The Larsen Family

I REaLLy stink at blogging!

2010-12-15T13:09:00.000-08:00

THERE!
I admitted it!!!! No excuses, no nothing! I just plain stink at blogging! It's the last thing on my mind. Oh well. I have accepted it. So anywho.. we took family pictures last weekend. Well we actually did it so I could make Christmas cards to send to people. Yeah..........I still haven't done that. oops. But on the plus side I printed out pictures to hang on my wall! So enjoy the pictures. My favorite part. The kids personality in the photos! Just a little taste for you all. Oh and if you would like a Christmas card e-mail me your addresses!!! shandilarsen@yahoo.com THANKS!

First day of Kindergarten!

2010-08-12T13:36:00.001-07:00

Bryan is FINALLY in school!!! And I only say it like that because he has been asking since the last school year got out if tomorrow was the day he gets to go to school!!! So it is not because I couldn't wait to get him out of the house it is because I was sooooo sick of the Tomorrow question!!! So yes Folks I am now officially old enough to have a kid in KINDERGARTEN!!! Here is Bryan in the Outfit that he had picked out since the week before School started. His shirt says :PIZZA, the Ninja Food" he loves it.

He is my Handsome man showing off his killer backpack!

This one was way to cute! I don't know who was more excited. They were walking as fast as they could to get to the assembly.

This is at the assembly where all of the teachers take turns and call their students and then they go to their classrooms.

Bryan snuck in the classroom before I could get there. So His Teacher had to call him out so I could get this picture.

This is Brekken! I was so glad that Bryan and him are in the same class.

Here is our group shot just before we sent Bryan to his class for good.

Tayela was sad that she couldn't stay with Bryan. So we fixed that problem by going to buy a slushy. Bryan is soo excited for the school year and he has great teachers. His teacher is Mrs. Corum and his aid is Mrs. Turley. Have a great year at school Bryan!!!

Tayela turned 3!!

2010-04-14T07:00:00.001-07:00

Tayela had a birthday!!! Almost a month ago! She turned 3 on March 20th! I cannot believe that she is so big! Here are some photos of this beautiful girl of ours!! She has a very funny personality and is very loving(most of the time) to her brother and sister! she always asks to wear my sunglasses!

on Sunday Tayela got really quiet so we went to see what she was up to and found her reading her scriptures!

She bought herself a make-up kit with her b-day money and loves it!

And Kambria is her model!

Whether she likes it or not!

Decorations for her party! She was really excited.

This is our Traditional b-day breakfast!

The cupcakes for her Friend party!

The Party people!

We were going to play with Water balloons outside but of course it decided to be yucky outside to we had to improvise! So we played balloon games inside!

Tayela telling you that she is 3.

Tayela we love you soo much! You are a great little girl and you are a great little helper. You know how to sing your ABC's and sing alot of song!!! You have an amazing imagination! You can count to 20 all by your self. Happy Birthday!

SNORES!

2010-03-09T12:56:00.000-08:00

The other day Bryan was talking to me telling me how excited he was about going to the Father's and Son's campout. He is planning on wearing his black camouflage pants.... He is taking Jamas this year, they will need toilet paper and a bean bag! So I then asked him Well where are you going to sleep? He said in his bean bag. So I corrected him and told him it's called a sleeping bag. Any who... I asked him well what are you going to eat for dinner? He says, A hotdog! OHHH and after that I am going to eat some SNORES!!!! (at this point I am starting to laugh because it was just to cute and funny). I said, Oh Really!! You are going to eat snores! He says... YEAH MOM! You know not the SNORES that go like this...... Picture Bryan making a snoring sound, the SNORES that you eat!!! YUMMM. That is when I lost it! I laughed uncontrollably all day! To stinkin funny!

Kambria's 1st Birthday!

2010-03-04T16:23:00.000-08:00

This Beautiful little girl turned one in January! I know I am almost two months behind. But that is just how is goes sometimes. All you moms out there understand.... right? Now back to Kambria I cannot believe how fast a year goes by. I just love this girl to pieces! I gave her the frosting container to throw away. then I turn around to find this. Why not enjoy the good stuff!

On Kambria's birthday we had Preschool at our house. It just so happens that our theme was balloons! So for her first birthday she got Balloons! And she was in Heaven! All of the kids ran the loop- to loop in my house with they balloons in hand!

Since it was Pre-school/ First Birthday I did cupcakes to avoid a huge mess! WRONG! 7 preschoolers+2 babies+ 9 cupcakes= HUGE MESS!

But it was GOOD! :)

This is out of order but see the one candle on top? I was trying to show her how to blow the candle out. Didn't work very well.

again out of order..... The cupcakes.....before the kids found them.

Kambria got this little car for her birthday. This is her checking it out! She loves it. And she can do some pretty awesome tricks on it! Just look at the above picture!

And this one. BAD picture but oh well. she loved the car.

Some of Kambria's accomplishments before he first birthday.....

She was crawling at 6 months

she was WALKING at 9 months.

she finally got some teeth somewhere around this time.

She loves her Big brother and Sister. She will play with them for hours.

She Jibber Jabbers ALOT! And get's a few words in there, like mama dadda, Ba (for Bryan) and LALA ( for Tayela)

She is so full of personality! And it's a funny one to! For example... the other day she was in Scott and I's bed in the morning. Scott had gotten up to take his shower and when he got out Kambria was awake but just laying there. He turns on the bedroom light and right as he did Kambria covers her eyes with her arm and says loudly DADDDDD!!!! It was the funniest thing. I laughed about it all day!

Kambria we love you so much and we are so glad you are a part of our family! Happy Birthday!

Here we GO!!!!!!

2010-01-21T20:01:00.000-08:00

So Here we go!!1 Here comes all of the blogs that I am behind on!! We will start with the first of the many events! Bryan's 5th Birthday!! Which was a month ago.... anyways Bryan wanted a Knight and Dragon birthday party so that is what we did.
Here is his cake that I made for him. This dragon took me like 2 hours to do. He better have loved that cake!
here is Bryanposing with the cake. Telling the WORLD that yes he is officially 5!!!!! Now he asks me everyday..... So is tomorrow the day that I get to go to kindergarten? and my answer never changes. Poor guy!

My sister tori drew this awesome dragon so we could play "pin the FIRE on the dragon"! It was awesome and the kids loved it!

The gang!!!

all the boys got these blow up swords to fight the dragon that you see sitting there. I was the lucky on e to sit behind the dragon when they were fighting it! They hit hard!! the girls that were there got Princess stuff.. Get it??? Knights..... Dragons..... Princesses!!!

so there you have the quick re-cap of Bryan's 5th Birthday!! I still can NOT believe that I have a 5 year old. But I absolutely adore him and love him sooo much. he is the best helper and the best big brother to his sisters. Some of my favorite things about Bryan are ...... the fact that he will not. i repeat WILL NOT go to bed with out reading his scriptures and saying his prayers. He is a great example to me!! He Loves to help me with cleaning... Vacuuming in particular. Like I said before...He is a great help and loves his sisters and they love him. he is quite the little entertainer. Loves to make everyone happy and have a good time!!!! And my favorite for sure is..... He still loves me and his daddy!!! AND he tells us everyday all day long!!!! I love you too Bryan.

WHEW!!!!

2010-01-15T21:24:00.000-08:00

So I know that it has been a while and I am sooo far behind on my posting! But that is just the way my life has been these last couple of weeks. To start off the Holiday season we had Brayn's 5 birthday! yes I do have a 5 year old. Then we had Christmas. then New Year's. Then Our 6th Anniversary. Coming this week Kambria's 1st birthday. so when I actually have the time to sit and Download pictures of all these fun and eventful activities I will do so.

I know all of you are thinking WELL What does she do all day!!! I do nothing! Just kidding. I have my kids plus an extra. I sometimes am in charge of pre-school. We do craft day, and playgroup. And this past week WAS CRAZY!! Tayela was super sick! She Threw up from FRIDAY until TUESDAY! Which equalls Doctors visits and the ER and tired and Cranky girl, Plus two CRAZY boys who can't sit still...Plus a teething baby who only wants to be held. What does all of this equal??? ANSWER------- NOTHING GETS DONE! WHEW !! Now I feel better!

Oh Christmas Tree!

2009-12-22T11:30:00.000-08:00

Here we have a picture story of: How to put up the Christmas Tree!
Step #1: the kids find the right color and hand the pieces to their dad. Step #2 The kids pose for a picture! This is a must do!

Step #3 Take a picture of the Tree putter upper! And so you can see the progress.

step #4 Take a picture of the cute baby playing in the lights as her daddy is trying to put them on the tree!

Step # 5 : show the tree with all the lights on it. And show how good I did at "fluffing the tree".

Step #6 : hang all of the ornaments on the tree. Step # 7: Bryan puts the start on the tree!

Step # 8: Sit Back and Enjoy the Beautified Tree!!!

Friends from Highschool

2009-12-22T11:22:00.000-08:00

So I am way behind but this was taken a while ago. But I got to finally see see friends from high school. I used to spend A LOT of time with these girls, and I just love them. Shenique came home from Colorado to visit her family and to bless her baby boy! So Us girls got to get together again. Me/ kambria, shenique/Matix , Kacey/Benjamin

Best Friends since the 5th grade!

and now we are moms!!

shenique swinging with Kambria

That the way things happen on the Polar Express!

2009-12-01T06:35:00.000-08:00

So we did it again!! We got to go on the polar express. Sorry there are a lot of pictures. But oh well. Here is the family waiting for the train to arrive!! (click on it to make it bigger)

the girls!

the Boys!

andon (my brother) and Jori and their boys went with us this year!

SISTERS!! TOO CUTE!

The kids all squished into the one window to see the North Pole.

My kids knew what was next.............. Santa coming through the DOOR!!!

Even Kambria was ready for him!

My kids getting their Bell from santa!

The kids showing off their bell!

And that's the way things happen on the Polar Express!!

Really!!!!

2009-11-19T12:47:00.000-08:00

Today I let Bryan dress himself. This is a very normal thing to do at our house. So I ask........ REALLY????????????? How in the world do you (Bryan) totally wreck your room in the 5 minutes that you were in there? Maybe you were on a treasure hunt and came up empty handed... Maybe you wanted to find your very favorite of all favorite shirts..... Maybe, I don't know, I should just ask REALLY???!! When I finally had 5 minutes to myself I walked down the hallway something caught my eye... could it be the thing hanging in Bryan's room! Yes that's what did it! And then I saw the ENTIRE ROOM!! I just laughed. I mean really what else could I do. It took me soooooo off guard. So i decided to take pictures and blog about it!

this is his dresser when he was finished. Like I said, maybe a lost treasure was in there. Who knows!

This is the thing that caught my eye! Yes you see that right. Those are Pajama pants hanging from the fan! And again all I have to say is................. REALLY!!!!!

This picture of Tayela has nothing to do with this post. But it was to cute not to put on the blog. Oh and coming soon!!!!! THE POLAR EXRESS PICTURES!

LATE!! Halloween Pictures

2009-11-13T08:54:00.000-08:00

well here you have it!! Here are the Halloween pictures. Scott and I went to a party at the church and were the Frankensteins. Here is the Close up of my crazy hair!

Our cool costumes!
(well Our kids thought we were cool)

Ninja Turtle Bryan.

Princess Snow White.

Cranky pumpkin ! She didn't like me at this moment!

this is the only group shot that was decent!

they were just to excited to go Trick or treating!

FUN FUN FUN!

2009-10-28T07:20:00.000-07:00

Wow! Where to start?! Sorry there are a lot of pics this time. We have been busy with all of these fun things.
To Start off.... Every thursday we do a craft day for the kids at the church.... with it being the Halloween season the kids turned themselves into goblins!!!! this is Tayela's SCARY face.

Goblin Bryan

This last weekend Grandpa and Grandma Larsen surprised us with a visit! We were all very excited to see them again! We love the visits we have with them. We also love that they both still love to play games. We played Rummikub... and Grandma Larsen is Good at it and is very competitive! It's Great!

Monday night...We went to my parents house and we had my early birthday dinner and a pumpkin carving party. Well The guys watched football.....

Here is My Scottie watching the game.... I think he smiled so I would hurry up and get out of the way! :)

Here is my dad Chillaxin!!! He is a great guy! And I love him!

Kambria and me! I took the picture so its kind of goofy

Here is proof that this girl eats!!! She spent half here time in here... and the other half

Doing this.... She helped me carve the "cat" pumpkin.

Bryan Helpedmy mom carve his pumpkin.... The Skull and cross bones. He calls it the Pirate pumpkin.

TOE!!! Oh Tori... she was funny. This was here first pumpkin carving experience. How that is possible.. I haven't figured it out yet. It doesn't make sense. I mean come on, she has a sister with a Halloween B-Day For crying out loud!
ANyways... This is her trying not to smile and her attempt at a "frustrated" face. Sad I know

This is Mami. she is my families Foreign Exchange student from Japan. This was here first pumpkin too!

My mother!!! She was having a good time! This is here 2nd pumpkin of the night.

this is Tayela's finished product.

This is Bryan's finished product!

It was a great family night and Thanks for the early b-day party!

Bryan!

2009-10-06T12:19:00.001-07:00

Okay!!!! Today we are going to talk about Bryan!!! Bryan is going to turn 5 in December!! Honestly I can't believe it! any ways in the last few months Bryan has accomplished alot! So I just wanted to mention a few more so for myself than anything else. So Bryan, you have been able to write your own name now for about a year! And now you are so very determined to start writing that you have given yourself homework! Yes I did say YOU gave yourself homework! you sit down and practice writing your ABC's and your numbers. And you are doing a fantastic job! Bryan is getting very good at identifying letters and numbers and I know will do excellent in school next year!
Bryan you are a very determined kid!!!!! The other day you asked me to teach you how to tie you shoe. So I showed you and helped you a few times. And for the rest of the day INSTEAD of playing you sat the all day and "tied" your shoe. At the end of that day you DID IT! All by your self. You showed your dad when he got home and from then on we can no longer help you! Good job! Let's see....... Oh another big one That MOM was super excited about! You finally gave in to wiping your own bum! I know its kind of gross but I did the Happy Dance that day! Thank you for accomplishing that one!
So onto other things.......
Bryan has been plaing soccer and LOVES it. His team name is the Red Hots. And he was SOOO excited because his team color is red. That is his favorite color. He is doing really good. He has scored a couple of goals.... but mostly it's run up and down the field and try not to run over the whole herd of kids running to kick this little soccer ball. It is alot of fun to watch. We love you Bryan, and I Hope you stay like you are and always be determined to accomplish everthing in life! Soccer Boy he is # 2

Warming up before the game.

One of his cutest fans!!

And this is you and the other cute fan!

SHIRTS!!! For Sale!?

2009-09-23T07:34:00.000-07:00

I am making shirts!! Here are my kids modeling them for your pleasure! They say Wildcats on the back, and down the sleeve say's TOE . That is there nick name for aunt tori! The letters are lined in Blue and Gold for the school colors! Tell me what you think. Let me know if you want one... They will be $12. Can't you just see how Excited Toe was!

Where does the time go?

2009-09-11T08:23:00.000-07:00

So to start off this little(big) blog.... we will talk about these two lovelies here! Tayela and Kambria pose for the camera just because their mom thinks they are too cute! This next one we are going to report the progress Kambria is making! She will be 8 months old on the 20th. 8 MONTHS! Wow how time flies! She has been crawling for over a month now. She loves to play peek-a-boo. That what the picture below is. She Walks along the couch, of course after she pulls herself up.

She just has the cutest chubbiest smile ever. And she will now smile for the camera when asked! YES! She is doing great and I believe soon, to soon she will be keeping up with Bryan and tayela!

This is bryan and Tristan..... Being silly as ever. Tristan is the boy I watch he is the same age as bryan. Bryan thinks it is wonderful that he gets to have a Friend come over every day!

Here we have Miss Tayela. She thought she looked way to pretty not to get a picture.

And Here is where we talk about Joseph! He is now officially on his mission as of 09/09/09! We went to there house Monday before he left for his being made an Elder and Family pics. So he pulled a funny and came down before all of that Dressed up nice... We all said how nice he looked...then he sat down...... and WHAM!!! White Socks! Nice one JOE!

Kambria and Joseph before the mission.

Bryan, Joseph, Kambria, and Tayela. Group hug for Joe. They are really going to miss Uncle Joe Joe!

Here our whole family with Joe. We are all so proud of Joseph. Bryan really looks up to him, and already can't wait to go on his mission. Tayela, she just wanted to go with Joe Joe to his mission! She really misses him. But we will color lots of Picture and send them his way! Joseph.......Have a great 2 years in Macon Georgia!

Coming soon!!!!

2009-09-08T11:03:00.000-07:00

I promise there will be pictures of what has been going on.... life is just busy and Joseph just left for his mission sooo.... all of that coming soon!

Before I forget......

2009-08-11T08:08:00.001-07:00

Scott and I got to play on a co-ed softball team this summer and it was pure awesomeness!!!! ( had to out that in there for Bryan) We really did have a great time! Our team was Henling Tech. Scott hit several home runs!!! And always came home saying Man that was so much fun I am glad we played! I some times had a good hit... but mostly I would swing the bat hoping for this awesome hit and it would go something like this... SWING, dink.....dink,dink, dink. Turned out to be more like a bunt. SO Then I would have to get them legs going so I could make it to first base. But I loved it and can't wait until next summer! Oh And we were the league Champions!! So therefore I now have 5 softball championships! Thanks everyone for putting up with us Larsens you all did great and really it was so much fun!

Lake Powell Vacation!

2009-08-04T08:23:00.000-07:00

This is our lake powell vacation! We set up camp, play games, play in the water, sit and relax, play on the boats and Jet ski, play in the dirt, and eat. So enjoy the pictures and I might have some more soon.

One of the many things scott made in the sand.

here is a funny face he made... and two seconds after I took the picture is broke.

Scottie cooking breakfast!

The ducks came every morning just so the kids could feed them.

Kambria hanging out with my mom.

Bryan playing with my cousin Max. they had so much fun together.

Aunt Tori

The dinosaur that Scottie and his Cousin Joseph Ricks made. This guy didn't fall apart. He was pretty cool!

our last post is all about our Utah trip. Read it if you like.

Our Utah Vacation in a Nutshell

2009-08-04T07:10:00.001-07:00

So all of these pictures are completley backwards but oh well I will tell you about them backwards I guess. So Our Utah trip consisted of a Huge family Reunion! There were somewhere around 144 people there and that is not all of us. This was Scott's Family. Anyways, the picture below describes perfectly how we all felt after the trip.

This Next Picture was us at the Salt Lake Temple! This picture was taken on top of the Conference Center. This was my first time seeing the conference center and I think that building is amazing!! Scott and I got to attend a wedding in the Salt Lake Temple that day for Paul Ricks and His Bride Stephanie!! It was absolutley wonderful!

this picture is one of the activities for the reunion! We all went bowling. My kids loved it and We almost got a family picture. But kambria was sleeping and Tayela well she was done. It's because I decided to be in a picture.

This next one was before I jumped in!!! and well you see the difference!

This is who Kambria got to hang out with while the others were bowling. She just likes to snuggle up to her pop! She was really crashed out! I wonder if he smells good?

This picture of Kambria is at the Family Dance! She enjoyed watching Bryan and Tayela run and Dance. ( On a side note... Kambria is now 6 months old. She is almost crawling. and eating really well. For her crawling she puts her little bum straight up in the air, moves a foot forward, then an arm, and then face dives. But she will have it down by the end of the week I am sure. I Leave the room for a minute and she is across it from doing her little moves. It's to stinking cute!)

Oh how I wish this picture wasn't so dark! this is one of my very favorites. This is Great Grandma Larsen (For my kids anyways, Scott's Grandma) And those are my kids dancing with her!! It was so sweet!

Tayela taking a break from the many cousins to eat a nice refreashing popcicle!

this one I think is so funny. This was the start of the trip! Well Kind of. We stopped in Kanab for a potty break and well my kids loved being out of their seats for a few minutes. And if you look Closely you can see that our car was stuffed!

This was our stop on Page at my grandparents house the day before we drove to Utah. We decided to break the trip up for the kids. My grandparents backyard is the Golf Course in Page so we went for a walk and rolled down the hills!

4th of July Family Pictures.

2009-07-03T14:18:00.000-07:00

so we decided to take our traditional 4th of july pictures today. I think they turned out really well. And we all had a good time doing it! The best part is.......... are kids never cried. Thanks Elaine for taking them. Kambria.... finally looking up!

Bryan flying on the Train.

Tayela on the Kaboose ladder.

yes we are still in love!

the family...

on the end of the Kaboose!

I had to add this one... the kids were getting a little
BORED!

The kids by the waterfall. One of my favs.

Kambria sitting up by herself! Proof! I wasn't lying.

Tayela. We tryed to get her sideways. But we said okay
look at Amme, and she would turn.

Bryan, my handsome boy!

This is our favorite family picture!

So there you have it. our morning adventure of taking family photos! :)

a little of this, a little of that.......

2009-06-29T15:38:00.000-07:00

This is usually what my house looks like.......when I get out of the shower. Why??? Well the 4 year old and the 2 year old like to make messes for the 5 minutes that I am gone, and they are good at it! What you can't see......smashed crackers and cereal, spilt water, and the blanket on the couch.....yeah that's a sleeping baby! How?? I don't know! So where are these partners in crime????

Oh here they are!!!! Still in their jama's well one of them. And yes they are outside playing on the tree we tore out of our yard. Getting stickers in the little bums. Notice the lovely bed head hair on the 2 year old!!!! I really can't say that because it usually looks like that!!! YIKES!!! They only look innocent!

This picture of me......well Bryan is learning how to use the camera. So everyone got pictures taken.

This...........I like this......I think my scottie looks good in the Tractor! He was moving rock. The kiddos thought it was pretty awesome that their Daddy new how to use a tractor!

This is the shot of Kambria....... who by the way is already 5 months, and rolls over, and sit's up by herself, who likes to ramble on about things, who likes to DEVOUR food, and who always gets loves from everybody. I will post pictures of all that next time.

that is a picture of the 2 year old. Tayela always ready to give a cheesy smile. I love it!

this is the 4 year old. My cute, handsome boy! I love him too! ALot! So there is our little story....well one of our many little stories!

Candid Camera

2009-06-09T17:03:00.000-07:00

I took the kids to my backyard to try and get a decent picture for my wall. You know until I can get with Luanne to get good ones. anyways here you go.

now I learned a couple of things from this. 1) I am NOT a photographer. 2) Kids do not like to sit still. 3) Now I know why you always see the parent in the background jumping around, clapping their hands, and making noises. and 4) my kids are pretty stinkin cute! But hey that just might be cause they are mine!

Rain,Rain go away......

2009-05-29T14:02:00.000-07:00

This past week we had RAIN!! almost everyday. I walked into my kitchen to find Bryan and Tayela sitting like this. (total cat and the hat moment right?)

And with all the rain we had we mowed the lawn twice in 2 days....and I am not kidding. Its crazy.

Scott bought us dinner and when he got home all of the kids wanted him...........so they helped him eat his dinner, or should I say fed him his dinner.

Kambria has found her toes.....and she uses them well.

and last but not least........Tayela went to Ava's birthday party. It was a dress up Fancy Nancy tea party. She had alot of fun and looked to cute!

Sprinklers

2009-05-22T11:57:00.000-07:00

Now that there is grass to play on in the back yard we are definitely taking advantage of it and the warm weather. We played in the sprinklers!!!! So fun. We will be outside alot this summer.

Before and After!

2009-05-19T07:17:00.001-07:00

First thing ........... Kambria is now 4 months old!!!! She is just the happiest little baby ever. She laughs and smiles all the time and she is trying her hardest to roll over.... almost there. I don't know how much she weighs I know that next week. So now onto the post title............

Before....

After....

Before.......

After.....

Before.....

After..........

WE Have a GREEN Back yard.. ......... YEAH!!!!!

I'm Back!!!!

2009-05-08T07:31:00.001-07:00

I took a simple time out for myself for about 2 weeks. What did I do...........well I read the Twilight series.... yes I like them. It was fun to read. I am ready now to watch the next movie. So now I am back to my normal routine and so I am catching up on everything. Let's see here is whats happening here.... We planted grass 2 weeks ago and now we have a backyard covered in grass and we can play in it this Saturday!!!! Whoohooo!!!! I will post the before and after pictures next time. So I think thats about it. Oh and today I am going to say HAPPY ANNIVERSARY To my mom and dad it's been 27 years.... and also to G-ma and G-pa James..... 50 years!!!! Love you guys!

Birthday and Stop lights!

2009-04-21T08:59:00.000-07:00

Today is my Scottie's birthday!! Happy Birthday Scott I love you. But I am not going to sit here and brag about how awesome you are! I already know that. But I am going to tell one of our funny stories. So here we go. Right after Scott and i got married we lived in Thatcher. We lived in a studio apartment that was right across the street form the post office. And if we had a back door or window we would have been able to see this lovely little park with some benches and green grass and trees. Like I said it backed our apartment and it was also across the street from the post office and across the street from Eastern Arizona College. Any way...... At night we would always go on a walk to the Bell Tower (this is where we had our first kiss and where he asked me to marry him). Then we would walk back and sit in this lovely little park. One night we decided we were bored and in Thacther there really isn't much Traffic at night. So we decided that we would push the stoplight button (you know the one you push to walk across the street) everytime we heard a car coming. So we would quickly run to it push it and wait for the car. So the funny part is it would make the only car on the road have to stop and wait for like 5 minutes. We would sit and laugh and laugh some more. It was even better when they had their windows down and we could here what was being said. More laughing and giggling.....we were tucked away on the park bench so they couldn't see us. So here is the funny part.... after who knows how many cars we made wait at the stop light we are now getting payback.... I guess we can call it that. Here we are 5 years later in a completly different town and we always always get stuck at this stop light.. Particularly at night coming back from his parents house. We pull up to the light...it turn's red. We wait like any normal person would........the light for the other traffic turns red....then green again!!!! Wait what!!!! what about us!!!! So here we are at our second red light.... and we are still the only ones stoped... The only car in sight!!! So I guess it's a true statement.........: what goes around comes around! LOL It is still such a fun memory and every time we get stuck we just have to laugh I mean really what can you do! Love you Scott!!! Happy Birthday!

BLAH!!!!

2009-04-14T08:55:00.000-07:00

all i have to say is................... FOOD POISONING.......... blah!!!!! I HATE IT!

2009-04-08T07:25:00.000-07:00

Stats on the kids.............

Kambria------ 2months,2 weeks, 5 days
12lbs. 30z. 22.5 in.

Tayela------ 2years, 2weeks, 5 days

24lbs. 34in. tall

Bryan----- 4years, 3months,2 weeks, 5days old

39 lbs. 44in. tall

The Wind......oh the wind

2009-04-08T07:13:00.000-07:00

This is Bryan....... washing the car.............

This is Tayela.....washing the car.......

This was Bryan and Tayela resting up

so they could wash the car.

(look out the back window...... the wind storm!)

This is the view from our car window......

(The picture doesn't even do it justice)

This is one of the windstorms that happens oh lets say

every other day here..... okay I might be exaggerating

a little bit..... it's every 3 days okay! I know there are many

of you who also get to experience this wind. But some of you

don't and are probably thinking oh they always complain about

the wind. Well....... you come spend a day with me. Then you will

see what I am talking about. You will see why we all hybernate until

it is done blowing. We only brave the wind if we absolutly have to.

So back to the top of this post.... My kid will be washing my car all

the time if the wind keeps coming. Good thing the still think its fun!

Listen to your little ones

2009-03-27T12:20:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered why we are always told to be like our little ones? Well today as I was running some arrands Bryan asked me if I wanted to hear him sing a song about Jesus. So I said sure, Bryan is always making up his own songs about everything, sometimes I admit i have so many things going through my mind that i don't always listen. Today I did. This is what he was singing....." I love Jesus, I want to be like Jesus, so I can have his power. I listen to the Prophets so I don't get lost. But when I do Jesus is always with me. I love Jesus....." He kept going on and on. But really wow. I mean It really makes me wonder how much they know and again I realize why they are so special. I am definatly blessed to have them in my life.

Happy Birthday Tayela!

2009-03-20T07:27:00.000-07:00

Today is Tayela 2nd Birthday! I cannot believe that she is already 2! I just wanted to post some pictures of her to show everyone just how fun this girlie is. So the picture of her with the pink glasses.........she loves them. We found them at our old rental house. I think she could pull off that look. Don't you? The next one.....well this is how she helps me "fold" the laundry. she puts on as much clothing as she can. This time she decided to go for a "toga" look. Again she pulled off the look. LOL. And it took forever to get her untangled out of all those clothes! Then the last two are of this morning. We make birthday pancakes with candles.....she loved it and had no problem blowing the candles out! (notice in all of these pictures....her lovely hair dew. i promise I do her hair she just gets home and pulls it out.....then of course we get these crazy fros!) We Love you so much Tayela......... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2009-03-15T17:13:00.001-07:00

Well I guess when you have a comment as vague as I was about having good news you get a wide variety of responses. No I am not pregnant. I just had a baby in January, so a little to soon for that one. However my husband decided that it was time to get a bigger car to haul everyone around with and so we got a new car. It is a Mercury Mountaineer. It is a nice car. We have more than enough room for everyone and Bryan and Tayela have enjoyed sitting in the back seat. It seams to fit our family and financial needs. However it does have a few cool things that came with it. Leather seats and those seat warmers. I haven't tried it out but it sounded cool. An automatic seat adjuster thing. So if I push a button the seat moves to my length and if Scott gets in he can auto adjust to where he likes it. It is a cool feature because once you get the seat where you like it someone else drives the car and adjusts everything and you can never find that spot again. So that is all the good news.

40 Dollars can go a long way!

2009-03-11T14:31:00.000-07:00

So Tayela's birthday is in about a week and a half and Grandma and Grandpa James sent her a birthday card. In it was 2$ for Tayela cuz she's 2. And then 40$ for me to go shopping for G-ma James to get Tayela what she needed. So that is what I did. I got her 4 shirts, a pair of capri pants, and a Dress with this cute little sweater,and a bow, and 2 giant Flowers to decorate her room. So thanks G-ma and G-pa for that and I think that we spent it well.

So for other things........nothing to exciting......okay there is but I can't tell yet so you all just have to wait. Anyways the kids let me take pics of them to see if we could get some good ones for our wall. Okay so I am not a photographer.... but the kids make them look cute anyways.

And last but not least................... Happy Birthday Tori!!!!!! (tomorrow) You are the coolest littlest sister ever! I hope you have had a awesome 17 years! I love you and hope that you have a great day! And the kiddos say "HAppy BiRthday TOE!!!!"

My son is going to be famous and Baby Blessings!

2009-03-03T13:31:00.000-08:00

this picture is why I say my son is going to be famous! He drew this just from his memory..... our family portrait! Yes yes he did!!! And it is Fabulous!!!! I can totally see the resemblance! So for only being 4 I think its very impressive! LOL. So the line up is Bryan is the blue one then Tayela, the Kambria and then there is me the yellow one, and the green one is Scott. I love it Bryan you did a great job! So if any one wants a family drawing from Bryan just let me know! The other photos of Bryan and Tayela is the aftermath of playing in the chalk and the lovely winslow dirt!

So onto Kambria.........we had her Baby Blessing Sunday March 1st. All of our family.....well most of our family got to be their! Lets see we had my mom and dad. D.J., Tawni and Tori. We had Scott's Family......His mom and dad. Joseph. Isaac and Tera and their kids. Adam and Tara and their kids. Justin and Rachel and their kids. Michael and Sarah and their kids. And Maury and Virginia's family. They are in our ward but is still great to have them there. So all in all it was great to have you all there. Thanks so much for coming! We really love you all and appreciate the support. Scott did a wonderful job with the blessing. It was really beautiful. I am so very grateful that he is able to give these special blessings. I love you Scottie!

Pictures for Grandma to see!

2009-02-26T06:06:00.000-08:00

Well this last week was a good one. Nothing to exciting. Lets see I built a brick wall in our back yard. (it where our garden is going to be). We planned what our back yard is going to look like. I think that we are going to get sod! Yeah! Instant grass! Bryan and Tayela still enjoy playing together and fighting and buggin each other but they still have so much fun! They are both really funny kids. Bryan has a new friend! He just has a blast playing with Mason! He askes everyday if he can go play. Tayela is going to be 2 soon. WOW! And Kambria is going like a weed. Shes so fun. Well thats all I have to say right now so there ya go!

Where does the time go?

2009-02-18T15:09:00.000-08:00

Really that is my question. Where does the time go? Does anyone have a answer for me? Kambria is already a month old! I just can't believe it. The time does fly when you have three little somebodies to care for. I really just can't believe how fast the days go by. They are filled with lots of fun things and many funny and memorable moments. I absolutely love and adore all of them. They are just amazing to me. I love and am so grateful that I am able to be a mother and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I mean really who could trade these three adorable kids?

Sword Fighting Part 2

2009-02-04T12:23:00.000-08:00

Okay so here is how things played out! The picture of me is what I did after the sword fight was done I want to the kicthen and made home made pizza! It was yummy if I do say so my self. The picture of my girls Tayela was making sure Kambria was surviving the fighting.

This is a picture of Kambria with her EYES OPEN! Now the next pictures are the after math of all the fun. Scott sat down and rested with Kambria.

Tayela passed out on the couch! And Bryan went to Work on his daddy's computer! He thinks it is the coolest thing ever to get to play the computer.

This is a Picture of my mom with both of her granddaughters! Aren't they cute! And that is my dad holding the newest addition!

Sword Fighting!

2009-02-04T12:09:00.000-08:00

Well the other day my kids and Scott got into a very intense sword fight! Scott and Tayela were on one team and Bryan was on the other. We had just gotten done watching Hook, and Sinbad so this was fresh on their minds and Bryan remembered every move. While all of this was happening I was the one sitting with Kambria and taking all the fun pictures of this event. Hope you all enjoy!

Some more Pictures

2009-01-29T07:37:00.000-08:00

these pictures are when we first got home from the hospital. That is why i look so lovely. The one is our first family picture. Well our first family picture of 5. Then the rest are the kids getting used to seeing the new baby sister. And the last one is of Kambria snuggling with her daddy. I will keep posting more pictures so everyone can see our new fun family.

ONE WEEK ALREADY

2009-01-27T14:58:00.000-08:00

Can you believe that it has already been a week! I can't! Kambria is doing great. She eats very well and sleeps alot. She even does okay at night. The first night home she slept for six hours. That was awesome! She is so fun to watch and just hold and cuddle with. I love watching babies when they get little bubbles in their tummy and start to laugh or get really big smiles on their face. They are just the most precious little things ever!
Bryan and Tayela are enjoying being the big brother and big sister! They love to help and give Kambria hugs and kisses. They are doing wonderful with the new bundle of joy. They always sing her songs and will sit and talk to her whenever they can. I think kids are just the most amazing things ever! I am really thankful for all 3 of mine and for the joy and adventures the do and will bring to our lives!

Happy BIRTHDAY Kambria

2009-01-20T21:02:00.000-08:00

Well I figured that I would do the right thing and post some pictures of my new baby Girl. Just so you know Shandi is still in the Hospital recovering and she was awesome. I decided that I would tell the story so that everyone knows.

Last night Shandi and I were getting ready for bed and Bryan always asks when his sister is going to come out. So we always would tell him, "when she is ready." Well that wasn't going to work anymore for him and he wanted the baby to come out. So in his nightly prayer he prayed that she would come out tomorrow. After the prayer we smiled at each other and we decided that we were going to play some tetris. Well Shandi had a few good contractions for about an hour and then we went to bed. Well the next day Shandi came and picked me up from work to go to her appointment around 2:45 p.m. on Jan 20th. All the time joking about the fact that all of our kids have been born on the 20th of a month and today was the day. We got into the room and the doctor checked her and he said "well looks like your going to the hospital because your already at a 6 or so." We both just laughed and said " you have got to be joking right." Well he wasn't and we went and got Shandi's bag from home and checked into the Hospital. (No one believed that we were going to have a baby) As we walked down the hall several people asked "are you the one that is having the baby, you can't be! That is not right that your that far along and you are just walking down the hall." Well to make a not so long story shorter they broke her water at 5:15 p.m. or so and at 6:39 out came the baby. Shandi was so awesome, I was amazed. First she didn't have any drugs or pain medication. I could only think PAIN, LOTS and LOTS of PAIN. But she was a champ and is feeling good. (as good as you can feel after having a baby) But here are some pics. I am sure that she will write and tell you more when she gets out, but I am a proud husband and father. I don't know how people can not believe there is a God and and have gone through such a spiritual experience. Oh ya Her name is Kambria Skye she was 6 lbs 13 oz and was 20 inches long. Light brown hair. Just the most perfect thing.

Catching UP!

2009-01-07T14:07:00.000-08:00

Well here is an update for the Larsen Family. Bryan had his 4th birthday!!!! I can't believe that I have a 4 year old. He has gotten so big and is really very smart and is a wonderful big brother!! We love you Bryan. Then... We made it through Christmas..... we had a great family get together for Scott's family on Christmas Eve. We started that day with an ultra sound and got to see our baby. Then we went straight to the Church for our nephews baptism. Then that night we had dinner with all the family and some of the cousins. It was alot of fun and the kids got to run around like crazy little chickens. It was a fun and enjoyble time. Sorry I would put the pictures in but my computer is being complicated. Now for christmas morning...we wake up, our kids open their presents.......you know the fun stuff. Santa brought our kids these really awesome bean bag chairs.....best investment ever!!!!!!!!! Then we went and had breakfast at Scott's parents house. Opened some more presents and then we were off to my parents house in Joe City! We get there and of course open some more presents. It was alot of fun and very enjoyable. So now on to new years... nothing to exciting. We played games at Scott's sisters house until about 9 and then we came home the kids went to sleep and Scott and I watched the movie Hancock. Happy new year! So the next day The 2nd of Jan. was our annivesary. Happy Anniversary Scott!! Its been a wonderful 5 years. We had a good day. It started by taking our kids to breakfast at denny's and it was yummy food. Then we came home and just relaxed for a while. Scott helped his sister and her husband take shingles off their house. Then that night we had a good family dinner at home. Planned a family camp out in our living room and watched the movie enchanted together. I had a wonderful time. I think it was awesome to spend most of the day and night all together as a family. So that was the holidays for us in a nutshell. Now on to more exciting things. Our next..........a new baby. I had my apointment today. I am 36 weeks and could be ready to go anyday. So I will keep all of you updated on that. And sorry I really do have pictures but like I said my computer is being complicated. so I will try again later.

The Polar Express Adventure

2008-12-21T09:25:00.000-08:00

Well I thought that I would let you know how our experience went with the Polar Express. On December 17th we all loaded into the car and began driving to Williams, Az. The drive started out on a good note. It was a little rainy but that is typical of Winslow if it is snowing other places it is raining in Winslow even if it is 29 degrees. Weird I know. As we got closer to Flagstaff we started to see snow on the side of the road and it really looked nice. When we pulled into Flagstaff there was some snow on the road and it was a little slick, however, Scott is a good driver so I wasn’t worried. After visiting with Isaac’s Family (Scott’s Brother), we headed out to finish our Journey to Williams. That is where the fun began.
It started to snow and the roads were a little slick but we got to The Polar Express. When we got out of the car it just so happened that we parked the farthest away from the depot that we could. (We didn’t know) So with 15 minutes before the train was going to leave we walked as fast as we could through the snow for about 200 yards. (Boy that was a good time) When we went to pick up out tickets the lady said that our car was right outside the door and was labeled Car K. We walked out the door to see Car B. (Those that know their alphabet know that we had a long ways to walk) Right then the conductor announced “if you’re on the 6:30 ride of the Polar Express we are now leaving.” We started to walk as fast as we could only to find out that our train car was clear back right next to our car where we had parked. When we got there the door was closed and we couldn’t get on the train. At the last minute a person opened the door and we hurried onto our car and actually had the best seats in the car with the most leg room. That was nice. I won’t mess up the experience if you’re planning on going next year, but it was awesome. We sang all the Christmas songs (Luckily they had a book with them all in there) Drank hot chocolate and ate a cookie just like in the movie. We got to the North Pole and saw Santa and picked him up for the ride back. The kids were so excited they couldn’t stand it. Although they said not to stop Santa and take pictures, he was a nice guy and let us take some pictures with him. All in all it was a good experience and one that I would recommend.
After we got off the train is when round two of fun began. Luckily the train stopped right in front of our car and we were one of the first ones to leave. We went to McDonalds to catch something to eat but for some reason Scott’s cards wouldn’t read in their machine so the manager just gave us the meal for free. (That was nice) As we were waiting for our food Bryan slipped on the wet floor and hit his head on the chair and then on the floor. Somehow he was still alive. We then Left Williams and found that we could only see 30 yards ahead of us on the freeway, and the roads were covered with about 1 inch of ice and snow. The only way we knew where to go was by following the tracks that people had left for us in the snow. Needless to say we drove 20-35 mph all the way to Flagstaff. A 20 minute trip turned into a 1 hour stress show. Truckers would drive by us all fast and completely cover our car with snow. When we arrived to Flag we ran into more snow and could only see about 15 yards in front of the car. The only thing that Scott and I could think of was that it would be better on the other side of the mountain. WE finally got to the other side of Flagstaff and ran into a clear sky that was beautiful. We thought we were in the clear. Well about 10 miles outside of Flagstaff we hit a bunch of fog and rain and again could only see 30 yards.
When all was said and done we got home at 11 or so and we were both tired from the drive. Later that night we discovered that Bryan had a concussion from hitting his head on the chair and floor. He threw up several times. Despite all of the crazy things that happened, I believe that we will try and go next year. However, we will try and go earlier in December to avoid the snow. So that is our trip on The Polar Express.

The Polar Express!

2008-12-17T06:15:00.000-08:00

Well tonight is the night! Yes we are going on the Polar Express. This is what Bryan asked for for his birthday. He has been asking me every night before he goes to sleep if tonight was the night that the train was going to come. I ordered the tickets back in August. So YEAH it's finally here. Tayela has even realized that she gets to go and ride the train and see SANTA! It's fun, and I am excited because my kids are excited, and to make things even better......there is actually snow! Anyways I will update with pictures when I get them. HAHA who know when that will be. Hopefully sooner than later.

Dinner Ideas!

2008-12-08T06:57:00.000-08:00

So I am calling out to all of you fellow bloggers. I need some good and different dinner ideas. I always try to make a list for the week but I am failing. Here's my problem...... I am pregnant......food sounds really good.... I just don't know what kind or what I want to cook. So I go to the husband cause you know I cook for him too... to get ideas or what he wants to eat. He then says, well you the one thats picky right now so you decide. So I am asking for ideas from all of you and hoping to expand our dinner idea list. So please help. It will be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks

Thanksgiving Fun!

2008-12-01T15:54:00.000-08:00

These are our family pictures. there the one of Scott and I and my heavy front side. Thats just going to have to count as my pregnant picture. Then theres the one of my family. And then there the one of the girls. Everyone was pampering Tayela. she loves to have her fingers and toes painted. And the curlers in her hair was great g-ma James' doing. she was sitting on the couch with curlers in her hair so Tayela wanted to join her.

2008-12-01T15:26:00.000-08:00

This is our family picture. With G-pa James, Tori, Dad, D.J., Tawni, Andon, Scott and Tayela in back from left to right. And in the front we have G-ma James, mom with Jaden, Jori with Troy, and me with Bryan

This is the grandkid picture. Jayden and Troy are on the left they are Andons kids and then mine are on the right. Bryan and Tayela.

The picture below is aunt Tawni and Tayela just having some fun.

Just a few random pictures

2008-11-18T06:10:00.000-08:00

Both of these pictures are taking in the front of our house. You can't see much of it but thats it!

This is a normal day in the life of my kids. They only look innocent!
Bryan wanted to wear his robe. So I had to find something to make do for Tayela.

Getting ready to go to church. This pic

is an older one.

I finally got some film develpoed. These pictures are some older ones but there are also recent ones. So hopefully you all enjoy. My kids have grown up so much. And I finallly figured out how to do this the right way! Took me long enough. Lets just say...........I am not a computer person. Have a great day!

8 to 10 weeks?!

2008-11-14T13:35:00.000-08:00

So in the last week or so I have had a lot of people who know that I am pregnant ask me "How far along are you?" That's a great question! I know it's horrible but with the other kids running around and keeping me busy I just really haven't thought about it. So I had my doctors apt. today and well my stomach measured to 28 weeks. he said that's great right on track. So that means I am about 28 almost 29 weeks. So I only have like ten weeks tops left to go. WOW!!! Where has the time gone. Really it was a shocker to me. Then I got to thinking..... well I have got to get a lot of stuff done. I have to find all the little baby girl clothes get them out and washed.....get the bassinet back to my house....... get the girls room ready and organized so that two will fit in there without a bed being under a window. And whatever else there is. And then as I was thinking all of this I realized that the time I have left is going to fly by. Why you might ask well because it's the Holidays. We have Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Our anniversary, and then Baby Kambria is going to be here! So there you have it. That I guess is my last ten weeks of pregnancy! Whew...... hopefully it really goes as smooth as that sounds.

I finally got a few pictures!

2008-10-31T15:09:00.000-07:00

I hope that you all enjoy. I finally had my mom download pictures so I could put them up there. Just my kids in thier Halloween costumes.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2008-10-30T07:19:00.000-07:00

So I am really excited for tomorrow. I know it's silly and some people are bothered by Halloween. But I've got to love it. It's my birthday and I get to go and spend the day with my three favorite people ever! All morning long I get to be with my kids and take them to Pre-School all dressed up in their costumes. They are going to be Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. They are so excited to go show the other kids their costumes. Then my sister-in-law is nice enough to take my kids after that so Scott and I can go to lunch! Wow...... lunch by ourselves. AWESOME! Then of course later all of us get to go to the Trunk-or-treat and get the goods. :) I really enjoy the fact that my kids will be happy and excited all day about this, which makes for a good day for me. That's the best birthday present ever... Happy kids and being with my family. Any ways I will get my moms camera and try to post some pics for every one to see. Have a great day and a Happy Halloween!

update on my dad and I have been Tagged!

2008-10-23T08:36:00.000-07:00

So my dad went to the doctor on monday in showlow. They did alot of testing gave him medications and sent him home. Well the nest day we went to visit and keep grandpa entertained. He was hurting a little bit. Well yesterday he woke up and his lungs and chest were hurting him so my mom took him to Flag to get a second opinion. Good thing. The immediatly put him in the hospital did more testing, and a cat scan. They found 2 bloodclots in his lungs. Which are not life threatning. They later did surgery to put a net in his leg to catch anymore breakage. During the surgery another piece broke off and went to his lungs. He is doing okay kind of having a hard time breathing.....well it hurts him. But is getting better. So thanks for all those ho have had him in your thoughts and prayers.

Okay now for the tag.

4 random things I love about my husband

1- He's all mine and will be forever!!!
2- I absolutely love his giggle when he is playing with our kids.
3- He has told me that he will have 4 jobs before I ever have to go to work. He really loves and supports our family.
4- Everything about him..... he's the best!

4 jobs I've had

1-cashier at speedy's during highschool.
2- Mr. G's pizza and sub maker.
3- Dental Assistant
4- Banquet staff in thatcher.. We decorated for weddings. I loved it!

4 movies I've watched more than once

1- You've got Mail
2- Cars( I can quote the entire movie)
3- Rocky ( I know but Scott loves them so does Bryan)
4- Enchanted

4 TV shows I watch

1- I don't have TV but if I did I would watch HGTV I love those shows. And I would watch the Backyardagains with my kiddos!

4 places I've been

1- Georgia
2- Florida( Walt Disney World)
3- Mexico
4- Japan!

4 places I've lived

1- Thatcher
2- Tucson
3- Flagstaff
4- Winslow

4 of my favorite foods

1- Mexican
2- Grandpa James' home cooking!!!! MMMM.... (he's a southern cooker)
3- Thanksgiving dinner! Does that count?
4- Chicken..... I eat alot of chicken.

4 places I would like to visit

1- Minnesota ( I want to take scott back. That was his mission)
2- Dineyland ( Scott has never been)
3- Hawaii
4- All of the church sites

4 people I tag

1-Emilie
2- Tara
3- Jamie
4- Lisa

Pray for my dad

2008-10-20T15:10:00.000-07:00

My dad went to the Dr. today and he has a blood clot from his knee to his groin. So please keep him in your prayers. I don't know much else right now last I heard he was at the ER in Showlow and will probably end up in Phoenix. But not sure. I will keep all informed. Again just remember him in your thoughts and prayers.

Gotta love them kids!

2008-10-20T12:00:00.001-07:00

So this is my second try for this blog. My computer froze earlier so I am doing this again. On Friday we had a fun adventure!! So we are all here having a nice evening at home. I was starting to cook some dinner and the Kids were watching Enchanted, and Scott was trying to find the BYU football game on the Internet. Anyways... Bryan takes off running for the bathroom. He comes out and starts watching the movie again. Normal right? So while Scott and I are in the Kitchen getting the table set and cheese graded and all that fun stuff. I realize that Tayela is missing. She is not watching the movie. So I go and find her. Well this precious little girl is in the bathroom. (Bryan did not close the door or the TOILET LID!) I find Tayela with a rag in her hands and her hands in the toilet! Yes this girl was just trying to clean the toilet for us and she was full of smiles and so very proud of herself. I of course was completely disgusted and yelled at Scott to come here now! She was soaked from head to toe in lovely toilet water! Our bathroom floor was flooded with toilet water. Scott comes in and starts laughing and then tells his daughter "Tayela no that's bad..... that's REALLY YUCKY!!! " I had already told her that this was very nasty! So of course she starts crying and feeling really bad. I then threw her in the bathtub and got her all cleaned up, and Scott cleaned the bathroom floor. Somewhere in there Bryan comes in WHAT HAPPENED? ME....... YOU DIDN'T CLOSE THE DOOR!!!! ( It's a good thing he flushed the toilet). So after all this I go back to finishing dinner. Well then I see Bryan run for the bathroom again. Then I hear "MOMMY..... I pooped.......my pants.......!!!!" ME "BIG SIGH OF FRUSTRATION" Scott he all yours. I have to finish dinner. So turns out the poor kid couldn't get his pants unbuttoned. Now here is my complaint. Really people.... when you make clothing for little kids who are learning to go to the bathroom don't make the button an actual button. Make them the snaps so they can very easily get the pants undone so they don't have accidents in the bathroom..... or anywhere else for that matter. So event number 2 taken care of. Well we just made him take a shower anyways. So as Scott is helping Bryan finish getting dressed and in his pj's Scott starts busting up... He is back there giggling with Bryan. So then I hear, hey Shandi how do you explain the cactus growing on my face? Bryan I guess had asked Scott why there was cactus growing on his face. And Bryan was very upset that is was there. So that was kind of the Highlight of the last half hour that was so very eventful. So for all of you who wonder what goes on in the Larsen household. There you go! Nothing to exciting..... just the joy of having a almost 4 year old and a almost 2 year old, and all the things they can think of to do!

2008-10-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

So these last couple of weeks have been fun. I guess nothing to exciting. Lets see Bryan and Tayela decorated our house for Halloween and had a blast doing it. They both got Halloween shirts to wear for the season and Bryan's has a skeleton on it and loves to "scare" everyone who see's it. Then Tayela just does everything her brother does and it is very funny. I have finished makeing Bryans costume. He is going to be Peter Pan and Tayela is his Tinkerbelle. I am really excited about it. I guess you have to do the cute stuff while they let you. So for my birthday I get to take to totally cute kids around to Trick-or-Treat. What more can you ask for! So we are getting settled in our home. Trying every once and a while to do the small things that make it ours! I still haven't painted. I want to but then I don't so I guess eventually I will do that. So the lastest thing my kids have been doing is really kind of funny. It gets really old fast but you can't help but laugh. So Tayela will be crying and so Bryan being a good brother will come up and pretend to run into something.( the couch or a wall) Anyways this makes Tayela start to giggle and cry at the same time, which eventually turns into both the kids busting up laughing so hard that they can't even get themselves to stand up. Then Tayela will continue so do this high pitched squeel so Bryan will again run into something and it starts the whole thing over. Like I said its very funny then frustating because of the screaming but you just can't stop laughing. Let's see what else..... Oh Scott went quail hunting with my dad and brother. I think he had a good time. I belieive it was his first quail hunt and he did a good job. He got the first bird and the most so I guess you can't complain to much. Then he slaughtered both my dad and DJ in a game of 500. So he ended up winning to milkshakes to top everything off. Scott started coaching Jr. High wrestling on Tuesday. I think it will be great for him to do that. He will make an awesome coach. Although that means I won't see him as much for the next 2 months but the kids and I will be okay! And just love daddy for those couple of hours that he is home! Well I think thats about all I have to say. One of these days I will have a funny story to tell like some of you other bloggers, for for now this is what you get. Oh and sorry there are no pictures I don't own a digital camera( I know I know old fashioned right?) But I will get some on here soon. So every one have a great day!

2008-09-29T14:11:00.000-07:00

So a quick up date for those of you who know Tori. We went and watched the Volleyball Tournament and what can you say She did great!!! She is a awesome hitter. I wish I was that tall when I played. But any ways they ended up winning the whole thing. Yes Joseph City is still #1!!!! She also made the all tournament team. Good job TOE!!! So this Sunday was the primary program and Bryan is a Sunbeam so he got to be part of it. He was so funny to watch. He was sitting by a little girl, who is actually his cousin, but they were sitting there flying their papersin the air or playing with the chairs in front of them. Trying there best to stay intertained. They finally got to the part we he got to say his line. He has been waiting for a long time to get to talk in church. So he get's up there says his part and is a happy as can be. By the way he was the only sunbeam to say his part all by himself. Sorry I just had to throw that in there. Anyways it was a really good program and I still can't beleive that I have a kid in the primary! It make's us feel really old. Silly I kow but it does.

Just another week!

2008-09-26T07:37:00.001-07:00

So this week was pretty much like all the others. Just a few acceptions. Lets see here. I am finally getting over a kidney infection which was due to the fact that I am Pregnant. I am finally starting to show a little bit so I am in the phase of no clothes to wear. I only have about 4 months to go!!! I think that we might have decided on a name for our new girl. Lets see what else. Oh my sister Tori had pink eye and we gladly avoided that one! She is better now and we get to go watch her in the Joseph City Volleyball Tournament. GO TOE! Tayela had to get shots this week but I think that she is done now. Thank goodness. She is one grumpy girl when that happens. And last but not least Bryan sliced his finger yesterday on the blender blade. He was totally freaked out because it instantly started bleeding. It wasn't just a little blood either it was alot. So he is screaming his head off, scares his sister to death. She is screaming cause she has now had a glimpse if the bloddy finger and I am there trying to calm Bryan and Tayela down. Trying to wash his finger to see the damage. It was a good fight. But we finally get the finger washed kids calmed down and we waited for Scott's mom to come have a peek. Any ways finger is fine we did the liquid bandaid and water proof tape to hold it together. WERE GOOD. So I think that was all the extra activities that went along with the normal running around or whatever else we do.

Baby News

2008-09-17T07:14:00.000-07:00

Well the news is that it is a GIRL! That's right Scott and I are not following the Larsen tradition. Which is that there is only one girl in each family if there is even a girl. So yes we will as of now be the first larsen sibling to have two girls. So there you go. So this baby will be number 16 or 17 for all of the grandkids and will make girl number 5. The rest are all boys. So I guess it has to be someone's job to provide the girls for the family. We are really excited and are trying to think of a good name. So any good ideas let us know.

Is it a boy or a girl?!?

2008-09-16T07:39:00.000-07:00

Okay so today we are supposed to find out if we are having a boy or a girl. So we are all really excited. We think it's a boy but you never know. Bryan really wants to know what the baby is. So he will be thrilled to finally know. Any ways every one have a great day and we will keep you all posted.

2008-09-12T11:38:00.000-07:00

Okay so I lied there are a few pictures. They are a little out dated but that will just have to do for now.

I finally started a blog!!

2008-09-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

So I finally took it upon myself to start a blog. But you will have to forgive me because there will be no pictures for a while. So just to catch up on things that have been going on. Let's see here where do I start? Okay so in June Scott and I moved from Flagstaff to Winslow. Scott got a job with the Winslow School District as a Computer Tech. We bought a house in August and we are finally getting things put together and its starting to feel like it is ours! Bryan and Tayela go to Pre-School for about 30 minutes every day! Thanks Virginia. And they love it!! Bryan is starting to learn how to wirte his name so thats a big thing for him, and everytime he see's the letter B he says "look mom a bump and a bump!" I have to then say and what letter does a bump and a bump make? He then yells a B!!!! It really funny. Anyways Bryan will be 4 in December and Tayela is 18 months old! They grow to fast. We will be expecting our third baby around the end of January or the fisrt of February. So that is our news for now.