The Flint's

Happy New Year!!!

2012-01-13T19:49:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that it is already 2012!! The past year has definitely flown by. The kids are getting bigger and learning so many new things. Our sweet little addition of last year is quickly learning how to keep up with her older brother and sister. We had a wonderful Christmas season, filled with lots of parties, programs, movies and family time.

Here is our sweet new bundle on her blessing day!! She was such a cutie!! The dress is one from my grandma, Bub, that my sisters wore on their blessing day. My sister Jordan also had a cute new daughter last year a few weeks after ours and her little girl was also blessed in it. What a fun thing for them.

Here is a picture of the Crapo Clan minus Luke, who is still in Brazil serving on his mission, on lil Sam's blessing day!!

Greg was able to take the two older kids for a fun filled week down at Newport Beach. Me and the babe stayed home while I recovered from my c section that was followed by a nasty infection. Here are all the Flint cousins with Grandpa and Grandma outside the beach house. I am definitely looking forward to this summer when the entire family will be able to go back to the beach.

2011 the year of the baby

2011-12-08T20:38:00.000-08:00

Our sweet baby girl came into our family this year. More stories to come....

Finally figured the blog problem out

2011-11-28T21:04:00.000-08:00

We are alive. Finally figured out what was wrong. Sorry it has been a year and 1/2 since we last posted. I'll leave this up to Erin to post some pics and events from the past very eventful year.

FAREWELL!!!

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

So June has been absolutely nuts. We did a lot of family with Luke before he left. Here are a few photos of my little bro. We went swimming a lot the last week he was here, I guess he wanted to get it all in before he couldn't for 2 years. The kids had so much fun going off the diving board and down the slide. Their favorite part was having popsicles in the hammock.Luke's farewell had lots of good food. My cousin, Meredith, made the chocolate cupcakes with raspberry frosting and fresh raspberries on top. They were to DIE for. I think I ate about a dozen of them because they were so small and tasty. I paid for it that night, I had the worst stomach ache and heartburn, but they were so worth it. Jord made these homemade cheesecakes in lots of different flavors that were delicious. Needless to say, it was a great day. He gave a great talk on honesty, and confessed all his mishaps to my parents. It was pretty funny. He always surprises me with how well of a speaker he is.

Luke and my grandma Micks for a little photo shoot.

Luke and O. She had so much fun that day I hardly saw her and she did not want her picture taken.

The Boys, the two buddies. The little man loves this guy.

Cher made a great sign & here is Luke with my parentals.

One last crazy family picture (minus my broinlaw, Bryan, he got called into work at the last minute). I think we took about 25 pictures and none of them are that great, but hey, at least we tried. I'll post some more pictures of the great cake, Meredith and Jordan made and of the final hugs.

GRADUATION!!

2010-06-05T15:00:00.001-07:00

O had her graduation party last week at Carefree Kids Preschool with Miss Cindy!! She had such a FUN class and had a great year. The last day they had a "trip to Hawaii." It was so great!! She is now ready for kindergarten!! I can't believe how fast she has grown up.
Here she is with her teacher and her preschool diploma!!

A fun picture with her carpool buddies!!
After her graduation, she had her spring gymnastics show. She did a good job and has learned so much. The only picture I took of her turned at really dark and is not even blog worthy, so you can just imagine. right? right!! After spring show, we headed up to the cabin for Memorial Day Weekend. The beginning of fishing on Henry's Lake is always CRAZY!!! It was a cold and wet weekend but the boys and Gibby had fun fishing. My nephew from Texas flew up for the weekend and we had such a fun time with him. Greg caught a pretty good sized fish and I tried to find the picture but he already downloaded them to his work computer so I'll have to have him send them to me to post. He had a good time.

Running Around Like a CHICKEN with it's head cut OFF!!!

2010-05-22T14:05:00.000-07:00

I have been absolutely CRAZY running around. May has been a blur but we have had a FUN time. O had a preschool field trip out to Wheeler Farm. It was pretty cold but we had a great time. The kids loved seeing the baby animals.
Next, came Mother's Day!! I LOVE being a mostly stay at home mom!! It is so much Fun to watch my kids grow up and see them grow and develop. Here's our attempt at a picture on Mother's Day. I feel so blessed to have so many mothers and grandma's influence in my life and my kids. We are lucky to live so close to all of them and be able to spend so much time with them all. They have all impacted my life through their wonderful examples.
That following week, Greg and I celebrated our ninth anniversary!! I can't believe how fast the time has flown. He is an amazing husband, father, uncle, and friend. I love everything he does for me and our family!!
The next week was my bro Luke and sis Cher's birthdays!!! For Cher's birthday we took all the kids to Kangaroo Zoo. It was so out of control when we got there. There was some school bus with a bunch of crazy, barely supervised kids. After they left, it got much better. The kids had a BLAST!! It took little Berk some time to warm up to everything. They had slush puppies there and the kids took a little break to enjoy their slushies!!
O took this picture of Cher and I. She turned the BIG 3-0. She is such a great sister, aunt, mother and wife. My kids always love going to her house.
O and Addi going down a slide. O is such a big helper whenever we take all the 3 yr olds.

The little man cruisin head first down the slide.

And FINALLY today we finished spring soccer. It was cold and a little rainy today but we had a great day. O finally scored 2 goals and her cheering section went WILD!!! We had a great season and she went from not wanting to go onto the field to scoring some goals so it was great.

The 'Purple Dragons' with their trophies and water bottles!!!

THE ZOO!!!!

2010-04-30T11:11:00.000-07:00

I decided to take the kids to the zoo on Tuesday because our pass expires today, and the weather was supposed to be yucky the rest of the week. We got up to the zoo and it was packed. There were so many schools and kids there it was CRAZY!! We went through pretty fast and the kids were so good. I can't believe how much better they have been lately as they have been getting older. I am really enjoying this stage of life. The little man was sad because the bears were gone to Oregon. The tiger cubs have gotten so big since the last time we were there. It was overcast and a perfect day.

After the zoo, I had a staff meeting and so we ran to that for a few hours. The little man fell asleep during the meeting. He was out COLD!! It was a great day!!O sitting on the famous elephant. The little man is still nervous about it!!

This was the only picture out of a lot where they were both semi looking at the camera.

The other night, the little man had fallen asleep in the car but when I carried him inside he woke up. O was having a bowl of cereal and the little man was sitting at the bar. I looked over and he was shoving the golden puffs in his mouth with his eyes shut. A few minutes after this, he wanted me to hold him and I put his jammies on put him to bed (it was only about 7.) He made it until 6:50 the next morning, so not too bad.

SaTurdAy!!!

2010-04-26T11:29:00.000-07:00

What a FUN spring we have had this past few weeks. Saturday was an especially CRAZY day for O. From soccer, to two birthday parties she had a FUN-FILLED day!! They won their soccer game and she actually kicked the ball a few times. She is learning more and we haven't had the tears that we had in the fall season. Her first bd party was at a really fun place with lots of the big bouncy toys. Then her cute cousin Aubs had a princess party. She got to dress up, get her face painted and meet AURORA, who taught them how to twirl, and curtsie. What a GREAT day. The boys went to the farm and helped move some pipe!!

Sister O with the beautiful Aurora!!

These two little turkeys are usually up to NO good. Sister O has been sneaking into Little Mans room during the night and sleeping with him. This is how I found them the other morning.

Another year has come and gone for my hubby. He's one year older and wiser with a few more gray hairs to prove it. We had a fun birthday celebration for him. He's a great hubby, father and uncle!! Here's to another year and some more gray hairs :)

Happy Birthday Little Man!!

2010-04-14T13:15:00.001-07:00

The little Man of our house hit the 3 year mark last week. We have had a fun week of celebrations. We celebrated with the little twinnies (who turned 3 the week earlier) all on Easter!! Cher made a cute HOPPY BIRTHDAY sign. Jordan channeled her inner Martha and made some delicious cakes. Her first time doing fondant and they turned out pretty good.
Zac and Jojo also gave him his first little gun with the rubber darts and he was loving it. I think the gun was broken by the first night but he did have a grand time with it.

On his real birthday it had snowed a good bit so we decided to head indoors down to the Discovery Gateway. My kids absolutely LOVE playing there so we had a fun, crazy, and busy afternoon!! Dad met us for dinner. We wanted to go to a restaurant where they would sing to him but as soon as he snarfed down his corndog, he sacked out for a power nap. He even fell asleep with a little bit of food still in his mouth.

We don't know what we would do without this Lifeful little boy in our lives. He was worth every minute of bedrest and shots and medications. We are glad he is healthy and developing appropriately. Yesterday he was playing outside in the backyard with all the kids and he came in later and had his first stinky, sweaty boy smell!!! I couldn't wait to throw him in the bath. Love you little man!!!

EASTER!!!!

2010-04-05T11:50:00.001-07:00

PS I just got the camera and added some Egg Hunt fun!!

What a FABULOUS Easter Weekend we had!!!! Friday we went to Greg's 10 yr mission reunion and had a good time. His mission president brought letters they had written to themselves about what they thought about the future and their lives and it was really fun to read what he had written.
General Conference was great to watch. I have felt like I have been in a big RUT the last little bit. The talks given were just what I needed to give me a good kick in the butt and wake up call. Here's to some rejuvenation!!
Easter morning the kids were excited to find their baskets and see what the BUNNY brought. We had an egg hunt at the Flint's and then had a birthday extravaganza at the Crapo's. It was quite the day. Greg has the camera at work with all the pics from yesterday but here are some from last week with the kids in their Easter outfits. O was so excited because I let her pick out her own dress this year and she was so happy to finally get to wear it. For the life of me, I could not get a picture of the two of them together!! The little man would not stop for 2 seconds for a picture. Oh well, that's life. Happy rainy MOnday. Spring where have you gone? Please come back!!

How Do You Sleep?

2010-03-29T10:47:00.000-07:00

At our house, we have a funny little routine. We'll do the whole bedtime routine and get the kids in bed. Eventually, the little man will come out and say, "I need to tell you summthing" and I'll say what, then he replies in a whisper, "I LOOOOVE YOu!!" It's pretty cute the first few times and I tell him I love him too, but on about the tenth time my patience seems to be wearing thin. It is the end of another long day. Well, we told him to go back to bed and as we were going to bed we checked in on the kids and this is what we found. Hat on....check. Ball close by.....check.
Sweet Dreams little boy....The next night we went through the same routine, told him to go back to bed and he ran off. We went to check in on the kids and of course sister was sound asleep in her bed, but the little man's bed was empty!!! We searched around wondering where he could have gone...he wasn't in by his sister, he wasn't by his toys or in the closet, we went into our room and here is what we found...
Tired little boy crawled up in mom and dads bed sound asleep......with his cars cars of course.
What a funny little man that is always keeping us on our toes but we love him to pieces!!!

Teeth!!

2010-03-21T14:56:00.000-07:00

What a week we've had. On Monday, I was helping O brush her teeth and thought I saw a noodle stuck behind her tooth. As I looked closer, I realized it was another tooth making it's way up. I was pretty surprised. Her front little baby tooth was wiggly as can be. She wiggled it all week and finally on Saturday morning at breakfast it just popped out. She was so excited!!! My parents took her out for an ice cream cone at McDonald's and the tooth was put into a bag so it wouldn't get lost, but of course by bedtime the tooth was no where to be found!! Well the tooth fairy must have heard she had lost her tooth because this morning there was a dollar under her pillow. Pretty cool for a 5 year old.Right after her little tooth popped out.

C man wanting to show dad his teeth too. He's a busy boy that's keeping his mom on her toes!!

BRAZIL!!!

2010-03-21T14:47:00.001-07:00

My little brother Luke finally got his mission call and he is going to the Brazil Macieo mission. We are really excited for him. He leaves June 29 so we still have a few months before he goes. I do have to brag that we had a page of guesses of where he would go and I, yes you read it right, I was the one who guessed right. That's what the best big sisters are for.Here's Livy by the enevelope waiting for it to get open!!

Luke reading where his destination is to be!!

With my parents!!

Au Revoir!!!

2010-03-02T12:20:00.001-08:00

I have needed to post for a while but honestly have not felt quite up to it. I HATE goodbyes, even if you know they are coming. I'm glad February is over and that March is here. I'm glad it is getting warmer and that SPRING is coming.
My grandpa, POP, as we called him, passed away on Feb 13. He was 89. We knew it was coming but it's still hard to say goodbye. Pop was such a great grandpa. He served in WWII and had many amazing stories that we would try to pry out of him. I found out after he had died that when they liberated Rome from the Nazi's he met the Pope.

Pop was retired my entire life and I was so lucky to be able to spend so much time with my grandparents. They came to every soccer game, graduation, program, wedding, blessing or any other event that was important to my life. I'm so grateful for all the Jazz & Utah games that I got to go with Pop to. He had the best sense of humor and was always making us laugh and smile. We always went to California with them and it was the best. My grandparents would always come up to K-town every Friday night. We could always count on them being there for us.

I got to say a few memories, along with my siblings and cousins, at the funeral and I'm so glad I was able to do it and pay tribute to POP. I also got to put together a video of his life. He had a WONDERFUL life. He touched so many people. I'll miss him so much but it has made me think of what I really want out of life. It's been a good reflection for me and the legacy I want to leave. I LOVE YOU POP!!! Thanks for everything.

With Greg and I at our wedding, outside the temple

All the girls at Jord's wedding .

Out with the Old and In with the NEW!!!

2010-02-09T13:10:00.001-08:00

We have had a FUN and CRAZY new year. I can't believe how fast the time has flown. Greg started a new job with KC Builders which is a smaller company of Wallbridge (a company out of Michigan.) He is enjoying his new opportunity and learning lots of new things. We have had a lot of birthday celebrations. Greg's sister turned 40 and I had a birthday all within a few days so we had a weekend of non-stop eating out and celebrating. I swear I gained 40 lbs. Thanks to everyone who made my birthday so special.
The kids are crazy and out of control. C changes outfits 2o times a day. He is very stubborn and likes to dress his own way. I can't imagine how he'll be when he is a teenager.
We had the annual Super Bowl party at our house again this year. It was a great time and O won the jackpot of movies for guessing the closest score. We were sure proud of her. ( I think it was actually Greg who guessed for them) but anyway it was FUN. I'll post pictures later of the many outfits of C.

Christmas Sunday!!

2010-01-13T14:22:00.000-08:00

We had a really fun Sunday before Christmas. C would not cooperate for a photo shoot of their Christmas outfits. This is the best one I got and it's not that great but it will have to do. Later that evening, after dinner, we headed down to Temple Square to see the lights. We took the kids last year and O loved it and couldn't wait to go again. We bundled the kids up and it was absolutely frigid!! The crowds were crazy and we didn't stay too long but it was a fun night for the kids.

All bundled up and excited to be at Temple Square

C had on this snowsuit that is actually a bit too little for him but it worked for the night. He had a hard time walking in his boots so he mostly stayed in the stroller.

Daddy and C

Mom and O

Gymnastics Winter Show

2010-01-11T14:50:00.000-08:00

I know it has been a long time since this blog has been updated. I will try and update the last month over the next few days. We had an absolute CRAZY CRAZY December. O had her annual gymnastics show. She had to do a little routine on the bars, beam, floor, vault and tramp. She had to do it all by herself and did a great job. We were really proud of her. She really loves gymnastics and is growing up so fast. We wish she would slow down. Anyway here are a few photos of the night's event.

'Tis the Season'

2009-12-04T17:54:00.000-08:00

...To Be JOLLY!!! We are finally trying to get into the Christmas spirit and yesterday seemed to help a bit. We took the kids on the Polar Express!!! (aka the Heber Creeper) The kids absolutely LOVED it. O has been so excited for weeks and C was hilarious when we went on the ride. It was really fun. Here's G and the kids waiting to get inside our coach, it was freeeeezing and I finally thawed out by the next morning.

Here's O with the lukewarm 'hot chocolate'

Talking to Santa and telling him what she wants

The kids with their bells. They loved shaking them the rest of the night. C lost his and we had to get another one.

A surprise visit from Mrs. Claus, the Elves were really cute and friendly!!

Here's C by the end of the ride, stretched out on the seat and window!!

Earlier in the day we made our annual trip to the Festival of Trees. We have been going ever since I was little. We had such a FUN time. O was so excited to see Santa and to go to the KIDS KORNER! We zipped through all the trees and the kids actually paid some attention to them. I wish I would have had my camera. Cher brought hers but when she got there her battery was dead so we only have our famous picture with the HOHOHO man. I love the FESTIVAL OF TREES!!

LEMONS!!!

2009-11-28T07:38:00.000-08:00

As the old saying goes, when life gives you lemons you make lemonade, right? Well in this case the best I could come up with was lemon pie, it seemed more appropriate for the season. It's tradition for us to have lemon meringue pie for Thanksgiving. My grandma Bub made the best. The first year Greg had it he couldn't believe it. It was the best he'd ever had. I know mine wasn't as good as Bub's but at least I tried. I then made another plain lemon pie that totally got ruined and so I had to make another one. I guess it was just par for the week. Life has given us some big ugly lemons this week but we know that we will get through it and we will be blessed. It just brought everything that is really important in life to the top of the list.

The turkey butter that my mother was so proud of.

Oh yeah, and by the end of the night, Little C man puked all over me. IT was a great way to end the day. He hasn't thrown up since but I think he got everything out of his body with this puke.

Pumpkin Patch!!!

2009-10-27T15:04:00.001-07:00

I love the FALL season. The beautiful bright colors of the changing leaves, the crisp coolness in the air, making yummy soups and breadsticks, going to the pumpkin patch is another favorite tradition of the fall season. We were able to go with O's pre-school and then with some friends later in the week. Greg & O have to search the entire patch for the right pumpkin. I tell him the pumpkins far away look just about the same as the pumpkins that are close to us, but they insist on looking far away!!

Little C man rolling his pumpkin. He tried to carry it but it probably outweighed him by a few pounds.

He loved the tractor they had at the patch. He wanted to sit on it the entire time. That boy loves anything that has to do with a farm-guess it's in his blood.

The girls doing their Charlie's angels pose (well kind of)

O with one of her friends from preschool and gymnastics posing in front of the tractor.

O and her buddy from next door at the patch on preschool day!!

FROM THIS......

2009-10-21T14:32:00.001-07:00

TO THIS.....

Our sweet O made it to the 5 year mark. After a pretty rough start to life (5 wks. in the NICU), she has grown and done remarkably well. We had a fun week celebrating her birthday, with lots of parties and treats!! She had her first friend birthday party. She wanted a CARNIVAL. It was so much fun but a lot of work to put together. Not to mention that G was out of town until the morning of but hey I have the best family to help me.
The ticket booth..made out of an old freezer box. There were lots of games (knockdown, face painting, clothespin drop, musical clowns, ping pong squirt, fish pond etc.)
My mom posing in front of the cute carnival sign that I found. The kids had a great time. O wanted to have the horse, Blackie, as one of the stations. The kids had fun riding the horse.
C flying down the slide on the bounce house. Our neighbors are awesome and let us borrow their bounce house for all the festivities.
O posing in the strong man picture. She had a great birthday and I can't believe she is already FIVE. She is so sweet (most of the time:) She is a wonderful helper to her mom and is a good friend to her brother, cousins and friends. WE LOVE YOU SIS!!!

Summer Catch Up!!

2009-09-28T12:14:00.001-07:00

Here is some summer catch up posts that never got done because it was so CRAZY!! Greg's sister and her family were here for a few weeks and we packed in so much fun. We went up to the cabins at BL and IP. The kids had so much fun. We took the kids on a 4 wheeler ride. We spent a day at Yellowstone and took in all the sights.

Here are the kids (minus the GT, who were away on another vacay) with Gpa and Gma Flint. The flowers were so beautiful and we had just gotten back from church.
Here are the youngest muffins...playing in the flowers. C loved having his other set of twins around to play with & unfortunately beat up on.
Here are some buffalo that were swimming across this river. They were incredible to watch. They were enormous!!
Here's a family photo attempt at Canyon. The waterfall was beautiful.
The kids at Old Faithful Lodge. They're getting so big.
O riding on the surfboard while her dad gets a workout.
The kids all enjoying their LaBeau's shakes. What a fun JULY we had. More posts of our summer to still come!!

"Who wouldn't want to Be MEEE?"

2009-09-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

We Love Keith!!

Just for Mer!!

My mom busting out her moves!!

What a great show, and awesome seats. Good job Cher!!

Last night, my mom,sisters and cousins headed to our annual Keith Urban concert at the ESA. We had an absolute BLAST!! KU is the MAN. He can play and sing like nobody's business!!! We had great seats and they were even the soft chairs. When he came to the back of the floor seats we were able to be right by him.
We even got to see the sweat from his arm running down his guitar (just a little bit gross but we were so close that it didn't matter.) I took this video with my camera so you could all enjoy. I don't know if I can wait another year to see him play again. He ALWAYS puts on a great show, plus my mom has moves that would put anyone to SHAME!! GOTTA LOVE IT!!!
Check out a bit of this clip...he's A-MAZING!!!

inSANity!!!

2009-07-21T11:44:00.001-07:00

The INSANITY of summer has been upon us. We have had such a crazy fun summer. June was filled with races. G and I ran the ACS Relay for Life with my family and friend Amber. The next week we ran the Wasatch Back Race with G's work. We had a really fun experience and finished the race just before the downpour of rain came. We felt lucky to be done with the race and heading home.

The next week we were called at the last minute to be a Ma and Pa on our Stake Pioneer Trek. We felt so blessed to have the opportunity to go and had such an amazing experience. We were spiritually fed and uplifted. The kids in our family were incredible and such good kids. We will forever remember them and the things we felt out in the Wyoming Plains!!

We went to the Temple open house with our kids and had a good experience. C was so well behaved. We could hardly believe it.
We spent a week up at Bear Lake. G's sister from Texas came in and so we headed up for a great week of boating and beaching. O loved her dad to pull her on the surfboard. We are trying to talk her into going behind the boat with him but she's pretty nervous about the deep water. We'll have to see if a little bribing will work.

All the cousins eating shakes from LaBeau's and watching a movie. They all love being together.

We had a fabulous 4th of July. I worked the night before but we went to the parade and watched G's grandpa

C and O loving the parade! C's face when the sirens from the fire trucks came!!

HELP ME FIGHT CANCER!!!!!

2009-06-01T18:07:00.000-07:00

Hello Fellow Bloggers--
I desperately need your HELP!!! Greg and I along with some friends & family members are going to be participating in the American Cancer Society's "RELAY FOR LIFE." It's to honor, remember celebrate and FIGHT BACK against cancer.

We probably all know someone who has been effected by cancer. I want to support RELAY to hopefully be able to see a cure to cancer in my lifetime!!

The race is June 12-13 at This is the Place state park!! If anyone could spare a few dollars to donate to the cause, that would be AWESOME!! You can visit and donate here:

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY09GW?px=11347532&pg=personal&fr_id=14933

THANKS AGAIN!!!

The Last Month!!

2009-05-22T22:48:00.000-07:00

I can't believe a month has already past. May is almost over and it has been a FUN month. We finally recovered from Florida. O keeps asking when we are going back. We celebrated our anniversary this month and Mother's Day.

Greg's dad was inducted to the Utah Sports Association Hall of Fame. We had a great night. He gave a great speech and the food was delicious!! Bridgette flew in from Texas and it was such a surprise and so fun to have her here. We went to the park, lunch, got pedicures and just had a great time!!

My little bro and sis celebrated birthdays. I need to do a separate post on that but we have had lots of parties. Cher and I took all the kids and attempted to do pictures for Mother's Day. It was QUITE the experience. It seems impossible to get at least ONE decent shot. Nevertheless it was fun!! Here's one good one of my two little munchkins, who are growing up way too fast!!

Looking out the window on the airplane. They did pretty good considering the length of the flight. The way home was worse!!

Our attempt at a family picture in China at Epcot. Greg was in heaven speaking Mandarin!!

The kids at Typhoon Lagoon, on C's birthday, with Grandpa!!

BIRTHDAY BASH!!

2009-04-22T07:47:00.001-07:00

We finally got around to celebrating Caleb and Greg's birthdays. Caleb turned two while we were in Orlando (posts still to come about our trip, life's been BUSY) & Greg turned the big 3-0 while he was in Hawaii. We had everyone over for cake and ice cream and lots of FUN. The camera battery died half way through the party so we didn't get a lot of pictures but we had a great time.The sign my talented sister made!! Thanks Cher!!

C's tractor cake. He loves tractors!!

C with his new basketball hoop!! He LOVES it & goes around saying 'shoot'!!

My sweet boy!! I can't believe he's already two!! I hope he makes it to three without too much craziness!! YEAH RIGHT at the rate he's going!!

My two boys!! Happy Birthday to my dear Greg!! He's an AMAZING husband and father!! Happy Day to YOU!!

Here comes Peter Cottontail....

2009-04-15T12:24:00.001-07:00

Hopping down the bunny trail..We had a GREAT Easter. We got back from Florida the night before and the kids were still on eastern time so they woke up really early. The bunny managed to find our house and leave us some treats. Greg's family all flew home on Easter & so we didn't have our regular Easter Egg Hunt. We went to my aunt's for dinner and we did a mini easter egg hunt. Liv was really into it. Caleb just wanted the treat. The twins didn't quite know what to think. I'll post highlights from Disneyworld over the next few days to break it up but we had a WONDERFUL time!!
Caleb just wanted to open every egg and get the treat!!

Liv loved finding the eggs!!

Torturing the kids with a family photo!!

Our two little ones just after church!!

WHAT DO YOU GET?

2009-03-27T11:51:00.001-07:00

Here's what you get...when you climb to the top of the pantry!!A great big one of these....oh, and some TEARS!!

This was a few days later when the bruising really set in!!

A few suckers take all the pain away!!
We finally got a picture of O riding her bike with daddy chasing behind her to make sure she didn't fall. I can't believe how fast she is growing up!!

Here's her at her swimming lessons. The first session went great and she passed it with flying colors. The next session didn't go as 'swimmingly'. The first day we got there she found out her teacher was a BOY...and that was the end of it. Bribery and bravery pills didn't do the trick so back to the little class with the GIRL teacher. What a stubborn little four year old!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 YOU 2!!

2009-03-23T12:36:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my cute little twinnie nieces, Addie and Berks. They hit the 2 year milestone. My sister put on a great 'Owl' party and everything was a success. The girls were hilarious and loved this toy that Aunt Di and the Mepps got them. All the kids were fighting over it.The Birthday Girls!!

Opening presents!!

The cute Owl decor!

Where has the time FLOWN?

2009-03-14T11:27:00.000-07:00

Wow, Life has been so CRAZY. I can't believe it's already the middle of March!! We have been one busy family!! YW's has kept me busy. We had planned a huge Carnival of Life activity, which went GREAT but it was a lot of work. It was definitely worth it and I thinks the kids had a good time & I hope they learned something.

Greg taught Liv how to ride a bike with training wheels. She made it around the circle without falling down. Of course, I was gone and he didn't take any pictures. Maybe we'll get one someday.

Greg's sister, Bridgette and her family moved to Texas this week. We are definitely going to miss them but wish them the best of luck down there. With them leaving, Life has been one big party. Lots of dinners, parties, gno's and everything in between. It was so sad to say goodbye. The kids were all sobbing and it just broke your heart. Thank heavens we'll see them in a few weeks in Florida for Spring Break. We inherited their goldfish and Liv named in Mason (after her cousin that just left) We're happy to report he is still ALIVE. Yeah, for us.

It is also a month of BIRTHDAY's for us!! Another month of partying. Greg's dad birthday was on Sunday. Saturday night all the adults went to dinner at Maddox. or THE Maddox, if you grew up in the Flint family. We even got a real babysitter to tend (I think this is like the 2nd or 3rd time) Well, 2 minutes after we walked into the lobby of the restaurant our babysitter called and said little Caleb had thrown up....OH NO!!! We had carpooled with Greg's sister and so we didn't even have a car. Luckily, I called my mom and she was able to go rescue the babysitter. I am so glad that she was able to go and watch the kids. We were then able to have a nice evening with all of Greg's siblings and spouses, and bless the babysitter for cleaning up all the throw up. She only was there for about an hour but we still paid her pretty well for everything she had to do.

Happy Birthday John!!! Thanks for an awesome dinner. The food at Maddox is so delicious and our waiter was great.
Monday was my mom's birthday. We celebrated with dinner and cake on Sunday night. My little bro-in-law's birthday was on Wednesday so we had a big party. Today is Addie and Berks Birthday so we'll party it up tonight again. Then I can post some pics. Thanks heavens it's getting a bit warmer. Bring on Spring.

Some of the carnival games!!

The tattoo parlor was a hit...too bad it was a worldly booth :(

We decorated the gym and it looked pretty cute and festive. Thank heavens we don't have another big activity for a while...sigh!!

ALOHA......Back to Reality :(

2009-02-18T13:19:00.001-08:00

Our fabulous Valentine's Day Date at the restaurant on the Beach!!

My B.day with the kids!! They are so funny. O LOVES swimsuits.

Aloha cousins...I can't believe it's been so long since I posted but our life has been CRAZY, yet FUN!! January was a blur. My b.day came and went. I had a great day and thanks to all who made it so special. Greg got me a sewing machine and a trip to Hawaii with him. He travels there once a month for meetings and I was lucky enough to be able to go with him. We had an AMAZING time. We stayed right on the beach in Waikiki. It was so great to be around the action. There was lots for me to do while he was working. I just relaxed and read!! Our family & friends were so nice to watch our kids. O was not very happy at my return, she wanted to stay and play with her cousins!! I'm such a mean mom!! I missed my kids but it was really hard to come back to the yucky snowy weather. I am SOOOO ready for SUMMER!!
We had a fabulous Valentine's Day. Greg took me to an awesome restaurant right on the beach with a live band, great food, sunset and all. It was pretty romantic and we both agree it will probably never happen again so we definitely enjoyed it. I love HAWAII!! I'm hoping I'll get to go with him again. Thanks GREG!! I had the BEST time!!

The fire dancers at the Polynesian Cultural Center!

The luau at the PCC!!

The view from the balcony of our hotel room!! It was GORGEOUS!!

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FREAKIN' EIGHT!!!

2009-01-12T20:33:00.000-08:00

Yes folks, I can hardly believe it myself, I actually won the JCS Bowling Championship for the 2009 year. I bowled the game of my life (158) and took home the pin. Happy Birthday Jordan!! We love going bowling every year for your b-day!! The pin is now proudly displayed in my home for the next year. WAHOOOO!! The sad thing was the Greg, Pop, Micks, Bryan, Cher and Luke were not there to share in my glory :( . O had a fabulous time and even bowled a 90 on bumpers. Jord was the queen and even bowled with her bum knee and did AWESOME ( although not as good as me, hah:). We had a GREAT night. Love to all!!

The traditional angels pose!! Missed ya Cher.

The birthday girl and her hubby-aren't they the perfect couple.

The cute Mepps!

O sliding down the lane! It's kind of hard to let go of the ball sometimes!!

Goodbye 2008!!

2009-01-05T14:52:00.001-08:00

What a WONDERFUL 2008 holiday season we had!! We enjoyed every minute of it!! We took the kids to Temple Square to see the lights and O loved it. She keeps asking to go back to the square place. We LOVED spending time with our families and continuing all the many traditions we have. The kids are getting bigger and it made Christmas so much FUN!! Greg was throwing up on Christmas Eve so I was on my own with the kids!! He felt better by morning and we had a great Christmas. We were very spoiled. We got to spend some time up at the cabin relaxing and the kids loved it. We are excited for a new year and know 2009 will be GREAT!!Greg and C on the snowmobile taking a ride!!

The kids loved Grandpa taking them on rides behind the snowmobile!!

Our attempt of a picture. The kids were all wiggly and ready to go home!

Us at the Crapo Christmas party!!

C and my dad on Christmas morning!

C opening up a truck from Santa!! He peeked in and was so exicted!! LOVE it!

O opening her Santa presents!! She was so excited that Santa "figured it out" that she wanted the Geotrax train!! Santa is truly AMAZING!!

The kids on Christmas Eve in their PJ's

O and her cousin in dress ups at the Flint Christmas Party!!

C & Grandpa at the annual pinata fiesta. He loved hitting the pinata and didn't want to give up the bat :)

The family all bundled up at Temple Square!

TA DAh dU DAH!!

2008-12-18T21:16:00.000-08:00

Wivus had her first gymnastic performance tonight!! She is so shy, I wasn't too sure that she would even do her tricks with all the people there but I'm so glad to report that she did GREAT!! I don't think she stopped jumping up and down the entire time. She could not stand still even when waiting for her turn. Greg's parents were able to come and watch her and she was really excited for them to come. Greg is still in Hawaii but will be home tomorrow! HALLELUJAH!! It has been a long week without him here. We hope you are all ready for Christmas!! One week to go!! I can't believe it will be here so fast!! O is really excited and she actually waved at Santa!!

A cute butt shot swinging on the bar!

Doing their warm-up straddle legs!! She loves to sit by Austin!

Flying high on the trampoline!

Jumping over the big roll!!

The balance beam!! She only fell off once!

Jolly Old St. Nick at the Festival!!

2008-12-12T14:10:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas!! Last week we went to the Festival of Trees!! It was a lot of FUN and has been a family tradition for the last 20 years. We attempted to get a photo with the big jolly ho ho man, but as you can see they CUT our heads out of the picture. They said we were the only ones that it happened to blah blah blah!! I guess it wasn't meant to be. All the kids were freaked out anyway!! Zac and Jojo and some of their cute friends came with us so we had a fun group!! O liked the kids corner and loved watching the performers!! C liked the lights!! I liked the sweet shoppe!! This always helps me get in the mood for Christmas!! It's been a bit of a struggle this year but is going better now!!

The crew with all the strollers!! c was out cold in the stroller and O was ready to go and wouldn't look at the camera!! Good thing Jojo is always camera ready:) Thanks Zac for chasing the kids!!
Me in the bubble!! O got all the way to the front of the line and wouldn't do it!! So I hopped right up there and had a turn!! It was fun and I had all the little kids looking at me!!
A & B chomping on the candy canes from Santa!! They wouldn't even let us take the wrapper off!

O at the fishing pond!

C with the reindeer ears that O made!

THEY JUST WANNA.......

2008-11-26T22:05:00.000-08:00

Have FUN!!! DUH!!! So my innocent brother-in-law has never seen the infamous 80's movie, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, so of course we decided we needed to have a party watch it!! We had a grand ole time!! My DH grew up on the movie because of his 3 adoring older sisters!! He quoted the movie the entire time!! I knew we were meant to be FOREVER!!! Little O watched it for the first time and danced her way through it!! Here are a few pics (sorry the one is the same pic, I got interrupted etc.) Happy TURKEY day to all tomorrow!! GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE!! Go Janie and Jeff!!

HOW COULD HE BE..........

2008-11-18T13:08:00.000-08:00

such a little DEVIL!!!!! That's right!!! My little sweetest boy has been climbing all over and up the place for the past few months and I don't know if I can take it anymore!! We have lived without barstools and chairs for a few months now!! We bring them out to eat and that's about it. This week though he figured out how to climb up in the pantry without a stool!! He's a CRAZY boy!!! He's now in a make shift toddler bed because he kept climbing out of his crib, he opens doors and terrorizes the bathrooms. He now has a lock on his bedroom door to prevent the 1:30 am running around the house!! But we love him to pieces!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEENER!!!

2008-11-04T12:39:00.001-08:00

First, before I forget, I hope everyone will ROCK THE VOTE today!! I went this morning and I didn't even have to wait in a line or anything!! Please vote!!
Happy belated Halloween to all!! We had the greatest week, with lots of SUPER fun activities!! We went to the zoo and it was absolutely gorgeous and desolate!! We went in the afternoon and it was FABULOUS!! The kids loved it. We also went to many Halloween parties and carnivals to last us until next year. We loved carving pumpkins and playing games!! The kids had so much fun dressing up!! The glitter is still in the hair even after multiple washings!! Here's my DH with the kiddos!!
The cousins all dressed up!! Gotta love their faces!! This age is so much FUN!!
O got to wear her costume to gymnastics and she had so much fun!! She is learning a lot and constantly flipping everywhere!!
The pumpkins!! Jojo and Zac had to even carry theirs home on Front Runner!! Way to be Guys!!

The dedicated pumpkin carvers, after we had finished they were still busy perfecting their masterpieces!!

The ride on the new carousel at the Zoo!! They started on the animals but my little one is a bit scared and always opts for the bench!!

The nuggets all watching the carousel go round and round!! They all LOVED the animals!!

GO WILDCATS!!!

2008-10-29T18:14:00.001-07:00

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F-R-E-E-D-O-M?!!!!

2008-10-27T11:30:00.000-07:00

Our family had a crazy weekend! After 9 years of serving as Stake President my dad was released yesterday!! Our family has more than doubled in that time!! So my dad is officially a FREE ? man!! I think my mom won't know what to do with him around!! We got a picture of the family but the kids were all tired!! We love you DAD and everything you do for our family!!We attempted again to try and get some family pictures but our kids are never very cooperative!! Oh well, such is life!!
Saturday night we had our annual Halloween Party with the McKinleys and Broughs (who couldn't come because their little boy got croup:( we really missed them!! We had dinner and carved pumpkins, which I forgot to take a picture of the final product!!! DUH, what an idiot I am!!
We dressed the kids all up and they actually all switched costumes around!! We were watching my sisters twins so we found some other random costumes to dress them in!! They had fun!!
My little MONSTER!! Whose child is this anyway? Oh, I believe that it would be MINE!! Friday morning I didn't think my kids would make it through the day. I was out writing down my grocery list and Caleb came out looking like this!! He had found the baby powder and had proceeded to get it EVERYWHERE!!! In all the diapers, the floor, his books, his BED!!! It took me forever to get it all cleaned up. Liv was laughing and of course helping. I then got in the shower and my two little ones were at it again!! This time it was makeup all over my white bedspread!! I was too upset and frustrated to take any pictures!!! After 5 washes and a lot of scrubbing I got most of it out. But this all happened before 10:30 AM. I didn't think we were going to survive the day!! Some days being a mother is so HARD!! But I just love my kids and wouldn't want it any other way!!!!!

FALL FUN!!

2008-10-22T13:18:00.001-07:00

We have been having an absolutely FABULOUS FALL!! We have been playing this entire past week!! My grandma gave O a trip to Build A Bear for her birthday and last week we went down and added a new member to our family!! The elephant named "Cherrie Coka." Hilarious... we had a fun time down at Gateway. It was a beautiful day. We headed up to Island Park for the weekend and it was wonderful. We relaxed, rode the 4 wheelers, went to Big Springs, Greg took O fishing. It was lots of fun. C fell off the 4 wheeler onto a log and split his lip pretty good but he only cried for about 30 seconds and wanted to get back on the 4 wheeler!!
Monday night we had a shower for my cousin Jenny who just got the sweetest baby ever named Ellie Maxine!! It was so much fun to see all my cousins!! It was great to be together to laugh and cry!! I have the BEST family!!
Tuesday, O went to the dentist for the first time. Of course she was stubborn and it took a while before she would even open her mouth so we could count her teeth!! She has 20. It was quite the experience. She did get to pick out two prizes, she picked out some stamps and then proceeded to stamp all over her body. We're still trying to get the ink off!! After the dentist, we went with my mom and sis to the pumpkin patch. Always great fun when the 3 18month olds are together. It was windy but the kids loved it.
Today the kids had to go get their flu shots!! NOT a pleasant experience!! Thank heavens Stace came with me for back up reinforcement!! I couldn't have done it without her. After all the trauma we headed down to Gardner Village to go see the witches!! They were cute and the kids did pretty well. I'm loving the Fall colors!! It is such a beautiful world we live in!! I heart Fall!! What do you all heart?

Me with my two little chillins with one of the witches!!

O, C and A sitting in this cute buggy!! I couldn't get them to all look at the camera!

My sweetest little "Luv" at the pumpkin patch!! Notice the war wounds from the weekend!

A and B riding in the wagon!! They were HILARIOUS at the patch!!

Attempting to get a picture of all 4 of them!! NeVER gonna happen!! (maybe when they're all adults :)

Feeding the fish at Big Springs!!

Our beautiful day at the Gateway!!

O with Cherrie Coka!!

QuIrKSsS!!!

2008-10-21T20:11:00.000-07:00

O.K. Stace, this one is for you!! I've been tagged!! Here are 6 quirky things about me......

1. The first thing I do most mornings is make my bed!! I can't stand not to have it made, it drives me CRAZY!!! It makes me feel like I at least accomplished one little chore and it makes my room look a lot tidier!!

2. I am extreeeemely anal when it comes to loading the silverware in the dishwasher. I have to have everything separated ie forks, spoons, knives, little silverware etc. Each one then will be put in to the right slot with the handles sticking out (so when you unload them you don't touch the part that goes into your mouth, GERMS people!!) This makes it so much faster and efficient when you unload. You grab the handles and put them in the drawer, no sorting required!! I LOVE it!!

3. I AM A CLONE and a P1 listener!! I blame it all on my mom who got me hooked on Jim Rome and the jungle!! Anyone? anyone? I know Jeremy F. knows what I'm talking about. Romey is a radio talk show on from 10-1 everyday. Have a take!! Don't suck!! My favorite day of the year is the annual smack off!!! It's pretty fun to listen to but he definitely has to grow on you!! It's not for everyone but I get along with him pretty well!!

4. I always have to sleep with some sort of blanket or covering on me (even if it's 200 degrees) I hate not having something over me!!! It makes me feel NAKED!!!! ah, SCARY!!! I think that it's partly because I hate being cold. I'd rather be nice and toasty!!

5. I hardly ever pay FULL price for anything!! I got my grandma and dad's frugal genes!! I'm definitely not as bad as my father but I am the child that is most like him!! I love getting a good bargain!! It MAKES my day just so lovely!! I LOVE to shop for the deals!!

6. I absolutely ADORE ADORE ADORE SHOES!! They are my weakness, although I have scaled back immensly since I got married. I now love to buy shoes for my kids!! Little girls shoes are so fun to buy for and it seems like they always need new ones or a new season is coming. I love It!! I love boots for winter and I love flip flops and sandals for summer!! I am ready for the new season just to be able to change up the SHOES!!!

I tag my cousins and anyone else who reads this!!

The Weekend of WIVUS!!!

2008-10-06T15:25:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our sweet Wivus!! We had such a wonderful weekend and played & partied all weekend long!! We LOVED it. I can't believe how old & big our little girl has become. She is strong willed with a little bit of sweetness!! Friday we went to the Treehouse with her cousins, they had a BLAST!!! Later that night, we to a friend's house for dinner then to the cutest Pumpkin Patch!! There was a fun Hay maze and cute little wagons to put your pumpkins in!! G was the man and picked us some great pumpkins. The mosquitoes were bad & chewed us alive. Saturday, my family came over to celebrate Bryan's and O's b-days. We had dinner, homemade ice cream and cake. Sunday, we celebrated O's and my niece's b-day, who shares the same b-day with O. So much FUN!!! We won't know what to do now that all the partying is over!! We love you Wivus!!

Beautiful Days!!

2008-09-29T13:25:00.000-07:00

The beautiful days of Fall are here and I am LOVING it!!! O had her first sacrament primary program!! We were shocked when she actually at least sat up on the stand, she stood up during the songs (but no singing), but would absolutely not go anywhere near the microphone to say her part. Hey, we are making small baby steps. A little bribe doesn't hurt either. She wanted to wear her white princess dress and so we let her, trying to do anything to make her participate. It was fun and we can't believe she is almost going to be 4. We have had a lot of fun days at the park. Feeding the ducks and going down the slide. C has no fear and loves the park, still a bit nervous about the big ducks.

Best buddies, just after downing their ring pops.

O flying like Tinkerbell at gymnastics!!

Our sweet boy, making faces!! We love him to pieces!!

CRAZZY TIMES!!!

2008-09-16T11:43:00.001-07:00

Things around here have definitely been a wee bit crazy! We have finally transferred all our pictures over to the new computer. I absolutely love it!! It has been so nice to finally have something that actually works pretty fast and I love having the internet at home so I can use it during the day when C sleeps.
We have had a fun end to the summer. Over Labor Day, O went up to Island Park with DH's parents. She loved every minute of it and told us how she saw a big moose when they were riding on the 4-wheelers. Thanks to J & S for taking her. We left on Monday and headed down to Vegas Baby with our great neighbors the Cooks and Myers. We had a BLAST!! We stayed in St. George one night and then 2 nights at the Excalibur, in a newly remodeled room. It was great. It was so fun to have a couple's trip. I did feel a little naked without the kids but it was so much fun! We shopped, ate and just relaxed. Thanks to Ryan and Stace for driving us down in luxury!! We can't wait to do it again. Thanks to all those who watched our little nuggets while we were gone. We knew they were in such great hands. We went to see KA at MGM Grand. It was all right, a little strange. It was cool but definetly not worth the price. We've seen Mystere before at Treasure Island and I would highly recommend that instead.
The following weekend we got back we started celebrating all our September birthdays. We had our cute niece turn 13. She is so gorgeous and such a sweetheart (we could only wish O would turn out like her) We had a party for my grandma, grandpa and dad whose birthdays all fall within a few days. It was a great party. My sis, Jord, made this amazing cake (check out her blog for the picture) It was delicious. We have had such a fun summer and are sad to see it come to an end. I'm not looking forward to winter but I'm sure G is for the snowmobiling factor!! I promise I'll be better at posting now that I have everything set up and ready to go!!!

I didn't know that my dad had his eyes closed in this picture, sorry dad, but Happy Birthday!

This is my grandpa, affectionately nicknamed POP, the kids absolutely love playing with him. He turned 88 and is still a mover and shaker!

This is my Gram Micks, this picture was actually taken last year on her birthday!! She loves reading books to the kids and holding the twins with their bottles!

This is at the Excalibur pool. They've remodeled it and added some more. It was really nice!!

The girls at dinner before we headed to KA!!

One of my favorite pictures of G!! This was at FAO Schwartz in the Forum Shops at Ceasar's!! He loved playing with this piano!! I swear he just couldn't get enough of it!! He's like a little kid. It was so much fun to see him sliding all the way down. He's got some wicked skillz!

This was at the Wynn hotel. They've got some amazing waterfalls!! We ate at their dinner buffet and it was delicious. We stayed for a few hours and had our share of food!!

Olympics / Imac

2008-08-31T22:27:00.000-07:00

I never thought that Michael Johnson's WR of 19.32 would ever be broken in my lifetime I guess I was wrong. 19.30!!!! If only he had run through the line in the 100 meters he would probably been 9.5 somthing. Let's get him training in the 400 and he'll probably break that record too.

Messing with the new built in video/camera.

Sorry we have been so involved with the olympics that we have not been very faithful in blogging. Every 4 years doesn't happen everyday and with DVR we ended up watching probably too many hours.

Erin finally talked me into getting the internet at home and a new computer so she didn't have to wait every night until I get home from work so she can use the internet. So our friends talked us into a Mac. We are still learning but what we've learned and used there is nothing better out there. We have loved it so far. So yes we would recommend one.

Hopefully everyone watched as much Track and Field as Erin and I. Thank goodness for DVR.

Big Rock Candy Mountain!!

2008-08-04T22:07:00.001-07:00

We had another fun filled weekend down at the Big Rock Candy Mountain!! A few of our neighbors all went down and stayed in a cute cabin and had a great time. We love our neighbors and are so glad that they invited us to go. We had so much fun 4-wheelin and the kids were in heaven playing all day long. O definitely didn't want to leave. She learned how to ride a 3 wheeler and did not want to give it up. We had fun eating out, playing games and making memories!! THANKS soooooo much!! The fam at the Big Rock Candy Mountain cafe!
The actual Big Rock Mountain!! It was very pretty!

O on the 3 wheeler with dad right by her side to make sure she remembered where the brake was!

All the kids in the back of the Ranger, waiting to head up the canyon! Thanks for the fun ride Stacey :)

Take me out to the Ball Game!!

2008-08-04T21:55:00.000-07:00

We capped off our great week with a trip up to LA to Dodger Stadium. It was my first major league game and wow was it a BLAST!! We had such a great time. Thanks to my mom who stayed back at the beach house with the kids. GO DODGERS!! They played the Nationals and won!! It was so much fun and the game went by pretty fast. The view of LA, after we got out of the game was fantastic! We stayed and took a lot of pictures since we figured we'd rather do that than wait in traffic in the car!

G and me after the game was over. The stadium was huge!

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks. I got the jacks and G got a Dodger Dog!! Singing "Take me out to the Ball Game" was so much fun.

Go Dodgers!! The fans were CRAAAAAAAAZY!!

I heart NB in the OC!!!

2008-08-04T21:41:00.000-07:00

We had a fabuloussss week in the OC. We did a lot of relaxing and FUN was had by all. The kids were just content to sit and play at the beach so we did that most of the time but we did do some other fun things as well. We love NB and can't wait to go again next year! Taking a quick camera break on Balboa Island, soooo pretty, gotta love the boats!

O and C at the beach. Two happy campers!

Hanging out with Pop by the fountain at Fashion Island, just after an amazing dinner at WAHOO'S!! (p.s. please come to Utah)

The family waiting for our Balboa Bars and ice cream cones!

Happiest Place on EARTH!!!

2008-08-04T21:30:00.001-07:00

We had a super day at the magical kingdom!! We traded C for our cute nephew B, O and him loved it and had a super day!! Their favorite was Buzz Lightyear, the Honey Pots, & of course, DUMBO!! They each had their own stroller and miraculousy took naps!!
Don't they look like I don't know exactly who they are supposed to be MAN?

They loved Buzz lightyear, the joy of shooting things with an imaginary gun!! They each chose the mini replica to take home that makes lots of noises and has sparkly lights.

After the inagural first ride on Dumbo!! Good times were had by all!

The Fair!!!

2008-07-21T16:19:00.001-07:00

The Fair, the fair, we went to the fair!! We had some time to kill and so we decided to go to the fair. It was a pretty great time. My DH took little O on a roller coaster and I think it scarred her for the rest of her life. It took us a while to get her back on some rides but she was happy again by the end. Greg finished the day by going on the EVOLUTION!!!! Crazy, crazy but he said it was fun!!

O and me on the carousel, she always likes to sit on the bench!! BORING!!

DH and O on the roller coaster! I don't think you can see the terror from him!

We watched the pig showmanship! What the? We thought it was the Alaskan racing pigs but we were deceived, it was in another tent!!

O in front of the sand castle in the front entrance of the fair!

Pictures!!

2008-07-21T15:51:00.000-07:00

All the kids on Grandpa's new tube!

O trying to get C to hold still!!

B and O eating their Double Bubble gum!!

Catch Up!

2008-07-15T22:08:00.000-07:00

Here's just a quick update with pictures soon to follow. We had a fabulous fourth of July weekend!! We spent it up at the lake and cabin. SOOOOOO much fun. I finally got to waterski on my new (it's now two years old) for the first time. Kids will do that to you. I actually got some pretty good water and it was a BLAST!!! Our family went on this huge tube for the first time and it got swamped and we all ended up in the lake. The kids were not too excited but quickly recovered. Our little nephew was sick and had to go home, he ended up having a ruptured appendix and is still in the hospital. He is a tough little guy and we constantly keep him in our prayers!! We love him and his family and wish him a speedier recovery :) The summer is quickly flying by but we are loving it. I'll post pictures later when I have the better computer.

Happy Birthday Famp!!

2008-06-30T17:26:00.001-07:00

Last Monday, was my Grandpa FAMP'S (that's what we called him for years) birthday!! We had a big BBQ at his house and for dessert we had his famous strawberry ice cream!! This ice cream is so DELICIOUS, just thinking about it now makes my mouth water. It is one of the most heavenly summer treats on earth!! It was a great party and it was so much fun seeing all my cousins and their cute kids!! Love ya lots Famp!!

My cute grandpa, he always has a little twinkle in his eyes!!
Twins, Twins, Twins, and yet again more TWINS!! They run in the family and this was the first time they were all together!! CRAZINESS but so much fun!

Famp and most of the great grandkids!! (with some assistance from the grandkids to hold all the babies in the back!! Gotta love it baby!

Run. Eat. Sleep? (not) REPEAT!!

2008-06-24T22:08:00.000-07:00

We ran the Wasatch Back Relay this past weekend and had a BLAST!! Super Fun!! The race goes 180 miles from Logan to Park City. 12 people on a team and everyone runs three legs. Our team was named "Plain Ketchup 2" and we finished in 25 hrs and 52 minutes. It was such an experience to participate in and I would definitely do it again!! Go Team!! There were a few hightlights, the funniest being, Greg throwing up every little thing in his stomach at Exchange 17 and plastering the wrist band he handed off to our next guy! Gotta love it! What would a race be without some vomit? ha ha ha!! LOL! Here are some picts from the 2 day event.

Greg and I heading for the finish line, waiting for the other part of our team!!
ON our night runs!! This is right before Greg threw up all over the exchange area!!

My uncle Mo handing the wristband to Greg on his first leg, 7.5 miles up Avon Pass, in the heat and dust, but he kicked some major butt!!

Me, on my first leg!! I lucked out because it was still pretty overcast and not blistering hot!!

YEAH FOR SUMMER!!!

2008-06-16T21:06:00.001-07:00

Yeah, we are so glad that summer is finally here!! We finished the month of May with O's graduation from Grow with me preschool. We were so proud of here that she actually participated in the program and even said her part and sang the songs. We can't believe how much she has changed this past year. The next week my DH's family had a BBQ. It was fun but pretty cold. Everyone lives pretty close but we never really get to see each other so it was really fun and of course there were lots of pictures taken. We had a great Father's Day yesterday and love the warmer weather. We hope everyone is having a fun summer!!

The entire Flint clan!
O and B at graduation!! Best Buds!!

O getting her diploma!! Way to go Sis!!

ONE FISH, TWO FISH.....

2008-05-31T22:09:00.001-07:00

Over Memorial weekend we headed up north to the cabin. The start of fishing season was to begin. They had a great time catching fish. There was still snow patches around the cabin and it was really muddy, but the fish made it all worth it. The kids had a great afternoon. They each caught a fish and got to reel it in. Fun stuff!!!

Joey with a nice fish that they took to get mounted to put in the cabin!!
Greg with his nice catch, a brook trout!!

Greg and O with her first fish that she caught from shore!! I don't really think she knew what was going on, but had a great time anyway!!

2008-05-22T21:28:00.000-07:00

My little sis, Cher, with her two cute twinners!! She is a great aunt and mom!!

So I know it's been a long time since I've updated the blog and I apologize. It's just been busy but lots of fun. We celebrated two more birthdays this past week. My little bro, Luke's was on Sunday and my sister, Cher's, was on Monday. We had a great party on Sunday at my mom's!! Monday we had a sister day and went shopping but didn't have a lot of sucess but it was fun!! Thanks Jord for trying to help keep me and Cher in style and not letting us wear 'mom jeans'!! Ha Ha Ha!!

My little bro, Luke, with Caleb. They are best buds!! I think Caleb has chochlate frosting up his nose!!

Happy Mother's Day/ Happy Anniversary!!

2008-05-22T21:13:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary!!, This is from a few years ago at Disneyland. I don't have any recent ones:(

So we have had a great party of a weekend. The Saturday night before Mother's Day we had a party for Zac & Jord for their graduation. We were then lucky to have the spend the night at our house, Olivia was so excited. Sunday was Mother's Day and also Zac & Jord's 2nd anniversary and our 7th anniversary. So it was a big day. Greg made us all breakfast, his special swedish pancakes. So delicious and yummy!! We then did the church thing and then party hopped the rest of the night. We did get to watch the Jazz game, and what a game it was!! (too bad they end up losing the series :( We love our moms and grandma's and feel so lucky to be so close to them all. I'm also very lucky to have such a wonderful husband. He makes life so much easier and lots more fun!! Love ya!!

GO UTE Grads!!

2008-05-22T21:03:00.000-07:00

A BIG BIG BIG shout out goes to my sweet little sister, Jordan, and her adorable hubby, Zac for graduating this past spring semester from the U. We are so proud of them. We had a big party at our house to celebrate. They both will continue their education so it's not the end of the road for them just yet. Jord will be getting a teaching certificate and Zac is going to go to Physical Therapy school. Way to go you two!!!!

Deal or No Deal/ Happy Birthday!!

2008-04-27T21:08:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my dear sweet husband!! He is amazing and does so much for our family without even complaining!! He is an AWESOME dad and loves to play with the kids!! We love you Greg and all you do for our family!!:) We had a great last minute party and he was such a trooper even though he had a bad day at work!! Way to suck it up and be happy!! Next year is the big one and the countdown for you will be on!

Greg with his amazing cake that O helped decorate and put the candles on!!

I think we got a few of them to look at the camera!! So fun to have 5 one-year olds!! We love them all:)

So my mom's friend made her go and stand in line for hours to try out for Deal or No Deal a few weeks ago. She made it through the first couple of rounds and then she had to go back a few days later to the Hilton to do a tape audition. We got to go as her supporters and we had a BLAST!! Go Momma! It was lots of fun. Who knows if we'll ever hear anything about it again but it was fun to do. Here's Greg and I, it was the day before his birthday. Isn't he GOOD-LOOKIN?

My mom and her support team!! NO DEAL!! Go for theBIG bucks !!

Happy 1st Birthday!!!!

2008-04-07T21:05:00.000-07:00

Happy First Birthday to our number one little boy!! This last year has flown by and we have loved watching you grow up so fast, too fast!! We had a fabulous party and you are loved by so many people. You are such a sweet and determined little boy! We love having you as part of our family. You are our little monkey boy! What a great day!! O, Daddy and C
Cake anyone? The chocolate was so far up his nose it's still coming out today.

C with some of his birthday toys

O with C's monkey cake, she was such a big helper for the party!

Re-Cap

2008-03-30T21:19:00.000-07:00

Greg and the kids at the egg hunt, the kids loved it!

Caleb crawling around just after waking up from his nap, notice all the bumps and bruises on his forehead.

At the fountains at Gateway, she didn't want to leave and it was freezing!

So here is a re-cap of the last few weeks. It has flown by so fast. Olivia & I got to go with Gma Flint, Brenda, Bridger, Bridgette, Annetta, Brichelle & Aubrey to Disney Princess' on Ice. It was such a great show. Olivia had a great time and wants to go back. She dressed up like Snow White, shoes and all. We had to walk pretty far and by the end of the day she had little blisters on her toes. After the show, we went to Gateway and had some lunch and went to the Olympic fountain. She loves the fountains. It was a fun day with her cousins.
Easter crept up on us so fast but we had a great day. The bunny came and left some surprises. Olivia got to have an egg hunt at pre-school and she loved it. We had dinner at Crapo's & Flint's. We were well fed that day. Then we had the annual egg hunt and had a fun time this year as Olivia ran around looking for eggs with her name on it. She wanted to open each one that she found to see what was inside. Caleb is taking more steps as long as it is convenient for him, otherwise he just loves to crawl really fast. We are loving life every day.

Happy Birthday!!!

2008-03-15T22:03:00.000-07:00

Our sweet little boy at the cupcake party. He loves to stand up and has taken about two consecutive steps before he falls down and crawls like CRAZY!! He is so much fun and we love him to pieces. The countdown to his birthday is on!!

Friday was Addison & Berkley's first birthday party. It was a Cupcake party & Olivia was so excited to go. She loved licking the frosting off the top of the cupcakes. Here's a picture of the girls with their daddy!! They looked so cute in their cupcake sweaters and they loved eating their cupcakes too. Happy Birthday to the two sweet girls!!

On Sunday we celebrated my mom's & Zac's birthday. We had a huge party at our house and had dinner, it was pretty fun. This is a picture of my mom & all the girls at the Keith Urban concert this past fall. Cherstin was actually in Denver at the Keith Urban concert on my mom's birthday so we were all jealous!! My mom is wonderful & sacrifices so much for her family!! We love you mom!!!

King of the World!!

We have been busy the entire month of March celebrating birthdays. We started out with Greg's dad, John. Greg and his dad went up and went through Yellowstone on snowmobiles. They had a great time and took advantage of the opportunity to see Yellowstone in the winter. They were gone for the weekend and we missed them! Here is a cool picture of John on his birthday.

Buffalo Ranch!!

2008-02-28T21:16:00.000-08:00

Olivia in the arena at the drinking fountain. She actually stopped long enough to look at the camera!

One of the cute mini-horses!

Bridger and Olivia in the front of the Buffalo Ranch!!

Hey there all you cowboys and cowgirls. Today for preschool Olivia and I got to go on a field trip to the Buffalo Ranch in West Farmington. It was quite the adventure. We got to see lots of new baby horses and some prego horses due any day now. We also got to see some mini horses that were really cute. Olivia had a fun time except she didn't want to get in the preschool group picture. What a surprise. She is such a turkey. Caleb had a worse day then yesterday, the poor little guy sounds terrible. We sure hope he gets feeling better. I'll post a few pictures per request of my cousin Catherine up in Logan.

WHAT THE.....CROUP!!!

2008-02-27T20:16:00.000-08:00

My dear sister Jorday, at IKEA, being a bird. Funny!!

Our smiley little croupy guy (He's only smiling because his dad was home & taking the picture

Yeah, you read it. We got the croup at our house and it has been a sad, sad week. I am going crazy. Olivia came down with a cold/cough on Thursday night and Caleb came down with it on Saturday. We went to the doctor yesterday and got Caleb some medicine so hopefully he'll start feeling better. Greg is now getting sick and I'm hoping it passes me by, wishful thinking I think but one can only hope. Olivia is going crazy staying inside and not going to pre-school. She is the queen at making big messes so that's what we've done all day. Please sickness get better before I DIE!! Anyway, here's a picture of my croupy little boy!!

SNOW Anyone...

2008-02-17T15:37:00.000-08:00

The kids at the cabin over Labor Day!!

The front door of the cabin. It was almost covered.

The snow on the cabin roof.

So last weekend, Greg went up to his parents cabin in Island Park, Idaho to shovel snow off the roof. They thought it would only take them a few hours, YEAH RIGHT!! I know they didn't have any idea what they were getting themselves in to. I thought I'd post a few pictures of all the snow, it makes me grateful that I'm down here in Utah and that we don't have to shovel this much snow. I'm impatiently waiting for the arrival of spring!!! If anyone's seen it could you tell it I'm ready for it to come.

Happy V-Day!!!

2008-02-14T21:32:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day to one and all!! I hope everyone had an extra special day. My sweetie pie flew out to Alaska last night so the kids and I have had a lonely little Valentine's Day!! It's all right because I think the holiday is a little over-rated. I had to laugh though, Olivia and I ran to the store to get some garlic bread for dinner, I honestly could not believe the number of men at the grocery store looking for that special something for their honey. The flowers, choclates, and stuffed animals were flying off the shelves. It was super hilarious. I had a great chuckle inside. There's nothing like the last minute rush. I have to give my man some credit though. He flew out while I was working so when I got home he had left my present on my pillow, a brand new pair of running shoes (just for the race he's trying to convince me to run with him.) I thought it was really nice of him to be that prepared. Caleb's little buckey teeth are growing and it's quite funny. He discovered the fun little trick of grinding his new teeth which just drives me crazy!! Livy had a wonderful day at pre-school at her Valentine's tea party. What a special treat. I'll have to post pictures later because of my loser computer. Greg needs to get me updated. Happy President's Day weekend to all!!

30 Things To Be Grateful For Turning 30!

2008-01-29T21:47:00.001-08:00

So today was the dreaded day that I was finally kicked out of my 20's. I can't believe it happened so quickly. Not that I feel any older but leaving the twenties in the past is kind of sad, not to mention that Greg will still be in his twenties for another year and few months so that just seems to rub salt into my open wound. Anyway, I had a great day!! Greg took the day off because he is flying to Alaska as we speak. We went to the temple this morning, then to the Cheescake Factory for lunch. It was delicious. I'm glad Utah is finally catching up with some good restaurants. A little piece of their cheescake always makes things better. I then tortured Greg with some retail therapy for myself. He and Caleb were good sports. We went to Ross, a torturous store for Greg, he hates all the racks of clothes. It is a treasure trove for me, trying to find the hidden treasure amongst the junk. I did it though. I found a dress for $1.49. Can you believe it. $1.49. That's what I call a steal of a deal!! Anyway it was an all right day. Here is my list of the 30 things I'm thankful for on this day anyway....

1. Greg- he's a trooper and the rock of our home.
2. Olivia & Caleb- two of the cutest and funniest tykes you'll ever meet. I'm lucky to be able to stay home and be their mom.
3. Parents and wonderful in-laws--they both live so close and are such a strength to us.
4. Grandparents--need I say more, love you all.
5. Sisters-in good times and bad--cheese fries and tears come together, love ya sistas, my sister in laws and cousins are included..
6. Aunts, Uncles and cousins-I've been lucky to grow up with so many all around and actually see and know them,
7. The Gospel-don't need to explain much on this one, the foundation of my life and being
8. Vacations--I love a good vacation, especially if it includes the Beach,
9. Cherry Coke zero-love the zero calories and the fabulous taste
10. Shoes- I was born to be a shoe girl, from the tradition of my mother and grandmother Bub.
11. Bargain Shopping--love to bargain shop and find a good deal-Greg get's sick of me telling him the great deals I get but I know he does appreciate it.
12. Friends-that have been there through the good, the bad, and the ugly times. Love them all.
13. Girl's night Out- Girls just want to have fun!!!
14. TIVO-next to the walkman and Tab it is the greatest invention of the 20th century-name that movie- the answer is velcro- do I have you wondering. Email me for the answer!! What would I do without TIVO?
15. Food-I love to eat and eat and eat, especially if I don't have to cook it and clean it up.
16. Books-I love to read and escape life in a book-Can Edward just bite Bella yet? getting a little bored with all the messing around, just get it done already.
17. IKEA in Utah-finally!! Although one less thing to look at when going to California!!
18. The beach-love it and miss it. Summer please come!!
19. NO BEDREST-I'm so thankful that I don't have to do bedrest again on my birthday this year!! (But little Caleb is so sweet and adorable I'd totally do it again.)
20. Nieces and Nephews-I have the cutest nieces and nephews. Olivia & Caleb are so lucky to see them so often.
21. Pre-school-The 4 hours a week she goes allows me my sanity for the week, grocery shopping goes so much better and I can actually venture into a craft store or Tai-pan without the fear of her breaking something.
22. Card Club- Just joined a card club my friends started and it has been so much fun, plus the cards are really cute.
23. Pashmina-Jordan gave me my first one, I was one at my party that actually knew what it was and you'll get pictures of it as soon as Jord emails them to me.
24. Exercise-thank heavens I can still exercise and I've started running again-that has helped my butt not turn completely into cellulite (I also attribute this to my grandpa Pop's metabolism I inherited--lucky me)
25. Karaoke revolution-a family favorite-I love music but was not blessed with a voice-but it's still fun.
26. Photoshop-to help take out the dark circles under my eyes and wrinkles appearing in my skin
27. Massages-love them, they are so relaxing and I am so excited because Greg gave me a gift certificate for one for my birthday-thank you honey!
28. March Madness-I look forward to this one every year-the first weekend is amazing!! College basketball rocks-I wish the U would get back up there but I still like to watch. Last year I was still on bedrest so it made that part of time go by faster.
29. Blogging-This blogging business is pretty fun even though I am still a newbie. It's great to help keep in touch and know what's going on in people's lives. Plus I've decided it's the new journal keeping.
30. Turning 30 is definetely better than turning 40 or 50, so here's to hopefully a few more great years.

P.S. The picture will have to come later because I'm using our old laptop and it won't work so you'll all have to wait until Greg gets back from Alaska!

In Loving Memory....

2008-01-20T21:15:00.000-08:00

All the cousins with Famp!! We'll all miss Bub!!

Bub and Caleb

To one of the greatest person I've known in my life. My dear sweet grandma "Bub" passed away unexpectedly on January 6. It took everyone by surprise as she just kind of snuck out on us. It has been a really hard time. I think that I cried more the first 10 days of 2008 than I did in the entire year of 2007. Bub was just amazing. I never heard her speak anything bad about anyone else. She always made you feel so special. When I was little, I loved sleeping over at her house. She would make the best pancakes and would put them in whatever shape you would order. She was an amazing cook. Her lemon meringue pies and potato salad will be greatly missed. She was always giving to everyone else. She raised an amazing family. I have great aunts, uncles and cousins. It has been such a great comfort to be able to spend time with all of them and just be together. Sitting around and remembering and talking about Bub and all her great qualities and memories have helped ease the sadness. I could try all my life and not be able to accomplish everything she did and the person that she was. She has made me want to try harder to be better and more like her. She touched so many lives. My sister, Jordan and I were talking and we both have had more of a desire to be better cooks. I guess that's good for Greg and Zac, or not because they get all the rejects. I love my family and am grateful for all of them. Thank heavens for blogging because we can keep tabs better. Hankie girls forever!! I love you Bub and am trying to be like you!!!

Winter Wonderland!

2008-01-01T21:32:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas!! The kids definitely were spoiled. We then headed up to the Island Park cabin for some snowmobiling. It was just beautiful. The trees were covered in snow. O loves to go to the cabin and being with her cousins. She can't get enough of it. They love riding on the snow mobiles. There were only a few minor set backs, but that's what will make it so memorable. The water was having some issues the first day, luckily they got it working the next day. I heard they had great fun trying to melt snow to flush the toilets!! Then a little flu bug swept through the cabin, bouncing from family to family. We were pretty lucky, only little C came down with the pukes. It made for a few sleepless nights, that are still continuing as they both have a cough and runny nose now. We decided to come home day early but still had a fun time.

Greetings from the Flint's

2007-12-15T13:57:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone.

I wanted to surprise my wife with her new project in the upcoming year. She has been keeping tabs on everyones blogs and has wanted to start her own. I thought I would look into it, and figure out how all of you are doing this. Hopefully Erin will have a little more time than I do to keep our family up to date.

We have been doing great. I just returned from my monthly trip to Alaska, Erin is busy with being the best mom ever and working 3 times a month at the new hospital. Olivia is enjoying her preschool experience with her teacher (aunt Brenda) and classmates. Olivia can't wait for each Tuesday and Thursday to go to preschool. Caleb is more and more mobile everyday. He is crawling now and trying to show his new skills off to everyone.

Merry Christmas to all!!

Love,
The Flint's