2nd Meet ~ Sis & Koda's Gym Review 1/24/2009

Bailia and Koda had their Gymnastics year end review on Tuesday.  They both did great loved being able to show off what they have learned! 

Jaden had his 2nd meet today and did GREAT! He wanted to do better than last week, and he did! He scored 5th and 6th places in the seven different events. He is SO proud wearing his medals around!  He said he REALLY wants to take first place...maybe next weekends meet?!? Either way I am glad he is improving and reaching his goals! Way to go Dog! Thanks Jen, Shandon, and Jack for coming to watch big dog-he LOVED having you there!

J's first Meet & Hoover Dam!! 1/17/2009

Since we were already in Vegas we decided to take the kids to see the Hoover Dam~ Jaden is learning about it in school right now and thought it was "sweet" that he could walk across what he is learning about! He also informed us that the amount of concrete used to build the Hoover Dam is enough to make a sidewalk around the entire EARTH!


Our Hotel story is a bit of a joke-I booked the Suite (since I found a special rate for $25 more than a regular room) and we show up to check in and they do not have our room ready. That is ok we wanted to go car shopping anyway. But were also informed that the Suite only has one bed~excuse me~ but the intelligent gentleman that I spoke with on the phone before booking the room through the HOTEL website said that there were two queen beds OR one king bed!?! We were told that we were misinformed and we would have to stay in a regular room. Umm first of all a room that is 700 square feet BIGGER than a regular room has only ONE bed and we were only allowed one itty bitty roll away? Ok fine we will take the smaller room-but I don't want to pay for a suite when I am getting a regular room. WRONG-O To make a long story short~ we were put in the cheapest room and because the room rates were now double the price that I paid, we were not refunded any of the money! Then to top it off the "rollaway" they brought for Koda was a little small, don't you think? Ahhh, the memories!!



Jaden had his first official Gymnastics Meet this weekend down in Vegas. We had a lot of fun watching him compete!  I had NO IDEA what the meet would be like, or who we would be competing against. It turns out there were teams there from other COUNTRIES! I can't believe how serious some of the coaches were-one kid stumbled on his landing and his coach blew up! I am SO thankful for Barney, and the other coaches that are so patient and kind to my kids!  The kids we competed against were AMAZING, and although J didn't place he was satisfied just getting a medal! 

Today Bailia's class performed their Christmas Program for the people at the care center's. They were supposed to do it before Christmas break-then it happened to SNOW hard enough to cancel school-which canceled the program!  So, they did the program today-and it was a big hit! 

During the second show-at the Red Cliffs care center- I see Bailia's face turn white as a ghost and her eyes well up with tears (she had complained that her stomach had hurt the night before, and it still did this morning but she said she thought it was because she was nervous about the program) I made a mad DASH to the front to grab her and rush her down the hall to the bathroom! Luckily she didn't throw up there!!  She has thrown up once since being home-hopefully it stays that way...oh no...twice now!  It is going to be a long night!!

On a side note I must give Koda credit for the pictures! He took the majority of the pictures for me today! Sandra wanted me to take pictures with her camera-so I was trying to do that with my left hand while filming with my right, and since I forgot my third hand (that mothers are supposed to have at ALL times) I told Coop to grab my camera and shoot away. I think that he did an AWESOME job! Thanks Koda Bear!

Happy Birthday Koda Bear!! 1/5/2009

WOW! I can hardly believe that my BABY has turned FIVE!  Why do the years seem to go by faster and faster? I really couldn't think of anything great (and warm) to do for a party for Coop and asked him if he would be OK about not having a party.  His response was quick and simple- "Will you take me shopping and let me pick out whatever I want?" Honestly that's it? YOU BET I WILL!!  So, for a surprise I had his primary teacher (Heidi) make him the most AMAZING cake imaginable-she created Optimus Prime for him!  When I asked her to make his cake I knew it would be great-but honestly this cake (masterpiece) is incredible! Tonight while putting Coop to bed I asked him what his favorite part of today had been, without hesitation he said MY CAKE!  Everyone LOVED it and we can't thank you enough! 

His shopping trip was simple and he actually picked out great presents for himself. The first is a little Cars race track, then a Batman laptop, and a Transformer puzzle! So for $40 this kid walked out of Target a VERY happy camper!

We went to Samuri 21 for his B-day dinner (his choice) he loves to watch them cook (FYI the Winter Roll is a really tasty new Sushi roll they are offering right now) then back home to enjoy cake and ice cream with the family! 

Happy Birthday Koda!

Crazy Kids!! 1/2/2009

As I watched Bailia tip-toe by me with Koda hidden underneath a towel, I KNEW they were up to something! Then I heard A say to the kids~has your Momma seen you? I bet she will want her camera for this one! I grabbed my camera and started snapping away at my silly kids! 

Bailia had talked Cooper into dressing up.  First she put him in her clothes, then being the make-up artist that she is, she KNEW using markers would show up a lot better than her box of play make-up! She transformed him into a wind-up doll-and after the day we have had today we ALL needed a good laugh! Thanks Sis and Koda you crazy kids light up my life! 

Another Day, ANOTHER hike!

We had so much fun on the Dino Trek that we decided to conquer another climb!  This time to the top of what my kids call "Volcano Mountain"! Once again it took us over three hours, and it was a lot harder than it looked! The amazing thing about my kids is that they always think they are going to find some sort of treasure (I always think we are going to find a dead body-which means I have watched to many episodes of Criminal Minds) -which leads to a three hour hike without a complaint! They hiked their little hearts out today and didn't complain ONCE!  Their momma on the other hand...well my feet hurt, my tailbone killed, and my neck and back didn't want my body to take another step with that 20 pound backpack on! BUT-I kept that to myself-because if three little munchkins can do it, SO CAN I! 

They found a few treasure that (to them) made it worth the hike! The first was the survey marker at the VERY top of the mountain that was put their in 1994! The second treasure was the cute little caterpillar cactus! What made it worth it to me is the fact that I had another day without fighting, tattling, and crying!  Christmas break is almost over and these hikes have made the last few days SO much better! 

Little Koda Bear 12/29/2008

Koda loves to dress up...in ANYTHIING! He doesn't care if it is a tutu, transformer costume, or his costume of choice today (SFK) Super Fast Kid- and YES I let him wear his SFK costume everywhere!  The Cinderella dress was a birthday present to Bailia last year from Grandma Jaclyn-I think Cooper has got more use out of it than Bailia!! I hope he always keeps his carefree attitude throughout his life.  He will do anything to get you to laugh, and more importantly to make himself laugh! We love you Matty!

Dinosaur Trek! 12/29/2008

Ok-sometimes my ideas are not the greatest-now that we are home we are all glad that we went BUT while we were on our little 3 1/2 HOUR excursion (it was supposed to be a LITTLE hike) well, lets just say we got a LOT of exercise! My thought was to get the kids out of the house so that they would stop bugging each other so much!  Well, the plan worked!  They are ALL (Harley included) EXHAUSTED!  We FINALLY found the Dinosaur Fossils and the kids had a blast using bushes to dust away the dirt off of the dino tracks! What a great adventure to look back on and I think we will all be sleeping VERY well tonight! 

Merry Christmas To ALL!!

There are a lot of photos-and a lot of the pages are out of order-but at least I got them posted right? We had an amazing month of December-with festivities throughout- and hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Merry Christmas!

Once again Adam SPOILED me rotten! Not only did I get a bunch of clothes, perfume, and an all in one printer-he bought me a MAC!!  We just shipped my "Old" (4 months old) computer back to HP to have them try to fix the hunk of junk-I am SO excited about my new computer I can't stand it! There are so many AMAZING things that you can do, and I can't wait to try them ALL! Thanks A for making this yet another memorable Christmas!  

We had a Christmas Eve party at our house and had a great time! The food was delicious, the company even better!  We have played this money game for the last 5 or so years and it is always a hit-if you can roll a dice you have a chance at winning! This year two of Jen's boys won- Jaxon won $80 and Kyler won $20- I took third, winning $10!

Merry Christmas to all from The Milne Family
Little miss Bailia woke up at 6:00am Christmas morning shouting MY TOOTH FELL OUT IN MY HAND!! Missing two front teeth for Christmas is just TOO cute!
Poor dog has had two holes in the toes of his shoes for more than a month now!  He has ALWAYS loved Nike Shox, and I KNEW he would love a pair of custom made Shox even more! To say that he loves his new shoes would be an understatement! I designed them with his favorite colors and had BIG embroidered on the back of the left shoe and DOG on the right!
Grandma Williams spoiled my big kids with gift cards to Barnes and Noble and itunes! The kids kept asking when we could go to B&N, and couldn't understand why they wouldn't be open on Christmas! Cooper LOVES his BUZZ and carried it around for hours!

Tuacahn Nativity 12/20/20008

We received a phone call from Becca yesterday afternoon telling us that the bus of people that were coming down from Idaho, to do the Nativity Program at Tuacahn were not coming because of the weather. She had been invited by Jada Mae's performing teacher, and had been told to invite a few others. So we headed out to Tuacahn and the kids were dressed in their costumes and ready to go through rehearsal. Jaden and Cooper were little Shepard's, and Bailia, along with Jada Mae were beautiful Angels! They performed two shows and were so excited to be there! I, being the proud mom that I am, thought they did an amazing job! During the second showing Cooper somehow got grouped with the townspeople instead of the Shepard's-so he walked across with the townspeople and did their part, then casually walked to where he was supposed to be in the first place and went back out with the Shepard's to do their part. After the show he asked if he had ruined the show-I said you made it even better!! The first showing was packed, the second-not as much, but when we left Jaden said he felt famous! Thank you Becca for thinking of us-you made our Christmas so special!