Madie clapping - so cute! I think that she likes this song.
(Ben is good at taking videos huh?)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Fun Family Weekend
Lately we have been trying really hard to make weekends memorable for the kids. We have been trying to get our "responsible" things done at different times so that we have fun family time on Saturdays. Our house is a little bit dirtier than I would like but I really feel like this is important because we are away from the kids so much during the week.
So this past weekend we started out friday night by renting Bolt. Then we came home, pulled the extra matress out in the living room and all sprawled out to watch the movie.
Saturday we went to the zoo. We had so much fun. Even Madie was really interested in what the animals were doing.
The next morning Dad and Slade made breakfast.
They are such handsome cooks.
Sunday afternoon we went to Clinton and Amy's house for Carson's Birthday party. Slade had a blast playing in the yard with his cousins.
It was a great weekend, I am so grateful for the memories!
So this past weekend we started out friday night by renting Bolt. Then we came home, pulled the extra matress out in the living room and all sprawled out to watch the movie.
Saturday we went to the zoo. We had so much fun. Even Madie was really interested in what the animals were doing.
The next morning Dad and Slade made breakfast.
They are such handsome cooks.
Sunday afternoon we went to Clinton and Amy's house for Carson's Birthday party. Slade had a blast playing in the yard with his cousins.
It was a great weekend, I am so grateful for the memories!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Say Cheese!
As requested here are some pics of some recent Barrett happenings...
Madie Learning to Crawl
An Easter Egg Hunt at Grandmas
Slade's Birthday Party
...The highly discussed garbage truck cake. It didn't turn out like I wanted but Slade liked it so that is all that matters. He was also excited that that he got to keep the toy garbage truck.
...Blowing out the candles. He got kind of embarrassed and kept covering his face.
... Slade with his new bike.
Madie's First Ponytail
... I think she likes it.
Madie Learning to Crawl
An Easter Egg Hunt at Grandmas
Slade's Birthday Party
...The highly discussed garbage truck cake. It didn't turn out like I wanted but Slade liked it so that is all that matters. He was also excited that that he got to keep the toy garbage truck. 
...Blowing out the candles. He got kind of embarrassed and kept covering his face. 
... Slade with his new bike. Madie's First Ponytail
... I think she likes it.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Happy 3rd Birthday Slade!
Slade is 3!
Here are a 20 things about Slade.
1. He LOVES trucks! Any and every kind of truck; he can name just about every kind of construction equipment and he especially likes garbage trucks (he asked Santa for one).
2. He is obsessed with his sister. He always needs to know where “Madie Woo” is and when she cries he will always tell her that it is alright and will give her one of his toys to play with.
3. Although he is ALL boy he has a very sensitive side. If someone is sad on TV he gets very sad and says something like “that man sad, he loves that boy”.
4. He loves Vicks vapor rub, even when he is not sick. If he sees the Vicks he will come over to me and pull his shirt up to have me rub some on his tummy or back.
5. He loves going to Aunt Julie’s house. Whenever we ask him what he wants to do that weekend he always says “go to Juwee’s house”
6. He is a very picky eater! Right now all that we can get him to eat is sweets, pancakes, and chicken nuggets.
7. He wants to watch the Barbie movies (I have some at home) in the worst way but Ben won’t let him.
8. He always wants to help me pick out what I am going to wear that day. When I am getting ready in the morning he will always come in my closet and tell me that he will pick out a shirt for me. Then he proceeds to pull about a dozen other shirts off the hanger and lets them lay on the floor.
9. During church he yells at the kids that are being noisy to be quiet, he obviously doesn’t get that yelling is noisy.
10. After he gets done wrestling with Dad he says that his muscles are bigger.
11. He loves to sing and dance. If a song he likes comes on the radio in the car he bops his head along with it and if you try to change the station he gets really mad.
12. He loves to cook. The minute he sees me making dinner he asks for his stool and insists on helping. He loves to pour ingredients in and stir things. If we are making something that needs to be flipped he is ecstatic!
13. He likes to dust. Whenever I get the duster out he throws a fit until I let him get the “yucky dust”.
14. He would eat a billion Flintstones vitamins in one day if we would let him. He always tries to trick us into giving him extra “bitamins”.
15. He hates it when people are angry with each other; he always tries to fix the problem.
16. The first thing he does in the morning after he has got his chocolate milk and had cartoons turned on is build a gun out of his duplos. He then spends most of the day running around the house shooting the deers, elks, aaaaaaaaaantelopes, and bigfoots.
17. He didn’t say anything but GAAAAAA until he was 2.
18. He told our Stake President that Daddy has a cute bum.
19. Whenever he helps you do something and you thank him he says “yep I am a cop, I help people”.
20. He loves Sponge Bob, Transbormers, and Cars. When Sponge Bob comes on he screams the theme song at the top of his lungs and then “plays” his nose like a flute.
We love you mister punk! We hope you have a great birthday!!!
Here are a 20 things about Slade.
1. He LOVES trucks! Any and every kind of truck; he can name just about every kind of construction equipment and he especially likes garbage trucks (he asked Santa for one).
2. He is obsessed with his sister. He always needs to know where “Madie Woo” is and when she cries he will always tell her that it is alright and will give her one of his toys to play with.
3. Although he is ALL boy he has a very sensitive side. If someone is sad on TV he gets very sad and says something like “that man sad, he loves that boy”.
4. He loves Vicks vapor rub, even when he is not sick. If he sees the Vicks he will come over to me and pull his shirt up to have me rub some on his tummy or back.
5. He loves going to Aunt Julie’s house. Whenever we ask him what he wants to do that weekend he always says “go to Juwee’s house”
6. He is a very picky eater! Right now all that we can get him to eat is sweets, pancakes, and chicken nuggets.
7. He wants to watch the Barbie movies (I have some at home) in the worst way but Ben won’t let him.
8. He always wants to help me pick out what I am going to wear that day. When I am getting ready in the morning he will always come in my closet and tell me that he will pick out a shirt for me. Then he proceeds to pull about a dozen other shirts off the hanger and lets them lay on the floor.
9. During church he yells at the kids that are being noisy to be quiet, he obviously doesn’t get that yelling is noisy.
10. After he gets done wrestling with Dad he says that his muscles are bigger.
11. He loves to sing and dance. If a song he likes comes on the radio in the car he bops his head along with it and if you try to change the station he gets really mad.
12. He loves to cook. The minute he sees me making dinner he asks for his stool and insists on helping. He loves to pour ingredients in and stir things. If we are making something that needs to be flipped he is ecstatic!
13. He likes to dust. Whenever I get the duster out he throws a fit until I let him get the “yucky dust”.
14. He would eat a billion Flintstones vitamins in one day if we would let him. He always tries to trick us into giving him extra “bitamins”.
15. He hates it when people are angry with each other; he always tries to fix the problem.
16. The first thing he does in the morning after he has got his chocolate milk and had cartoons turned on is build a gun out of his duplos. He then spends most of the day running around the house shooting the deers, elks, aaaaaaaaaantelopes, and bigfoots.
17. He didn’t say anything but GAAAAAA until he was 2.
18. He told our Stake President that Daddy has a cute bum.
19. Whenever he helps you do something and you thank him he says “yep I am a cop, I help people”.
20. He loves Sponge Bob, Transbormers, and Cars. When Sponge Bob comes on he screams the theme song at the top of his lungs and then “plays” his nose like a flute.
We love you mister punk! We hope you have a great birthday!!!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Easter Weekend
We went to Utah for the weekend, Our sister-in-law Indy got baptized. It was such an amazing weekend. We are so happy for her and the chance that we got to be a part of her special weekend.
We also went to Temple Square (twice), it is so beautiful. All of the flowers were blooming, it really made us anxious for spring.
We also went to Temple Square (twice), it is so beautiful. All of the flowers were blooming, it really made us anxious for spring.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Time Flies
I don't know how this happened but Madie is 6 months old already and Slade is going to be 3 in 2 weeks, where does the time go.
Madie is officially sitting up now. She is a little wobbly if she turns to look at something to fast but other then that she does pretty good. She also lays on her belly and pushes up on her arms. She seems so frustrated that she can't get herself to move foward. She tries to go for a toy in front of her but just ends up scooting back until she has managed to wedge herself under the couch. She is close though, Wednesday night we caught her up on all fours rocking back and forth. So cute but she just seems to little to be getting ready to crawl.
This is Madie all ready for church. She looked so cute and was so smiley we couldn't help but take her picture.
Here is Slade that same morning. We always have to bring his magna doodle to church with us, as you can see he was not going to let us forget it. Then all through sacrament meeting he makes Ben draw him trucks, bikes, guns, all kinds of construction equipment and best of all... bigfoots (again, thanks Papa Ron).
Slade with his "gun" shooting the deers, elks, and Bigfoots.
Finally (this one is my favorite) Every morning while Ben and I are getting ready the kids lay on the bed watching cartoons just like this. If Slade doesn't like his little sister it is hard to tell!
Madie is officially sitting up now. She is a little wobbly if she turns to look at something to fast but other then that she does pretty good. She also lays on her belly and pushes up on her arms. She seems so frustrated that she can't get herself to move foward. She tries to go for a toy in front of her but just ends up scooting back until she has managed to wedge herself under the couch. She is close though, Wednesday night we caught her up on all fours rocking back and forth. So cute but she just seems to little to be getting ready to crawl. 
This is Madie all ready for church. She looked so cute and was so smiley we couldn't help but take her picture. 
Here is Slade that same morning. We always have to bring his magna doodle to church with us, as you can see he was not going to let us forget it. Then all through sacrament meeting he makes Ben draw him trucks, bikes, guns, all kinds of construction equipment and best of all... bigfoots (again, thanks Papa Ron). 
Slade with his "gun" shooting the deers, elks, and Bigfoots. 
Finally (this one is my favorite) Every morning while Ben and I are getting ready the kids lay on the bed watching cartoons just like this. If Slade doesn't like his little sister it is hard to tell!
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