The Barretts Family Blog

Family Photos!!

2011-06-21T15:45:00.001-06:00

Well the Barrett side of the family got together and had family photos done. It was a lot of fun and the kids were very well behaved for how long it took. I think we got some way good photos of us!!

Progress so far...

2011-04-02T23:51:00.000-06:00

Ok so the weather is being difficult so I have not been able to walk but I have joined a water aerobics class I love it! Its every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm. My instructor is amazing and really pushes you to do your best!! It took me awhile to find a place that was affordable and someone that I really liked. I started last week on Tuesday and have really enjoyed it so far. I can also feel that my muscles are being worked I have not felt this good in so long. I just had to update you on that I do plan on still walking my laps on mon, wed and fridays.
now that I have a routine set in place i need to work on my eating habits. I am so far very happy with what i have set in place so far now its down to pushing my self to do it.

Austin and Josh are doing great in school! Austin is getting very good grades I am so proud of him he tries so hard and he is very very good at math. His reading is doing lots better and he will even try to read to me when ever and where ever he can. Josh is still struggling with colors we had his eyes checked for color blindness but he is not color blind we have no clue why he wont get his colors down. He can count like crazy he will count everything and he also knows his ABC's really well. so I guess one hiccup is not bad. I have bought him some books about colors and we talk about colors all the time so hopefully he will just get it one day.

thats all for now
Ev

Intervention on my-self!

2011-03-01T17:47:00.000-07:00

Ok, I have been talking and talking and talking about losing weight but doing nothing about it. Last week I went to my psudotumor doctor and they weighed me and my eyes just about popped out of my head I had gained another 10 pounds. I have to do something and quick! I do not want to be sick the rest of my life because I gained more weight my sudotumor is swelling again. In order to get rid of the sudotumor and get off the pills is to lose weight. I am embarrassed to put how much I weigh out for the world to see but the only way I am going to change is if I stop what I am doing and get the support I need to be successful at this.

Current weight 234 pounds
weight before pregnancy's 160 pounds

My goal weight is to get back down the the 160 thats is my long term goal. My short term goal is to get down to 200.

Today I started walking. I took the boys to the park and let them play and I walked 10 laps around the double tennis courts. I plan on doing this every other day for 4 weeks. I am also going to go swimming with the boys they love to go swimming and I can watch them and tread water. I will be weighing in every other week so I dont go insane about not losing anything.

After 4 weeks I will bump the laps up to 15-20 not sure yet cause I need to see how I will feel. I would like to do the 20 laps though.

Any support or ideas of how to help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks Evelyn

Oh hey look a new post!!!!!

2011-01-31T22:13:00.000-07:00

I know its been a long time since the last time I have posted anything. My life has been pretty crazy and I really was not up to posting anything. Here I am though typing away.... As many of you may already know I graduated from Stevens Henager with my Associates Degree in Medical Assisting. I will actually get to walk in May, with my sister Brittanie, who also just recently graduated. I am very excited for that!! I am currently looking for a job still and I am very eager to put my training to use. Its just that most company's want you to have at least a year job experience before they want to hire you. It is very frustrating because I know if they just let me show them I can do the job and that I am a reliable employee that will be an asset to the team if they just put me to work.

So this is what I have been doing since I have been staying home with my kids. We are big into visiting The Wild Child http://www.thewildchildut.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wild-Child/132285836811366 They are great it is a big enough place that the kids can run and get their energy out and small enough that I can keep my eye on them all the time. Austin and Josh love it.

I had and SEP conference with Austins teacher today and he is doing great!! I am so proud of his progress that he is making in school. The only thing Austin needs to work on is he wants that one on one attention with his teachers so he will pretend that he dose not know what he is doing when he is doing his work in class which makes him stay in for recess but its kinda funny when that recess bell rings how fast his work gets done and able to go play. My favorite thing that Austin brings home from school that he has learned at the end of the day the teachers ask if any of the kids have a compliment or something they liked doing that day and when he comes home he always says to me Mom I have a compliment for you and I ask him what that is and he goes I love you because you play games with me. It makes me feel so good when he dose stuff like that.

Joshua is also doing well in school. His speech is accelerating and is making real progress. I can now understand what he is saying. Yes I am finally potty training him I have been slacking on that very badly but like I said its been crazy lately. Josh's favorite thing to do is to get his Nemo blanket and climb on your lap and read a book. Sometimes you do not even have to read he just likes to point things out and he tells you his own story you may not understand but its way cute when he dose this.

As February approaches I have been thinking what Love means to me. The only thing that runs deep in my heart is my family. I love them so much! Without the people in my life that I have today I would be so lost without them. I would do anything for my boys they are the one thing in my life that wakes me up and pushes me each and everyday to be the best person, mom that I can be.

ok weird post but hey I tried lol
Ev

Bigfoot Moods

2010-12-27T11:02:00.000-07:00

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School Updates!

2010-09-18T12:29:00.002-06:00

Wow time flys by when you are busy that is for sure! I have now finished school! Yay me it took me from January 2009 to August 31, 2010 to do it all. I still however have to take my Medical Assistant test to become a full Medical Assistant. I do that on my own time though. I am happy to be done with school and happy to be home with my kids again but I do miss being out of the house and the social aspect of school. I will officially walk in May with all of my fellow graduates. Its funny that I have to wait so long to actually get to wear my cap and gown. So right now I am looking for a job that will work me during the time the kids are in school so I can be home with them at night.

Speaking of the kids Austin is doing GREAT in school I am so proud of his progress this year! Compared to last year it is easier to get him up and he no longer cry's at school he used to do that all the time and now he goes without tears good job Austin! He dose says that "why do i have to do to school," and "I went to school yesterday I don't need to go again" He makes me laugh and I look forward to getting him off the bus when he comes home cause he is so excited to tell me about his day.

Josh has started preschool and is doing ok so far it is an adjustment. He likes to do the puzzles at school and singing time is his favorite. They are also helping me potty train him so that helps a lot we are very close to getting him there he runs to the potty on his own but it has to be his idea if you suggest it he gets mad and cry's and dose not want to go. If you have any ideas let me know we are doing the sticker chart and tickets for going potty which he gets a prize when he gets so many. He still refused to do #2 on the potty though. UGH.

We went to the Zoo yesterday for my nephews Ethan and Benjamin's Birthday. All I have to say is wow they have sent a lot of animals away for the construction of the new bear facility. I love the zoo and it has aways been fun I can't wait for the animals to come back and for them to be finished cause it will be so neat to see everything back again. The Kids had a great time celebrating with there cousins. We also went to build a bear and they got new bears Austin named his Trusty and Josh named his Buzz puppy.
Pictures are going to be on later cause i still have to upload them.

Happy Birthday Austin

2010-07-24T14:44:00.000-06:00

Well tomorrow my son turns 6 years old wow where dose the time go it seems like i just barley brought him home. He will be in First Grade this year a full day of school. What will i do with my time? Anyways i just wanted to make sure i posted a Happy Birthday to Austin! Love you!

Horrible at updates but here is one NOW!

2010-04-29T15:44:00.000-06:00

We have been a pretty busy bunch the last few weeks. Jason has taken the boys fishing a lot when its warm that is. The kids really enjoy going out with their dad. Jason did have a Birthday on the 23rd of April the kids enjoyed spending time with grandma and grandpa Barrett, while we went to the Tuscany. Is a very yummy restaurant to celebrate. Austin has been attending North Summit up in Coalville. He is enjoying that but we cannot wait to have the summer here we have 2 more weeks and he is done with his Kindergarten year. WOW time sure dose fly by. My parents have been a huge help at taking care of Austin while he has been up there the school has been the best change for Austin.
Josh has been going to therapy for speech and behavior. He is doing very well with that and I am so proud of his progress. Josh has Surgery on the 24 of March he had his Tonsil, Adenoids and new tubes put in his ears. He was a very sick little boy there for awhile but the change in him is so good that it was well worth the few weeks of pain.
I made it on the Who's Who list at school which means I am in the top 10% of my class. I did not think i would do that good I am very surprised that I made it onto this list. I am so glad to be almost done with my classes I have had so much fun meeting new friends and learning new things but I am ready to not be in school for awhile. I do plan on going back again to get my Bachelors degree but that wont be until Josh is in school. I know there is more but I cannot think of anything else at the moment so LATERS

pictures

2010-02-26T18:20:00.000-07:00

Ethan, Joshua, Ben, Austin Eli

Austin and Joshua

Austin Helping Grandpa Ralph mop the floor

He was having fun making bubbles

Christmas and New Years!!!

2010-01-07T23:49:00.000-07:00

Christmas was great this year the boy's enjoyed it a lot! We went up to my parents house on Christmas Eve to wait for Santa to come. He brought us a lot of fun things!!! New years we also went to my parents house and had a great time playing games and laughing and having fun. Here are some pictures enjoy!

As of right now I have been busy with school and enjoying time with my boys. Austin is now doing great in school and is loving riding the bus. He actually is excited to go to school now I am really happy about that!

Joshua hmmmm what to say about him..... Well he is testing mommy lots and he really needs to learn to go on the potty cause when i put him down for a nap or bed he will take is cloths off and run around his room naked. So thats been fun trying to teach him to stop. Well thats all for now

FINALLY!

2009-12-06T22:50:00.000-07:00

Austin's Tooth has Finally Fell out!!!!!! YAY! He was so excited that the tooth fairy will finally come to him. He came running out of his room holding the tooth smiling from ear to ear. I am so proud of him I really thought he would freak out but he didnt! So I love you Austin your growing up way too fast! CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT LARGER!

Collage!!!

2009-12-06T17:47:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Misty my Cousin I finally figured out how to Collages! Here are my first two! It makes it a lot easier to post pictures!!!!

Josh in his red pajamas being silly

Austin loving the cats and his toys so fun!

THANKS Click on them to make them larger!

October, Happy Halloween, Novemember Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-27T23:54:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a double post:

Well October has been a busy month. We have gone to the Zoo twice and Baby Zuri (elephant) Is way too cute! They also have a baby giraffe. I still don't know its name but I will get it. My Birthday has been Great this year! Its been a long time since I have been this happy on my Birthday. I have really enjoyed this month I have got to spend a lot of time with my nephew's.

On to Austin well we have been talking to the District of his school. They are wanting to move him to a Learning Center. Its the same as a regular school but it has more breaks and they will be able to work around his behavior. So thats been going on threw the whole month of October. We have finally have came to a decision and he going to be moved I really don't want to move him because it will take so long for him to like school again. So we talked about it to family members and with a group of people involved with Austins IEP and he is going to be moved next week.

Thanksgiving was fun we went down to Nathan and Lindseys house and had a very yummy dinner!!!! We got to chat with family and Grandpa Jasperson was there and it was so nice to see him! After dinner the kids got to watch a snake eat a mouse. It was interesting. Then I even held the snake it was so soft and I actually really liked it! Thanksgiving was so relaxing and it was fun to be with friends and family. I am thankful for everything that I have!

Joshua has had some fun with my parent that past few weeks. Well as we all know Josh is into EVERYTHING!!! Well he tried to poisen my mom and dad. Apparently he got into the COMET and spilled it all over the floor in the kitchen it was a mess the floor was lite green. Well the mess got cleaned up and we came home the next thing i know it that i am getting a call from mom and dad saying they are sick because they found COMET in the SUGAR. My dad drinks his coffee in the morning and he likes a lot of sugar in it. Mom had some cereal and had some sugar. So Josh almost killed his grandparent ugh what am i going to do with this kid.
Another one of Josh yes i did say another story. This story is older but its a goodie and i have pictures. Well I had put Josh down for a nap and I need to get ready to go to school so i get into the shower. Well when i get out Austin tells me Josh it putting dog food under the door. I was like what we dont have a dog. So i proceed to go into the bed room and oh my goodness DOG FOOD CITY!!!! We at one time had watched a dog and kept the dog food and it somehow got stored into Joshua's cloths closet. well all I can say it that I am thankful for a shot vac. I could only upload a few pics my comp is acting funny.

Ideas...

2009-10-02T23:54:00.000-06:00

So its tough to keep everything updated. I have decided to make an update once a month from now on. So This update is for September 2009.

In September we had some fun going to the Zoo. We went before Zuri the baby elephant was on for public view. Thats ok though we were treated with lots of other baby animals. We decided to go on a holiday of course big mistake because everyone else decided that was a good day to go for them too. We had to park in the park north of the Zoo. It was so busy. When we got in we rented their double stroller which was so nice i love how the kids can just jump in and out. After seeing some animals the kids had a ride on the Merry go round. Josh was not a fan he is very timid about rides. Austin however love it! We then ate lunch Austins favorite hot dogs. That was pretty much are day because the train ride was closed.

October is going to be filled with stuff so be sure to come back at the end of Oct to see all the fun!!!

life keeps going...

2009-09-03T21:57:00.000-06:00

Not a whole lot going on in my world Austin started kindergarten and he keeps running away from the teachers. He tells them he is looking for me. So now he has an aid that stays with him at all times so they don't lose him. Its been very stressful for me cause I worry about losing him. I am very proud of the steps he is taking even if they are small he is doing awesome he is the best!

Joshua is doing better walking he still turns his foot outward so I will give it a bit longer before i call the dr to see if it will turn back on its own. We are doing really good on potty training he is going on the big potty. He is testing me very much and trying to see how much he can get away with. So lots of time outs and talks right now.

I see my cousins wife Misty doing this for her kids and I loved the idea thank you!

Austin 5 years old
Favorite thing to say: Can I have a snack?
Favorite breakfast food: Oatmeal or Pop Tarts
Favorite book: Wall-e
FAVE thing to do outside: Play in the sandbox
Favorite thing to do inside: Play with cars and bowling set
Favorite color: Green
Favorite person to play with: Uncle Jeff and Grandma Shirley (Jasons mom)
Favorite movie: Frosty the Snowman UGH ALL SUMMER LONG
Least favorite thing to do: Clean room

Joshua 2 years old
Favorite thing to say: Grandpa (pampaaa), Drink
Favorite breakfast food: Fruit Loops
Favorite book: Can Nemo win the Race?
FAVE thing to do outside: Play in the sandbox
Favorite thing to do inside: Play with cars
Favorite color: Blue
Favorite person to play with: Grandpa Ralph
Favorite movie: Nemo and Seame Street
Least favorite thing to do: eat with utensils

Trainees can be very annoying......

2009-08-22T00:00:00.000-06:00

Today, We went to the Doctor and removed Josh's green cast YAY!!!! I was so excited about this! While it was being removed a ton of SAND fell out of the cast... All I could think was oh no that cannot be good. Well as the NEW DR. was SLOWLY taking off his cast Josh was very good at first only fussed a bit no crying but was really nervous about the loud vibrating thing cutting into his cast. Well it took the Dr. 10-15mins to remove this small thing. That was because he was in training I found out later. Well lets just say Josh was not happy about that at all by the time the Dr was done and his normal Dr came in Josh was SCREAMING at the top of his lungs. This stupid guy would turn on the saw and then cut a little and turn it off every 10 secs cause he was worried about josh crying. GRRRRR.... GET THE DUMB THING OFF FAST AND HE WILL BE HAPPY!! Anyways that my rant. Well the sand was still falling out and then i see redness on Josh's ankle and the fabric stuff was sticking to his leg. When it was taken off he had a sore on his poor leg but the Doctor said it should heal fast!! Yay for that. So bye bye green cast i did not get pics of the cutting because of the time it took the Dr to saw the thing off so thats a bummer.

Austins Birtday Fun!

2009-08-07T16:41:00.000-06:00

Sorry this is so late....

Well, Austin had his 5th Birthday on July 25. We had everything ready to go. Well we get over to fire house park and we were there for about an hour and all the sudden I hear Josh screaming! I look over and he is on the ground when 2 secs before he was on top of the playground. Colton a very good friend of mine was helping josh and went ot grab him and missed and josh fell to the ground. So Josh was OUT OF IT. He was not acting himself and his leg was shaking so I decided to take him to the ER. He would not walk so they did an x-ray of his hip and leg and he fractured his tibia fibia bone. So they put a splint on him and send us on our way. We go back down to the party and its DARK now but we cut the cake and open presents and Austin had a ball so i am very happy about that! He got a batman lair and when he opened it he goes WOW thats TOTALLY AWSOME! way too cute!

I cannot belive Austin is now 5 years old! He stats Kindergarten on the 24th of August I cannot wait I am so excited for him to go! I was trying to get josh in a preschool but i have decided to wait one more year on him.

Thats all for now

DEANS LIST

2009-07-10T15:28:00.000-06:00

Hooray!
I did it! I made the Deans list at Stevens Henager College. I have really enjoyed going to school. I have made a lot of new friends at school. It has been a very new experience. My GPA is now sitting at 3.87 WOOT! I have never earned such good grades in my life. I hopefully will be able to keep this going and be able to graduate Oct 2010.

Austin and Josh are full of it as usual. They keep me busy!!! While I am at school they get to go see either Grandma and Grandpa Barrett or Grandma and Grandpa Burke. They love seeing them and really enjoy the time. Wow this year I get to go School shopping for Austin. Scary thought. Joshua is really talking now and testing me. If he gets something and you want it back he will run from you giggling but he knows if he dose this its a time-out. He still dose it though.

THE 4TH of JULY

The 4th of July the kids and I went to Sugar House Park to see the Fireworks and it was a Blast!!
We had a lot of friends there which made it more fun! There was Jeff, Brittanie, Jocelyn, Lexie, Me, Austin, Joshua, Traci, Kyle, Carlos, Shelby, Jake, Jackie, Kyle, Sara. We had a pinic and had marshmellow fights, played frisebee, soccer, went for walks and enjoyed each others company. Afterward we went to eat at Dennys and then went home.

Its been a pretty good couple of months and I have enjoyed the time with my kids, family and friends.

Milford Car Show!

2009-06-18T17:12:00.000-06:00

This last weekend I went to Milford all by my-self. It was a ton of fun and I enjoyed the "me" time. I helped as much as I could. In return they fed me and gave me a room to sleep in. I think that was a pretty good deal!! I have a ton of pictures but it would take forever to go threw them all. So I will only post my fav pictures. While I was down there I did miss my kids a whole lot but it was a very much needed break. I have now made some new friends that i consider to be very close to me!! I would go again in a heart beat!!! Ok enough babbling here are the pics.

this is Beckys car and she let me have a ride in it!!! I wanted to drive it sooo bad but its her baby!!! It totally was one of the best looking cars there :)

Me Enjoying some sun on a rock lol

This is one of my Fav cars it was the oldest there and the guy would crank it to start it and show us how it worked very neat!!

Me and Traci She is the one who invited me down and it was the BEST TIME THANKS TRACI!!

If you want to see more pictures of the cars they are on my facebook!! They are going to be uploaded onto a website once i get the pics to the right person lol. So when i get that site i will post it here!!!

2009-05-25T20:27:00.001-06:00

Hi i figured out i can mobile text from my phone kool!

Crazy DAYZ!

2009-05-02T00:57:00.000-06:00

This month has been really stressful! First of all i had finals and that was really hard to do this last month. I did get it done and I stressed about my grades like I always do! Well I pulled off another A!!! Hooray for me! So that pulled my GPA back up to 3.85, YES! Lets see if If I can do it again.The fun part about going to School now is I get to wear scrubs everyday to school. I LOVE IT.

Josh has decided to start potty training on his own now. He went pee in the potty a few times already and he POOPED once too. YAY JOSH! He is talking a lot more now and it is so fun to be able to communicate with him more! I also love how Austin and Josh never forget about each other they make sure to take care of one another.

Austin is doing great he can now write his name which is so fun to see. His last day of Preschool is May 19, 2009. So we are excited for that and also very sad because MY BABY IS GROWING UP!

We have had the pleasure of having NEMO come and visit us! He is a toy fish that has been doing a lot of traveling around the country and to Canada. We get him for three days and then we send him off to a new destination. The kids love him and we have been taking a lot of fun pictures I will post them on Monday cause thats when he has to leave :(

NEMO!
More pictures to come!

We have also been spending a lot of time in Coalville. Grandpa and Grandma Burke are enjoying the time with the kids a lot! My dad tells me now that he needs to go to work to get a vacation from the boys cause they wear him out. LOL! I guess construction is a lot easier than to watch my boys ha ha.

We also attended Luke and Lisa Barretts Wedding last weekend and It was a really nice ceremony. The food was GREAT! and The decorations were beautiful. The boys looked so grown up in their tux's.
Thanks for reading!

EASTER 2009

2009-04-13T13:07:00.000-06:00

Easter this year was a lot of fun!!! Josh was able to participate a lot more this year and he had a blast! Austin loved dying eggs this year. Saturday we drove up to Coalville and had Easter fun with my parents. Ethan, Jocelyn, Lexie, Austin, Josh and Ben.

Then on Sunday we went to Jason's parents and celebrated Easter with them. The kids Had a lot of fun. Isaac, Julia, Ian, Owen, Austin and Josh were there.

It was a very fun easter and we enjoyed spending time with Both familys!

Grades and Study Group!

2009-04-07T10:28:00.000-06:00

Well I have recieved my grade back from English_223. Its a B+, which put my GPA at 3.79. Its a good grade and all but the teacher did not guide us I asked him questions specifically and he said we would do fine but when I recieved my grade I asked him what I did or not do to get a b+ he said i did not do what he was looking for. I wanted to yell at him and say I ASKED YOU WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AND YOU SAID WE WOULD DO JUST FINE BY JUST TELLING THE STORIES. Thats what I did I told my storys like I was told with no guidence and he gives me a b grrrrrr. Anyways I am going to work harder and bring my gpa back up hopefully! Other than that I am loving school!!!!

Last night I had a study group at 7pm with some friends at school. It was a lot of fun and I got a lot of work done. It was so much fun to get out and just relax and be with friends. Here are some pictures.

WENDY

Wendy and Haley

Jordan

Me and Haley

Well the kids are doing great! Austin is enjoying the nice weather and learning to ride his big bike. Josh is my little Joy! He is now getting an attitude about everything. He is also able to tell us what he wants and dont want now which makes life easier.

For a DEAR FRIEND TO ME!

2009-04-05T15:39:00.000-06:00

My Friend Wendy was Raped and she wants everyone to hear her story! Please comment on her board so it gets noticed! Thank you!

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Addictions!

2009-03-15T16:17:00.000-06:00

Ok so lately i have been having these problems

1) I am addicted to Facebook lol.
I cannot go a day without checking to see anything new. I love seeing what is happening and how my friends lives are going.

2) Fallout on the xbox 360. I have never been so addicted to a game its terrible!!! I never get anything done!

So I have put a limit on my-self so I can get needed stuff done in my day.

Anyways here are a few thing that have been on my mind lately.

My Baby Boy Austin is growing up!!! I have been filling out his Kindergarten papers. Preschool was one thing. He has been in preschool for 3 years. But now here come the big step. I am so proud of his accomplishments. He will be entering a Normal Class room YAY! He will have a tutor but thats it! I am so happy about that!

Josh well nothing new with him other than he keeps me on my toes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He just is a busy kid.

School is going GREAT!! So far I am getting a 4.0 gpa! This is a shocker I have never been able to pull that off. So far is been an awsome new experience and I am making a lot of new friends! Well thats all for now
Ev

DR APPT.

2009-02-21T23:30:00.000-07:00

Ok, I know im slow on the update about my Dr. appt. But it was not great news anyways. Its is still a stage one which is good! That also means its not getting smaller grrrr. The Dr. gave me the same spill about losing weight blah blah blah...... So I go back in 4 months not 6 cause she did a medication change and wants to know how it looks between that time.

Well that was it for a 4 Hour doctor appointment ugh.
If any of you forgot what kind of tumor I have have here you go.

Signs and Symptoms Pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is encountered most frequently in young, overweight women between the ages of 20 and 45. Headache is the most common presenting complaint, occurring in more than 90 percent of cases. Dizziness, nausea, and vomiting may also be encountered, but typically there are no alterations of consciousness or higher cognitive function. Tinnitus, or a "rushing" sound in the ears, is another frequent complaint. Visual symptoms are present in up to 70 percent of all patients with PTC, and include transient visual obscurations, general blurriness, and intermittent horizontal diplopia. These symptoms tend to worsen in association with Valsalva maneuvers and changes in posture. Reports of ocular pain, particularly with extreme eye movements, have also been noted.

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For STEVE MARTIN My APP TEACHER

2009-02-18T20:59:00.001-07:00

HEY HERE IS MY BLOG ENJOY! I KNOW I DRIVE YOU NUTS IN CLASS!!!

You know the DRILL

2009-02-17T23:39:00.000-07:00

Well I thought it is time to update whats been going in the life of the Barrett's.

AUSTIN

Austin is doing awsome in school. They went on a tour last Thursday to Dicks Market and they gave him a bakery hat he just loves! He also told me that the "The freezer is cold and made me shiver" He is so funny now days! He is also doing very well at accomplishing his goals in his program that he is in. I am so proud of him!

Joshua
Josh is such a happy kid he always has a smile on his face. But boy he can get into things lately!!!!! He is also a cuddler. I have started potty training him already im not pushing him but when Austin goes potty he is so interested in what he is doing so we put Josh on the little potty. He has not done anything yet but he thinks he is such a big boy when he is on the potty.

CAUGHT RED HANDED

See what i mean what a STINKER!

I have a Dr. appt on Thursday for my tumor so i will give a small update that night on whats going on. I have been feeling really good the only problem i think i will have with them is i have gained weight so there going to be on my case about that.

This is PROOF that im a GEEK!!!

Thought I would share for a laugh

This was Superbowl night Lexie, Austin and Josh were sharing so good!

V-Day
This is what Jason gave me for Valentines day

The boys gave me the panda Bear!

Utah Draper Temple

2009-02-05T00:17:00.000-07:00

On the 4Th of Feb, Jason and I were asked by Nathan and Lindsey if we wanted to go to the Open House at the Draper Temple with them. So we did, It was so beautiful!!!! The feeling there was so comforting. I'm So happy that i was able to go and see the inside! I will never forget it! One of my favorite rooms was one of the Ordinance room because it had a mural painting like they took the pic out of my head and put it up on the wall. Afterwards they gave a us cookies and water. I just had to share how much fun i had!

On lds.org it gives permission to copy this photo.

Behind on Posts!

2009-01-09T17:08:00.001-07:00

Well some good new has came up. First, I am going back to School. Stevens Henager College is going to be the school. I'm going into Medical Specialties. It will take me about 20 months to complete for my Associate's. I decided to do this because I want to accomplish something in my life and to be able to tell my kids yes i did go to college and i finnished would be a big thing to me.
I start on the 20th and i cannot wait!!!

Then Austin has finally done it!!!! HORRAY he is POTTY TRAINED!!!! He just decided to finally go. I am so SO SO happy! The funny thing is, when he has to go he will go yelling down the hallway NO NO NO! cause he is trying to hold it. I hope he learns not to wait till the last sec to go soon lol.

Josh oh what can i say about him lets see he is a little stinker!!! He has started this thing where he dose not like to wear cloths to bed. So by morning he is completely naked grrr. So now i have to do nightly checks to see if he has taken his cloths off. I hope this ends soon. So the only pj's i can put on him is zipper up jamies that have the button thing on top he still has a hard time getting them off.

Yay i found my Camera Cord!!!! Here are Pictures!!

2008-12-28T20:11:00.000-07:00

I hope you Enjoy the pictures

Holiday Pictures I did not get a picture alone with Santa for Josh cause he was not happy to visit him lol.
Austin and Santa

Grandpa Ralph and Josh

Austin and his new Bowling set

AND YES IT HAD TO BE THE FIRST ONE OPENED
"Gutter BALL"

Josh and his ELMO LIVE.

I love this picture of Luke and Josh He love his Luke!

The GATEWAY MALL WEE THE SLIDE IS WAY TOO FUN!

This was Austin and Josh's Favorite place to play!

You open the tube up and put a ball in and it gets sucked up the tube.

MOM help its heavy! lol

AND YES HE WAS SOAKED WHEN WE LEFT I HAD TO DRY HIS CARSEAT WITH A BLOW DRYER!

2008-12-23T21:30:00.000-07:00

Just wanting to Wish Everyone a

HAPPY HOLIDAYS and a

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Hiya!!

2008-11-25T21:39:00.000-07:00

November has flown by way too fast!! I cannot believe this week is Thanksgiving. We have been traveling a lot this month. We have been up to my parents house and had FAMILY photos done I can't wait to see them!!! My parents have not done a family photo since i was 9 and so it was time to ours done!!!!!!

I took my boys to Discovery Gateway (thanks for the idea LACEY!).
Wow did they have fun I have Pictures but now my plug is missing so i cannot post photos. Well Josh's fav was the water and the ball thing. You open up this tube and put a ball inside and it get sucked up and around and falls into this pit that they have. He played and played with that for more than an hour. By the time he got done playing in the water he was soaked so it was time to come home. Austin liked the building thing where you put a block on and hoist it up to the next level. He also like the earthquake building thing. He would just giggle when all his work would break.

We went to the North Summit Braves game and they are now going to the State Football Finals! They beat the undefeated Juab team (35-27). It was an awesome game and and then they went to Timpview and played against undefeated Manti and Won STATE! Go Braves!
I did not get the score but i heard the Last GAME WAS Very fun!!

Well I just wanted to WISH YOU A

HAPPY THANKGIVING!!!!

Family update time!

2008-10-15T21:53:00.000-06:00

Joshua...
Ok so i know Josh is 17 Months and 1 Week old but i missed his 15 month Dr. Appointment. So we had one today. He is in the 25th Percentile for Weight at 24 pounds 1 ounce. and 75th percentile for hight at 32 and 7/8 inches. He needs to go see an eyeDoctor his Dr. noticed something not right so we have been refered to the Moran center to go see an eye dr Im totally freaked out!!! I hope its nothing and the Dr did say he could be jumping the gun he just said better to catch early if something is wrong. Josh got 2 shots today the chicken pox and Flu. We decided to hold off on MMR until he is 2. Austin was also given a flu shot and we had him go first he was crawling under the table trying to put his pants back on crying it was so sad. After the shot he yelled at the nurse you hurt me you broke my HEART. It was way funny but sad too. So that was are FUN day!! NOT!

On October 10th was my Brother Brandons Birthday I know its late but Happy Birthday!!!

On to me.....
Im going to update you tommrow also cause I go back the the Dr for my psudo tumor thing. I have not been this nervouse about going until now cause i have been have terrible migranes and I called my dr and she uped my meds hoping that would work well it did so that means it was my tumor hurting me. I hope it as not grown or swelled again. We will know tommrow.

Austin....
He is doing AWSOME in school!! He is learning to write his name and he can draw people now you actually can tell what it is. Its just not scribbles anymore. For those of you wondering NO he is not potty trained His teacher has even been helping me try to get him there but he refuses. We have tried no pull up for a few days and man after 3 days of no success at all i gave up. So I have no clue if you have any ideas feel free to post them i will love any info you can give me I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING.

Jason...
He is just working a lot. I hardley get to see him during the week. I love the weekends cause we can go out and do stuff. Really that all thats been going on with him.

We have had Luke, Jason's Brother over a lot with Lisa!! It has been a lot of FUN getting to know her! WE really enjoy having them here!!

Slacking On Updates SORRY!!

2008-09-21T22:00:00.000-06:00

Ok i have just been SO BUSY that i have not updated.

I Need to say ...

HAPPY 1st BIRTDAY BEN on the 10th

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY ETHAN on the 17th.

First -I watched my Nieces Jocelyn and Alexiea for a week (10th-15th). It was a Busy week. We took them to the State Fair it was a lot of fun! We were there for 6 hours and still did not see everything. The Kids were exausted by the time we were done. Jocelyns Fav thing at the fair was the white tigers. She tells everyone about them. Lexie and Austin played and played they were so good with each other. I will never forget haveing my own HORSE in my house She pretended she was a horse all day everyday It was too cute. We Loved having them here and cant wait until we can have them again!

Second- My mom stayed at my house with me to make salsa and did my house smell good!!! I love spending time together! We stay up all night and just talk. I feel so blessed that im so close to my mom she is an amazing person in my life and I am who i am today because of her. She was in the Hospital recently her sugar was WAY high so they helped her get it under control. So she has been recovering from that.

Third- Austin being in preschool is so nice! He really likes it and goes in without a fuss. He goes Tues and Thursdays.

Fourth- Our Vacation got rained out it was fun until then when we came off the hill it was so scary caue we could not stop and our car was covered in mud!! It was cold a lot too so i hope to go again soon before it snows.

I will post pics of the fair later!!

Oh yes we love UPDATES! lol

2008-08-20T15:25:00.000-06:00

Well, Jason has recieved a promotion at work he is now a Lead in his department. He got a raise and he still works the same amount of hours but at night. We are very excited about the raise the hours he works SUCKS but we are doing what we can to make it. I'm so proud of Jason and his willingness to do this for his family. We hope it will only last until he gets a better job in the future. He is planning on staying at this position for a year and then looking for a diffrent job then thats if our plans work out.

Austin is going to go to School Tuesdays and Thursdays in the am class. It really is a bummer that he won't go 5 days a week but hey at least he will be going. So on Tues and Thurs days Jason and Austin will only see each other for like an hour. Thats going to be hard.

We are planning a camping Vacation at the end of the month I am totally psyched!!!! We will leave Friday afternoon and come home Sunday Evening. We have not been camping all year long so it's ABOUT TIME to go!!! Oh and if your wondering what we are going to do with Tiger our cat HE is going with us. He is such a good cat that we can take him anywhere. WELL THATS ALL FOR NOW FOLKS

Fun on the weekends

2008-08-13T23:37:00.000-06:00

So last weekend we went to Coalville and went to the Derby and the two Rodeo's It was a blast! Austin was so amazed with the Cowboys. Everytime a guy or girl in a cowboy hat would walk by he would say "Hiya Cowboy!" It was too funny. Josh did not care too much for the Rodeos. He Loved the Hotel we stayed in and he loved to RUN down the hall GIGGLING. We were also in the pool a lot! The first night we were in there till 1 am the kids were so Tired they went right to sleep. The next night we stayed up till 12 and then went to bed. It was a ton of fun and we got some really one on one family time. We are actually planning on going to a further place next year cause now we know the kids will do fine with the trip.

Well on Monday Josh had his first Dentist Appointment and he did very well for his first time. I was not able to get a picture cause i had to help hold his hands while the dr looked at him. No cavites YAY!!!

Memories

2008-08-07T17:59:00.000-06:00

Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.
It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you!!

The Pet Fest

2008-08-07T15:08:00.000-06:00

Well, Yesterday we went to the Pest Fest in Coalville We entered Austin and Tiger And they WON Grand Champion It was so Much fun. I did not think we would get it but we did Austin loved it! Here is a pic.

As you can see he got a TON of stuff! Jocelyn Took Koda the Dog (Brandon dog) They won Grand Champion for the Dogs so it was pretty Fun that they Both won. (Pic comming)

2008-07-25T17:24:00.002-06:00

We Love you so MUCH!

Fun at the Dentist!

2008-07-16T13:26:00.000-06:00

I wish i would have taken a camera when i took austin to the dentist. He was so GOOD!!! First we had to wait 45 min's cause they were behind so i was expecting Austin to be a handful. He just played. Then we finally go back and He has to have his pictures taken of his teeth. I was like oh boy he will not like this! He LOVED it. He sat in the chair and bit down on the disk and it would make a noise and he would giggle i was shocked lol. Then we go the the Dentist chair they put the movie "Cars" on for him and he opened his mouth and let the dr work lol. He has one very small cavity they want to cover so he has an appointment the first of August to get Laughing Gas, I WONT FORGET THE CAMERA lol to fix his teeth. I pushed Josh's DDS appointment back so i could take him by my-self cause he already fights me on brushing his teeth so i figured seeing the dentist is not going to go well so the 2nd week of Aug i take him.
Well talk to you later

Pic Crazy!

2008-06-25T15:20:00.002-06:00

AUSTIN

Austin sleeping With his dad's
Swinging on the swingset

Eating Cheetos

Sleeping in the car with his "Austin monkey"

Here is pictures of Josh Before he got His Tubes in his ears.

Before meds so Cute!

Playing with the tag on his foot. It drove him crazy!

Waiting for the Nurse!

After meds not wanting to sit in Wagon He wants to play!

Our New Kitty Tiger!

Joshua Update!

2008-06-19T14:13:00.000-06:00

Ok so Josh has had an ear infection for a long time like a month. Well on Friday the 13th we took Josh to an ENT (ear, nose, and throat Doctor). It was decided to get tubes in his ears. So we got up on the 18th at 5:00 am and Drove to Primary Childrens Hospital. We get there and they give him some Loratab (sp) It made him act funny. Then they took him back to the OR and 15 mins he was done so we had to wait till he woke up he was so tired he but he barly cried. The nurses say usually babies are screaming there heads of and Josh was so quiet. So we got home about 10:30 and we slept till 2 in the afternoon oh yes it was nice!!!!! Then we had to get up to go and get Austin he was at my parents house. so we pick him up and he got sunburned poor guy! Austin and the sun dont mix at all. So not only do i have one child out of the hospital i have another in pain from a sun burn. Fun for me. But everything went very well.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!

2008-06-15T23:18:00.000-06:00

TO All DADS HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!

Compliments to Lacey!

2008-06-10T21:23:00.001-06:00

ok so i tried the baby thing and no im not pregnant its a joke!

Online Pregnancy Test Results
Pregnancy detected!
Congratulations, Evelyn Barrett! You're "with child". Our remote testing system has detected that you're pregnant. The Miracle Of Life has begun! To see whether your baby is a boy or a girl, click the "View My Baby" button below

It's A Boy!
Evelyn Barrett, you're going to be the proud parent of a baby boy, and just look- isn't he just so damn cute! Based on our remote test results, your beautiful baby boy will weigh about 9 lbs, 9 oz and have blonde hair and blue eyes. Truly a Wonder To Behold!

The Mailman

Uh-oh, your dalliance with the mailman is catching up with you. How are you going to explain this 'Special Delivery' to your hubby?

Thanks Lacey this made me laugh!!!

Long Update

2008-05-20T13:44:00.000-06:00

Ok so this is going to be a long post just to let you know. So i will start at Josh's Birthday party On the 10th of May. Well his party started at 2pm. My mom and Dad are first to show up. Jocelyn is with them. While my dad is parking Austin and Jocelyn go off to play. We are putting up fence around our yard and we only have one more side to go and we are done. Well the fence was leaning against the wall and austin went underneath it and jocelyn went the other way well Austin pushed it on top of her ripping her skin on her leg. So we had to call 911 and send her to the hospital. It was so scary. So after 3 hours and 16 stiches later she was sent home. (aka my house). So then we have pizza, open presents, and eat cake. Then everybody goes home.

Joshua's CAKES

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Joshua Happy Birthday to You!!

Yum! Yum full mouth of cake he looks like a chipmunk!

Jocelyn After being at the Hospital Good thing for pain killers lol.

Mothers DAY!!!

On Mothers day I decided to take some pictures!

Also Josh has been very sick on Thursday Night Josh started to throw up. He would not keep anything down so we took him to the ER and they gave him some nausea meds and sent us home well they worked he stopped and he was fine. Then the poopy started. He has not stopped pooping. His butt is so raw and burned from the poo that he screams every diaper change. So i took him to the dr yesterday and they had me get some powder stuff to put into his food its supposed to help stop the pooping. They also gave him some really strong diaper cream.
hopefully he will get better soon thanks for reading

YAY PICTURES FINALLY!

2008-05-09T19:40:00.000-06:00

Ok i will admit it I can't find the cable to transfer the pic from the camera to the computer so.... As soon as i get the right bag with the cords in it i can put pictures up but until then NO pics sorry. I know where it is in the box i just dont know which box its in lol. Dang it i had to lose the one thing i really want grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also lost my mouse pad and im using a white piece of paper as the mouse pad and it really dose not work that well yet another grrrrrr!!!!!! well good luck to me luv ya evelyn

Ok, YAY I found my cord to the printer so i transfered the pic threw that. It took a lot longer than having the normal cord but hey it was worth it. And i went and bought me a mouse pad cause i did not want to search right now so I'm a lot happier. so here is what you have been waiting for PICTURES YAY!!!!

THIS IS MY MASKED MAN! HE IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!

JOSH'S EASTER

THIS IS AUSTIN'S EASTER!

I'M GOING TO EAT THE CAMERA MOM!!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!!!!!!

2008-05-08T16:50:00.000-06:00

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH! AND NOW YOUR ONE WHAT A BIG BOY!!! We are having a Big party on Sat with the Burke Family and thats when he gets his cake. I will post them too.

Hello AGAIN!

2008-05-05T11:01:00.000-06:00

Ok, I know its been awhile. But I'm Back yay! We Moved to our new home and We LOVE It! Its so quiet and we have a lot of room to move other than a ton of boxes are still in the way lol. The best part is Austin and Josh have a yard to play in now! The sad part is Austin is out of school cause by the time we moved they only had 3 weeks of school left so they did not want to enroll Austin. But he is ready for August. I still need to double check the date on the school starting. Moving was a pain in the butt and we only had one casualty Curt when he was picking up the truck to help us move fell and broke 3 ribs and he is down and out. So get well wishes for him cause he is the BEST!! We had a great turn out for people to come help us. We did not think we were going to get help and we had to do it by ourselfs but A GREAT BIG thank you for all those that helped we appreciate it so much! I will be posting more but for right now i have to go pictures later.

Walking! and Health update

2008-03-29T14:01:00.000-06:00

YES! Josh is walking!!! I really don't want him walking cause he still needs to be a baby. But in his mind he has to keep up with Austin. He has already crashed into the Entertainment center and has a nice scrape on his head. He has also been sick with the Croup yet again. So he has been coughing runny noses and up in the middle of the night cause he cannot breath.

On to me. Well i went in for a check up for my psudotumor and well its swelling back up again. I kinda figured it was cause its been giving me constant migranes. My neck hurts all the time so yeah not good. They uped my meds so i get numb feet and hands again. My legs jump at night. Right now they just are uping the meds and hoping it will go back down other than that no game plan yet.

Well i will post pics later i just dont feel good enough to do it today.

Birthday wish for IAN

2008-03-11T17:29:00.001-06:00

Well since i did not get to post ontime for Ians birthday here is his.

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY
IAN!!! for the 8th of March!

picture post

2008-03-11T17:29:00.000-06:00

Just a few pics not a whole lot. not much going on lately.

still here

2008-03-04T22:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah im still here not much going on lately. Josh has an ear infection...so he is way grumpy. Austin is busy testing me trying to find mommy's weak spot. I still love him anyways. so not much else going on
ev

7 and 8 month pic and well check stats.

2008-02-01T15:11:00.000-07:00

Josh WT is 18 pounds 15 ounces and like 30 in long i cant find the paper so im not positive on tall he is.

I thought i would post some pic of Josh cause i was board and remebered i have not shown his 7 and 8 month pic yet but when he turns 1 year old im going to show 1-12 pic of his growing up. I wish i would have done it for austin. Dumb me lol.

This is my favorite picture of the boys its with my Grandpa Neal with all the Grandbaby boys on my side of the family. We got Austin, Josh, Ethan, Benjamin and of course Grandpa Neal in the middle. We only get to see him once a year cause he lives so far away. But because he had to come to Coalville we get to see him Twice this year Horray!

Look at me im standing all by my-self ( with the couch's help he he).

Look how stiff he is.

He loves the camera when it flashes

Mom playing peek-a-boo with the camera is always good for a laugh!

Mommy give me that camera!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

2008-01-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY ISAAC!!!!

AND

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY MALCOLM!!!!!

Sick Kids UGH!!

2008-01-26T23:42:00.000-07:00

Yucky!! is all i got to say. First Austin got sick about a week ago and he was not keeping anything down. He also had a fever of 102.6 poor kid. When Austin just lay's on the couch and dose not move cause he is so sick you know he is not him-self. So we get him so finally better to go back to school and Josh gets really sick so we go to the dr and he has 2 full blown ear infections, soar throat, but is not weezing. So he gets meds for the infections and we are sent home 4 days later he is weezing really bad and having a tough time breathing. Yup he cought RSV Yucky!! SO we have been getting up in the middle of the night a lot and giving breathing treatment checking to make sure he is breathing fine. Its so scary to think we might have to jump up and go to the hospital. so we are still fighting this awfull Virus its not fun so thats what im doing if i dont post to often.

On Another note its Our nephew's Birthday party today and we were not able to go so

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MALCOLM!

We love you! .

HORRAY!!

2008-01-11T23:14:00.000-07:00

Ok, I had a great Dr. appointment first i get there and i do my tests that take an hour just to go threw them then i get to have the nurse, assistant dr, a couple of interns look at me before i actually see the doctor. So when the Dr comes in she is smiling she says sounds like you are improving. So she takes a look at my eyes and she was amazed On a scale from 1 to 5 When i first came in i was at a 4 she was about to make me have surgery. Well im glad to say im a 2 now HORRAY!!! I was so excited so i dont have to see the dr for a month! I'm so excited!! Just had to share!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2008-01-02T15:37:00.000-07:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Ok, I know its late, but better late than never ha ha. Well, I took Austin to the dentist today and NO cavities HORRAY! It makes all the forcing to get into the bathroom and wining that no i dont want to brush my teeth all worth it. Also i set Josh's first appt up he will have his first dental in May after his birthday.

Christmas

We had a great christmas! We stayed at my parents house. It was so much fun. When the kids finally went to sleep SANTA came and helped us put out presents and boy was there a lot. He kept us busy. After santa left we went to bed or should i say everyone else went to bed Josh woke up and could not breath i think he is allergic to cats. So me and Josh were up and down all night so 7 am came along and we decided we would wake everyone up he he he. I wanted to open presents i know im horrible. So Jason got a gift card to Sportsmans and PJ's, socks, and 1st and 2nd Harry Potter movies and a poker chip set that is really nice. I got a ring, necklace and ear rings, lots of cloths, shoes, and a watch. Austin got a new bike He loves it and a ton of other toys. Josh got a Jumperoo and he loves it only when you bounce him he has not figured out how to jump but its fun. After presents we went sleigh riding It was fun but josh did not go he was still not feeling well. Austin liked to ride the snowmobile more than sled though so he was mostly with Grandpa Ralph riding around.

Here are some pictures.

So Cute

GOOD Morning 7AM he he!

Austin's new "GAME" lol.

small update

2007-12-30T14:39:00.000-07:00

I have now had 2 appts since my last post and it is slowly shrinking. I am doing tons better. i will post more later

Holiday FUN!!!

2007-12-12T21:41:00.000-07:00

Austin Helping his dad put the star on the Tree!

He was so excited to help.

Well he was not scared of Santa this year at first he just looked at him

like who are you? Then he smiled he was such a nice Santa.

Austin and Josh together. Austin turned his head at the last moment.

I asked Austin what he was going to ask Santa for on Christmas and he said I'm going to ask for a hug! And Sure enough he ran up to him and gave him a hug he was so excited he said somthing in jibberish and walked off it was too cute. Last year he cried and cried so it was nice for a change.

He, he i love this picture! and they love each other Josh just gets a kick out of austin. They are starting to play together more and more.

Look at their eyes you can tell they are related. ha ha

Well just to update you on my health i was diagnosed with Pseudotumor Cerebri. Google it if you don't know what it is. Its too much to type. So i have been going to the dr every Thursday and getting tests done to see if it gets worse or better. If it gets worse I have to have surgery and they are trying to let me wait until after the holidays. If it gets better i just stay on meds and i have to lose weight. FUN for me anybody have and easy diet and food prep thats easy to follow let me know. On a level from 1-5 one being the best and 5 the worst. The drs rate me at a 4. So yes I'm pretty bad cause i also have weekly appts. The interns love me at the u of u. i have like 10 visits from just interns. The appts are 4 hours long ugh!!! I will try to update ate least every other week.

Austin is doing great in school he can now say his abc's with no mistakes. He is doing much better at potty training but he is still in pull-ups. He has a singing program on Friday and its just an hour long but its his first program he has ever been in so im very excited to go at watch him i will post pics.

Well that all for now i will post an update tommrow if i can.

later

just an update

2007-11-11T23:04:00.000-07:00

Ok so josh had his shots on the 9th of nov he did really good he also got his flu shot and so did austin. Josh is 17 pounds 2 ounces 26 1/2 in long he is 1/2 a year old now. He can now sit up all by himself like a big boy. Austin love preschool now he use to cry but now he gets on the bus with no problem at all. He is doing so well. well not much else to tell you
talk to ya later

Pictures

2007-11-03T23:36:00.000-06:00

Ok so I got the camera back from mom and so i thought i would post some pictures. Well here you are. Enjoy

Austin in his Church Outfit he wont wear his tie he was mad at me for making him wear it long enough for a picture

Josh sitting up and Austin huging his leg he he

Such a big boy!

ROAR I WILL EAT YOU!

Austin Loved being "Woody" He would walk around saying im woody all proud!

First DAY of SCHOOL picture!

Im SO TIRED...

He usually wakes up at 9am and he has to wake up at 7 am now.

The first week was really hard on him.

Oh ya too FUNNY!!! He was playing with his dump trucks and sat down and I said wait a minute i need a picture it was too cute!

Ready to DUMP?
SO it was so cute i had to put Josh in it too lol!

Halloween!!!

2007-10-31T14:02:00.000-06:00

Happy Halloween!!!

Busy..busy...

2007-10-25T16:30:00.000-06:00

So we have been pretty busy lately! We went to a Halloween party and i gave my moms camera back before unloading it yes i know dumb me lol. Anyways, It was too fun we changed austin costume to Woody off of toy story it was so much easier to do that than make my own and Cheeper. Austin has also started preschool. He is doing ok the first day he cryied when i left him and they have a 2 way mirror where you can watch them interact with other children and he snuck out of the room would fold his arm and put his head in his lap. Now he seems to like school. Im so glad he gets to go.

Josh has a TOOTH. Its on the bottom and i think he is getting another right beside it. Well kids woke up from nap will write more later

5 Month pic

2007-10-03T23:06:00.000-06:00

Ok so I did get the 5 month old pic taken my mom was here and i borrowed her camera. Josh is now rolling over both front and back. He hates rice cereal but loves the oatmeal. He smiles all the time he is such a joy and make me smile everyday. Austin is as busy as ever. His favorite word right now is pickles. He will drop something and then he will go "awwwww pickles" Its too funny! we have slowed down on potty training. He is now fighting us to go potty he dose not want to go AT ALL. So when we change his butt is the only time we have him sit on the potty. We have joined a family fundamentals group and it teaches you diffrent techniques to raise a child WE are really enjoying it and Austin is too. We have learned a lot of new ways to communicate with Austin. WE are so excited for HALLOWEEN this year! Austin has chose his own costume! He is going to be a Cowboy. Out of all the costumes i showed him he chose a cowboy ha ha. Joshua is going to be a Lion. We are going to go to the Expo Trick or Treat street cause it is inside and warm. It was a lot of fun last year so we thought we would go again. I will take my moms camera so i can have some good photos.

I got my Grandpa he he!I'm a silly boy!Ok mom enough pictures!Austin making "tracks" in the sand

I love this picture!

Sorry no 4 month pic

2007-09-14T23:36:00.000-06:00

Ok so my camera kicked the bucket it wont even work now i could usually take 1 pic and then get it to the computer well not now. So i took the 4 month pic with a disposible camera and i will scan it in when i get it. But Josh had his dr appt and did really well. He now weighs 14 pounds 12 1/2 ounces. he is 75% for hight 50% for weight i did not think he was that tall but i guess he is. And i dont want to get too excited but josh only woke up one time last night. AND.... Austin went number 2 on the potty i was so excited. Now i have to get him to where he will stop playing and go to the potty and i will have him potty trained HORRAY so good luck to me lol. well im going to bed later

NEW BABY!

2007-09-10T22:49:00.000-06:00

Well my brother, Brandon had his baby today they named him Benjamin Brandon he was 7 pounds 11 ounces 20 inches long. He has a ton of hair! You can't see the hair becuse i took this pic with my phone. So welcome to the family Benjamin!

Storys of Austin and pictures

2007-08-27T18:37:00.000-06:00

FEET! How CUTE!

So I'm Still POTTY TRAINING ugh! I swear my son will be in diapers till he is a teenager lol! I had him in big boy underwear and i got tired of changing poopie ones yuck!!! So back into pull-ups at least its easier to clean up. He will however go pee in the potty so I'm half there I just wish it was the opposite way It would be so nice just to change a pee. Boy dose Austin have an imagination recently he has decided he is a cowboy riding a bull in the rodeo. (We went and watched in coalville fair) So he gets his cowboy hat and gallops around the room and then falls to the floor saying "ouch i fell down" its so funny to watch. Anther funny thing he is doing is he pretends to have a handful of candy and throws it to people like he is in a parade. It took me a while to figure out what he was doing. Here is one more funny story. The missionary's were passing us and gave us a picture of Jesus. Well i ask

Mom: Who is this?
Austin: Jesus
Mom: Jesus is our brother did you know that?
Austin: No, Josh is my brother.!

I could have died laughing. It was so cute and the way he said it was just like mom you don't know what your talking about. Alright i got to get back to my family laterz

Small update

2007-08-26T18:28:00.001-06:00

Ok I had my colonoscopy and ewww the drink in HORRIBLE! Let me tell you it tastes like salty tears but so salty that you almost gag and they add a lemon taste to it that just makes you sick! Anyways, Everything came back normal and they still don't know why i was having the pains in my stomach. Lucky me. So the pain has gone away lets hope it stays that way! Well the video wont download sorry

PICTURES!!

2007-08-13T15:21:00.000-06:00

Just take the picture already!

OK, now I'm happy!

I still have not gotten Austins b-day pic's cause they are on a diffrent camera. I don't use my digital camera much because its broken and its hard to use now so i only take pics when i really really need to lol. The kids are doing great! I'm in the process of potty training Austin he is doing really well at home but when we are out and about he forgets to tell me and has accidents so when we are on the go we still are in pull-ups. Joshua is growing and is starting to play! It's a lot of fun.

Time flys!

2007-08-07T14:00:00.000-06:00

Wow time sure dose fly bye fast. Austin turned 3 years old on the 25 of July and we went to Jungle Jims. It was fun Austin had a ball! He got a lot of toys and some cool "CARS" sheets for his bed. His cake was Thomas the Tank Engine it was so cute! Then on the 27th we went to Coalville to celebrate with my side of the family We went swimming and Austin is such a fish. He jumps right in no FEAR at all. Then we went and ate Pizza and opened presents there too. He then jumps in the house pool and it is ICE cold. He played and played but it was so cold he could barly talk nomal cause he was shivvering so bad. It was a really good day. Joshua is now 3 months old and yes i took another picture today lol. Its so fun to see the changes each month. He found his toes and he grabs them and trys to eat them but gets mad cause he still dont have the coordination to get them in his mouth. On news of me I was in the hospital the other night cause i was having pains in my stomach and they thought i was having a pendicitis well i was not but i do have inflamintion in my small intestine thats is causing the pain. so I have to have a colonoscopy done FUN not so not looking forward to that. thats all for now
i will post pic later

TWO MONTHS OLD!

2007-07-08T23:20:00.000-06:00

Well today Joshua is 2 months old. So i took another pic here it is. We also went down to payson to visit Grandpa Jasperson. Here are the pics for that.

CAMPING

2007-07-03T12:47:00.000-06:00

So we went camping this last weekend and it was HOT!!! It was Joshua's first time and he did really well. He woke up only once througout the night. So it went very well. Austin surprised me he went to sleep without a fuss. I thought he would put up a fight and i was dreading bed time but he layed right down and he was out like a light. We seen a few deer and they were pretty nice looking. The bugs were really bad but we just put spray on and we were fine. Well thats all for now.

Dinner YUM YUM!

I Smile now you just cought the end of it lol.

Austin playing golf with a stick and tennis ball lol.

The forbidden cookie

One Month Old

2007-06-09T13:46:00.000-06:00

Ok time needs to stop flying by!! Joshua turned one month old on the 8th of June, WOW! We took him to the dr cause he is still really stuffed up. He has been this way since he was born and he has a hard time breathing at night which scares me. So he is fine just as long as i suction his nose out before feeding and before he goes to sleep. He weighs 9 pounds and 13 ounces now Man he is a chunk! Austin loves him so much he wants to hold him all the time and he makes sure everyone knows where Josh is at when we walk into a room. Austin still has his jelouse moments but is doing a whole lot better. Yesterday the 11 Lindsey, Isaac, Julia, Ian, Austin, Joshua and I, Went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point and the kids had a blast so did I. I have never been there before and it was really neat to see all the fossils of animals that lived before us. Well talk to you later

Josh's Blessing

2007-06-05T14:59:00.001-06:00

Well, The blessing was really nice. We had a lot of family and friends come. Jason gave the blessing and he did a very good job i was proud of him. After the blessing Grandpa Barrett gave his testimony which i was so happy to hear! It just made my day even better. So after church we went to the Outpost to eat. Well that was interesting! I had never been there before and the girls that were our waitress's had these short short's on that barley covered them which shocked me a little but the food was ok. I was a little upset about the salad, they did not tell me they chose the dressing for you. (I only talked to them on the phone) I like RANCH people! Anyways it was an ok lunch. I just enjoyed the family the most. I'm glad its over too. I'm not very good at planning parties or get togthers so i was stressing out about it. Thanks to all who came and thanks for supporting Joshua.

Baby Blessing

2007-05-29T12:15:00.000-06:00

Ok so we are blessing Joshua on the 3rd of June! I have invitations coming out but i really suck at planning! We are eating at the Outpost afterward. Hopfully you will get the invitations by wed or Thurs. Im posting this just in case!

CARS UGH!!!!!

2007-05-21T12:22:00.000-06:00

Life never stops throwing curve balls! Ok so on Thursday i went to Coalville to visit my family. I drove my explorer everywhere. It ran just fine. On the way home a semi pulled in front of me and i had to slam on my breaks (i was going the speed limit, but he was going really slow) then my abs light came on. So i called Jason and he said turn the car off and it should go off if now we will take it in to get it checked out. Well instead of getting home first and then turning it off i decide to pull into shopko right off the freeway on Redwood rd. I turn the car off and try to turn it back on and there is no power at all. So I have three kids in my car Jocelyn, Austin and Joshua (who is crying cause he is hungry). luckly we were off the road and parked in a safe area. So Jason to the rescue, he come and i leave him with the explorer and i take the kids home in the Ranger. So about an hour later jason comes home and the wire to the batterie was eaten through by the acid. So that was fixed. Two days later Jason was taking the car to get fixed and he got to about maceys and POOF fluid goes everywhere. So he pulls into Big O and they fix the car. LETS HOPE!

Austin is now adjusting well to Joshua well. He wants to help but he is too rough with him. I let Josh give Austin a "kiss" on the cheeks and austin thought that was neat. It was more of josh slobbering on austin is was cute. Josh slept for 5 hours last night is was wonderful! It scarred me cause i was not expecting him to sleep that long. Josh has his 2 week check-up tommrow. I cant believe we have had him for 2 weeks already i was thinking last night it already feels like we have had him forever in our family. So we are finally back to normal life again and it feels good. TTFN Ev

2007-05-16T22:39:00.000-06:00

So Josh is now a week old, on Tuesday. He had Jandauce really bad and we had to have him in the billi lights. My room glowed at night very annoying. Josh did not sleep well at all inside this thing he hated the mask i had to put on him. So i was up all night and day cause i had to take care of austin as well. So thank goodness for the sun cause I took josh outside and got him down to a diaper and let the sun on his skin and it worked he is now off the lights HORRAY! Last night he slept so good only woke up twice.

Austin is having a hard time adjusting to being a brother. He is really acting out but we are working on that. By trying to give him sometime with just mom or dad. He is too helpful at times and he really wants to carry josh around so i have to keep a close watch on him. He also likes to climb in the bouncer and rock its so funny. I will take a pic and post later.

Well got to go Ev.

Joshua Ralph

2007-05-12T11:22:00.000-06:00

Wow! He is finally here! It started at 1:30am in the morning on the 8th. I went to the hospital and i was a small 4 dialated. So we were there for 4 hours and I only had dialated to a full 4+ so they sent me home at 7:30 am. They gave me a pain pill and a sleeping pill and said get some rest. Well i come home and I'm in a ton of pain! I cry through the contractions for about 11 hours and thats when Jason steps in and calls the Dr. I'm bringing her in the dr says ok. We get there and I'm dialated to an 8cm. So I was given my epidural and it did not work. But the guy who gave me the epidural asked if i could push josh out without it. I beged him to redo it so he did not 10 sec after he redone it i was numb FINALLY!! So 15 min later my OB came in to break my water. So Im thinking i have a couple of hours to finnish dialating and i can rest. NOPE. Moving around and stuff finnished me dialating. SO i had to push. 3 pushes and Joshua is here! YAY! I was holding my baby before they got me admitted to the hospital it went so fast he he.

In these pic he is still kinda swollen I have some new pic but have not loaded them onto the computer.

Yet another Dr Appt! AND LAST ONE!!!

2007-05-03T10:49:00.000-06:00

Ok so Tuesday night i was having really bad contractions they started at 1 am and i could not sleep for the life of me!!! So I was up till 3 am and finally decided to hop into the tub and the contractions stopped. I went to bed and I had to get up at 8:30 to take austin to Grandmas so i could go to the Dr's. Well I slept in till 9:20 and my dr appt was at 10:20. So I'm late of course. So some how I make it to the dr on time i pull in to park and i see my dr DRIVING AWAY!! So i walk in and the nurse tells me it will be an hour wait for my appt GRRRR. So since Jasons grandparents are only 2 blocks away i decided to go visit. It was really nice I love to sit and talk to them. Before i leave they offer me to come back after my appt and have lunch I said sure and so i left and went back to my dr. I get weighed and to my surprise I did not gain any more weight! SO this whole pregnancy i have only gained 20 pounds. With Austin i gained 60 pounds just to let you know. So I am now 3 cm dialated and 75% efaced. The dr then asks me if i want to be induced next week on the 9th. I said sure, so we will have our new little guy here next week. So scarry to think i will have 2 kids here in my home. So after my appt. I go back up to Grandma and Grandpa Deans house and they take me to lunch. I then go home barley able to stay awake driving. NEXT time im up all night and have an appt i will take someone with me cause i really scarred my-self driving. I pick up austin and go home put austin down for a nap and of course me too we slept from 2 to 5pm. It was so nice i better enjoy the naps now cause they are comming to an end very soon! Well thats all.

Our last date night for awhile!

2007-04-28T18:20:00.000-06:00

Ok so i told you I would post about what we did on the 27th. We went to Deseret Star and watched Phantom of the Grand ole Opry. It was so funny! It was really nice to get out and spend some time just the two of us. We don't really get to get out and spend time together just us two very much.
My Brother Brandon watched Austin and I guess kept him busy. What was so cute is when i went to pick austin up, austin picked up his sippy and his blanket and told me he needed a nap. It was midnight when i got him he was ready to go to bed. So I put him to bed and he was asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. Jason has been sick for 2 days now and is just starting to feel better. So I feel like crap today just fron being preggo. I just hope we all feel beter before our new little guy makes his appearance.
Well thats all folks laters

Preggo Update.

2007-04-25T14:20:00.000-06:00

So i had my Dr. Appt today. Things are doing well, he is still in postition, im still 2cm dilated , 50% efaced (sp). The Dr say right now he is about 7 pounds. So we are looking good. So anytime now is what the dr says. Thats all for right now.

Happy Birthday!!

2007-04-23T09:42:00.000-06:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON!!

We Love You So Much!

Today is Jason's Birthday! We going to go out on the 27th to celebrate. I can't tell you yet what we are doing cause it is a surprise for him. He is so spoiled! So far for his birthday he has gotten a whole new outfit. He got new shoes, 3 shirts, a pair of pants, and a nice watch. Although most of it was for his new job so it was needed lol. We went fishing the other day and Jason has fun it was really windy but here is a pic.

Last night was Fun we went to my Great, Great Grandmother Virgina's 100th Birthday. I seen people i had not seen since i was 5 years old. Of course they all knew me but i had no clue to who they were lol. We went and ate at Little America it was fun. Then we went out to my Grandpas house and let the kids run wild. Austin was being so good he was not screaming or crying or yelling until this 13 year old had to start playing with him and you know Austin once you get him going your not stopping him. So my son was being very roudy because of this kid. I did get my 5 generation picture though I will post it when i get it printed.

As for me GET THIS BABY OUT OF ME lol! No he still needs about a week and a half to bake. I'm just getting tired of not being able to breath and sleep. Or be comfy for that matter.

Tired

2007-04-19T14:33:00.000-06:00

I'm feeling pretty tired today. I went to bed early last night and i did my usual 20 trips to the bathroom and I wake up with Jason a 5 to have breakfast with him and to spend some time with him before he leaves. After he is gone i go back to bed. So Austin usually wakes up about 8:30 a.m. Well this morning he woke up at 7:00a.m. You would not think an hour and a half would make that big of a diffrence but it dose. So now im sitting here trying to get austin to take a nap so i can lay down but he is refusing to do so. He just want to play. Figures.

The maintence men in our apt complex are so not all there in the head! They put celing fans in our apt which are really nice. Well the one in our front room and bed room smell like burning wires when you leave them on so i told the managers and they did a report to get it fixed. So the first guy we will call him Bob. He come in fixes the front room one with no troubles at all. He said he would be back the next day to fix the bed room one. WELL a month later he comes back. He acts like he has never seen a celing fan. He works 3 hours on the fan and breaks the lights so now the room is dark and i cant see anywhere. He says i dont know what im doing so i asked him why could he fix the front room fan but not the bedroom fan? He could not answer me. So he put a new work order in saying they would fix the fan the next day. Well 3 days later and I'm upset. I can't see whats in my room or if im going to trip on something. The other maintence guy comes in we will call him Jim. He fixes it in like a half and hour!!! I was like what happend that Bob could not fix it? He crossed the wires lol. I cant wait to move!! Needless to say my fans are fixed now but it took forever!

Ok i got this from a friend but its so TRUE i had to post it! Its called things women say.

1.) FINE: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

2.) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five Minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3.) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine.

4.) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

5.) Loud Sigh: This is not actually a word, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)

6.) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7.) Thanks: A woman is thanking you; do not question or faint. Just say you're welcome.

8.) Whatever: Is a women's way of saying F--U!

9.) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking, "what's wrong", for the woman's response refer to #3.

Dr Appointment.

2007-04-18T18:45:00.000-06:00

The Dr appt. went really well! I am 36 weeks pregnant. I am now 2 cm dialated. I dont know if i spelled that right. The baby is head down and ready to go. He is still sitting really high. So my next appt is the 25 of April at 11. I have weekly appts now so pretty much anytime he can come But i want him to stay in until May cause there is too much that goes on in April. Driving to the Dr. appt today was crazy! It was snowing really bad. I went and visited with Grandma and Grandpa Barrett. They are doing fine. So that it.
Ev

baby update.

2007-04-17T17:12:00.000-06:00

My Two Cowboys! LOL Jason put his hat on and so Austin wanted his hat on.
Easter fun dying eggs.

Well I was put on bed rest cause i started to have contractions. I'm ok now I go to the Dr. tommrow to see how things are progressing. I will post later on that. I can't wait to be done. I have no energy and trying to keep up with Austin is a BIG chore lol. It would also be nice to be able to clean my house. It take me forever. When i was preggo with austin i could do anything i felt great i had tons of enery, but with this baby all i want to do is sleep well thats all for now
ev

my first blog.

2007-04-09T11:19:00.000-06:00

Ok so this is a first. I got the idea from my sister-in-law. I liked how she was able to share photos and info of how she was doing with her son and family life. So lets see where to start ok im now 35 weeks prego. So in about 5 weeks or less i will have another son to take care of. My husband Jason just got a job at a warehouse so far he really likes it. I'm really excited about that because he works only 4 days a week and gets fri, sat, and sunday off. So we can go camping and do other things as a family. Thats actually all that is new in my life right now.