of this project herself, we were so proud of her! The 4th grade had a county parade. I LOVE the 4th Grade!!! They get to learn so much fun & interesting stuff!

Brower's stay over!

2009-03-29T00:27:00.000-06:00

The lack of posts is due to having a few more children at my house for a few days! Mike & Jen went to Mexico so we returned the favor of watching their kids (they watched ours when we went to Florida). So for Wed, Thurs, & Friday we had their kids! Then on Friday-Saturday we had my brother's dog & both of my parent's dogs! Then on Sunday-Monday Boston, Aubrie & Tyson came to stay until their mom & dad got home. WOW!!
The kids did great, Tyson got sick & so did Jaxsyn so they were on the grouchy side. I did not get any pictures which I am sad over!

Ashlynn's Dance

2009-03-28T00:21:00.002-06:00

I took a short video of Ashlynn's Dance performance. This is her 2nd competition and she team got 2nd place on both of their dances! She loves dance so much, which makes it fun to take her & watch!

Laundry Soap!!! Crazy cheap & Works!

2009-03-22T22:48:00.003-06:00

I stole this from my friend Lacie's blog...

Homemade Laundry Soap! $1.81!!!
Don't think I'm crazy but I thought I would make my own laundry soap:) I got the idea from Paige's blog...THANKS!!

Ingredients...I bar Fels-Naptha, 1 Cup Washing Soda, 1/2 Cup Borax and Water!
Fill your bucket 1/2 full of HOT water.
Grate you bar of soap and dissolve in 4 cups of water on medium low heat.
Pour melted soap, and other 2 ingredients into bucket!
Fill to top with HOT water and mix. Time to cover and let it sit over night!
Stir well in the morning.
It makes 10 gal. so fill jug half full of soap and half of water and shake. Mixed with water ready to use! Shake before each use.
It does 160 loads using 1 cup per load. I calculated this out to be ONLY $1.81 for 10 gal. or 160 loads (Top Loader)(640 loads Front Loader use 1/4 cup)I have washed 1 load so far and it worked great!

I borrowed some of Lacie's soap and it worked awesome. It got out salsa from Jaxsyn's white polo, and a shade shirt that looked dingy from laundry soap looked almost new, & a shade tee that had an old salsa stain that had been washed & dried twice came out in a cinch. I was sold so I made my own today!! I might even try the homemade dryer sheets.

Sam's Black eye!

2009-03-22T22:11:00.003-06:00

Sam is trying to make her eye look more swollen then it was because she thinks it is cool.
This morning I was curling sam's hair for church and she said I am hungry. I said what did you eat for breakfast? Nothing. I say, Well dad is cooking lunch right now let's finish your hair and then you can eat. ( It was only 10:30m)
Mom, I think I'm going to throw up...(she leans forward into the sink to throw-up). I am not worried she has a very sensitive stomach and any amount of stress or lack of food make's her throw-up. She all of the sudden she passes out!! I catch her and scream for Ryan (her hair is in the curling iron still!) I get out the curling iron and get her to the floor where she wakes up only a few seconds later (okay I was mildly freaking out!). We get her a drink and sit her up and notice her eye swollen & black. She hit it on the facet when she passed out!!! She recovered after throwing-up and drinking some soda and getting a little food.
She is very proud of her black eye none the less.

Coleman's Tooth Hallelujah!

2009-03-22T22:09:00.002-06:00

Yea, Coleman finally lost his top tooth!!! We thought we would have to get it pulled. He pulled it out during church!!!!

Petite's #1

2009-03-21T22:03:00.000-06:00

Ashlynn's first dance competition was on Saturday it was a long day that started at 6:30am with hair & make-up to drive to Timpview for her performance. The two pictures are of her right before (stressing) going on to perform. The trophy in the middle is the Company trophy which is engraved with all the catergories they won. Ashlynn got a little trophy as well.

This is her friend Sadie showing their #1!! Ashlynn's Petitie's team won 1st place in both categories they danced in. And won best costume (out of 91 costumes!!) the one with the green flower in her hair!!

Great Neighborhood!

2009-03-20T22:18:00.000-06:00

This why my neighborhood is awesome!! On Friday night it was warm (so exciting!) at 8:30 tons of kids and some parents were still outside enjoying the weather & chattting. The kids were playing night games (bears in the bushes) I don't know the rules, but here there are counting on the tramp! My kids think they invented night games which is so cute because night games have been around forever!!

Your too slow!

2009-03-19T22:14:00.000-06:00

Here's the translation... On the side, break the pickle, up high, down low, your too slow! Jaxsyn loves this game!!!

Worst FHE ever!!

2009-03-16T22:13:00.002-06:00

We were all really worn out tonight so we decided that we would play the wii as family home evening tonight and eat chocolate waffle brownies. Sounds like fun huh! WRONG! Ashlynn accidentally hit Jaxsyn with a remote. Sam threw a fit about not being able to make her person jump. Coleman actually did pretty well, he even let someone else be 1st remote!!!! Jaxsyn ran into a chair at the dinner table and then threw a fit because she didn't get to carry the brownies. Then fighting over which games to play within 30 minutes we were done!!! Had them shower get in jamas and read, lights out by 8:00pm! Yea!!! I think they were so tired from playing outside in the nice weather all afternoon they all fell asleep really quick!

Basement Pictures!

2009-03-11T14:50:00.008-06:00

Nothing has be decorated yet so everything looks a little plain!
The movie room!! This kids love to perform on the "stage" !
We still have to order the movie chairs and TV & surround sound! This will be a little while!

The Bathroom! Tiled by my mom & sister-in-law & me!

The kitchen area, the open door is the playroom, the other door is the storage room which is finished and stores 35-40 plastic bins!!!!

The Family room

We are sooooo excited it is almost done! Just Kitchen counter tops, sink & appliances (we are waiting on most of that for a little while!)

An amazing FHE!!!

2009-03-03T11:20:00.004-07:00

This is the link to the news story for the fire:

http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story/Kid-Rescues-Sibling-in-Spanish-Fork-Fire/Aegq7o8L-kedWCYzt2UzXg.cspx

There was a house fire in our neighborhood last Friday night it was the house kitty korner to our backyard. A 4-year-old boy start it playing with matches on his bedspread. His 9 year-old brother ran back in to save the 4-year-old. The news story above shares more & shows a video of the fire. This family just moved in 2 months ago, but they say that they have been very blessed and have had an amazing attitude with all that has happened.

On Monday they arranged a Family Home Evening for anyone who wanted to come (100's of people did!). They had the firefighters come with their fire trucks, and the firemen gave a tour through the house telling children how the escape a fire & what to do. How not to play with matches and then what can happen. We even got to see the room where it started! It was very interesting. I don't think our children will ever play with matches, after seeing the affects.

Thank You Morley's!!!!!

Getting there!

2009-02-24T21:26:00.002-07:00

The basement is coming along! My mom & I tiled the basement kitchen area last night it took 5 1/2 hours!!! We are hoping to get the basement finished in the next week or two! I'll post photos when it is all done.

Crockett Family Dinner!

2009-02-22T21:19:00.001-07:00

24 family members for Sunday Dinner!!!! So much fun!!!! I do love it when we all get together!

A push-up contest (not the 1st & not the last)!

Robby with sweat dripping from his brow after a defeat against the mighty Squire!! One of the first of many wins for the 2nd Generation Crockett boys against the 1st Generation Crockett Boys!

Brittany's Cheerleading!

2009-02-20T21:10:00.000-07:00

Sam, Ashlynn, Coleman, & Jaxsyn with Brittany!

The Cousins so Proud!

All 17 of Brittany's fans! Auntie Anne & Megs with Brittany!

WAY -TO-GO-BRITTANY-WAY-TO-GO!

Draper Temple Open House!

2009-02-19T21:06:00.000-07:00

The Draper Temple open house. We had such a great experience, the kids were amazing and seemed to feel the Spirit that was there. Our Favorites:
Ryan-The Baptism Font, it was really open and you just stood in awe of the beauty of it.
Chelsi- The Brides Room was absolutely gorgeous, there is a mirror with 3 parts and without planning each of my girls was standing in a section (Jaxsyn in her dad's arms) looking in the mirror it definitely brought me to tears.
Samantha- The chandeliers which were amazing. And the Brides Room.
Ashlynn- The chandeliers.
Coleman- The Baptismal Font & the mirrors in the sealing room (he says that was cool).
Jaxsyn- The swimming pool, "I go swimming there!" AKA the Baptismal Font

Ryan's, Aunt Anne was here visiting for Brittany's last game cheer leading. We invited her to join us to the open house. It was fun to see her and Megan her daughter joined us as well. Ashlynn has always really loved Auntie Anne!

Ice Skating FHE

2009-02-16T21:00:00.000-07:00

A fun Family Home Evening! Ice Skating!

Look at those cute kids, and they even had skates for Jaxsyn!

Sam did great and had so much fun! Coleman was getting pretty good, the goal like thing is what they have for the kids to learn how to skate.

Ashlynn didn't last long she got a blister. Jaxsyn skated for 30 seconds and freaked out. But the skates looked cute on her.

Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T20:57:00.000-07:00

Valentine Fairy strikes again! Pink pancakes with chocolate chips (Ryan's specialty) & juice for breakfast! The kids got mittens, candy & money (rather than a bunch of little crappy V-day toys)! Ryan & I don't celebrate Valentine's because we tell each other everyday how much we love each other aaaannnddd I'm cheap and would rather not get 100 dollar flowers or wait for 4 hours to each dinner with my hubby. So we stay home and got out a different night!

Daddy bought us t-shirts!

2009-02-13T20:53:00.000-07:00

Daddy brought home t-shirts from Florida!! The kids ALWAYS ask Ryan if he is bringing home a surprise when he travels for work. This time he brought home sleep shirts!

Ryan & Chelsi in Disneyworld!!

2009-02-10T09:47:00.000-07:00

Ryan's work had a trade show in Florida so our friends Dennis & Rick were going to be working there. They invited their wives and Ryan ended up needing to make some stops in Florida too so we (Ryan & I) tagged along for their trip. It was a short trip we flew out on Sat morning and I flew home on Tues morning. We played at Disneyworld on Sunday 9am-9pm!

The next day we went to Hollywood Studios again 9am-9pm!! Wow those were 2 looong days! We loved the Rockin' Rollar Coaster & the Tower of Terror!!!

Castle---------------BuzzLightyear------------------Rockin'

How to save money the embarrassing way!

2009-02-05T21:39:00.002-07:00

Steps:
#1 Go shopping (with coupons of course!)
#2 Start checking out.
#3 Have the cashier give you a total.
#4 Grab your wallet to pay and find that your debit card is gone.
#5 Ask your two year old who had been playing with your wallet "did you take mommy's credit card?" Her answer "Yep I borrowed it, I wanted to play with it." Where did you put it? "In my kitchen in my bedroom!" What color is it? "Brown" she was right, I was just making sure she really took it!
#6 Dig in your purse to find 2 dollars to pay your bill without having to put 1.76 on your credit card. I did have a gift card to cover the other $40 that's why the total was so small.
The cashier was a man who did not find this funny, like any woman would have.
We got home and Jaxsyn walked right upstairs and grabbed the card out of her room. It was so funny & cute!!!

Hilarious!!

2009-01-31T22:30:00.004-07:00

This was one of those times as a parent you think you should be mad, but all you can do is laugh! ...We are finishing our basement and it just got textured. Ashlynn & Jaxsyn and their friend Summer come walking up the stairs like this...

I was no help because I just covered my mouth and started laughing, Ryan tried his best but broke-up laughing halfway through his first sentence of "Are you kidding me?" They had decided it would be fun to have a fight with the powder left over from the mud.

Jaxsyn get's a Haircut!!

2009-01-29T22:23:00.000-07:00

Before:

Jaxsyn has had a haircut before, about a year ago. But I got 2 inches cut off, because she screams everytime you brush her hair!! I think it looks so cute cut and curled up!!

After:

Flashback Monday!!!

2009-01-26T12:31:00.010-07:00

My little kids when we moved into this house 3 1/2 years ago! They are 6-4 & 3 years old.
Well even though January is a very boring month, we have still been busy getting back into the routine!
*Sam started Basketball again this year and despite her being on the smaller side is a GREAT defender and even made a few baskets this year.

*Ashlynn is working hard at dance her competitions start i a few weeks so I'm sure she will have plenty of posts coming!

*Coleman is busy helping his dad shovel, and awaiting spring soccer to start and baseball this summer. He also is longing for spring because playing football in the snow everyday is getting rather cold.

*Missy Jaxsyn a few days old! Wow time flies! Now we are trying to potty train her (which is a battle of wills for all of us).

*Wow look how short my hair was, Ryan & I look so young! This was 3 1/2 years ago. Ryan calls it our prom pose! Heeeheee! We are busy keeping up with the kids stuff and trying to still find time to date each other too!

I did it, we're private!!

2009-01-26T12:29:00.002-07:00

Hopefully everyone can still read our blog! I did make it private again.

Going Private Again!!!

2009-01-21T16:18:00.002-07:00

Okay the counts down starts today!! I'm going private soon. If you were able to look at my blog when it was private last time then you will still be able to look at it when it's blocked. If you are a new viewer please leave my your email and I will give you permission!!! If I know you even "just a little" and you want to keep up on my blog please leave your email, seriously you know who you are and I do the same thing!!

Cheating on my blog!!!

2009-01-14T22:04:00.004-07:00

I am sorry to my fellow bloggers I have been cheating.....With couponing!!! I'm addicted!!! Between this and my new Primary Chorister calling I have been so busy!! Thanks Rod & Kathy for the food storage $ for Christmas part of it went to this shopping trip.

New Years Eve

2009-01-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

Happy New's Years!!! White Elephant Game!! Aren't my kids so cute!!

I love the picture of Jaxsyn & the 12 year old (almost) boys helping her play the white elephant game!!

We had a fun party at Rick & Corinne's. We all wore pajamas and just played games until midnight!!! There was so much confetti (sorry guys!)

Here's our cute count down!!

My Best Friend & Next Door Neighbor

2008-12-27T21:54:00.001-07:00

Ade & I were in seperable while in Elementary School we lived next door to each other from 2nd grade until we were 18!!!! We got together for lunch which was so much fun. We talked for 2 hours and could have talk for a dozen more!!! Thanks for fitting me in on your crazy vacation home for Christmas!!!

C&H Sugar Twins Forever!!!!

Christmas afternoon

2008-12-26T21:48:00.000-07:00

Random photos from my parents house on Christmas Day!! Coleman & Uncle Nate
The girls with new nail stuff!

My new crockpot (3 (2.5) crockpots in one base!!!)

The 2 little girls!!

Christmas Day

2008-12-25T21:35:00.000-07:00

Christmas Morning 2008

Every year we buy the kids one family gift from us "mom & dad"

This year if was a Wii they were really excited!

Excited for it to begin!!

Sam got her electric scooter!!!!

Ashlynn got her American Girl Doll!Coleman got Star Wars Lego's & Star Wars Lego's for the Wii!
Jaxsyn got her kitchen!

Ryan's brother Gregg stayed with for Christmas Morning. He got a video camera (he was not so surprised he bought it for himself!)

Ryan GPS Navigation system & got a new outfit!

We all had a fun Christmas! And we were ALL spoiled rotten.

Really Christmas Eve!!

2008-12-24T21:31:00.000-07:00

Christmas Eve became eventful when Ryan took Jaxsyn to the doctor for her ears. It turned out she had pneumonia (well they think so!). We weren't quite sure if they were going to let her come home after 3 hours in the office. But they did!! My mom & Dad came over for dinner and the kids opened their gifts for each other, and decorated cookies for Santa. It was actually quite mellow, nice but different I guess we will find our our new traditions for Christmas Eve. Ryan & I and his brother Gregg had a late night of up till 3am or so. I have to start wrapping earlier next year!

Hirst Eve of Christmas Eve

2008-12-23T21:27:00.000-07:00

The Family 2008

All Because Two People Fell in Love....

now there are 3 new families (well 2 and Nate & Ashley & Preslee)

With so many in-laws and other families we planned Christmas Eve a day early. It worked out rather nice! We eat yummy food, opened PJ's all of us (even Grandma Great!). Then played games. Here's the kids opening their pj's & in their pj's. Jaxsyn posing with Preslee looking at her like she was crazy!!!! (they are just 6 months apart!)

Poor Jaxsyn

2008-12-23T21:25:00.000-07:00

More snow wow! Poor little Jaxsyn started getting sick on Sunday and by Monday & Tuesday she was getting worse and spent most of the days laying down sleeping.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas!

2008-12-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

It started snowing today at 11 am and didn't stop till 11 pm wow we got a lot of snow!!! The kids had a great time palying in it, catching the snow while Ryan was snowblowing!

A Holiday Weekend!

2008-12-21T10:17:00.000-07:00

I know Christmas is over but here's the Family parties we had the weekend before!!!

This was Ryan's family party. It started with a blizzard so one brother's family (Doug, Heidi , Brittany & Ashley) and one niece Kelsie did not make it to the party. Which led to extra shopping trips to get the gifts needed for the Sub for Santa Family. But after some really yummy pizza and a conversation with Grammy & Grandpa over the Internet (which involved a singing performance by all of "I'm Wishing On A Star" except me who does not sing, but I did laugh!). The 2 older girls (Kira & Sam) got to run and deliver the gifts which was fun for them (you have to be 8 to run the gifts, so the others looked on longing for their turn to come!)! I must mention the sweet 14-year old who opened the door (while we all were hiding) who just saw the food (not the gift cards & gifts!) and yelled "Thanks" into the night brought a tear to my eye! We listened to a story recorded by Grandpa Crockett & opened our small gifts to each other. Then together we watched our year in review video (made by Uncle Gregg, Thanks!) which all the children love watching, and actually sit still for! I love the feeling I get leaving this party we spend so little on each other and so much for a family in need, it helps me remember the true meaning of Christmas. And no gift can fill as much space in my heart as giving!

Here's the (scary) singing, sorry about the lighting. It is short and sweet though!

This started because Ryan's Mom Kathy loves to sing and all the big group calls have included her singing at lest one song. So last time the sister-in-laws sang a song just to be funny, but then at Christmas the kids were all singing their songs from their programs. So Robby started singing This and by the end EVERYONE joined in!!!

The Brenner Family Party in Colorado!

2008-12-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

We traveled to Colorado for my Mom's Brenner Family party. It was fun to see everyone form all over and get to visit for hours when we rarely see each other. We actually made it between 2 huge winter storms so that was lucky! The kids got to swim in the hotel pool, and see Santa. Thanks so much Joy for hosting the party and feeding ALL of us!

Straight No Chaser (Awesome)!

2008-12-20T15:00:00.000-07:00

I wish I knew how to post this but here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28GUU1YbP_E

It is a group singing the 12 days of Christmas It is so funny and amazing!

Merry Christmas!!!

2008-12-19T15:11:00.003-07:00

Merry Christmas to all my blogging family & friends! No hobby has brought my such joy as blogging. I have cried, laughed, prayed, shared, and loved with you all so many memories. I have been able to grow closer to those I already knew, reacquaint with those I had lost and learned about those who I have never even met! Thank you for sharing this year with me and my family & for sharing your memories and families with me also! I have been very blessed this year and have the memories written down (blogged & printed) to share with my children for years to come. The next RS meeting on Family History I can actually say done!!!! Wow that's a first! Thanks you guys & love you all tons!!

Sam's 4th grade Christmas Program

2008-12-18T14:33:00.000-07:00

Samantha had her 4th Grade Christmas Program (she has been singing the Song "Surfing Santa" for weeks!)! She was an ELF and only had to sing and dance, no speaking parts is what she wanted (that's my girl!!!!). These are some of her friends:

Aubrey, Sam, Madalyn, & Rachel

Aubrey, Sam, Madalyn, & BrookeHer Famous Debut!

Miss Ashlynn on Petite's

2008-12-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

Ashlynn got her warm-up suit for her dance company! She was SOOOOO excited and has been asking when it would be done since September when she was sized for hers! She loves dance!

Seeing Santa!!

2008-12-15T14:47:00.000-07:00

Look how cute they are!!! Jaxsyn was not even scared,

she walked up and asked him if she could sit on his lap!

Our Star Wrestler!

2008-12-13T14:22:00.003-07:00

Coleman was quite a wrestler this year and won all of his matches. At his tournament this weekend he won 1st place. He takes his medal with him everywhere and is so proud! Here's a clip of part of one his matches!

Mommy I cut my bangs!!!

2008-12-12T14:25:00.000-07:00

As cute as she is she is still 2!!! Jaxsyn in 30 minutes painted her OWN fingernails with nail polish (all of her hands too!). Then she walks in and says "Look Mommy I cut my bangs!". Then I found crackers all over her bedroom smashed onto fake plates and mixed with lip gloss(She made dinner!). Good things she is so cute and says "sorry mommy I pomiss (promise) not to do it again"!

Way to cute!

2008-12-10T14:19:00.000-07:00

Jaxsyn has started falling asleep by her gate. Since she HAS to have her door open at night, we had to put her gate on to keep her form waking up the other kids!!!

Look how much I saved!!

2008-12-10T08:39:00.004-07:00

Okay my sister-in-law were talking about doing the savvy shopping (coupon clipping!) her neighbor does it and was spending the same but her food storage was huge & growing. So Christy started it and taught me how also!! Okay 3 weeks later, I've saved a lot before today, but this was awesome!!
I spent only $39 for all of this!!! I saved $99!!
5- Bisquicks
4- Kix
4- Cinnamon Toast
6- Potato mixes
9- Helper mixes (great for food storage!)
1- Muffin mix
1- Frosting
2 of each grands Biscuits & Cinnamon rolls
2-Evaporated milk
2- Lg Yogurts!
3- enchilada sauce
4- cookie mixes
5-veggie steamers

Ashlynn's Student of the Month!

2008-12-08T14:17:00.000-07:00

Ashlynn was one of the Students of the Month for November! She was so excited and SOOOOO happy she had cute hair for her picture at school!! Funny huh!

Girls Day Out!

2008-12-06T10:58:00.000-07:00

We had a crazy Saturday so we decided to divide and conquer. Ryan & Coleman went to wrestling, Boston's Baptism & Boston's birthday party. The girls & I went to Mya's Baptism & to the Festival of Trees! It was really fun for 3 of the 4 of us, but Jaxsyn was in a crabby mood. My mom, my sister-in-law & I did a Festival of Tree's tree (our 3rd) and the girls really wanted to see it. They have a Kids Village and the girls made decorations and little crafts. It was a really fun day.

Ward Christmas Dinner!!

2008-12-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of us making the dinner for the Christmas Party! Massive amounts of funeral potato's were made that night. I didn't take any pictures of the party because I was doing the party! But it ended up being the best activity, and I was released 2 days later!!!!!!!! Yea!!!
After 3 Christmas Parties, I was done too!!!!

Christmas Tag!!

2008-12-02T13:13:00.002-07:00

Alisha I stole this from you!!! I have sooo many things to post, but of course instead I'm going to do a tag, and you'll have to wait for the posts!!
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper & Bows & Tags!!
2. Real tree or Artificial? I love real, but a 15' foot tree is not economical every year, maybe in the basement next year!
3. When do you put up the tree? I week before Thanksgiving!
4. When do you take the tree down? The 27th 0r 28th of December.
5. Do you like eggnog? Nope
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Mall Madness, diamond earrings !
7. Hardest person to buy for? All Adults!
8. Easiest person to buy for? All Kids!
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes,one from our first Christmas, one from St. Maarteen, a Little People one, and I few others scattered about.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, but with our blog address for the letter
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I don't know!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? As a kid- the one were the kids go to the North Pole to save Santa Now- Four Christmases heheheh or Any Christmas Flick really!!
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? It varies from year to year. I buy the bigger stuff early, and the finish on Black Friday except for the odds and ends!
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes, but only white elephant ones!
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Everything, love Candy Canes
16. Lights on the tree? Lots & Lots.
17. Favorite Christmas song? Mary's Song- Amy Grant
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Visit those who live close, but always home Christmas morning.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? I think so.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? On Christmas Eve - PJ's, Christmas book & Brother, sister gifts
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? I love it all!
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Changes I have Blue Silver & White snowflakes & icicles this year. But I loved my Red whit & green candies last year!
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Thanksgiving dinner all over again!
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Nothing!!! For real! Just another happy healthy year with my Husband, kids, family, & friends!

Tag your it!

Festival of Lights!

2008-11-30T14:14:00.000-07:00

The Sunday after Thanksgiving my family went to see the Festival of Lights, the kids have been asking for years if we could drive in the back of the truck and this year we did it!! They had a great time!

Black Friday & 4 Christmases!!

2008-11-28T21:04:00.007-07:00

Nothing makes me more excited than, BLACK FRIDAY!!!!!!!! We made great time and I truly finished everyone on my list! I purchased gifts for about 15 different people!!! I think it is so funny to watch people run for a good deal!! We left at 4:00 am (my neighbor Jen joined my mom & sister-in-law and I! We were like a well oiled machine!! We hand 4 cart FULL in 10 minutes at Target with more than we needed, so we just passed it back to people behind us who had not been as sucessful (sorry to brag, but we are AWESOME!!). Later that afternoon my brother Shuan & his wife Tammy, my Dad & Mom, and Ryan & I (we missed you Nate & Ashley!) went to see 4 Christmases. We LOVED it I don't know why the paper gave it a D+ we laughed until we cried more than a few times!!

Thanksgiving!!!

2008-11-27T14:07:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome Thanksgiving Dinner at my mom's house! It was just my mom & dad, my Grandma Hirst, Cousin Chantelle and her niece Danika, My sister-in-law Tammy (my brother Shaun was at the fire station working), my brother Nate, And then my kids & Ryan & I. It was so yummy I brined my Turkey which made it taste awesome!!! Then we went to pies at Robby's & Christy's with Ryan's side of the family. We sat and looked at ads for hours just deciding where we should go shopping!

O' Christmas Tree!

2008-11-24T20:49:00.002-07:00

I LOVE Christmas trees!!! This is our tree this year! It takes forever & ever to put up, but I love it so much when it is done! The 1st picture has the kids standing there, so you can tell how tall it really is, 15 feet!

Pure Torture!!

2008-11-22T21:05:00.000-07:00

We watched the sad loss of BYU vs Utah. We had friends over for the game which lightened the sting a bit.

GOOOOO COUGARS!!!!!!!!

2008-11-21T15:43:00.002-07:00

I HAD to change my background from red to BLUE! It should be an awesome game tomorrow!!!! The Cougars are going to win!!