Lister Life

Kids say the darndest things!

2011-06-05T12:52:00.000-07:00

Preston: No no no no in a whimpering voice. I asked whats wrong he was so distraught and he finally said its Ashlynn..... I want a new sister.
-We were sitting on the couch looking out the front window and it was raining. He said mom the house is the ship and the road is the water. And then later we will take the submarine, as he pointed to the car.
-We were trying to pick up the house and told Ashlynn to help and she wouldn't then Preston in stern voice yells at Ash DO YOU LIKE LIVING IN A MESSY HOUSE?
-Then he was bickering with the friend from next door who was over at our house. And they both believed they were right next thing I hear. WELL IT'S MY HOUSE AND I'M THE BOSS!
Boy O Boy

Easter 2011

2011-05-02T14:39:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLYNN !!!!! 7 YEARS WOW

2011-04-29T07:35:00.000-07:00

Preston's 4 year old pics

2011-03-04T16:54:00.000-08:00

Here's a much over due post

2011-02-11T12:51:00.000-08:00

We have done so much lately. I just have been busy with work and working opposite shift from the hubby just have found no time to blog. I do have an extra day off from work now so hopefully I will post more often. I like blogging and writing down the cute stuff my kids do. Speaking of which here is Preston's(4) latest... He was singing The Itsy Bitsy Bpider to Addi and it came out The Itsy Bi*chy Spider. That happened a few days a go and I still can't stop cracking up about it.
Ashlynn(6) is a busy first grader and she does dance and hands down she is one of the best dancer in her class. Her school class is a different story she struggles a little but I think she will catch on fast. She has learned so much this year and I'm so proud of her.Ashlynn beats to her own drum that's for sure. Addison (1) is the sparkle of the family her sweet little spirit makes life great. She is almost 17 months old she is starting to talk a lot and she said Ashlynn and Preston's names for the first time last week. She has personality that's for sure. As for James he just had his 34th bday yesterday and we went to sizzler on Monday and last night I made him one of his favorite meals and he likes brownies instead of cake. The kids made him cards and gave him balloons. The we went out for ice cream. As for me just working and being mom and loving my family more everyday.

Kids say the darndest things

2010-12-02T22:12:00.000-08:00

Ashlynn today asked me Mom do you know who's different than the whole wide world? I said no who? She said Jesus. So I said why Jesus? And she said well because President Obama is not the whole wide world Jesus is. Love that girl!

Preston comes up with funny things all day but one that stood out was so funny. He asked me while pointing to the back of his leg if that was his armpit on his leg hahaha he cracks me up!

And then Addi's new word is Twinkle Twinkle. (It doesn't sound like it but I know that's exactly what she is saying). She is such a busy body I can't keep up with her. She's got us all wrapped around her finger that's for sure!

Preston is in Preschool

2010-09-14T22:21:00.000-07:00

This cute little guy started preschool. He loves it and he gets dressed for school at 8 o'clock and he doesn't even go till 1 o'clock. He get's too excited. He is such a fun little guy. I love him!

Ashlynn's First Day of 1st Grade

2010-09-05T22:19:00.000-07:00

Ash really likes 1st grade. She has gone for a couple of weeks now and she always talks about lunch and recess. Hopefully she will find joy in learning things soon. She likes to ride the bus too. It was hard to send her to first grade. I'll admit I followed the bus to school just to make sure she got to class ok. It is hard letting her go into the world without holding her hand through it all. She seems to be having fun at school and likes her teacher so I'm glad for that.

Preston's Funnies

2010-08-02T18:54:00.000-07:00

#1 We were just sitting on the couch last night and he said mom Jesus works at the church huh?
#2 We were driving down the road today a he said mom Donald works at Mc Donalds..... not the duck. So I ask him the clown Donald and he said yep!
#3 Today I was listening to a church cd and he said is this a Jesus song.
I love this little guy his mind is so amazing to me. He has a fun personality these days. I can't enough of that Preston!!!!!

Family Pics Which ones do you like the best?

2010-07-01T22:16:00.000-07:00

Which one do you like best 1,2,3 or4 I need help picking the one I want to enlarge for our wall.

It's gone!!

2010-06-17T22:52:00.001-07:00

Ashlynn lost her first tooth today. She is growing up to fast. Also this week she learned to ride her bike without training wheels. What an eventful summer for her so far. Way to go Ash. Dad and Mom love you and love watching you grow!

Weight loss

2010-06-06T22:46:00.000-07:00

Ok so I'm going to try to blog about success and weight loss for me. I have a closet full of clothes I need to fit back into. I don't want to go buy fat clothes so I need to lose some weight. Any suggestions about weight loss or good tips would be great. Or any success stories I would love to here about. I'm a skinny girl trapped in a fat suit and Ive got to get rid of it. I'm not sure what my plan of attack is right now I just know I need to workout more and cut the fatty and sweet foods. Wish me luck!

Happy 6th Birthday Ashlynn!!

2010-04-29T00:08:00.000-07:00

We had a fun birthday for Ashlynn. She had her first birthday party with girls this year. (she has Lot's of boy cousins and friends) So this year we invited all her girlfriends in the neighborhood. We had Pizza and played Pin the Purse in the Lady's Hand. Then we played Tinkerbell Bingo and we had a Pinata. Preston was the only boy but he had a ton of fun too. The girls kept giggling at him. Thanks to all of Ashlynn's friends who came she had a wonderful party.

I can't believe Ash is 6 already. I can't get enough of that girl. She is beautiful inside and out. She is a great friend, hard worker and very talented girl. She is sweet and sassy. We are truly blessed to have her sparkling personality light up our lives everyday. Love you Ashlynn!!

This is what we do on Friday nights......

2010-04-23T21:08:00.000-07:00

Nothing beats staying home with the family. Ash is playing beauty shop with dad. This is one of Ashes favorite thing to do with dad. I love these two cuties.

Camping Fun!!!! & Miss Addi is 7 months old

2010-04-18T20:38:00.000-07:00

Happy 7 month Addison!!

We had fun getting dirty this weekend and catching some sun. The kids were really good all weekend! We love going camping and hope to do lots more this summer.

Kid funnies!

2010-04-13T20:32:00.000-07:00

Ashlynn- Hey mom I had a dream last night that you gave me a bra :)

Preston- Look I have a pocket (he is talking about his undies)

Guess who cut her first tooth today?

2010-04-06T21:18:00.000-07:00

That would be me!!!!

Happy Easter!!

2010-04-04T11:38:00.000-07:00

We had a great Easter Morning. The Easter Bunny stopped by and the kids seemed pleased. We woke up to snow so good thing the Bunny didn't leave eggs outside for us to find. Speaking of the Easter Bunny, when I went outside last night after midnight to take some trash out I saw a white bunny hopping around(for real). Funny I think it was the real deal ;P haha. We invited my parents over for breakfast and visited for a bit. Then Dad hide some eggs for the kids to find.

My new little hobby..

2010-03-24T19:04:00.001-07:00

I'm learning how to make these flower hair bows. It's kind of fun. I have two little girls that have some hair bling now and they look super cute wearing them! Now I need to get to work so they can have some to match every outfit haha.

I need a little advice

2010-03-15T09:25:00.000-07:00

I have a child who has the worst fear of going to the dentist. Every time we talk about it she freaks out. I'm talking freaks out like crazy. Nothing else freaks her out like the dentist. I know I have to take her soon. This is my question in two parts...
A. When I take her to the dentist should I warn her before we go, and deal with all the intense drama and most likely her anxiety and fear will just make her physically sick. Should I warn her the moment we get in the car to go? What would be the best approach??
OR
B. Just show up to the dentist and just get it over with. She wont have much time to deal with her anxiety. Or will that be dramatizing on her? To just shove her into that. Any suggestions would help. Thanks a bunch

My little Lady

2010-03-01T10:10:00.000-08:00

I can't believe how fast she is growing. She just came to this earth it seems like. She is going to be 6 next month, I can't belive it. She had to get all dolled up for dance pictures on Sat. So I had to do a little photo shoot myself.

Big Girl!

2010-02-17T15:21:00.001-08:00

Addison has some new tricks she can do. Within the last two weeks she found her feet and she can roll over on her tummy. She also is starting to grab things a lot. I keep forgetting she can roll over and she has almost fell off the couch and the bed. She has the cutest sqeaks right now it sound like she is screaming but she really is just testing out her voice box.

Check out her thick thighs! I love her rolls. I simply can't get enough of the cutie patutie!

Happy Birthday James!

2010-02-15T22:19:00.000-08:00

So James and I got to get away for the night for his birthday we had a lot of fun, The best part was we got some alone time, sometimes I forget what it's like to go out on a date and I sure love it when I get a chance. Hope you had a good one Hubby!

Ashlynn Funnies

2010-01-07T20:20:00.001-08:00

Preston is 3!!!!

2010-01-06T09:40:00.001-08:00

Preton had a great birthday. First he woke up and saw his new bike he got and he pretty much was a happy camper for the rest of the day. We went to Chuck E Cheese and after that we had a pizza party at our house and had cousins and friends over. We played pin the tail on the donkey!! I love you Preston, I'm so glad your my sweet little guy!

2009

2009-12-29T17:47:00.000-08:00

I am very blessed this year. I just wanted to breeze through this year real quick. We got pregnant in January and Preston turned 2, February was James 32nd birthday,March not much happened. In April Ashlynn turned 5 and we went camping. in May I turned 29 and Ashlynn graduated from pre-school. Then we had a wonderful trip to Cali when we visited Terry and Mary and the kids got to meet Mickey. (Thanks again guys it sure was fun!!!) June, July and August we just did all the regular summer stuff like the pools parks carnivals parades fireworks and some camping and of coarse fishing. I didn't feel like doing much because I was getting huge prego but we still had a good summer. September 18th Addison was born. She is the sweetest baby and so very girlie. We are blessed to have her sweetness in our home. September 22nd we had our 8th anniversary. We didnt do much for that this year since Addi was born 4 days before. We stayed in the hospital for 3 days so we considered that our little hotel get away :) October was a hard month for us with James losing his job and a bit of devastation kicked in but through it all we had lots of support and help. We had a fun weekend with James Dad side of the family. We had a fun Halloween and the day after that we blessed Addison. November we kicked off with me having to get my gallbladder out, it was hard having two surgeries back to back but I'm good now that the horrible pain is gone. Then we went to Twin Falls for Thanksgiving. We had a great Dinner lots of yummy food and we visited with a lot of James family that live there. It's always good to see everyone. Dec 2nd James got a Job Yippy! He so far is really liking it. We had a great Christmas and we are grateful for everyone that helped us out this year. It was a good year but we are shooting for a better 2010! Happy New Year!

Look who came to the party!!

2009-12-07T11:05:00.000-08:00

We had a great time at the Ivie family Christmas party last night. Good food, good laughs and good times. The kids got a present from Santa and the adults played white Elephant game and of course came some great laughs. I'm so glad I came from such a great family. Love ya all

11 weeks old already

2009-12-06T20:26:00.000-08:00

Addison is growing so fast. I took her to her 2 month well check appt. on friday and she was in the 70th percentile in her weight and 60 th in her lenth and 40th in her head size. She weighed in at a whoppin 12# 6 oz. She is very smiley and she talks an goo's a lot. Sweet thing, we just love her to like crazy.

Me and all my glory

2009-11-10T22:03:00.001-08:00

Here goes the story of the gallbladder attack. I think I have had GB problems since after I had Preston I would get really bad pains every once in a while. They were always few and far between so I never went to the doctor. Then I had a couple of the GB pains when I was pregnant with Addison, I actually had a real bad attack a week before she was born I called the hospital and they said just drink a lot of water and rest. That episode lasted 4 hours of constant pain but it went away. Then last Sunday night at 3 a.m. the GB pain was back it lasted all through the night. All I could do was feed the baby and try to find comfort in bed. Through Monday it subsided some but it never went away totally then it just got worse and worse through the whole night. I took some percocet that maybe help a little but by 6 a.m. I was calling my mom to come stay with the kids so James can take me to the E.R. We took Addi with us cause I'm her source of food and then we get there and kids 14 and younger could not go back in the E.R. So I am all alone now 30 hours of pain later. First they drew blood. It came back the my white blood cell count was real high and I was running a fever and I was taken to get an ultra sound and I seen her write stone on the screen. I'm waiting for the results and communicating with James via texting. Then the doctor comes in and told me I need to have my GB taken out I was in bad condition and he doesn't let people leave in my condition. Then the tears start flowing I'm all alone, keep in mind we have no health insurance I don't know what to do. I was in so much pain that they were giving me some stuff that was supposibly stronger than morphine and it still wasn't helping. Anyways they finally let Addi and James come back because no one was in the E.R. with the flu at the time. We were scared about every thing the surgery and how to pay for it. We do have the option for Cobra and possibly medicaid so I don't think we have to pay for every thing hopefully. The outcome of the surgery was a really bad infected full of puss GB and it had a stone. I had to stay two nights in the hospital cause I had to have IV antibiotics to clear up the infection.
Anyways poor Addison was banned from me for 2 nights and for a baby that has never has a bottle I'm sure she was devastated but she seem to do alright. When I got home all I did was hold her for two days straight making up for lost time. She had James up till 4 in the morning the first night but the second night she slept well. James had Brian( My cuz) over for help the second night and they watched Mr. Mom together. James did great with the kids.
Thanks to everybody that helped me with the kids and who visited me in the hospital and brought in dinners. We are very blessed to have great family and great friends in our lives. It was not hard or stressful for us to come up with help it was right at our doorstep and we are truly grateful for that.

Blessing Day!

2009-11-02T16:34:00.000-08:00

Addison's big day was a lot of fun. She slept through everything even the luncheon after. James did a great job with the blessing it was beautiful. We had many great family and friends come to support Addi and we sure appreciate it! Thanks you to everyone that helped make this a special day!

Halloween Party

2009-10-30T21:32:00.000-07:00

We had a my Ivie family party tonight. We went as the Wizard of Oz crew. We had a blast like always!! James got 2nd place and Ashlynn won 3rd place. I'm glad my family does this party every year it's a great tradition I will always cherish!!

The Deer Hunt.....

2009-10-25T19:21:00.000-07:00

James had a great time on the deer hunt last weekend. He went with my dad and uncle Rod and my cousin Cody and his kids. His dad came up a couple days to hunt with him too.

He shot a leg of a deer but it ran away :( Better luck next year!

2009-10-16T16:06:00.001-07:00

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Cutest baby girl ever!!!

2009-10-12T13:32:00.000-07:00

Addison Michelle Lister

2009-09-23T20:17:00.001-07:00

Here she is!! She was born 9-18-09 @ 7:57a.m. she weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 18 1/2 inches long. She is my smallest baby I was surprised. The c-section went way better than when I had Preston. I was numb this time. Addison had a little hard time breathing at first so they had to monitor her till she started breathing normal. The sad thing was I couldn't hold her or feed her for 7 hours after she was born. That was so hard for me. But at least she started breathing normal and she a healthy baby. James did great with everything and the kids seem to really love there new sister. She is absolutely a beautiful baby and we are so very blessed to have her in our family.

My baby boy

2009-08-31T22:44:00.000-07:00

I can't say how lucky I am to have this little guy in my life. He has always been such a lovey boy. He melts my heart all the time. He loves to cuddle and love me. I can't believe he is getting so big and that he is being my big boy these days and not my baby. He will always be my baby boy though. He is talking a lot lately and he said a 7 word sentence the other day. He is a little chatter box anymore. He is so cute with my belly and loves and kisses his new sister to be. I don't know if he gets the whole things but he sure loves his new sister already. Anyways just thought I'd let everyone know I love this little guy and I hope he stays this sweet forever. I love you Preston.

Kindergarten Girl

2009-08-24T22:18:00.001-07:00

Well it's official I have a Kindergartner! She seemed to really love her first day of class. She got the teacher that I wanted and afternoon class like I wanted. She looked so sweet and when I took her to line up with her class I stood around with all the parents smiling watching her class showing up taking some pics and so on wondering if she was going to be ok without me, after a while she just looked at me and said "go home mom". Well I guess she thinks she will be fine without me. I didn't even cry( I would cry reading over her school paperwork) I was surprised I didn't. Preston on the other hand cried and cried when we left Ashie there. He wanted his sister and the whole time she was gone he kept asking where Ash was. We went and got a treat and he felt better.

Pictures, pictures, pictures!!!

2009-07-23T08:36:00.001-07:00

I had a photo session done with the kids yesterday. My sister Melanie takes great pics and I thought she did a great job! I was over dated on the kids pics so I'm glad I'm up to date now. Thanks Aunt Melanie we love our pictures!

To Catch up

2009-07-15T16:58:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Catch up...

Has it really been since father's day since my last post? So what have we been up too let's see. Ash has been busy she went and stayed a week with her Grandma Vanda in Idaho. Preston was kind of lonely while she was gone but he got to go to the movies for the first time and to chuck e cheese and get one on one attention. We did some painting while she was gone and Preston sleep a lot when we painted so that was nice.

The next week was the fourth of July and we went to the big parade and to a bbq. at James Aunt Audine's after. We went to see the stadium of fire fire works that night with my parents. My cousin also hooked us up with a freezer and a computer chair and a few other things. Thanks Bri!

The next weekend we went to James dad's cabin for the night and the next day we went with Robert and Heidi boating and had a blast. We got to see a lot of family we don't get to see very often. Were always glad to see fam anytime we can. I didn't take any pictures of anything though. Shame on me but the top pic is the kids playing in dad's float tube. Adorable I would have to say! hehe

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-23T13:34:00.000-07:00

So I'm a little late on this post but I did try to do it yesterday and got sidetracked.First, I love all the dads out there in my life, and for all that they have done for me . Thanks to James my sweetheart for doing so much for me and the kids. We love our daddy!! Thanks for teaching our kids how to love, have fun and to not take life too seriously. We appreciate how hard you work so we can have nice things to share together at our home. Thanks for everything you do!! Love you!!

Time to fill in the blanks....

2009-06-14T08:45:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to write a few things that we have done lately. Ashlynn graduated from pre-school the day before we went to California. I am so proud of her! I still can't believe she is going to kindergarten. She is growing up so fast. She is really smart and right now she is learning how to whistle! Ash also finished her first year of dance. She absolutely loves dancing. It's perfect for her. She is such a girly girl but when it's time to play with the boys she holds her own. Ash is kindergarten ready we went and got her shots(which she hated and cried) but she got a swimming pool for being so brave.

Preston is talking and talking. He has learned lots of new words. I love how he says his own name. We ask him to say ashlynn and it always comes out Ashie. He is 2 now so we get the whole throw your body down on the ground thing when he's not getting his way. We took his crib down and now he is on his big boy bed!! He calls it his baby boy bed. He is doing really well with the change. He still sits and cries for me to come get him even though he can come to me any time he wants. He is singing a lot lately it's so cute.

James has been working and working and fishing when he gets the chance. His job seems to be steady but they have done some lay offs and pay cuts which is scary but he heard there done doing lay offs and cuts. Cross your fingers this economy perks up.

As for me I am in my 25Th week of pregnancy! It seems to be going fast. I'm sure the last month will be slow though. I feel good still. Just barley starting to feel a little uncomfortable and big. Addison is starting to kick harder and I love it! James got to see her kick this week. He also felt her move last night. We are so excited for her arrival I got Ashies old clothes and went through them and found her old crib set and can't wait to get going on getting her stuff all ready for her arrival. Girl clothes are just cuter than boy clothes so I'm excited to use all that cute stuff again!!

So far this summer has been fun and the weather has been cool(which is fine by me). The kids started summer off with Disney land then Ash had a big sleep over with the cousins on my side of the fam. They've been to a birthday party, a kids art fair and last night we went to a parade. Next week the petting zoo!!

Heaven?

2009-06-08T13:44:00.000-07:00

Ash was watching the movie All Dogs go to Heaven. She started talking to me about the movie and told me dogs can't go to heaven they can't live at church.

Thank You Terry and Mary!!!!!

2009-05-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

We went to California to visit Terry and Mary this weekend. They were the best and spoiled us like crazy. We went to Disney Land!!! We ate at In and Out burger 3 times. We went to Tokyo Wako it was really good. We swam at there pool. We went site seeing around LA. and Hollywood. We went and seen some famous grave sites like Marilyn Monroe, Rodney Dangerfield, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon(grumpier old men) and many more. I'll post pics of those later. James went with his Brother Terry and Mom to a memorial service and said it was a neat experience. Terry was a super fun Uncle to Ashlynn and Preston.

Ash and Pres at Disney Land meeting the princesses!

Jasmine was Ashlynn's favorite there.

And Sleeping beauty was Preston's, he is so checking her out and he was totally flirting with her.

Can't go to Disney Land without a Pic with the big man!!!

Minnie Mouse

Chillin in the in there backyard was so fun and beautiful.

Aunt Mary helping save Preston's Life since Preston thought he was big enough to swim by himself we made sure after that he was secure.

Ash loved loved loved the pool I am almost wondering if she liked it more than D Land. She swam for hours and probably even more if we would of let her.

They had some cute monkeys and I added my cute monkeys and got this way cute pic.

We had so much fun this weekend!! We loved everything you guys did for us. Thanks for the great time. We loved every minute of it. It really meant a lot to us!!!!!

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T17:22:00.000-07:00

I had a great Mothers Day! First I got breakfast in bed, then Preston brought me in a Crown to wear and Ashlynn brought me in a really big card. ( Ashlynn told me everything I was getting last night, she was way too excited ) James spent 10 hours in the front yard getting it all nice & pretty for me and he made the nice breakfast for me too. He also taught the Primary lesson for me even though it was my turn to teach. Thanks Honey! Thanks to my cute kids too! I absolutely love being a mom and can't wait to meet my new daughter too. They make life amazing!

We had a nice dinner with my Mom today too! Happy Mother's day Mom! Thanks for being my Mom I love you! Happy Mother's Day to all my friends and family. Hope you all had a great day.

Its' a Girl!!!

2009-05-06T20:39:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to me, I got to find out today I am having another little girl. We are so excited!! I wish I had a scanner I would post some pics of her. We are going to name her Addison Michelle Lister. She is so cute ,we totally saw her sucking on her thumb today and got a good pic of it too.
Its been a fun birthday, we went to do the ultra sound this morning, then my mom took me to lunch. Then tonight we went to the mall and did a little window shopping and had some dinner.

The big 5!! Happy Birthday Ashlynn!!

2009-04-29T21:29:00.000-07:00

Dad made Ash a big five and she loved it we put it in our front window for the day!

Here is Ash and her mini cake.

Ash was so happy for this play doh ice cream maker. She kept telling me all night how much she loved it.

We went to the park today. She is posing for me in this shot.

On saturday we went with G & G Ivie to the aquarium, this is the only pic i got from that. It was fun. Very interesting!!

Ashlynn and her Grandpa share the same B-day. So on Sunday we went over to his house and had a double b-day party! Great smile dad!! When we got there everybody was hiding and surprised her, it was so fun for her. She was actually was telling me before her birthday she wanted everyone to say surprise to her. Im glad we had a little party so her little birthday wish cam true;)

When we were leaving to go home I told Ash to say Happy Birthday Grandpa. She did and then she said, Grandpa say Happy Birthday to me.

More presents!! I love you Ash thanks for being my cutest sweetheart ever!! Mom and Dad love you more than anything in this world. The last five years have been the best years of our lives!! Now I can't wait to see what the next five years brings!

Camping Weekend!!

2009-04-20T08:59:00.000-07:00

We had a great time camping this year. My kids were really good. Ashlynn was a little sick so I felt bad about that but she got better half way through. Preston slept good took naps everyday, he never wondered too far he was perfect this weekend. Last year he ate dirt the whole time so I was on my toes .This year was a bit more relaxing. The picture below is right when we came home. It's amazing how dirty kids can get. I put sunblock on Ash but I missed under her eyes and they got really burnt. Daddy and the kiddos. They love 4-wheeler rides. Preston would ride on one all day he we let him. We all went for a little ride and came back and Preston had fallen asleep on the wheeler. It takes a lot out of the little guy:)

Preston chillin around the campfire on his new camping chair.

Ashlynn being cute sitting by grandpa.

Easter Pic

2009-04-12T19:57:00.000-07:00

We went to Church today and after we went to my parents and had a bbq. The kids got fishing poles in there easter basket so we took them to Salem pond to try them out.

update

2009-04-02T10:39:00.000-07:00

I guess I haven't been a good blogger when my husband is asking me when are you going to do a new post. James has been working a lot lately which we are truly grateful for. He is in the construction field so keeping busy is lucky.
Ashlynn has been busy with school and dance. She is also a funny little girl. One day I was looking for my spray bottle. I was looking for it frantically because I had a perm appt. coming over. Ash was following me around and it was a bit irritating because I was in a hurry to try to find it. I just said Ash stop following me. Later that day I was walking down the stairs and Ash gets in front of me and she turns around Mom stop following me. What a stinker.
Preston is getting so talkative. You give him any word to say and he will try it. He doesn't always get it right but that's the cute part about it. He is also starting to draw a lot. He can draw smiley faces. H e thinks they are way funny.
As for me I get to quit working at Great Clips on the 15th of this month Yay! I like the job but not having Saturday with the family is the part I don't like. Also with James picking up more work we feel it's a good time for me to quit. So for now I will be working from home a little more and I will work on getting bigger and bigger through the hot summer Yay. I am 15 weeks along today only 25 more to go.

Spring fever at our house.

2009-03-17T08:41:00.000-07:00

Let's go fishing dad! At our house we are definitely ready to get outside and have some fun. It's been warming up here and we can't wait to get out and go camping and fishing. I love summertime the best. Parade's, carnivals, swimming, snow cones, fireworks, bbq's, corn on the cob..... I cant wait.
I also went to get my ultrasound done yesterday. I got to see and hear the heartbeat. I also had my Dr's appt. in the afternoon and got to here the heartbeat again. I was freaking out before being a worry wart, so now I am feeling better and am so grateful everything seems to be fine. It is always so amazing to see the baby via ultrasound. I saw two legs and two arms it was neat.

Silly

2009-03-13T14:07:00.000-07:00

Ash has been saying some silly things lately. She was getting out of the truck on Tuesday and she kinda hit her bum and she yells out ouch my nuts. I'm like what did you just say? On Wednesday night my sister was watching my kids and she had told me Ash had been saying that all night. She has three boys so she was scared her boys had taught her that. I told her that she had been saying it before that, she was relieved. I think she heard it from pre-school. I don't think she heard it from dance being it's all girls haha.
Another thing she said that I thought was really cute was we were going down the freeway and on the other side of the freeway she seen an ambulance with its lights speeding by. She said look mom there's a hospital truck.

Ashlynn let the cat out of the bag...

2009-03-09T13:23:00.000-07:00

We went to church yesterday and I teach Ashlynn's Primary class. While we were sitting in Sharing time the Lesson was on Moms. The teacher ask the kids, What is something are moms do for us? Ashlynn very loudly said MY MOM HAS A BABY IN HER TUMMY. I got kind of embarrassed since I haven't told very many people at church yet. I guess now I don't have too:)

A little disapointed:(

2009-03-05T12:41:00.000-08:00

Today I went to my Dr. Appointment. I thought I was going to be able to here the babies heartbeat. I guess the baby is too small and he couldn't hear it. I'm in my tenth week but he said by my 12th week for sure. I get to do an ultrasound in 2 weeks and have another Dr's. appointment. I'm just bummed a little because James came to hear the heartbeat and is hard for him arrange time to get off work to come. I just hope everthing is ok. It just makes me worried a little though:( Ive always heard the heartbeat right off with my other two. But I dont remeber what week I was in either. I'm very impaitient for stuff like this. I just wanted to here the heartbeat today. It makes it so real when you here it. What week did all you moms out there find your babies heartbeats?

Great week! Great news!

2009-02-15T08:22:00.000-08:00

We had a good week with celebrating James birthday and Valentines. James brought me some beautiful flowers and suprised me at work with them.( thanks baby !) Then after work we went to sizzler and to a movie. We had James mom watch the kids for us. We had good time just being alone together.

Also this week we have been spreading good cheer! We are expecting Baby Lister # 3. He/she will be joining are family this September. We are so excited and feel very blessed!

James Birthday Party!

2009-02-11T09:00:00.000-08:00

For James big birthday party I hired two overly qualified party planners to plan his party and this is what they planned, a night at McDonald's!!. I think he wouldn't of spent it any other way. All he likes is to make sure the kiddos are smiling. Hope you had a good day. We love you!!! Thanks for being a great Husband and Daddy!!

A lion?

2009-02-09T09:04:00.000-08:00

Ashlynn was talking to James last night and she said "I want to be a lion". James asked why she wanted to be a lion, she replied and said so I can fight you. lol

Ashlynn's Imagination

2009-02-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

I need to blog about this before I forget. We were upstairs cleaning Ashies room and the sun was beating into her room so I opened her window. She was playing by her window and I heard her talking to a pretend bird and ask the bird to take her letter somewhere for her:) Sometimes I wonder if I have an imagination anymore but I think it would be fun!

Happy B-day Sisters!

2009-01-28T11:09:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to wish my sisters Shelly and Melanie a happy birthday. They turn 23 today(OK that might be backwards). They have been great sisters, we love to get together when we can. They both are hard workers and great moms. I'm lucky to have them as my sisters. Hope you guys have a great day! Love you guys

Having Fun

2009-01-16T15:42:00.001-08:00

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Preston's New Hair do

2009-01-12T21:08:00.000-08:00

I think this is my favorite hair do yet. He is being a big boy this week. Yesterday at church he stayed in nursery cried for a minute at first but I snuck out and he was fine. Then today he gave himself a nap. (never done that before) I hope to sometime soon go get his 2 year old pictures taken. I still can't believe he's 2 already.

Grinch?

2009-01-09T21:06:00.000-08:00

Ashlynn was watching Sesame Street today. We don't watch it very often so she doesn't know all the characters names. She was watching it and said look mom its the Grinch. Can you guess which character she pointed to? I think it is so cute how she relates things to each other. She is getting so smart these days. She is also a little smarty pants. We were outside getting ready to take Ash to dance and she would not get into the car. She kept ignoring me as if I wasn't there. I probably asked 6 times Ash get in the car. Now that I am mad I get the angry voice with the lecture on how your suppose to do what I say, so I had my voice raised a bit. Guess what my daughter had the nerve to say to me? In an angry voice back at me she said quit freaking mom. So for those of you that know Ashlynn knows she can be quite dramatic. We usually tell her to stop freaking out about things. I think it's time to use a different word for that now.

Happy Birthday Preston!!

2009-01-04T19:14:00.000-08:00

WOW

He loves bugs and loves to scare everybody with them.

Birthday Boy!

My baby turned 2 today. We had a birthday party at my cousins house. He liked all his presents and he actually blew out his candles.( I didn't think he would be able to) He is such a big boy these days. I love you Preston and all the hugs and kisses you give me. Happy Birthday!!

Christmas pics!

2008-12-25T12:01:00.000-08:00

We tried to do a family pic and of coarse someone has to be picking the nose.

Ash helping Pres open his present. I like the sqwating position Pres is doing.

Ash took this pic of us.

Cute in the new jams.

Preston taking in Christmas Morning.

Ash running towards her presents and Grandma Ivie.

My cute girl!

We had a great Christmas Eve at my Parents. They made a great dinner and gave everyone presents. Ash loved loved loved the Barbie they got her and Preston loved Lance's present and Lance loved Preston's so they swapped it was funny!

We came home and watched a movie. Ashlynn didn't go to bed til midnight just too exited to sleep I guess. We got up about 8. My mom and dad came to see the kids open there presents this morning. So far today we just been playing with everything Santa brought. James is going to pull the kids around on the wheeler with the new double tube we they got.

We love to remember the birth of our Savior on this special day. We are grateful for everything we have and the blessings that come with what we have. I hope everyone remembers to keep Christ in "Christ"mas and always remember Jesus is the reason for Season.

So stinkin cute!

2008-12-14T16:11:00.000-08:00

Saturday Ashlynn got to dance for us at the mall. She did such a good gob. She loves dance and she is a great dancer too. We had a fun time and so did she.

Waiting with the dancers to go on stage.

Dancing in the back with her head turned.

We saw Santa!!

2008-12-05T21:59:00.000-08:00

We had our Ivie family Christmas party tonight. We had fun visiting with everyone. Santa gave out treats and reindeer headbands. Ashlynn was a little nervous at first but she was being so brave she went up herself without any coaxing by me. Preston not so found of Santa yet, but he didn't scream so that's good.

2nd Thanksgiving

2008-12-02T17:44:00.000-08:00

We had another Thanksgiving on Sunday with my Moms side of the family. We haven't seen each other much so it was great to see every one. Thanks Mom and Dad it was a great dinner sorry for showing up late.

Lance and Rillie cute as can be. These two were born 5 and 6 months after Preston. Its fun to watch them grow at the same speed.

THe boys chillin after the good food.

Thanksgiving fun

2008-12-01T14:54:00.001-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving this year with James dad side of the family. A big thank you to Rod and Kathy for hosting it this year. They made a great feast. They worked really hard on making it a great Thanksgiving and we appreciate it very much! We had a great time visiting with each other, we just wish we could get together more often with everyone. James cooking away.

James with his siblings having good times

All the cousins minus Preston who is sleeping and Kelly's kids Caitlyn and Luke. I would have to say there a good looking bunch!

Preston and Ashlynn's conversation.

2008-11-23T16:28:00.000-08:00

Preston saw Ashlynn walk into the bathroom and he said poop. Ash in an annoyed voice said no pee. Nice little conversation. It probably was something you had to be there for to get but its a blog worthy moment for me.

Tired..

2008-11-20T17:14:00.000-08:00

( warning boring post)
Life has been a little crazy these days. Poor James hasn't had a day off forever. He's working himself to the ground. I'm working 20 + hours a week and being mom. I didn't think it would wear on me but I think its starting to. I haven't had a Saturday off since I started working. That is the only day to get stuff done together with James, but its my money making day.
I got the job because James finally got an office job which meant he got off work by five. Before he would come home anywhere from 5-9 depending on the day. Anyways they just layed off people at his work so he had to take his old position back which means he works later at night. So he is always rushing to get home in time so I can get to work. When in all reality in one hour of his overtime is what I can make all night at work. Its not balancing out right and now I have this job. I don't know what to do. James can make more money than me so the smart thing for me to do is quit my job. I can work Saturdays still but then that's James and our family time to be taken away. What to do. What to do. I still want my job its great having extra money. We just need more time in a day I guess. In a nut shell thats whats going on with us. Sorry so boring.

This was funny to me!

2008-11-16T21:18:00.000-08:00

I found this on one of my friends blog. I get a kick out of silly things like this. I know Im a nerd.

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet.He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and, with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him (Oh, man, this is SOBAD, it's good) a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

Ashlynn funnies

2008-11-05T09:29:00.000-08:00

Ash woke up today and came down stairs and seen it had snow. Seriously the first thing she said was" lets get the Christmas tree". O boy its starting already.

Trick or Treat

2008-11-01T20:49:00.000-07:00

We had a fun Halloween. Here's a picture right before we went out trick or treating. I layered the kids up to keep warm but surprisingly it was quite warm. I was close to sweating it is usually freezing on Halloween it was a perfect night. Ash had fun she was kind of shy and you could barely hear her say trick or treat. Preston was more fascinated by every ones pumpkins and landscaping. He was our little trick or treater in training this year. It took a while at each door step to climb up check out the pumpkins, pick a treat and he made sure to say by to everybody. Then to climb in and out of the stroller lay in the middle of the road You could tell he was having fun. Ashlynn's stopped for a minute and said her legs were hurting but we kept going. They both were real fun to watch last night.

Ashlynn's Pre-school Halloween Party

2008-10-30T20:51:00.001-07:00

What a ham. She had fun today with her class and they all brought treats for each other. She has dressed up all week, Tuesday we had our family party, Wednesday she got to dress up for dance and today she did for school and of course tomorrow for Halloween. She probably thinks Halloween is a week long party.

2008 Ivie Family Halloween Party

2008-10-28T20:22:00.000-07:00

First Place winner Uncle Nick

Mom and Dad Hippies at heart

Kendra my niece as an adorable Hannah Montana

Adam my nephew as Hannah Montana He is pretty cute as a girl

Ash painting pumkins

Preston painting pumpkins

I thought this was the cutest pair. Cruella Deville (sp)? and dalmation too cute

Ganster Me and my clown

Micah, Parker, Deshawn, and Ashlynn having some fun cousin time

Can we say adorable?

We had another great time with the family this year. We had some great costumes this year. I think everyone did great on there costumes. I love getting together with my family and just having fun. My grandparents started the Ivie Halloween party years ago and I love how we still do it now even after they have passed away. I hope we continue the tradition years to come.

Halloween Cupcakes

2008-10-27T12:31:00.000-07:00

I thought this was a cute thing to do. A big thank you to our cousins Greydon and Landon who gave a this cupcake kit. We had fun and they were very yummy. Thanks again.

Hee Haws

2008-10-24T14:20:00.000-07:00

I love going here. It is so fun for little kids. Preston went down some big slides. I can tell by his deep belly giggle that he loved it. He was tickled. Ashlynn had so much fun that she was so not ready to go home when the time came. They also had some farm animals that James had a fun time feeding. Its fun for all ages. I had fun watching them have fun.

It's Gone Updated

2008-10-22T22:18:00.000-07:00

Above 2 pics- Here is what I came up with. What do you think?

I'm devastated. Ashlynn finally found my scissors and cut away. Lets just say I bawled and bawled. I know hair grows back but Ashies hair was gorgeous. I'm so sad and I still will have to go shorter to blend things better. Here are some pics of the ruins.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-20T13:30:00.001-07:00

Ashlynn,Deshawn,Parker,Adam and Preston all had fun at the Pumpkin patch. We started with maze and then we played on some Halloween toys. We saw goats, bunnies, chickens, ducks and a peacock. Then we saw Halloween lights,played on a playground and picked out pumpkins. It was way fun for the kids. It was hot outside today we picked the perfect day to go. Thanks Melanie and boys for coming with us.

What a day!

2008-10-19T19:42:00.000-07:00

I was asked to sub Ashlynn's primary class today. I have taught her class before and its been rather amusing. I have know idea what happened today. Ashlynn decided to release her inner beast. It all started when we dropped Preston off at nursery. She wanted to stay and play with the toys. I had to explain that these toys were for babies and not 4 year olds. She practically made me chase her to get her to leave with me. I went to grab a hold of her and I accidently pulled her hair instead of her sweater.One of the teachers saw it I felt horrible. Finally I got her in my grip. I'm trying to hurry to primary so we can get to her class. She is whining the whole way. We were in the chapel because we were practicing for the primary program next week. She couldn't hold still, sitting upside down on her chair, taking her shoes off ,whining. Had to go potty, she was running through the halls. We came back to the chapel and she started running through the chairs in the back. I'm am completely embarrassed by now. I am totally frazzled too. We head on back to class and she decided to take a crayon to the chalk board and drew all over it she wouldn't listen to a word I would say. She would stick her tongue out at me. I felt as if my child was abusing me. I was trying to teach the class and discipline her at the same time. First of all that did not work at all. I felt bad for all the other kids in the class that were all being angels. True angels. They are so sweet. Why was my child being like that? I tried to teach the best I knew how and hopefully the lesson got through. I don't know what happened to her today. I feel like its all my fault and I'm a bad parent. The only thing I know she knew I was preoccupied with the class so she pushed my buttons. She does that when I'm doing someones hair at my house and she gets sneaky and into things because I cant give her 100 and 10 % of my attention. I'm so frustrated from today I just needed to vent. O Ash! Through all of that I still love you.
On a lighter note. I must share this. While I was teaching my lesson on reverence. I asked the kids in my class what are some things we shouldn't do at church. One of the kids said you shouldn't kick your brother at church. I agreed, and then the kid said I can only kick him at home.

WHERE IS ASH ?

2008-10-14T08:49:00.001-07:00

It was 1:30 last night and James got up to go to the bathroom and he noticed Ashlynn's bedroom door was open. She always sleeps with her door shut. So James went to check on her. She was gone. He comes wakes me up. Where is Ash? First of all that Question didn't make sense after being sound asleep. Then we start frantically looking. 2 min goes by and there is no sign of Ash. 2 minutes feels like 2 hrs when your missing a child. James decided to go look out in the garage, nothing we are coming up empty handed. Now were rechecking places. I checked under her bed. James checked under our bed and there she was sound asleep.
When he first woke me up I felt like she was on the floor nest to my side of the bed. I felt her presence in the room but when panic set in things changed. My mom instincts were right I just needed to get down to the ground to find her. Its crazy how fear can change things and rattle you some. Its almost blinding and it makes it seem there is no way things can be accomplished. I'm just glad she is safe and sound. Talk about a Real nightmare. I love you Ash now don't ever do that again.

Just hanging around

2008-10-07T21:11:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since Ive posted. We are all busy. Ashlynn is doing dance and preschool and seems to be enjoying it. She also has been playing on the computer a lot. She loves pbskids.org. I cant believe how big she is.
Preston has been learning his animal sounds and my favorite sound of his is the pig. He does a good bee too. He went to his well check on Friday and he is doing good. He was a big boy with the shots only cried for a second. He's being mommy helper and buddy at home.
James is not a driver at work anymore. He helps out with sales and office stuff. He has been doing side jobs too. He is a hard worker and our family is blessed he has many talents.
I just got a new job at a salon. I didn't want to but I wanted to get caught up on bills and get through Christmas without feeling stressed. It been a good job so far cant complain yet. I still do hair at my house for friends and family so I'm staying busy.

Happy 7th Anniversary James

2008-09-22T08:20:00.000-07:00

We had a fun time this weekend. We left both our kids with G & G Ivie for the night.(thank you) We first went to dinner at Lonestar steakhouse which was really good and then we went bowling. We got to stay out late which was fun for a change! Then we went fishing the next morning up by mirror lake. I have never been up there before it is very pretty. There was this really pretty water fall called Provo River Falls up there we stopped at too. It was really fun! I wish every weekend was my anniversary.
James is my everything. We get along great we have the same humor. I love how we can still laugh and be silly with each other. We respect each other and are always making sure were both are happy. He is very talented and hardworking. I think we make cute babies together! He is a fun dad. I love his laugh. I love his eyes. I love his soft heart. He makes me feel good about myself. He is my own support system. We share the same goals in life. We like most of the same things. We are a great team together couldn't image it any other way. Thanks for the best 7 years of my life. I love you James

Sleepy heads

2008-09-14T16:44:00.000-07:00

I love taking pictures of my kids when there asleep, we usually sleep in beds but last week I caught them both falling asleep in weird places. Preston fell asleep on dads chair one afternoon and I love how he has his truck in his hand. Ashlynn fell asleep on the computer chair in her lovely princess attire. Precious babes.

Preschool Started

2008-09-02T15:47:00.001-07:00

And were off! Another year of preschool begins. Ashlynn was very excited to go to school today. When I went and picked her up she was doing the parachute with her class and she was having a ball! I really like Ashlynn's teacher she does a great job with the kids. It gives me 4 hours a week to get my errands done so that is nice for me.

Carnival Fun

2008-08-31T21:38:00.000-07:00

Preston's new thing is folding his arms. He thinks he's pretty cool when he does it.

Ash dancing on this stump shaking what her momma gave her. She was dancing to the talent show music that was going on next to us. What a ham.

We had fun at the Payson Onion days with Grandpa and Grandma Ivie. This was Preston's first carousal ride. He didn't get it at first and then at the end he started blowing kisses as he passed around. James is hiding from the camera like always. James and I thought it would be fun to try a ride. Bad idea we are getting old that ride kicked our butts. It was fun though even though we could of died.haha

Optimism

2008-08-21T09:16:00.000-07:00

Here is a little story on optimism that I just love!!

One day a girl woke up and saw she only had three hairs on her head. She thought to herself how should I do my hair today, so she decided to braid it and had a great day.

The next day she woke up with only two hairs on her head. She thought to herself how should I do my hair today, so she decided to part it in the middle and had a great day.

The next day she woke up and saw there was only one hair one her head. She thought to herself how should I do my hair today, she decided to wear it in a ponytail and had a great day.

The next day she woke up and had no hair. She thought to herself YES I don't have to do my hair today!

Princess Preston

2008-08-18T21:17:00.000-07:00

Copying sis again. He has to do everything Ash does he saw Ash put her dress on a minute later I saw him draping his over his head trying to put his dress on too. I thought why not he would of been sad if I didn't let him. Then Ash really like that she had a princess friend, and she kept saying to him, princess come here, princess do this, princess do that it was too cute. Silly boy or should I say pretty boy.lol

Fun with the cousins

2008-08-15T23:01:00.000-07:00

My cute niece and nephews. We got together had some cute pictures taken and had fun swimming. They always have way too much fun together.

Gotta love the baby bum cracks!

I love this picture of Parker everytime I look at it I laugh.

Funny girl

2008-08-15T12:15:00.000-07:00

We went to Payson Lakes last weekend. James was fishing and Ash and I were wading in the lake. Before we got into the lake Ash said the funniest cutest thing. She asked"Are you sure this is sanitary". I laughed and laughed. I know she got it from a movie but it still was so cute giving the circumstances.

Jumpin Jacks

2008-08-14T09:35:00.000-07:00

We went to my nephew Parkers birthday party last night. It was really fun. Ashlynn was playing so hard she turn bright red. I have never seen her that hot and sweaty it was way fun for her. Preston liked the toys his size and thought he could do the bigger kid stuff. We let him try a couple big slides and he loved it.

This is my new blog. I have an older blog shandapanda.iviefamily.com but I decided I like to try Blogspot. You can still read my old post on there.