Health Fair

Saturday my Mom's dental office that she works at, along with some other businesses, had a health fair. We had a good time there was a dunk tank, huge shark slide, fire truck, lifeflight, etc.

We only stayed for about an hour and a half because it was so freaking windy. Wes was having such a good time that he cried and cried when it was time to leave Grandma and go have lunch. (It didn't help that his balloon animal, a bunny, got blown away and was popped while in pursuit.) Grandma and Trinity in front of the giant slide

Wesley at the dunk tank (Look at that follow through!)

Trinity got her FIRST sucker!

And I know its not the greatest picture, but Wes was super excited to get to climb in the fire truck that they had there. It was cute!

Ride em' Cowboy

Tonight we went to my Mom's house so Bret could fix their back door. It leaks water into the living room everytime it rains.....anyway. My Mom, Wesley, Petie, and I were watching the National Bull Riding Competition when Wesley decided that he wanted to be a cowboy. We pulled out the horse and he found his cowboy hat and started to ride off in the sunset. "He needs a six-shooter and a holster" I said to my Mom. Withing seconds she was out in the garage and came back with this sweet little number. She buckled it around Wesley's shoulder and then tied the holster to his calf and he was good to go. Now Wesley has informed my Mom that he needs an orange gun to put in it. I think he's inherited his Dad's sense of style!

What a cute little cowboy!

And finally just a random picture of Trinity. The red little number she's got going next to here eye is a mosquito bite. Attractive eh? She's been such a busy little turkey the last week or so. She now can crawl up stairs but still lacks the ability to go down them. We are trying to teach her but so far it hasn't caught on. I think she enjoys getting as close the top of the stairs and watching Me and Bret run after her before she falls down them.....little stink. Also she is starting to use her walking toys and pushes them around basement walking all over. When I have some more time I'll get video of her crawling up stairs and walking.

Wesley's First Day of Preschool

Well.....my cute little guy has become a cute little man and started preschool at the beginning of the month. (My apologies for being a little long in blogging, I got a new camer and have had to figure out how to use it and download my pics......Marylynne) He goes 2 days a week for 2 & 1/2 hours. When he got up that morning Bret asked him if he was gonna go to school today and Wesley told him no. But then he saw his backpack and decided that going to school wouldn't be too bad if he got to wear that. Trinity napped practically the whole time Wes was at school and the house was absolutely quiet. It was so wierd....and also VERY nice. You wouldn't believe how fast 2 & 1/2 hours go by........ Wesley posing for the camera
And now making faces for the camera

Showing off his "Craptacular Spiderman" backpack

Waiting outside of his teachers house for school to start

Wesley's picture that he colored. They are learning to trace and after 1 week of school he can actually trace letters and shapes very well.....maybe soon he'll be able to write his name.

For some reason he was being camera shy after school. This is his painting that he did "with his hands"

Twilight Trailer Spoof

Ok....I saw this on someone else's blog while I was "lurking" and thought it was hilarious! I figured I should post it here for all of my fellow Twilight fans to get a good laugh too. If you haven't seen the trailers for Twilight, you should watch those first and then watch this. Enjoy!

Petie Pie & Super Why!

Hip hip hooray! This was Trinity this morning watching her favorite tv show Super Why. No matter what's going on she will stop whatever she's doing and sit still and watch this show. I don't mind this because its actually very educational helping to learn letters and spelling. Wesley has actually learned probably all the letters he knows from watching this show. As you will see in the pictures she apparently wasn't close enough to see the television and decided to go in for a closer view. Anyway.......her birthday is coming up in October and I'm already starting to plan her party (I know its a bit premature, but hey I'm excited) and I wanted to have a Super Why birthday party, but they don't make party stuff with that theme. I'm kinda bummed but that's ok, we'll go with an Elmo theme and I'm sure it will be great. Trinity watching Princess Presto
A little closer........

Wes decided I needed a picture of him.

And finally.....Look how cute Petie's hair is! I've seen some other little girls with their hair like this and wondered if I could get away with it. Its was really hard working with a squirmy model but it still turned out cute. Someday maybe she'll actually have hair on the back of her head too.

8 Years Down....Eternity to Go

Today Bret and I have been married for 8 years. I know its sounds like a long time...but when you think that you are married to someone for "time and all eternity" its sounds like hardly any time at all. Its hard to believe that we were so young once.....(I know I sound like I'm some old lady reflecting upon her life) but really it seems like these pictures are from a lifetime ago. I decided that I would dig up some pictures of when Bret & I were "dating" and then when we got married. They are pretty priceless.........Sorry the pictures are a little scattered in size, etc. We don't have a scanner so I had my Dad scan them and burn them onto a cd for me..........So without further ado......I give you Bret & Carrie.
This was Prom 1998. I think this was our second date. (Our first being a double date with his parents....hahaha) The theme was "Story Book Love" from The Princess Bride. I know Bret has such a chubby baby face in this picture and is rockin' a sweet mullet. My dress was freakin' awesome....You can't really tell but I was actually wearing a hoop skirt, I thought it was so cute. Every time I had to get into Bret's car he had to hold the door open while I hurried and pulled all of my skirt in the car and then he would shut the door and I would let go of my dress and it would pop up and take up practically all of the room in the front of the car. It was hilarious. We had a fun time, but I ended up feeling sick that night while watching movies at his house and fell asleep and didn't wake up til around 2 or 2:30 A.M. I woke up and started freaking out at him because it was so late....luckily I only lived 5 houses down the road.

I know...I know... you're thinking "Carrie, what's with the 80's hair?" Honestly, I have no answer for you other than I thought it was cute at the time. This picture is from Snowball 99'. Our senior year. It was a matching shirt dance and so we decided to make our own. Yeah, it wasn't until after we had made our shirts and I tried it on that I noticed the choice placement of my palm trees.....oh well.

This is one of our engagement pictures done probably summer of 2000. Bret was really big into wearing suspenders and I had multi-colored hair. We were young and in love so who cared, right? Aren't we so cute?!

Bret and I on Aug. 11, 2000. We were married in the Bountiful Temple. It was a fun and very nerve wracking day, I wish I could look like that everyday. We were supposed to be married around 1 o'clock, but smartie pants me left my shoes and our marriage certificate on the couch at home in North Ogden. Luckily one of my Mom's friends brought it to us or I wouldn't be here 8 years later. I'm so lucky that Bret was patient enough and persistant enough to wait for me to figure out what exactly I was looking for. I am very grateful for his love and understanding. But mostly I am grateful for the 2 great kids that we have. On most days I look forward to spending an eternity with them ;)

And finally I had to post a picture from my wedding day with all the girlfriends. Ladies....we've come a long way. Aren't we all so cute? Did you ever imagine back then we would all be old married women, having children, and raising families? Crazy! I love you all and don't see you nearly enough...(hint to Crystal....still waiting for that August BBQ....I've only seen Logan twice now.) Oh, and by the way......for all of you people that worry what would happen to the Angel Moroni on top of the Temples if there were to ever be a fire...........don't. Apparently there is an escape ladder for just such emergencies!

P.S. Thanks for my wedding video Booty Cam!

I'm Sorry!!!

Please forgive me! I have been utterly lazy and have not posted or blogged for a couple weeks now. I promise, I will have something soon. I'm planning on buying my new camera this weekend. But for now all is well. Wesley's hand did not fall off and Trinity is crawling faster than ever. Part of my excuse is the ~Breaking Dawn~ release. I have been reading and re-reading for almost a week now. So forgiveness please........but I PROMISE I'll come up with something very soon! Lots of Love!