Thursday, April 3, 2008

One of Sierra's funny quirks...



Apparently, I have Crocodiles living in my house. Sierra came to me a couple of weeks ago and told me, "Mom, the Crockers are hun-gee!!" She was very adamant about this and now at least once a week we must feed the crockers lots of food. So I find little piles of food all over now which can only mean one thing...the crockers must have been hun-gee...

Some more Easter Pictures!




Easter was so fun! I did an Easter egg hunt around the house in the morning. Sierra especially loved that the Easter Rabbit hid and easter egg on top of the T.V. If you ask her about Easter, that is what she is going to tell you about! She loved Easter, and like Christmas, it is taking her awhile to get over the fact that it only comes once a year.

My Sweet Sierra!



8 Things I love about Sierra:
1. Sierra is so funny. She actually tries hard to get me to laugh. We have so much fun together.
2. She is such a good kid. Everywhere I take her people always comment to me how good she is. I can take her with me to the salon when I get my hair done, and she will just sit there and watch a movie and have a snack, and talk to the girls at the salon. It is so cute! And she never cries or acts out, and that is a long time for a kid to just hang out! But it is like that wherever we go. She is just a good kid.


3. You have to admit, as far as looks go, she is a dang cute kid! Maybe it is vain to say you love your child because of their looks...but COME ON...SHE IS CUTE! She can make the cutest little faces!

4. Sierra has a Dora/Diego obsession. She goes around the house and "rescues" animals that are in "trouble." And she has a jump rope that is her "lasso rope" and she uses it to climb the furniture and rescue items that have fallen under the bed! It is so hilarious. I have actually heard her in her room playing and she will say, "Pepper (our dog) come quick. We have to rescue the tree frogs (or some other animal)." Then she will run from room to room looking for the tree frogs and yelling, "backpack, backpack..."

5. Sierra loves her friends in the neighborhood (Olivia and Carly). She tells me everyday, "Me miss me Carly. Me need me Carly come play my house." It is so cute to see her social side, and to see her develop her friendships.

6. Sierra loves the "Biggest Loser!" It is so funny. When ever Miner or I turn on the T.V. at night she asks if "Loser" is on tonight!

7. Sierra is a really good performer! You guys should see her. The girl can twirl like nobody's business. And she makes up her own songs to sing! She is awesome!

8. And finally, Sierra is such a girly girl. When I put her new Easter dress on her, she told me she looked like a princess. It was so cute. She didn't want me to take her dress off. She wanted to where her princess dress all day. What a sweetie!


Friday, March 21, 2008

An Easter Slump?!?

I think I am in an Easter slump...I just don't have that much going on. I would love to say I have something really exciting to write, but the most exciting thing I have done is order 101 Dalmations and the Little Mermaid from the Disney Movie Club! Miner is planning a "boys only" weekend to St. George, and I have to admit, I am totally jealous! I think I need a "girls only" weekend! Let me know if there are any takers out there.

Rose and I took our kids to the Target photo center to get some Easter pictures taken...let's just say it was a fiasco! Also, let's say that the girl taking the pictures was entirely unhelpful, and next time I will just go spend the money for Kiddie Kandids! Rose and I were totally wiped out afterward and sweaty!! Kids were all bawling, hungry, and tired, except for Jack he had finished bawling and was just sitting there glassy eyed in a total "I've had it" stupor!! I wish I could say the pictures were so worth it, but after we waited FOREVER, the kids just looked kind of pissed! And quite frankly, so did Rose and I! I just can't understand why, as a mother, you get this unnatural urge to go have your kids pictures taken? But we have all experienced this, because we all have those pictures of us as kids dressed up and posed and looking just plain pissed!! HA HA HA! And I don't know why I expect that this time it will be different, this time they will not make me wait 2 hours, this time the girl behind the camera will be an actual professional, this time the smile will be REAL, and afterward I will be so proud and not sweaty....note to self...this does not occur in the real world.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall...

Well, I have hit an all new low in self-esteem this morning! Mom, if you are reading this you may want to skip it, because I am about to share "too much information." I was looking in the mirror plucking some stray eyebrow hair, when I look down... I have a small mole on the lower left side of my face. Now, I have never really thought about having it removed, because I actually kind of like it. I have always thought of it as my "Cindy Crawford Trademark" if you will...So, I am looking in the mirror and HOLY CRAP there are two long dark hairs growing out of this now disgusting growth on the side of my face!! I immediately begin frantically plucking every hair on my body!! And how long have I been going around with this??? And no one has ever even said anything to me!! I am so horrified. I may never show my face in public again! Now, all I can think about is how gross I am, and that it has to be a sign of aging when what I used to think of as a kind of beauty mark was actually telling me I am a wicked old witch!! How incredibly depressing!

P.S. I am totally having it removed!

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

And There IS a Time to Dance!

So anyway, if you will remember our mailbox got knocked down by a snowplow several weeks ago (refer to earlier post for pictures), and when I called the city to report it, they said sorry we don't pay for mailboxes. Well, this is not just some plastic piece that you shove in a 5 gallon bucket of cement. We actually paid to have a nice stone mailbox built and it was quite expensive, so I told the man down at the city that wasn't going to fly for me. He told me well, "you can go petition the city counsel." So last Wednesday, Miner and I got to go down to city hall for the old town meetin'. And literally, all I could think about was that scene in Footloose where Kevin Bacon quotes the Bible...and then they tell him he can't have his prom within city limits, so they all have to cross the tracks to have a dance... Well, the wellsville city counsel was A LOT like that, and they still told us they weren't going to pay for our mailbox!! So here's to you Kevin Bacon, I still love your movies, and they feel much more relevant to my life now!



Consequently, on another topic, for those of you who aren't following the Judd Ranch Blog, my baby sister, Erica just found out she is having TWINS! So Congratulations Erica and Landon! I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm glad it's you and not me! Love you guys!

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

The Miner's Cabin

Sierra and Cousin Gabe

Sierra and Cousin Emma


The snowsuit!

Having Breakfast

So Happy!

Pulling her own sleigh!


Hard day's work...

So we went to the Miner's cabin in Hoble Creek Canyon this weekend. We had so much fun. We did lots of sleigh riding. Sierra loved it so much. She even told us she had to do it by herself! She was so brave. I didn't think she would do it, because it is such a big hill, but once she saw her older cousins going, she was unstoppable. I am just so amazed at how much she has grown up, especially in the last 6 months. I don't know how many of you are around two year olds much, but they learn so much so fast. Sierra has changed so much. It makes me sad and happy at the same time. At least, I will get to experience it all over again with little girl number two!

Now the other cabin story, So Roger brought his dog Sitka and we had Pepper...they were so naughty!! There are all these wild turkeys up there, and they killed one and then preceeded to try to tear it apart. Next day, they chased a deer until it couldn't run anymore. Roger and Miner were chasing the dogs and when they got to them the deer had been run ragged and was trying to defend itself! Those dogs were going to kill it if Roger hadn't gotten to them when he did! And this is in the same week that Pepper killed our neighbors pet cat! I am so horrified! So now Pepper has to be tied up when he is outside, at least until the snow melts and he can't escape our yard anymore...I swear he is going to get shot by some farmer up here!! So he is in doggy jail now because he is so naughty...He mopes around and hangs his head...he is such a good actor, we should put him in movies...