The Marcroft Family

Happy Brithday Sariah

2012-02-16T10:07:00.001-08:00

I cant believe my baby is "5 years old" today it seems like yesterday I just had her. Time goes to quickly and I wish it would slow down. I love evertying about this little girl even though she drives me nuts some times. :-) The things I love about Sariah, her laugh, smile, she is sweet and kind to everyone. Sariah teaches me to be a good mom, her spirit is wonderful and is a great example to Joey and I. Funny thing about Sariah she dances and twirls around instead of walking she cant sit still drives me nuts but thats ok. Sariah is 100% her dad we joke that Heavenly Father gave her to us to get back at us for all the things we did to our parents. However we blessed and very thankful that he did give her to us and we will take good care of her for him. Love this little Girl Happy Brithday!

Our Tree

2011-12-04T20:20:00.000-08:00

Our Cat Morris is helping with the decorating this year. Actually he is excited because he thinks the tree is his. Between Sariah and Morris the bottom of my tree is not so pretty. Sariah thinks the Christmas balls are earrings. Morris will sit in back of the tree focus on a hanging ball and run and pounce and knock it off the tree. Than proceeds to bat it around the house as his own personal toy.

Wise Girl

2011-12-04T20:15:00.000-08:00

Sariah was a Wise Girl in the Nativity lol and yes she was the wises of them all. :-) Our ward did a live Nativity tonight kids did a good job.

Knotts' with the Barth's

2011-11-24T09:36:00.001-08:00

Every year a good friend Monica from high school comes into town around Oct. We took the kids to Knotts this year. Sariah love playing with the girls above we call this the Charlies Angels pose.

Family Fun

2011-11-24T09:31:00.000-08:00

Cousins Kayla, Faith, Joseph, Mateo, Naomi....Sariah loves playing with her Cousins.

The Beach with good friends

2011-11-24T09:19:00.000-08:00

My dear friend Susan and I took the kids to the beach in June. The had a blast together! Ben, Emma and Sariah.

Morris has a Crush

2011-11-24T09:17:00.000-08:00

My Cat Morris has this crush on this doll. It is pretty funny out of all the dolls Sariah has he will seek this one out. I think he is in love check out his paw he is holding her hand. :-)

Aug 2011 Summer Vaction in San Diego

2011-11-24T09:00:00.000-08:00

We took a trip to San Diego our favorite get away place. We stated at Shelter Island, we visited the Aquarium in Ocean Side, San Diego Temple, too a Very LONG train ride through San Diego (not my favorite), swam at the hotel pool, went to the beach....and did lots of R&R. We had a blast it was a much needed trip.

Our Fish

2011-07-04T17:38:00.001-07:00

We have a fish on our hands, Sariah loves to swim. In fact she is getting to comfortable in the water. We went swimming at my mom's friends house today for the 4th of July. Every time I turned around she wanted to take off the arm floats and and jump in without them. It is time for swim lessons I got her signed up for next week.

Words of Wisdom by a 4 year old

2011-04-10T18:39:00.000-07:00

Today I had to give a talk in our new ward. I was very nervous and really didn't want to do it. I am not one who can get up in front of a crowd to speak. I do it because I am asked to do it however I don't really like.

Well we were walking into church and I was explaining to Sariah what I had to do. Here is our conversation:

Sariah: Mommy are you shy and nervous to go up and give your talk
Me: Yes I am mommy really doesn't want to do it.
Sariah: Mommy don't be shy or nervous it will be fun

Latter after church we were getting into the car and here is our conversation:

Sariah: Mommy did you have fun giving your talk
Me: Yes I guess I did
Sariah: See...I told you that you would have fun!

LOL oh to be four I can only hope she keeps that attitude when she is older and asked to give talks. Sariah is my little example and teaches me more than you know it. She is always tell us what we need to remember to do. I tuck her in at night and she says we forgot to say prayer we need to do say prayer. Or we need to read our scriptures or if I say the word stupid she reminds me that is a bad word. In our house the word stupid is a bad word. I have a terrible habit of saying that word LOL.

We have Keys yea!

2011-02-25T21:50:00.000-08:00

We received our keys to our new home Wed afternoon. We are so relieved it is over and done we had a long escrow. We started Jan 4th and finally ended Feb 23rd. We had a few road bumps and they were mainly due to our funding. It took forever and I was very frustrated about it all. But now that we have the keys we are on the mad dash to get things done and move in. Thursday my parents and I changed out the electrical covers, cleaned the floors, kitchen cupboards, put up shelf liners. I had 2 companies give a quote on the Blinds, I picked and order them. Today we went to Home Depot and Lowes a couple times, we needed to get security screens for our doors. We set up appointments for the window companies to come do an estimate on new windows. We also made an appointment for the fence company do the same. We need to put up a new fence on one side of the house plus gates. The windows aren't a huge rush but since we only have 5 that would need to redone we are curious. They are about 25 years old and are in ok shape, so we may only do one at a time here and there.

Tomorrow we are going to try to move some of the garage, and put up the screen doors and do a few other things. Oh we need to pull out two bushes that are next to the house and will be in the way for the fence. My brother in laws are coming to help out with that stuff. However it maybe wishful thinking because we will be getting rain out sure how much though. We will just do what we can oh well. We are very blessed that we have a house now and looking forward to our new adventures in it.

New Beginnings

2011-02-08T21:15:00.000-08:00

Our soon to be new home!!!

Well for about four months ago we started off on the house hunt again. We found one than lost it found another and got it. "WOW" we said.... it has been a long escrow process and we close in a few days (if on time LOL). I am ready for it all to be over we are excited about our new house. It is a little on the smaller side but it works, it is two bedroom and one bath. It has huge backyard and we plan on maybe adding on someday. We will have a lower mortgage than rent which is much needed at this time in life. Everything kind of just fell into place which means we know this is the right house for us. We will be about 5 mins from my parents in Mo Val and are very excited about that. When I told Sariah about us living closer to Grandma she said "Yeah that is a great idea we should live closer to Grandma". Once we get escrow completely closed we have the adventure of putting up a fence, blinds and some closet organizers oh yeah move in (not my favorite part).

Sariah Sayings

2010-12-06T21:27:00.000-08:00

Conversation between Sariah and I:

Sariah: Mommy?
Me: Ye
Sariah: I don't want to be an Adult
Me: Why not
Sariah: Because Adults don't eat Scooby Doo Fruit snacks

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Sariah:Mommy you don't like to do things sometimes
Me: No I don't but I have to do them it is just what we do
Sariah: When I get big and become an adult I will do the things you don't want to do for you.
Me: aww....well thank you that will make me happy
Sariah: Yeah that will make Jesus happy too

Double aww....love this little girl, she is a great example to Joey and I. The nights we forget to say prayer she will come get us and remind us. We were watching the Christmas Devotional on the computer (the next day after it was broadcasted) when they began the opening prayer, Sariah stopped what she was doing and folded her arms and bowed her head. I am thankful for my little example that keeps me going in the right direction.

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I was putting Sariah down for a nap and she had on her sleeping beauty dress. I asked her do you want to take this off or are you going to sleep in this (referring the dress)? All I got was this look like duh mom really have to ask that question......she says "yes I am sleeping beauty" LOL

Update

2010-12-05T21:41:00.000-08:00

It has been hard keeping up on this blog most of my posts have been short. We are doing well coming too an end of a year. Joey is still working and going to school. Sariah loves preschool and I am doing the same working. We had a great Thanksgiving I was able to take the week off. Sariah and I had a blast, although I was a little grouchy a few times. I think I have been spoiled since I have been working. Kudos to all you stay at home mom's (my dream is to be one again someday). However I am very happy to helping out the family as we put Joey through school. Stay at home moms do have a tough job and I think I forget than remenber when I stay home for a week.

Sariah and I went to Knotts with one of my good friends and her kids (Beylers), we went to see the movie Tangled twice...yes twice it is Sariah's new favorite movie. Joey and I took her the night before Thanksgiving and than the day after Thanksgiving we were invited to go with the Emma Otte. We went up to see family on Thanksgiving day. We found out a few days before Thanksgiving that Joey's nephew Kevin has been called to serve a mission to Moscow Russia. We are so excited for Kevin and very proud of him.

We do have some other news about our family. About two months ago we have started the adventure in looking for a house again. About two weeks before Thanksgiving we found out we got one. Yea....however we aren't in escrow yet we found out there is a 2nd on the house and the two banks are negotiating. Once that is cleared out we should be free to move forward into escrow. So lets just say we aren't packing our boxes just yet, Joey and I will believe it when we see it. It is very hard to not get your hopes up when it comes to trying to buy a house. We have been trying for about 1-1/2, however we did take a break in there somewhere. When they say "yea how exciting buying your first house" you kind of have to say yeah not really on some parts of it. So we are hoping and praying things move forward here soon if not than guess we will move on to find another one. The house is nice though we really like it. We will be out of the ward though sorry Arlington ward we did try hard to stay in the ward. I will post again when/if we do get it for sure.

Oh the picture above is at the Teen Challenge Castle here in town. We went to the open house and it was fun we meet the Otte's there. I never really new that place was there to be honest I new the Teen Challenge was there but didn't notice the Castle. It was very pretty to see, the had a live nativity and carolers the kinds had fun.

Halloween

2010-10-30T17:17:00.001-07:00

Halloween 2010 at our Ward party........

One relaxed Cat.....

2010-10-30T17:10:00.001-07:00

Fall Vacation 2010

2010-09-24T20:09:00.000-07:00

We are at the Irvine Park had a great time looking at the animals and seeing the pumpkin patch.

Our Hotel was across from Disneyland we are too cheap to actually go into Disneyland. So instead we sat outside in the parking lot and watched the firework show.

Next we took Sariah to the Knotts Berry Farm she loved it. All the way there she keep saying I cant wait to say hi to Snoopy.......LOL...... well as you can see she was afraid of him.

Some of Sariahs favorite rides she really loved Snoopy's house. We like it too it only cost us 71 $ for the three of us to get in. That is not even one ticket for Disneyland, we are planning on getting season passes for next year.

The Mexican Hat's it is like the Tea Cups at Disneyland, mama doesn't do anything that spins you around and around and around.

These cars were Sariah's favorite she loved them and went on them a ton of times. She even did them by herself which I was happy about I was getting a little tired of going on them. We went around this coroner and she decided to put her arms up all by herself she was having a blast.

We really had a great time we only stayed for 3 nights and 3 days. We just relaxed and had some good family fun. I have to say I love roller coasters and while we were at Knotts I went on the "Silver Bullet". After getting off I felt like a truck hit me it was a little eye opener and sucks my body isn't made like it use to be. My attitude about roller coaster growing up was the higher, bigger the faster the better.

These chickens greeted us at our car when we were done at Knotts. They were funny we fed them Gold Fish they loved them, Sariah was worried they would eat them all and not save her some. The picture below we went to Fuddruckers for dinner they have the best hamburger
place every love it!!! Oh and the Knotts restaurant we ate at for breakfast very good food too.

Morris getting big

2010-09-12T20:50:00.001-07:00

Morris still lets Sariah drag him around he is such a funny cat. It is like having another child sometimes. We are glad he is part of our family. I think he might be 6/7 months now (I have lost count).

1st Ballet Class

2010-09-12T18:08:00.000-07:00

Sariah had her first ballet dance class and she loved it. They were so cute, really if you want to see the cutest thing in the world go see a 3 year old ballet class.

1st Day of Preschool

2010-09-07T18:52:00.000-07:00

Meet Miss Erin Sariahs Teacher

All done she was so excited to tell me all about !!

Today was Sariahs first day of preschool she still has two more years till Kindergarten. However Leah put Bryce in and I figured why not couldn't hurt. That morning I was totally nervous for her my stomach was in knots. Sariah was bouncing off the walls she was so excited. Gosh if I was this nervous for Preschool wounder what I am going to be like for Kindergarten. Yesterday Grandma took her shopping she got about 5 new school outfits. Gosh wish I was starting school so I could get new outfits LOL.

Her teacher is Miss Erin this adorable gal who is friends with Leah. Erin is a school teacher and decided to do a preschool out her house. When I asked Sariah what her favorite part of school was today she told me "I got to cut with scissors and they weren't sharpe" she also told me that the play-doh was fun too. Today they learned all about the color red and the play-doh was red. She did cry a little when I left but that is my Sue bug. I think she does that to get a reaction out of me. When I drop her off at Leah's she will cry, the second I leave Sariah will turn it off in a flash and act like nothing happened. I just love these kids and the guilt trip they can put on us parents.

My little girl is growing up...sigh....

AZ trip

2010-09-07T18:39:00.000-07:00

Isn't the Mesa AZ temple beautiful? Meet my good friends The Barth Family. Monica and I went to High School together we were very good friends our Senior year. Shortly after our Senior year we were country dancing buddies we went three nights a week sometimes. Well this is where she fell in love and meet James. The were married 11 years and had babies through out the years. A about a year ago in 2009 James joined the church. Than on Sept 4 2010 they were sealed together in the Mesa AZ temple. I was able to be there and what a great experiance it was. I have been able to watch this family grow and come closer to the Lord over the years. I am so excited and happy for my friends I love them thank you for having me.

New Hair cut

2010-08-08T08:57:00.001-07:00

I had to cut Sariah's hair it was getting too straggly she still had a lot of baby thin hair. I was contemplating it for a few days (I am a fan of long hair). However I have no time to pull her hair back most morning. This way is quick and easy and it looks nice. Joey has been wanting me to cut her hair for awhile now so if you ask him he will say it was his idea. LOL This will be her 2nd hair cut in her life.

Funny's

2010-06-27T14:48:00.000-07:00

Me: Sariah sit down and stop talking and eat your breakfast
Sariah: But Jesus wants me to talk

Sariah: That Grandma who is a little old she has two wheels and handles.
(Referring to Great Grandma Marcroft who walks with a walker)

Sariah in the back room, Joey and I in the hall talking. We all the sudden hear this huge thud against the wall.....then we hear Sariah say "I am ok, I am ok"! Joey and I just stood there and bust out laughing. She does this all the time we should of named her "Grace".

Proud Moments

2010-06-12T21:32:00.000-07:00

Today I had a proud moment it was just one of those moments where I felt we are good parents. Sariah and I went to Beehive clothing to get some things, than I thought lets go get Sariah a new Sacrament meeting quite book at Ensign Book store. So we looked around, there wasn't a huge selection there were a couple. I was showing Sariah the books that they had, one that was titled "My first Book a Mormon". It had cute pictures with short stories from the BM. I asked her do you want this one. Sariah didn't answer and so I thought she really didn't want one. So we walked around and looked at other things. I said lets go and lets just get the pink pencil (that she had in her had).

Than our conversation went like this:

Sariah "wait I want scriptures"

Me "well you said you didn't want a book"

Sariah "no I want scriptures"

Me "ok" (and walked back and picked up the kid one with the pictures and handed it to her)

Sariah "No I want scriptures mamma one with words and letters only like the big kids".

Me "really?"

Sariah, "Yes!!!!"

I looked over and I picked up a BM one of those 3.00 $ ones that the Missionaries hand out. I handed it to her

Me, "you want this?"

Sariah "Yep that is what I want, just like the big kids!"

I love that little girl!!!!

My baby growing up

2010-05-22T08:32:00.000-07:00

Sariah loves to play this preschool game that is on the computer (http://www.starfall.com/).
It took her a couple of days to get the hang of the mouse but now she is a pro at it. Sariah will be going to preschool in the fall....oh where did the time fly. Just two more years and she will be in big kid school. Sariah cant wait she asks me every morning when we drive by the schools "Mommy I want to got to school when can I go?"

"Beauty and The Beast"

2010-05-22T08:28:00.000-07:00

Sariah got to see Beauty and the Beast the Moreno Valley stake put on the production. Leah and Eric Eckstrom (my dear friends who watch Sariah for me while I am at work) were in it. Leah was Miss Potts, Eric was Gaston. Sariah was in heaven when she got to meet Belle in person, who needs Disneyland LOL.

How many Band Aids do you where?

2010-05-22T08:25:00.000-07:00

Behind Easter 2010

2010-05-22T08:01:00.000-07:00

The Kids and there loot! Sariah got 10 $ in her basket Jim's mom put money in her eggs all the kids found about that much.

Where do you hide your eggs?

Kayla, Faith and Sariah getting the car ready. (Childrens Museum)

Mateo, Namoi, Joseph, Kayla, Sariah, and Faith

Sariah, Kayla and Faith w/ Uncle Luis

The fam at the Santa Monica Peir it was a bit cold there. Aunt Eirn, Grandma Marcroft, Aunt Rachel.

Kyle, Sariah and Parker looking at the Sand Crabs they found.

Looking for Sand Crabs

The kids barring Austin

So I just noticed I never posted Easter pictures. Life has been busy for us so here they are. Rachel Joey's sister and her family came into town we had a good time.

Best Friends

2010-05-15T22:21:00.001-07:00

Sariah and Lilia Beyler are good friends they are the 100% trouble when they get together. Such cute girls...love both of these faces. One funny thing though Sariah talks a lot about Tyson Lilia's older brother who is 5. Tyson does this Tyson says this, Tyson that ect. Joey just shakes his head, I really do think Sariah is going to give us a run for our money once she discovers boys. LOL

Morris

2010-05-15T21:42:00.001-07:00

Well Morris is adjusting to his new home very well. The first week was a little hard all he did was cry. The only time he didn't cry was when I was holding him or petting him. It wasn't this cute little meow it was this long drown out meeeeowwwwwww that went on forever. I kept telling myself he will adjust he is just nervous from being away from his mama, brothers and sisters. But seriously if he didn't stop I was afraid we were going to have to find him a new home. I cant handle a needy cat right now life is too busy for me.

By the end of the week he was adjusted I have him litter trained and all is ok. He is attached to me he follows me around when I sit down he will sit on my shoulder like a bird. Joey calls me the cat lady I don't think it is funny, he does. Sariah carries him around and plays with him like he is her doll (as you can see above). He loves to go outside I have to watch him though he is too little to be outside right now. We had a show down today with Max the cat next door. For those who don't know Max is the best cat that I have known. Well ok the second, I did have a cat growing up Webballs he was a pretty cool cat too. Anyhow Morris and Max saw each other for the first time today. They both hissed at each other Morris's hair was standing up. Nothing happen Morris got a little closer and Max hissed and ran away. It is territorial issue the fact is Max is the dominating male in the neighborhood and Morris was trust passing. Max is mad at us right now, I feed Max and let him in the house just in the kitchen. Now that we have Morris that doesn't happen as much.

New Kitty

2010-05-02T20:32:00.000-07:00

We had to say goodbye to CC but now we get to say welcome to Morris. We went ahead and got a new kitty. I am still sad about CC but we need to move on.

Meet Morris he is a little nervous about being away from his mama, brothers and sisters. It will take some time get get use to us and Sariah LOL. He is about 6-7 weeks old and a very pretty cat I love his blue eyes. They are here to stay and I am happy about that.

We went to get him and Sariah told me "Mama the new kitty needs a friend". Sorry one kitty is enough for me....LOL.

Goodbye CC

2010-04-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

We had an accident and CC is no longer with us anymore. So sad I miss her she was my new little baby. It is funny how attached I got to her maybe it is was because I bottle feed her. She had a short little life and will miss her.

Kitty's name CC

2010-04-17T18:07:00.000-07:00

The reason we named her CC is because she is a "Crazy Cat"... get it CC. When you give her the bottle she goes crazy till you can get it into her mouth. She goes crazy when you take it away from her, I have the scratch's to prove it. CC is so much more playful now she will jump and attack your feet. Sariah thinks she is her own person rag doll. We are working on getting her to use the litter box she did it today yea!!! I am trying to weaning her from the bottle but no luck yet but hopefully soon. Oh she lost her blue eyes too :-( I loved those. That is somehting I learned about kittens it takes a few weeks for them to get their eye color. We took her outside to explore she wasn't too sure about that yet. Joey wants her to be an outside cat I am not not sure about that. I just worry about them when they are out and about outside cats tend to disappear a lot. But if that does happen it wont be for awhile right now she would just be a nice snack for some other animal.

4-4-1/2 weeks old

2010-04-08T18:11:00.001-07:00

The kitty who still has no name is getting bigger she is more alert now. She wants out of her box more often to walk around and explore. I think she is about 4 to 4-1/2 weeks. Her ears are up strait now and her eyes are wide open.

She loves to play she will rollover on her back and play with her feet. She still tries to reach her ear with her paw and will loose her balance. She is hopping round now trying play and chase things.
Here are her big blue eyes, from what I read they will be changing soon. I kind of wish they would stay blue. But I guess all kittens eyes are bright blue in the when they are born than change. She is also getting her pupils, that is a sign that her eyes will change soon.

Walks like Bambi

2010-03-29T21:03:00.000-07:00

Kitty (that has no name yet) is walking pretty well. As she walks I will talk to her and she will find me (follows my voice). We think she is about 3-3/12 weeks old

New Baby

2010-03-25T21:38:00.001-07:00

So tinny and so cute, I think we have a new addition to our family. Meet Baby Kitten Joey found her she has been abandoned. She cant be more than three weeks old she just barely opened her eyes. We cant get her to drink from an (animal) baby bottle so we are using a medicine dropper for now. We are taking her to the vet to have them check her and see if they can help us get her to eat from the bottle. Sariah loves her, and if all goes well at the vet we are more than likely going to keep her. She seems totally healthy but to be safe I want the vet to check her. I do want to have another baby but this isn't really what I was thinking. LOL...but than again she will be easier than Sariah. All I have to do is keep a bowl of food for her and she can be outside...cheaper too (I think).

She is so cute and so tinny you should see her in person. The picture makes her look bigger than she is. Her eye's just opened and her ears are still flat they haven't fully erect. Right now she crawls around and is very unstable from what I read in about a week or so she should have her ears erect and stand up.

Right now she reminds me of Bambi when she was trying to stand and walk in the movie. She will fall over a lot very funny and cute.

Conversations with Sariah

2010-03-23T18:59:00.000-07:00

Sunday, Sariah asked me if we could go to the park. I said not today but how about Monday for Family Home Evening.

Here is how the conversation went:

Sariah: How about we go to the park first than we have Family Home Evening?
Me: Well how about we go to the park for Family Home Evening?
Sariah: Oh, ok but I will play and you and Daddy can have Family Home Evening.

I love our little conversations they are so cute.

The other day she asked to go to my mom's.

Sariah: Can I go see Grandma?
Me: Grandma isn't home, she went to Aunt Retha's
Sariah: Oh, I want to go with her to Aunt Retha's
Me: Not this time, maybe next time
Sariah: (in her high whinny voice) But Grandma takes me there all the time.

Sariah has only been to Retha's once that she can remember, but yet she has been there all the time, and grandma always takes her.

Driving home today:
Sariah: Mom what color is Bryce's hair?
Me: Blond
Sariah: What are my cousins names?
Me: Kayla, Faith, Joseph, Austin.....etc named them all
Sariah: Who is Austin?
Me: Your cousin that lives in UT.
Sariah: Oh what color is Austin's hair?
Me: Brown
Sariah: Mama, your hair is Brown
Me: Yes it is, and so is yours
Sariah: But daddy doesn't have hair
Me: Yes, you are correct
Sariah: Remember when I saw a picture of Daddy when he had hair, he was funny looking.

Glasses

2010-02-28T16:10:00.000-08:00

Sariah had her 3 year old well check up she came up anemic (not enough iron). So I had to take her down and to have blood drawn. She was a trooper a sad one but she did ok for what it was. To top it off she had an appointment that same day to see the eye doctor. Her left eye goes off to the left she has a stigmatism in that eye. When she looks she will shut her right eye or turn her head. So long story short she needs glasses right now. It is a very mild prescription they want to see her back in 3 months if that doesn't help them we may have to have her wear a patch. The patch will force her to use her left eye. So poor thing had her blood drawn and eyes dilated all in the same day. Oh and they also found protein in her urine. UGH so I have to take her back in a month for another urine test at the lab.

So the other day we went looking for her glasses. We search high and low and ended up at Lense Crafters. Sariah has a small head so we had to pay more than if we were to go to Walmart. Trust me Walmart was our first try but they didn't have any small enough for her, the baby ones were too small. Other than that she had a great well check up. Her height is: 39-3/4, and her weight is: 33 -1/2 she is my growing girl.

Happy Brithday Sariah

2010-02-21T16:14:00.000-08:00

Sariah had a week's worth of partying, Tues Feb 16th she turned 3 years old and where did the time go? On Tues I surpirsed Sariah with lunch and balloons. Leah brought the kids to me in Corona and we ate at Wendy's (Sariahs) favorite. Than later that night Joey and I took her to "Cherry on Top" the best place in the world if I do say so myself. It is a frozen yogurt place where you can put whatever topping you want on it. Sariah had Choc. yogurt with, gummy bears, M&M's, Choc sprinkles and cookies.

On Wed Leah & Judy my dear sweet friends took her to Build A Bear. What a treat that was for Sariah she had a great time. Here is what Leah told me:

Sariah picked out a Panda Bear we let Bryce and Liam pick new outfits for the bears they already had, but when it came time for Sariah to pick an outfit for her Panda bear, it took her 5 of a second to choose her outfit. Her Panda is proudly wearing a Sleeping Beauty princess dress and has been named accordingly on her birth certificate.

She loved using her foot to work the machine that filled the bear with fluff, the guy had her kiss the heart before he placed it inside and we added a cute little happy birthday song that will sing to her when she squeezes it. Very fun and successful trip!! Hugs, Leah

I am so very blessed to have Leah I don't know what I would do without her. It is so comforting to Joey and I to know that Sariah is being well taken care of and loved.

We had a party on Sat for her and had a blast I will have pictures for you soon.

Happy Birthday Sariah!!

Twilight Zone

2010-01-30T08:49:00.000-08:00

The other night I put a post on Facebook and I am still in shock and had to document it. I can look back and say yes she did do it once in hopes she keeps doing it. :-)

"Am I in the twilight zone right now I asked Sariah to pick up her room and the toys in the living room. She as been a busy little beaver everything is picked up and VERY WELL I didn't even help her (I am shocked). She is done with her toys and is in the living room picking up my stuff. She is trying to fold the blanket ...picking up the pillows, put the cup in the sink WHO's child is this????"

3 year pictures

2010-01-16T23:18:00.000-08:00

Ok so Sariah isn't 3 till Feb 16th but we got a jump start on her pictures. They came out pretty cute I wasn't a huge fan of the gal that took them. We just took her to JcPenney's they do a great job but this gal seemed like she was new. The lady was trying to do all these poses but Sariah didn't really want much to do with that. Really you cant expect a 3 year old to hold still for more them 3 seconds especially mine. But Sariah still loved the whole thing she loves being very girly. My aunt Retha bought her that dress. Sariah loves Aunt Retha, she very frilly and girly the two where made for each other.

It has been awhile since I have written on here. No reason mostly due to life being so busy. Another year has come and gone. We are doing the same thing, work, school and church callings. I was hoping for a better start to the new year but sadly we aren't off to a great start. We are all sick, we have had the stomach flu (bug) and now we all have very bad colds. I hit a pole with our highlander about a week ago. My record still stands it was just one of those dumb things that happen. Oh well however that is a $500. ded oh well......it sucks!!!

I also went to new doctor about my back. I have had back pain since I can remember, it started in 2000 (while living in UT) I totaled my car. Than in 2007 it got worse that is when I had Sariah. Funny I would of never consider being pregnant an injury. But it is true being pregnant puts so much strain on your back. Frankly it makes a lot of sense in my case Sariah sat in my back the entire time. That is why I didn't look very big during my pregnancy.

Well this doctor wants me to go get an MRI he believes I have a disc problem. Part of me is thankful he said that because another doctor just keep telling me my problem is because I am eating to much sugar and not drinking enough water. I agree that is good advice but really come on for almost 10 years?? However the other part of me says this sucks I don't want back surgery. There is one other option this technique called Spinal Decompression. Which sounds great and is what I am kind of wanting to do but their is a little thing called money. I am not sure my insurance will cover it. It is a non-surgical approach to fixing your back. The success rate is better than surgery. They have even had people come in who have had surgery and that surgery has failed and this has help. So who knows what is going to happen I have lived with the pain for almost 10 years whats a few more years. The one problem though is it is getting to the point where my legs get tinkly and kind of numb if I sit too long or stand.

The Best Mom in the whole wide world

2010-01-14T20:34:00.000-08:00

Tonight Sariah crawls up onto my lap gives me this big hug and tells me... "your the best mom in the whole wide world"......... I say thank you. Than she says "and I am the best kid in the whole wide world". LOL humble too

Lately she as been doing this "I love you mommy so much..........can you get me a drink" (??) or whatever she wants. Little stinker....lately she has been showing us how smart she is. She seems to be trying to see who far she can get and working both Joey and I. Yes I know it is only the beginning.

Marcroft Family Vac San Diego, CA

2009-11-24T19:07:00.001-08:00

We are having a blast on our family vacation we aren't done yet here is a preview of what we are doing. Yesterday we went to the Zoo, today we went to the Childrens Museum tomorrow we are going to Sea World. Below the pictures of the Bay are the views from our hotel room. It is really is about ten steps form our room. The have a playground for the kids to play on Sariah loves that. This morning when were were playing we turned around and saw a dolphin out in the water. Their was a boat with some people that looked like they were training him. It was like a free Sea World show (who needs Sea World). He (or she) was doing flips and jumps it was so neat to see out in the ocean.

Too funny

2009-10-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

My friend who watches Sariah took the kids to target and they found this:

1st Hair Cut

2009-10-01T21:41:00.000-07:00

Sariah needed her hair cut bad she still doesn't have much hair. However the newer thicker big girl hair is coming in. The thin baby sweet curly hair was getting to look like a mullet and really needed to be shaped up. So the other day she was at my mom's and my Aunt was visiting I had her cut it. It actually look so much better thank you Aunt Pam.

Prayers

2009-09-13T20:41:00.000-07:00

We have been trying to teach Sariah to pray she is doing pretty good. She just listens to me and says what I say after I say it. The fun thing is she alibis when I say one thing she says it but adds more to it. It is....So cute!!!

Example:

Me: "Thank you for Daddy" (the next thing I was going to say is "so he will be safe while away"
Sariah: "Thank you for Daddy, Mommy and Me"

Me: Bless Aunt Mimi (Aunt Merry) {Next thing I was going to say is "she will feel better"}
Sariah: Bless Aunt Mimi, Uncle Luis, Kayla, Faith, Joseph, Mateo and keeps going through the family.

We say in our prayers to bless Aunt Mimi to help her medicine work. Joey's sister is sick w/Epilepsy her doctors has been changing her medicine a lot these days. We are hoping one will work and she will start to feel better soon. Well since we have been praying about it with Sariah she told me the other day out of the blue while we were driving..........

Sariah: Mommy we can make Aunt Mimi medicine work!
Me: We can how?
Sariah: We can sure we can!
Me: Well the doctors can help Aunt Mimi. But what we can do is keep Aunt Mimi in our prayers.
Sariah: Oh ok I will pray for Aunt Mimi!

Today she was also lying with Joey in bed here is their conversation:

Sairah: I love Heavenly Father
Joey: Yes and Heavenly Father loves you
Sariah: Heavenly Father loves my Pink Piggies (FYI - she loves for me to paint her toes pink)
Joey: Yes I am sure he does love your pink piggies.
Sariah: Heavenly Father doesn't have pink piggies.
Joey: No I don't think he does.

Our Princess

2009-09-06T23:06:00.000-07:00

Can you say cheese ball!! Oh my goodness cant get over how grown up she look in this picture. I am not sure where our baby has gone but she is turning into a little girl.

The other day Leah (my friend who watches her) over heard her talking to Bryce (Leah's little guy who is 3). This is how it went keep in mind as she is talking she is holding her pigtails and twirling them around her figures.

Sariah: "My mama did my pigtails, she just did it"
Bryce: "Your mama make your hair so cool?"
Sariah: "Yeah! My mama just did it!"

They have the funniest (very cute) conversations they are such good buddies. When Sariah gets there Monday morning they are so excited to see each other. However by Friday they are ripping each others hair out. They are so like brother and and sister, I am very glad they are friends.

Way behind.....

2009-08-26T12:22:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have been so busy I am way behind on my blogging. I took Sariah to the Dentist a few weeks ago she did great here are a few pictures. We are still working on potty trainning we were doing good for awhile than she went backwards.

Another funny story about Sariah this was a conversation between her and Joey. They were talking about Dudley....Dudley is my brothers turtle that lives at my parents house.

Sariah: Dudley eats vegetables!
Joey: How come you don't eat vegetables?

Sariah: Daddy I am not Dudely I am Sariah!

She pointed to my chest and said "I want to take the balls out". I just changed the subject and moved on. I told her those are mommies mussels.

I have more pictures I will share with you latter when I get a chance.

Sariah loves her Grandma and Grandpa Sjostrom

2009-06-27T23:02:00.000-07:00

Shared photo book from Candy

2009-05-29T22:57:00.001-07:00

Click here to view this photo book larger

Those Darn Teeth

2009-05-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

Sariah has been a handful lately and really just a bear to live with these days. Tantrum after tantrum to the point where you just want to throw her accross the room. FYI I would never do that but come on moms really I know you know what I am talking about. Well tonight I found out way she is getting the last four molars. Tonight I was having her brush her teeth and she was laying down and I saw it. The left molar had pop through, no wounder I would be miserable if I had those huge teeth coming through.

Poor thing the last two nights we have had (many times) her visiting us in the the night. Once she would fall asleep again she would go into these crying fits/tantrums. I thought she was having a bad dream or somthing. One night she got mad at me and ran out of the bed and into her room to the cornor where she normally goes when she doesnt get her way. I really couldnt figure it out, last night was the mother of all nights. On top of it all she had the 24 hour stomach bug. When I asked her what hurts and all she would say is my mouth hurts. I didnt understand that at the time now I do. I was reading in my baby bible "What to expect the toddler years" and they said that sleep walking can happen when your child is getting the molars. Huh.....who knew!

Pinewood Derby

2009-05-09T13:35:00.000-07:00

We had our scouts pinewood derby last night they invited everyone who wanted to come and make a car as well. Sariah helped Joey make ours it was her car...... well it didn't do too well. It only made it half way down the track ..LOL...Joey called it a show car not a racing car. Everyone got a good laugh it was pretty funny. But hey if they had a car design contest our would of won 1st prize.

The shoes

2009-05-09T13:29:00.001-07:00

Not much to say about this post the pictures say it for me. However little did I know these are ankle braking shoes. Lets just say they didn't stay around my house very long they somehow are missing in action wounder how that happen???

Toddler Conversation

2009-05-01T16:02:00.000-07:00

My good friend Leah who watches Sariah for me sent this to me today....it gave me a good laugh.

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So here is the conversation the two munchkins just had after Bryce came into the house, went to the bathroom on his own and then went back outside:

Bryce to Sariah: I just went poo poo in the toilet!

Sariah: Good job Bryce! (you can hear the inflection lol)

Bryce: Thank you Sariah! (again with excited inflection lol)

I was in NO WAY involved in the conversation LOLOLOLOLOL Very funny! - Leah

Sea World

2009-04-14T21:41:00.000-07:00

This year Joey and I decided to get the fun card at Sea World. It is where you buy one day and get in for free the rest of the year. We went on our first family outing on 4/3 and had a blast. Sariah did have a few meltdowns she loved the Sesame Street Bay of Play area. However when it came to the rides she had to learn out to wait in line. Lets just say that didn't go over well. She was so excited to meet Elmo in person. We had a great time and cant wait to go back again.

Sariah says the funniest things

2009-03-22T20:17:00.000-07:00

I was telling my mom today a few things Sariah has been saying. It has been so fun we can actual have little conversations with her these days. My mom reminded me I need to document these. So please bare with me on this post this is more for us to remember some of the funny things she says.

One day she and I were driving home from Bryce and Lee Lee's house. She dropped some toy and started to wine. Winning seems to be her favorite thing to do these days and it DRIVES me crazy I cant stand it. I just broke down and couldn't take it anymore. I asked her (with attitude) "really Sariah how is whining going to get mommy to get you what you want? Do you see mom jumping up and getting it for you when you wine? Mommy is driving right now and you need to be patient. You need to stop whinny, whining is not going to get you anywhere I need you to be patient." As I was saying this there was total silence from her not one word/whine came out of her little mouth. Than there was a pause and silence after I was finished. Sariah finally broke the silence and said "I be patient mama I will".

Today at church we were sitting next to a cute little baby. Sariah noticed her and said "look mama a baby" I said yes she is very cute isn't she? Sariah "I cute too mama". Than latter the little baby wanted the princess that Sariah had in her hand. I told Sariah maybe we can share with the baby. Sariah..."No", Me.. "yes I think we can, Sariah.. "Ok" so she handed one of her princesses to the baby. Than I heard from Sariah "baby don't chew on it....no don't chew on it baby".

We were getting our taxes done last week. Sariah and another little boy were playing together. This little boy had this rubber snake in his hand and was swinging it around. He was getting very close to Sariah. His mom and dad weren't paying attention so I finally got up and asked him to please dont swing the snake I don't want him to hit Sariah. Than shortly after that he walked away from where Sariah was so he could swing the snake. Sariah of course followed him than I heard the boy say: "Can you go away" Sariah.... "No....I play princess", Boy..... "Go away I want to swing the snake, Sariah ...."No....I play princess". That's my girl it is about time she sticks up for herself.

The other morning I told Sariah "I loved you very much even though you do drive mommy and daddy nuts sometimes....we love you". Her was Sariah's response "I drive mommy and daddy nuts...... mommy and daddy nuts" funny as she said it over and over she dropped the "I drive" and just keep saying "mommy and daddy nuts".

I tend to have a habit of saying crap well guess who picked up on that one. Sariah walks around the house and says "Oh Crap". Opps guess I better work on that :-).

The other night Sariah was in the bath tub bathing and I was cleaning the counter off. I suddenly heard her say "Ernie you go to time out.....Ernie you are in time out"......I looked over and she is putting Ernie in the corner of the bath tub. Sariah proceeds to say "Ernie are you going to listen to me???.......ok give me kisses". I was just rolling.... funny that is the exact same thing we do and say to her when she is in trouble.

Instead of Sleepying Beauty she says "Sleeping Judy"

Sariah: "I have Mommy's doll"....Me "No that is special Mommy's doll"....Sariah: "Mommy you share".

Sariah crawls into bed with us only she and I are awake Joey is still asleep. Sariah: "Shhhh daddy is snoring".

Mission Impossible

2009-03-15T20:03:00.000-07:00

Here is your mission if you choose to take it.........get a 1 year old, four YES FOUR 2 year olds, a 5 and 7 year old to all sit in same place. All look at the camera at the same time and say cheese. If you can than wow I am impressed we had no luck. Rachael Joeys sister was in town with her 4 kids the youngest are twin boys that are 2. We were all at Merry's Joeys other sister she just got two little girls a 1 year old and 2 year old from the county and are adopting them. Merry has a 5 and 7 year old already. Talk about craziness in the house it was a good thing Merry's house is large. We had fun and Sariah loves her cousins. Oh and at one point in the day there was 30 mins where they were all asleep at the same time. They all slept about an hour an half but they went down at diefferent times.

Our Princess Girl

2009-03-14T12:48:00.001-07:00

Daddy and Sariah

2009-03-14T12:46:00.001-07:00

Sariah loves to watch Elmo on daddy's computer.

Princess Bed

2009-03-14T12:41:00.000-07:00

About a month ago I decided to just put Sariah in the twin bed that was in her room we made it all into a Disney Princess theme she loves it.

House Hunting Adventures

2009-02-26T09:42:00.000-08:00

Joey and I have had a heck of a time finding a house to buy. It has been kind of disappointing but we know that is the way the game goes. One experience we had yesterday was a bit crazy. Our agent calls us around 10:30 am he said this one house that we had expressed interest in (we found it on the internet). Doesn’t have any bids on it plus it has only be up for two days. Joey and I were at work our agent went to see it and said it is good we can put a bid in and back out if we really don’t like.

Around 3:30 pm that afternoon I happen to get off early so I called my agent and said I want to see it. It looked decent despite the walls being neon green and the gross carpet it actually was the best thing we have seen. Trust me the houses we have been looking at are just gross. It amazes me how these people just let these houses go. Most of them have this horrible odor and they need about 25,000 to 50,000 dollars of work.

So we said yes lets do it lets put a bid in (it is now around 4:30pm). Around that time in putting our bid in we found out that there were already two bids in. Two people got in there’s before us within four hours...UGH. My agent said you haven’t seen nothing yet that happens it is just part of the game.

We put it in anyways and gave them what they are asking for (125,000) however we wont offer more. If they come back asking for more we are prepared to walk away. Joey and I have decided we aren't going to get into a biding war over a crappy house when there are a ton of other crappy houses out there. I don’t love this house in fact I don’t love any of these houses, I wont love it till I fix it up the way I want it.

Here is my soapbox for the day……..

It is all these investors out there that are making the market crazy and impossible for us first time buyers to get in. There should be a rule first time buyers get first dibs on the house but that will never happen. I wonder if the two people who bid before us if they even looked at the house. I wonder if they just saw it on-line and they had their agent fax in the bids. Either that or the selling agent is blowing steam up my agents bum and telling him there are two bids (knowing he has us really wanting to find a house) when there’s not and his way to of getting more money out of us.

Another thing is with all these investors they are getting all these houses and turning them into rental. They aren’t going to care how rents them and that is going to make our neighborhoods run down.

My baby is 2 years old

2009-02-15T22:15:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is Sariah's official birthday but we had a small family party for her today. We had a lot of fun it is hard to believe it has been two years. We are feeling the fun of having a two year old now. Sariah is officially in her terrible two's and gosh I can only hope and wish this year goes fast.

We graduated her into a twin bed this weekend. I went and purchased some Disney Princess sheets and a throw blanket. We moved all her toys into her room and made her room a real kid room for her. Sariah is in heaven she loves her princess bed and room. In fact this morning she crawled into my bed around 6:00 am which is a great accomplishment (always 2:00am). She curled up next to me waking me up and said "hi mama go lay in my princess bed and read books". I told her she can but I am going to lay here in my bed....LOL she wanted me to get out of my warm King size bed and crawl into her princess bed with her. As mentioned she loves her new big girl princess bed.

P.S. Note the kitchen in these photos is the one I talked about in an earlier post. It was a HUGE hit she loves it and played with it for about an hour straight tonight.

Also make note of my cake...I think I did a good job. Ok so it isn't worthy of a cake decorating contest on the Food Network. Sariah loved it and that is all that matters. :-)

P.S. On Feb 17th she had her well check up Sariah is 3 feet tall and 27lbs and doing very well with her developmental skills.

Amy's Farm again...

2009-01-29T21:22:00.001-08:00

I took the day off and went with some other mom's to Amy's Farm today. Last spring when we went Sariah loved the goats however today not so much. She liked everything else only because they were behind gates and not coming up and pulling on her coat. I am afraid maybe she is like her mom not really into the farm idea. It is fun to visit.

Can you believe it!!

2009-01-24T20:25:00.000-08:00

Ok so I am totally embarrassed about telling this story but it is too funny and so out of my character that I had to share.

Here is some background first.....for a long time now I have been wanting to get Sariah play kitchen. However I haven't really wanted to spend the money they range from around $50.00 to $200.00. But really that is a lot for a toy and I am cheap when it comes to kid toys. However everyone tells me that Sariah will be entertained for hours if I get her one. So I have looked on Criags list, at the DI and I have even had my friends who are garage sale junkys look for me. I have found a few but they were very run down for my taste.

Well here is the part that is funny/embarrassing.......today Joey and I were driving around just looking for house's that are up for sale. Than there it was "A kitchen" just sitting there on the sidewalk next to the garbage can. I pointed it out and looked at again from a far and said "oh wait it looks a bit dirty maybe not". However we keep getting closer and both of us looked and each other and really it wasn't that bad. We pulled into the driveway Joey looked at me I said "go for it". He jumped out of the car grabbed it and we shoved the silly thing as fast as we could in the car and drove away. Oh my goodness I have never done anything like that before. We were both laughing as we were driving away wondering if anyone saw us.

It cleaned up very nice the stickers are still in tac the plastic isn't faded at all. Really the only thing that was wrong is the play phone is missing. So we plan on getting some pots, pans and food and giving it to her for her birthday, now is that horriable??? LOL LOL

P.S. The picture above isn't the exact one the one we found is made by fisher price and pink. We have been very lucky and have been given so many nice hammy down toys. I guess I have been spoiled and that is what is making me cheap in not wanting to buy them.

House Hunting

2009-01-09T16:53:00.000-08:00

So Joey and I have a new adventure ahead of us. We have decided we are going to start looking buy a house. We already went through the loan process and we are approved. Now the fun begins SHOPing :-). We are kind of thinking about Moreno Valley being they have house's more in our price range. However we are open to Riverside and would like to stay in Riverside if we can. The likely of us finidng one in our price range and no work might be impossible. Meaning we cant fork over money to gut out a house nor do we really want to. Plus being in Moreno Valley we can be closer to my parents however a longer commute for me. I do wish we could have it all and not just in buying house in life too....LOL...LOL. So we are in no hurry we are being told to wait another six months houses will get even cheaper. Who knows we are going to take are time.....wish us luck!!

Christmas Morning

2008-12-27T21:47:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year. Opening gifts were fun however, she took forever in opening them. Each toy had to be tested and tried out before we could move on to the next gift. Most of her toys that we gave her were used. Oh well we were given a bunch of those little people sets so I wrapped those up for her. We did buy her the dolly set, a wagon oh and the Elmo however the doll set was the winner. I was also given a few used baby dolls. Sariah didn't care she just LOVED the fact that they are babies. We had my Mom and Dad over for Christmas Eve and I made the ever so yummy meat loaf muffins. On Christmas day we went over their house for yummy ham and more gift opening. It was a fun and relaxing Christmas, hope everyone else had a good one too.

Santa Came to Visit

2008-12-22T20:40:00.000-08:00

We have the best Bishop EVER! He came over tonight as Santa to see Sariah, and she did really well. Both Joey and I weren't very sure how she would react. Our Bishop and his wife love all the kids in our ward. They weren't able to have kids of there own so they just spoil ours. Sister McGee comes to church ever Sunday with a HUGE bag of books and all the kids know she has it and look for her before Sacrament. Sariah is always seeking her out for the doggie (she has a stuff dog in her bag). Sariah will run up to both Bishop McGee and and sister McGee and give BIG HUGS. The funny thing about this couple is Sariah (when she will younger) didn't really like men but for some reason she loved Bishop McGee and still does. I have heard others say the same thing (there kids don't seem to like to go to strangers but they tend to take to this couple right away).

Family Picture Day

2008-12-16T20:37:00.001-08:00

Muffin Tin Meat Loaves

2008-12-10T08:31:00.000-08:00

I got this cookbook as a gift it is called "Chicken Soup for the Soul Recipes for busy mom's". I love it it is by: Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen with Mr. Food We tried this one tonight and it was YUMMY!!! I made the meat mixture last night and so it was ready for me to put in the tin's right when I got home from work tonight.

20 mins to cook / 5 to 10 mins prep.
1-1/2 pound ground beef
1 egg, slightly beaten
1-1/2 cups of shredded zucchini (about 1 med zucchini)
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup of ketchup

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Mix all ingredients above except the ketchup
3. Place about 1/3 cup of beef mixture into each 12 medium muffin cups, pressing lightly4. Spread ketchup over tops
5. Bake for 20 min or unit no pink remains and the juices run clear.

Option: If you want you can use yellow squash in place of zucchini or do both. Also I didn't put the Italian season because the bread crumbs that I had were already Italian bread crumbs.

Blast from the past

2008-11-28T22:15:00.000-08:00

So awhile back I joined Facebook I really have no clue about it and how it all works. I play with it here and there. However a few weeks ago I got this invite from a Sabrina Rinehart I was shocked. Sabrina was my best friend in grade school. We did everything together we lived about three houses away from each other. We meet when I was in the 3rd grade (I think) and I moved away when I was 14 in 1989. I dug up an old picture of us it is so much fun catch with her. We really haven't seen or talked in about 18/19 years.

I was just thinking it is weird how I have so many chapters in my life. Gosh I guess that means I am getting old. I thought it would be fun to post a picture from each of these times. However I have no time right now so maybe someday. Here is a picture of Sabrina and I and some others I think we were about 10 or 11 there.

Amanda, Delana, Me, Sabrina, Melissa, ??

My baby thinks she is a baby

2008-11-20T21:18:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures that I took awhile back. I watched a friend of mine little girl. Sariah was in heaven she loves babies as I have mentioned before. She even wanted to be like the baby.

I didn't put her in the seat I was running around the house cleaning I came around the coroner and she had climbed in the seat and pulled the blanket over her and was watching her show.

The baby had bottle and she wanted to so I went in and found one of the old bottles that I use for her and let her play with it.

P.S. Please excuse the laundry all over my floor it was cleaning day.

Our world is still changing

2008-11-14T09:58:00.000-08:00

A new road in life here is an update with us Joey gave his noticed yesterday and we are so excited. This is why I went back to work and couldn’t say much in that first post back in July. But now I can explain a little more Joey is going back to school and wants to get into the respiratory program. He actually has been kind of interested in it ever since he had all those health problems come up about a year an half ago.

For those who didn’t know about his health issues they found fluid in the sac around his lungs…..they drained 2 litters out of each one. We went through a year of tests and many doctors’ visits trying to figure why this is happening. They were telling us that he might have cancer (thanks this was being told to us a week before I was to deliver Sariah). Anyhow long story short we still don’t know why and no it isn’t cancer. He is still under doctors care once a year for some test and he does feel fine.

So for now I went back to work Joey is going to get into this program and have a part time job. We are still working out the details and running on a lot of faith but we know this is what we are supposed to be doing. We have come to learn that there really is no good time to do anything in life you just have to jump in and do it and make it happen. We have been praying about what we need to do for about two years now and never got an answer. Than we finally realized that Heavenly Father wants to figure it out and run with it. He will tell us if we are going in the right direction. We haven’t got anything but good feelings about what we are doing. The program is about a two-year program and Joey still need to finish up some perquisites than he can apply for the program. So we kind of think this will be about a three-year adventure. It isn’t an easy program to get into so that is why I say we are running on faith here. But we will figure it out when time comes. :-)

Prop 8 Article LA Temple Protesting

2008-11-12T12:23:00.000-08:00

I saw this on another friends blog and I too was saddened and had tears in my eyes as I saw pictures and continued to read. I am just speechless, I see their side as well but I/we have the right to believe in what we believe in. You would never see us doing that to them if we had lost. In reality to we aren't the only church who got there members involved. We just happen to be the largest and the easiest targets I guess.

http://meridianmagazine.com/ideas/081110hate.html

Thought I would share if you haven't seen it. Also below is an email forward that I got from another friend. It isn't from the Church and I am not sure who wrote it. It is just some facts that someone had put together. They claimed it was just there opion and the church has nothing to do with there comments. I thought they had some interesting facts.

1. Mormons make up less than 2% of the population of California. There are approximately 800,000 LDS out of a total population of approximately 34 million.

2. Mormon voters were less than 5% of the yes vote. If one estimate that 250,000 LDS are registered voters (the rest being children), then LDS voters made up 4.6% of the Yes vote and 4% of the total Proposition 8 vote.

3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) donated no money to the Yes on 8 campaign. Individual members of the Church were encouraged to support the Yes on 8 efforts and, exercising their constitutional right to free speech, donated whatever they felt like donating.

4. The No on 8 campaign raised more money than the Yes on 8 campaign. Unofficial estimates put No on 8 at $38 million and Yes on 8 at $32 million, making it the most expensive non presidential election in the country.

5. Advertising messages for the Yes on 8 campaigns are based on case law and real-life situations. The No on 8 supporters have insisted that the Yes on 8 messaging is based on lies. Every Yes on 8 claim is supported.

6. The majority of our friends and neighbors voted Yes on 8. Los Angeles County voted in favor of Yes on 8. Ventura County voted in favor of yes on 8.

7. African Americans overwhelmingly supported Yes on 8. Exit polls show that 70% of Black voters chose Yes on 8. This was interesting because the majority of these voters voted for President-elect Obama. No on 8 supporters had assumed that Obama voters would vote No on 8.

8. The majority of Latino voters voted Yes on 8. Exit polls show that the majority of Latinos supported Yes on 8 and cited religious beliefs (assumed to be primarily Catholic).

9. The Yes on 8 coalition was a broad spectrum of religious organizations. Catholics, Evangelicals, Protestants, Orthodox Jews, Muslims - all supported Yes on 8. It is estimated that there are 10 million Catholics and 10 million Protestants in California. Mormons were a tiny fraction of the population represented by Yes on 8 coalition members.

10. Not all Mormons voted in favor of Proposition 8. Our faith accords that each person be allowed to choose for him or her self. Church leaders have asked members to treat other members with "civility, respect and love," despite their differing views.

11. The Church did not violate the principal of separation of church and state. This principle is derived from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ." The phrase "separation of church and state", which does not appear in the Constitution itself, is generally traced to an 1802 letter by Thomas Jefferson, although it has since been quoted in several opinions handed down by the United States Supreme Court in recent years. The LDS Church is under no obligation to refrain from participating in the political process, to the extent permitted by law. U.S. election law is very clear that Churches may not endorse candidates, but may support issues. The Church as always been very careful on this matter and occasionally (not often) chooses to support causes that it feels to be of a moral nature.

12. Supporters of Proposition 8 did exactly what the Constitution provides for all citizens: they exercised their First Amendment rights to speak out on an issue that concerned them, make contributions to a cause that they support, and then vote in the regular electoral process. For the most part, this seems to have been done in an open, fair, and civil way. Opponents of 8 have accused supporters of being bigots, liars, and worse. The fact is, we simply did what Americans do - we spoke up, we campaigned, and we voted.

Mickey's Trick or Treat

2008-10-11T13:51:00.000-07:00

We took Sariah last night to Mickey Mouse's trick or treat. It was fun however it turned out to be more for older kids. However we did get some cute pictures of Sariah with Mickey and Minnie. She was so tired by the time we left it was about 10:30pm we got there and it opened at 7:30pm. This was a event that Disneyland puts on every Halloween at the California adventure park. I thought it was going to be a small party type thing however they had the entire park open and all the rides going. As you walk around the park they would have these trick or treat stations where the kids can go up and get candy. When you entered they gave the kids trick or treat bags. We didn't make it very far around the park we saw Mickey and had to stop it was about an hour wait to see him. Sariah did pretty good waiting they had other characters there keep the kids entertained.

Waiting in line for Mickey!

Everyone in line did a huge aw when they hugged it was so cute. I was a sucker and had to buy this picture from them. You know the over priced ones that they take. :-)

Bye Mickey and Minne!!

Our very tired girl on the tram back to the car.

Spots

2008-10-03T10:40:00.000-07:00

Well Sariah has a case of Hand, Foot and Mouth Diseases right now. She is in good sprits she came down with it on Tues. I saw them on her bum Tues night didn’t think much about thought it was a rash. Than on Wed night I noticed them on her feet and hands. Than that night we were playing and she stuck her tongue out and there they are. That explained why she was cranky and didn’t eat very much through out the days. I took her to the doctors to confirm I didn’t think I had to however in taking to the nurse she wanted me to bring her in. There isn’t anything they can give her for it so I didn’t really understand why I had to. Oh well I guess it is better safe than sorry. She is highly contagious though and she can’t be around other children right now. I feel horrible about Bryce she was over there playing with him this week. The doctor also really stressed that she not be around pregnant women. I guess it very dangerous for them I didn’t know this. As for adults they don’t get it once in a blue moon you may see an adult get it.

This year Sariah has had a run of illness all of which are common for toddlers. She had three cases of Roseola she had kind of a mild case of all three. It was a classic case though she had the fever than the rash for about 3-4 days. We have had our share of colds, stomach flu ect. I have a feeling this flu season will be so much fun these little ones are just germ carriers. We always get what she has oh joy; funny thing is I am the one who seems to get it the worse.

Big Girl Bed

2008-09-21T19:42:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we deiced to pull down the crib and bring in the toddler bed. My very sweet neighbor gave us this bed. I was going to just give it away because her crib does convert to a toddler bed. However we decided to just keep it and use it. Sariah loves her bed, we didn't do this for any particular reason. Sariah was doing so well at Leah's on the nap mat and I have been thinking about pulling it down. Also yesturday as I was pulling the sheets off her crib I had the mattress on the floor. She looked at me and said "night.... night" so I gave her the blanket turned on her music and she took her afternoon nap on the mattress on the floor.

She loves her new independence and is testing the water a bit. It is pretty cute tonight I put her down to bed and saw the door open and her little head peak out. I just did what I read in the book Healthy Sleepers, walk in gave no emotion and put her right back down. However when I did walk back into her room she would run back and jump in her bed it was a game to her. We did this for about 5 times than she finally just laid there and went to sleep. So she is enjoying her new freedom and loveing the idea that she is a big girl now. We did have one wake up last night I was woken up at 1:00 am to "mommy, mommy"....I picked her up and put her back down turned on her music and she actually did go back down. I hope this stays going well knock on wood......I am not a big fan of kids in my bed. :-)

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I am a Child of God

2008-09-21T19:38:00.000-07:00

Sariah learned today in nursery that she was a Child of God. Her teachers made these crowns for the kids and she loves wearing it around the house. Also she will sing along with the song, she doesn't know all the words but will do her best to get them all. Every now and than I will hear her singing parts of the song...."lead me guide me walk beside me to help me find the wayyyyyy". I it is cute, there is nothing so precious than your child learning that she is a child of God. Oh I love being a mom!

For those who don't know the song:

“I Am a Child of God,” Children’s Songbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2–3

1. I am a child of God,
And he has sent me here,
Has given me an earthly home
With parents kind and dear.

Chorus
Lead me, guide me, walk beside me,
Help me find the way.
Teach me all that I must do
To live with him someday.

2. I am a child of God,
And so my needs are great;
Help me to understand his words
Before it grows too late.

Chorus

3. I am a child of God.
Rich blessings are in store;
If I but learn to do his will,
I’ll live with him once more.

Chorus

4. I am a child of God.
His promises are sure;
Celestial glory shall be mine
If I can but endure.

Chorus

Optional descant (with verse 3) for voice or instrument
I am a child of God,
And blessings are in store;
If I learn to do his will,
I’ll live with him once more.
Oh, lead, guide, walk beside,
Help me to find the way.
Teach me what I must do
To live with him someday.

See also Hymns (1985), no. 301, for a four-part arrangement in a higher key.

Prop 8 Save The Family:

2008-09-19T21:07:00.000-07:00

Cute Pictures Bryce and Sariah

2008-09-18T19:45:00.000-07:00

Sariah and Bryce Napping

Sariah and Bryce taking a shower....they got really dirty one day and Leah put them in the tub to hose them down. Look at there faces they were really digging in the dirt.

Our Nudist

2008-09-12T20:15:00.000-07:00

I have to document this story about Sariah so I am writing it on here. Here is some background first Leah puts Sariah down for a nap in Bryce's room on a nap map next to his little toddler bed. She also strips her down to her diaper due to Sariah gets very hot and will wake up all sweaty. Leah does this everyday this is the nap routine for both kids. She puts them down together in there own bed and they stay there kudos to Leah!!

Well the other day Bryce woke up about a half an hour earlier. Normally when Sariah wakes up after Bryce he will come running to the hall to greet her and says "Hi Sariah". Well this particular day Bryce runs to the hall and says "Hi Sari....pee pee...?" Leah jumps up to and sees Sariah walking into the living room totally naked and has Bryce's blue clogs on. She had gotten up pulled her diaper off (she didn't pull the tabs off she pulled it off like underwear) went through Bryce's closet pulled out the shoes and put them on.

Oh I was laughing so hard when I heard this story, I wish I had a picture of it to show you. I have this mental picture of my skinny little girl with no butt, walking around naked in bright blue clogs. We haven't had a problem in the diaper removal area so I sure hope this isn't the start of something new.

Yummy Yogurt

2008-08-24T20:04:00.001-07:00

Ok so I tired to help her but she just had to do it on her own. Got to love this stage!

Forget the spoon!!!

Peak A Boo!!

All Clean!!!

Marcroft Look-alike Meter

2008-08-24T10:43:00.001-07:00

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Growing like a weed

2008-08-23T10:53:00.000-07:00

Sariah went to her 18 month appointment....yes 18 months. Yeah she is in the nursery (at church) now not that I was counting or anything....... :-) At her doctors appointment she weights 25lbs and is........... are you ready for this ............34 1/4 inches long. Just a few more inches and she will be 3 feet tall. The doctors report was a good one Sariah is still ahead of the game on everything and doing very well. Our little girl is growing like a weed.

Fun Pictures

2008-08-07T19:41:00.000-07:00

Here are some fun pictures that we just took through out the month. We are doing good, right now Sariah had a fever for the last three days. We found out she has an ear infection in both ears. Poor thing.......she is in good spirits though.

Trying on Mommies shoes!

Yummy Choc. Chip!

This is Serious business, we need to put the waters in the fridge.

My little speed racer, have to have the hat on to keep the sun out of the eyes. You know all that sun that comes into the house. Funny thing about the hat she wears it all day in the house however if I put it on her outside because she needs to wear it for real she wont keep it on.

Circus

2008-07-27T20:34:00.000-07:00

We went to the circus on Sat with Merry, Luis and the boys. We had a lot of fun it was a bit long for Sariah. She was done after about an hour and half. Here are some cute pictures from our fun day.

The Elephants were a huge hit, they were Sariah's favorite.

Our oh so happy girl.....she was done.

Happy....Happy...Happy

There she is smiling now!

I love picture of Sariah and I Joey on the other hand..... "smile daddy".

Our world has changed

2008-07-25T19:55:00.000-07:00

So I thought I would give you an update on how things are going in the Marcroft household. 2 1/2 weeks have gone by and this working thing well it sucks. I miss Sariah and I am so tired. I have been getting up at 5:30am so I can be ready to go that way when Sariah wakes up we can have a good hour of mommy and me time. I get home around 5:30/45pm, and it is time to do dinner, play, bedtime routine, and clean up around the house. My dear sweet husband does intercept and helps out with whatever I need him to help out with. Somewhere in all of this I need to find time to do some kind of physical activity....... I did get one day in last week of power walking/jogging.

All in all though we are adjusting to our new lifestyle. I didn't cry this week after dropping Sariah off YEAH. The first week I was a mess so I guess we are making some progress. Sariah is adjusting to being at Leah's she does cry when I leave however she turns it off the second I walk out the door. Leah tells me that she does miss me through out the day however she thinks (and Joey and I agree) she is just crying for my benefit. Becasue really it is like a light switch with her Leah tells me it is about a minute or two and Sariah is playing like nothing had happen.

Gosh those kids are such good little manipulators. We are having more tantrums since this change has taken place. One morning I was getting ready in the bathroom and she wanted in. I had the baby gate up and didn't want her in, well she starts to have this tantrum so I shut the door the girl stops crying like nothing had happen AND opens the door so I can see her than starts back into her tantrum. What the heck was that.....I guess it isn't very much fun to have a tantrum when no one is watching you.

I feel bad we have to put Sariah through this but I heard somewhere that it is better to work now than when they are teenagers. Also this kind of teaches Sariah to be a little more independent.......I sure hope they are right.

Crossroads in life

2008-07-13T13:22:00.000-07:00

So for those of you who don't know I went back to work full time on Wed (7/9). We are at a crossroads right now with Joey's job/life in general. In which I will explain in more detail on another post I cant right now.

I was able to go back to my old job at Sumitomo doing Customer Service, Tech support. Sumitomo manufactures power transmissions/gear boxes. They aren't auto related in anyway they are for industrial type applications. Like for example: moving walk ways, conveyor belts in different type of factories.....gosh pretty much anything that needs to move we make it move. Some of our products is on rides at Disneyland stuff like that.

I am so lucky to have such a great company and boss. I really enjoyed working their however I do miss our sweet little girl. For now she is with my friend for the time I am at work. Friday was the first day dropping her off there, (my mom and Joey had her the other two days) she didn't even bat an eye when I dropped her off. All she wanted to do was go play with the toys. I guess that is better than her screaming and crying as I am leaving.

In talking to my Dr about all of this she suggested that I start work in the middle of the week. I thought oh..... what a great idea that way Sariah will be eased into all of this. Well after seeing her on Friday morning it just dawned on me I bet my Dr was talking about me not Sariah. Being she knows that I don't handle change very well.

It will be a rough road but it will be well worth it in the end once this is all over. I can say one thing though working sure makes me appreciate being a stay at home mom. Also being a stay at home mom makes me really appreciate working. :-) I also miss my afternoon naps......hee hee sometimes I would put Sariah down and lay down myself. Hee Hee!!

Hot Day

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

It taste better when you put it in your eye first.

Or touching your nose.

It has been unbearable these days with this heat. For the most part Sariah and I stay in and don't go out till late evening or early morning. Well today we had to be brave and go out in 100 degrees, to the grocery store. While we were there I saw that they had Popsicles by one get one free. So being that I cant pass up a deal I had to buy some for us.

I got home put Sariah in her chair and handed her, her very first Popsicle ever. She examined it for about 10 seconds and than dove into licking away. She stop licking and examined it again and said.....Mummm, Mummm, Mummm she did this over and over and over. She would stop examine, say Mumm lick/bite away. It was very cute and funny, by the time I put the groceries away and had a chance to grab the camera she was finished. At first I though it had dropped in her chair or on the floor. But no, she inhaled the Popsicle in about a minute.

Talking so much more.......

2008-07-03T19:55:00.000-07:00

At 16 1/2 months:

Sariah is saying so much more these days. Today a friend of mine said to her "how are you Sariah?" Sariah replied "good" and than she walked away. She says Hi Mommy, Hi Daddy, Princess, Go bye bye Bryce (meaning go see her friend Bryce). She says...more plez, Peaches, fishy (you ask her what a fishy says and she does a fish face with her lips).

So many more words come out her mouth each day. We are amazed on what she is saying each day. We find her trying to repeat whatever we say. Most of it doesn't come out sounding like much, however sometimes it does. She will also try to sing the songs that we sing to her. Her favorites are Itsy Bitys Spider, Pop Corn popping on an Apricot Tree and If your happy and you know it. When we sing Pop Corn she says Pop, Pop, Pop, and she also does the hand motions (well trys to)with all these songs. Sariah has a special song that Grandma Sjostrom sings to her and they have hand motions that they do.

It goes like this:

Once upon a time, there was a little girl…
And she grew sooooo big!!!! (Sariah lifts her little arms in the air)
And she is soooooo beautiful!!!!!!!
And………..(she always hides her neck) Grandma loves her sooooooo much!!!!!!

(And than Grandma always adds tons of kisses on her neck)

Lately she has been calling me baby, she will get down in my face and say Hi baby, hi baby....I think that comes from me calling her baby. We hardly call her by Sariah reason being when I was pregnant with her we never found out what we were having. So all nine months we just called her Baby M.

Road Trip to Utah

2008-07-01T21:07:00.000-07:00

So we took our first road trip with a 16 month old (13 hours). For those of you that I missed or didn't know I was coming I am sorry. We were very limited on time it was a quick trip for a friends wedding. Congratulations to Sarah and JP best to luck to you and your new life. We are very happy for you and so excited.

We were very impressed on how well Sariah did in the car. The DVD player helped a lot she really is a good little traveler. We started out at 3:00 am thinking that would help and Sariah would sleep. However that didn't benefit us at all she didn't sleep and Joey and I were just exhausted. We stayed with Joey's sister Rachel in West Jordan and really had a lot of fun. Thanks Morgans for letting us stay with you, we love you and miss you.

Here is a few things that we did while we were there: the Zoo, this place called "The Children's Museum" at the Gateway mall, we shopped and just hung out. Sariah had so much fun playing with her cousins. Rachel has twin boys Parker and Logan they are sooooo cute!! They all had a blast together, every morning Sariah would wake up and hear them crawling around upstairs and would say "baby...baby go....go...baby". Little does she know that she is about the same age as they are. The twins were born early (about two months if I remenber correctly). The are almost walking, and have the cutest personality.

On the way up we stopped in Ceder City to see the Foster's (Erin's family Joey's older sister). Sariah had a good time playing with them as well. It was fun seeing everyone now it is back to life here in Riverside. :-)

Duck at the Zoo

Sariah and I at the Zoo

Austin, Mackenzie, and Sariah at the Zoo sitting on a spider.

Giraffe at the Zoo, I thought this was a pretty picture. You can go upstairs and see them up close it was really neat.

Joey and Sariah looking at the elephants, however I got the elephant back side in this picture.

At the Gateway in the fountains, Sariah had a ball here she was so excited to run through the water.

Having fun in the fountains.

The children's museum that is at the Gateway it was fun.

Logan Morgan one of the cutest set of twins!!

Parker Morgan the other of the cutest set of twins!!

Oh how I have grown

2008-06-23T20:00:00.001-07:00

(16 months)

(6 months)

Sariah has always been off the chart with her height and weight. We went to her 15 month check up last Thrus. (a month behind better late than ever) & she weights 24.5lbs and is 33.25 in length. Dr. Opsahl has always been amazed on how big she gets each visit. The pictures above are a good example of this. Look closey Sariah is wearing the same outfit. I bought this outfit on the clearance rack last Aug. (2007). She is growing upward and not very much outward (her rolls are gone....I miss them). I wish I was still growing upward, instead I have grown outward. Somehow those rolls always looked cuter on her than they do on me.

Doctors report was great Sariah is ahead of the game in everything. She actually has always been ahead of the game, not sure if that good or bad. Her fine motor skills are great, she is talking way more than she should be. The Dr handed her a crayon and she started to scribble on the paper. I didn't even know she could do that I went straight to the store and bought her some crayons. I noticed the other day she is doing great with a fork and spoon. Things are still very messy but she can stab the food with the fork and put it in her mouth.

It is a very exciting thing to see and watch her grow and learn new things. However it is bitter sweet (as I am sure all of you mothers know). My baby is getting bigger and bigger each day (no isn't time for another one......."Mom or Merry"). :-)

P.S. For some reason Sariah never sat up straight when she was littler, she always sat down more on her back than on her bum.

Also she is our little reader she loves to look and have us read her books. Since she was about 6 months she could tell if the book was upside down, she would turn it right side up and just study those pictures.

Splish Splash

2008-06-17T19:42:00.000-07:00

Sariah had her friend Bryce over today and they played in the water. They get along great and have so much fun together. In fact we are making some changes in our life. Joey is going back to school and I am having to go back to work. My dear friend Leah (Bryce's mom) will be watching her through out the day. I have no worries she loves hanging out with Bryce as you can see from the pictures. She actually said his name for the first time today. I keep hearing someone say "Bryce" and I realized it was coming from Sariah.

"I am afriad"

2008-06-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

So I have said it before but here is an example of Sariah's attitude. We are really going to have a run for our money with her. The other day she was trying to get her baby stroller through the kitchen door. She kept running it into the wall and I could tell she was getting mad/frustrated. I said to her "calm down back it up". Well she looked at me came running into the living room dragging the stroller behind her with it on its side. She chucks the stroller across the room and throws herself on the floor. The whole time she is doing this she is making this grunting noise out of frustration. I looked at Joey and he is dying behind a pillow. I am trying so hard to hold it in but I just had to let it out. I had tears coming down my face I was laughing so hard. Once she threw her body down she picked up her head and looked at both of us "well aren't you going to do something". Oh how I wish I had that on video, that was truly a classic moment.

Gas Prices

2008-06-12T07:36:00.000-07:00

They SUCK, I have seen and heard a few of you talk about them on your blog. For those of you out of state (Utah). This will make you feel better, as of yesturday ours are starting at $4.65 (low grade) the are going up every few days. I went to Costco yesturday and paid $4.40. So enjoy if your prices are still under $4.00.

P.S. I have a picture but I cant seem to figure out how to get it off my phone. I will have to go take one with my camera one of these days.

Memorial Day at the Ramirez's

2008-06-08T20:48:00.000-07:00

We went to the Ramirez's (Joey's sisters) for Memorial Day fun. We BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs the kids had a lot of fun. Joey has four sisters Erin, Rachel, Annie, and Merry. Erin, Rachel and Annie all live in UT. Merry his youngest sister always tell me I am her payback to Joey for being a typical brother to her. Everything that Joey use to make fun of Merry for I am 100% with out a doubt. We love Pride and Prejudice, Friends, ect........just being a girl. P.S. I did get Joey to watch Pride and Prejudice and he liked it. He is a softy inside and tough man on the outside, that is why I married him. He does do a lot of sweet things for me and I am glad I found him.

Joseph and Sariah being silly

Mateo and Joseph sharing there cheese with Sariah.

Aunt Merry reading to Mateo, Joseph and Sariah

Mateo, Joseph, Sariah and Joey

San Diego

2008-05-24T13:36:00.000-07:00

My mom and Aunt went down to San Diego for some fun in the sun. It was my mom's birthday so Sariah and I crashed their party. (I felt it was only fair since they crashed my cruise to Mexico a few years ago.) We had so much fun, Sariah was in duck heaven the girl is so into ducks it is cute.

This resort where we stayed had duckies everywhere, there was two special friends we called Chip and Dale. Chip and Dale would come to the door everyday morning, noon and night for food. After they ate it was time to take a snooze right there on our porch. Other ducks would come over and Chip would chase them away (Chip was the male). Chip always stood back and let Dale eat first, what a true gentleman. They even let Sariah get up close, but not too close they weren't afraid of us.

We went shopping, took Sariah on the merry-go-round that really wasn't as big of a hit as we thought. She HATED it and really wanted off before we even got started. We played at the pool on the beach had a bon fire roasted marshmallows. This resort was very nice, you truly walk out your door and there is the beach. My mom and her sister are a blast when together. There is never a dull moment or a moment without laughter.

Chip and Dale

Dang my new shoes that Grandma bought me are getting dirty!

Kicking back by the fire, roasting marshmallows.

Sariah and her cool sunglasses!!

Sariah and Aunt Retha (mom's sister) Sariah loved wearing her glasses.

Sariah and Dale just hanging out together.

Here are those glasses again too cute.

Me, Sariah and Aunt Retha just finished eating lunch.
P.S. Sariah has a napkin on her head as a hat Retha made it for her.

Bathing beauty at the pool!

Yummy Toast

2008-05-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

I normally put Sariah's chair in front of the TV so she can watch Elmo or the Wiggles while she eats her breakfast. I know that isn't a good habit, but who cares I don't claim to be a perfect parent it is a treat for her. Anyways I was in the kitchen washing dishes and I heard her yelling ma ma...ma ma...ma ma. So I went in to see if she was ok and I saw this. I guess she wanted to save the piece of toast for a snack. I love it I was laughing so hard it was hard to take the picture.

Thanks Aunt Merry & Uncle Luis

2008-05-09T10:14:00.001-07:00

I love my princess pajamas!

Sariah loves to look at the princesses on the front. It is too big for her to wear to bed but she walks around the house with it either on or just holding it.

Fun with Daddy

2008-05-08T19:53:00.000-07:00

I have said this many times before but Sariah really does love playing with her Daddy. She cant wait till he gets home....when he walks through that door she says "hi.....go". She wants him to take her outside to play. The other day we were all in the kitchen and than Joey walked out. As Joey was walking out she was saying Da Da....Da Da....then he got out of sight and he didn't notice she was saying his name. After the second Da Da she says.....DA DAAA very loud. It was so funny I look at her and just said well go get him and she did.

Water Girl

2008-05-08T19:43:00.000-07:00

Sariah is fearless of the water she loves playing in the water. In her baths she will put her face in the water than come up and just laugh. She gets a kick out being squirted with the hose. She is our little fish!! We are going to take Mommy and me swim lessons this summer I cant wait to see how she does.