Townsends

Way Behind on Holidayness :)!!!

2012-01-23T08:05:00.000-08:00

We all went and saw Santa at Bass Pro!

She just talked his ear off about everything it was so cute!!

Tripp obviously isnt a fan of Santa! haha

We went to Zoo Lights with Corie Ryan Parson my Grandma and Bedie and all of her kids! The kids always have a really good time checking out all the lights every year its a fun tradition that we have!

We tried to get a group pic with everyone this is only half the group!

The polar slide at the zoo! She looks so tiny!! She loved it!!! She did it like 3 times!!! Getting so big!!

Good Lookin!! :)

Those 2!!..lol...there are no words!!...hahahaha...

Getting ready for the yearly polar dip!!!...freakin brrrr....no thanks did it once could careless to ever do it again its freaking freezing!!!

And there off...look at that form!!!!...:)

Every year on Christmas Eve we have a gingerbread house competetion here are the houses they all turned out really good!!!

So excited to get her purple helmet!!!

The crazyness of "the opening of presents" on Christmas Eve!!!

After Christmas we headed up to RV to spend a couple days with my family!....My dad and Blake made a lil sledding hill for the kids in the yard and they had so much fun on it!!

This lil guy was just adorable on it!!

Such buddies!

Having a snowball fight with grandpa!

The girl was obsessed with building snowmen!! Thats all she wanted to do!!!

The lil kids finished snowman...!!..hahaha.so cute!!

Helping her dad build a real snowman!! she was so excited!!!

Its getting there...

Ryans snowman..cracked me up! We all decided it kinda ended up being a lil bit creepy!!

The finished snowmen!! We topped both of them off with hats that Bonni had sent the kids from Germany!

On New Years Eve we threw my dad a Surprise 50th Birthday party at Nathan and Sarahs!! Here we all are waiting and practicing for the surpirse moment for when he gets there!!

Surprise!!! He had no idea!! It was so fun!!

Here we are the whole gang!!!

My dad and his mom or "Grannie"!!

My dad and his sisters (minus Bonni shes in Germany) and his mom!!

Nathan and Sarah got engaged!!!..FINALLY!!!..haha...

Tripp was so cute he loved playing in this tiny box and would pop out and say boo!!..It was adorable!!

This pic just cracked me up they just looked so cute sitting there being lil buddies!!

We had the boys dress in flannel so that they would look like grandpa! :)

Yes he rocked the outfit again!!..lol..love him..cracks me up everyday!!! :)

And then he decided to go feed the dogs and I guess stretch while he did it!!llhaha..

My mom found these roudolph noses and had them in the kids stockings so cute!!

Tripp was hilarious with this nose on!!

He was so cute he had to sit in the box that his first present came in to open his other presents!!

Wearing her Cinderalla dress from Aunt Corie and her work gloves from Uncle Nathan..so...cute!!

Ok so Nathan and Sarah came up with a game day and it was like a bunch of games from minute to win it!!..Oh my gosh so freaking funny and humiliating!!!..One involved cotton and vaseline and one involved bananas swinging between your legs and oranges!!..lol..it was so fun and such a good laugh watching everyone do it all!!

Ok so I know that the holidays are over but I am just now getting to posting all of my pics!! And like always there are a ton!!!!!...It was actually really fun to go through all the pics from the month of Dec..and to see all that went on from the holidays!!..We seriously had like I swear 4 different Christmas take place but we really had a fun time this holiday season!!..So like always its major pic overload!!!..Im just so happy to have such a big family and that we all got to see each other so much this holiday season!!

Just A Glance!!....

2011-12-25T16:55:00.001-08:00

I know that I'm going to be super busy for the next 2 weeks and won't be able to post Christmas for awhile...but I couldn't resist and had to post the pic the Sara got of me and Cody rocking our Christmas vest to the Christmas eve party!...And I really couldn't resist getting the pic up she got of Cody rocking his outfit he wore to do the polar dip! Hilarious!..As you can tell we had a really fun Townsend Christmas this year more pics to come but for now!!.......:)

He would kill me if he knew this was going up here!! haha..Love it!!

Room Makeover!

2011-12-08T07:49:00.000-08:00

Halfway through painting i was like crap before pics!!!!!..lol

Cody made this dresser in High School in Woodshop which I think is so cool so I had to keep it but obviously I had to update it just a little...so what do you do a little paint little mod podge pretty paper(thank you corie for showing me that stuff) new hardware.......

and totally cute dresser!!!..I think it turned out so freaking good..This is my first ever redo of anything and it turned out awesome and now im hooked and just want to go yard saling and thrifting and just start going crazy with doing stuff like this cause is seriously so fun!!!..haha..I love it!! I feel so handy now!! :) haha

So the entertainment stand thing! This thing is from my parents they had since i was serisously like 3 haha and for some reason our internet hook up is in Tatums room so I didnt want the stuff hanging out all ugly so I had my brother bring this thing down that was just hanging out in my dads barn. little bit of paint some Mod Podge and pretty paper and......

You get this!! I think it turned out good matches her room perfectly and hides all ugly interntess and gives her some more space to store stuff! so proud of my redoness here...lol!!

Over the week of Thanksgiving while my mom was down I decided to finally decorate Tatums room! A year in half into this house im finally getting to Taums room! I never rushed because she was never in her room she slept in mine!! But she is finally sleeping in her own bed in her own room so I thought Id make it A little cute for her! I think it turned it out really cute! I still have a few things im gonna add here and there more stuff on the wall..maybe a fun mirror she loves dancing in front of the mirror but eventually it will all be done!! ..Slowly but surely im getting my house the way I want it..one room at a time one nick-nack at time one project here and there but eventually it will be exactly how I want it!!

Yay For Christmas Decor!!! :)

2011-12-02T08:38:00.000-08:00

Entry way!! So Fun!! :)

An advent calender my mom made this year crafty lady!! :) so cute you take one down a day and theres a treat hidden inside they love it!!

Growing up my mom had this really cute gingerbread display so I kinda wanted to do something like that..well apparently gingerbread creep cody out so this was the only thing that i could do that could have a gingerbread on it! Which is cute and Tatum thinks its her open bar to candyland all day long!!

Stocking are hung! :)

Tatum decorated Gunner a stocking adorable

The Christmas Tree...I have to highlight a few of my favorite ornaments on the tree so here i go.......

The tractor ornament my mom gave us all to remember big Grandpa.

The moose ornament from our Lake Tahoe Trip!

The dove we got at the ornament exchange last year!

This thing! The picture does not give it justice! We got it on our trip to Maui its a BlowFish with shoes all over in her hair and its says loves shoes haahaha..and its just ugly..haha...but we liked and they were everywhere and apparently this lady that makes them is a big deal cause there are like statues of this thing you can buy for your house over there so we had to get one for our tree!

This tree my big Grandpa carved its my favorite I think of him everytime I look at it!

Cody went shopping with me to get all my stuff and this is what he picked out!!..So random..It is pretty cute sitting on the shelf though...Its turned out to be my favorite cause everytime I look at it I think of him and how he must secretly wanna be a cowboy!! :)

My lil craft I did glowing gift boxes love them so cute!!..haha

My mom made this advent calender last year for them so we have to have double the stickers so they each get a turn!! They love doing it they get so excited every morning to do it!! We had the exact one growing up so its pretty fun that my kids have one now and have the same tradition that I did because I loved that count down sticker tree it was my favorite!! :)

First sticker of the year!!

Gunner got stickered and wasnt happy about it!!!

~Every year for Christmas Cody would never let me go out and get Christmas decorations he would always be like next year..next year..next year..4 years later he finally let me!! SO EXCITED!!! We never had any kinda stuff up all month long im pretty sure last year was the first time we even had a tree so I was so excited that he let me go all out and get stuff!! We just kept putting it off because we kept moving and just had so much going on and this year we are just finally at home and have our little family complete and its so fun!! So I had to share!..they are nothing too exciting but I really like them and I think that they are really cute and turned out really good!!..Love Love Love Christmas time and Love the month of December so much fun!! :)

Laundry Makes Me Smile!

2011-11-29T12:27:00.001-08:00

For those of you who don't know me im pretty o.c.d about cleaning and always having my house nice and organized and pretty much spotless....well this last week for some reason I decided to take on all kind of projects and random crafts and the household chores that I'm usually really good about staying on top of and that usually drive me insane if they are not done kinda snuck up and well I guess kinda stacked up on me!...So my hubby..love him... left me a lil I guess reminder note before he left for work that we do still need clean clothes!...lol....This has never happened I maybe let there be 4 or 5 pieces of dirty laundry be around before I wash them....so he had to take advantage of this....cause this just doesn't happen on my watch!..But his simple "WOW" sticky note above the pile of laundry made me giggle all day long... lil reminder why I love him!....and made me think "why hadn't he done the laundry?!?" ;) huh....

Lil Bit of Townsend Desert Fun!~!

2011-11-27T07:11:00.000-08:00

We tried to get an action shot of us on the ride it kinda turned out!! :)

The old windmill that we rode to.

Always wanted to be the driver!

Love this pic!! Its so stinkin cute!!! Cant go riding without there shades!!!

She never wanted to ride with me apparently im not as cool as her aunt sara and uncle kris!! She always picked everyone else over me!! So independent!!

She wasnt trigger shy at all!!..and it was so cute because she always had the wrong eye closed!!

She some how hit it though and was very proud of her hole in her root beer can!! It was pretty stinkin cute she held it up pretty proudly!! ;)

Sydnee takin a shot!!

Tayler shooting the Red Ryder with her dad Chris!

Tripp taking a Quad ride with Aunt Sara!!!

All the girls loaded up to take a ride with Aunt Sara in the Sammy!!

Yesterday afternoon we finally made it to one of the Townsend trips out to the desert to do some riding and have some desert fun!!..Codys family is always going out to Box Canyon to camp and ride and yesterday we finally made it out there to hangout and we had so much fun!! We did a lil bit of riding nothing to crazy its gonna take awhile to get my kids use to it all they did pretty good though for there first time! Chad Codys brother had cooked a Turkey in a pit underground all day long and it was seriously so freaking good probably the best turkey I have ever ate!! Cody took my red ryder out there that my grandma and grandpa Parsons had given me and Tatum got her first shooting experience in she did really good and loved it..her favorite show to watch is Top Shot so she was really feeling it!!! It was a bit windy for some reason but other then that we had a lot of fun and it was a great was to end the holiday weekend!!

All I have to say is......

2011-11-04T17:01:00.001-07:00

I miss being 3!!...Not a care in the world all you need are your wedges and a crown! :)

No Trick All Treat!!

2011-11-01T09:00:00.001-07:00

I think Pebbles and Bamm Bamm did alright!!! will be good for candy in our house for a while!

All kinds of Halloweeness!!

2011-10-25T08:45:00.000-07:00

Tripp thought the goats were so cool couldnt get over them!! Just kept pointing and talking his jibberish!!

This pic he is totally like "where are you going do you see this thing its awesome hello !!"

Tatum loves the goats! She really liked this one...I think it might have been because they both are strawberryblondes!!..haha

Radio Disney was there Tatum and all the kids just rocked out!! It was so cute!

Tatum loves her cousins! Everytime they are around I dont have to worry about her because she just goes to all of them and has a ball could careless where i am!!..I really wish they didnt live on the westside of the valley they would be the best babysitters ever!! :) love them!!

The Organtuns are the best part of the zoo they love them! The new exhibit is way cool and you get to be right next to them so they kids hangout there forever!

The baby one was swinging on this rope and would just swing right into the glass and hit it!! Tripp loved it!!..He just kept say "whoooo..baby..baby!!" he was amazed by this monkey!

This is the only pic I got all night long with Pebbles and Bamm Bamm together!! They were adorable!! (And my moms dog bambam also had to be in the pic! )

I couldnt decide which one so I posted a few for Corie cause Parson is just so freakin cute in his race car outfit!

Love them so cute!!!

If you know the 3 of them is a very common scene you see when they are playing Tatum and Parson being lil buddies and Parson totally bossing and lecturing Tripp trying to keep him in control its so funny its so how they are!!

This pic is hilarious!~ Parsons face is like "watchout that kid is crazy!!!" he was very aware of Tripp and his bat right after we got there Tripp decided to give Parson a good whack with it so Parson kept his eye on him!!..Seriously my favorite pic though its so classic of these two...haha

So cute she really does look just like Pebbles!!..(minus the pink sparkle shoes)

There he is!!..Bamm Bamm!!..I seriously couldnt get enough of him in his outfit!!..It was so funny and so cute and it matches his obnoxious, mean personality perfectly!!..lol..his outfit really was a hit!! :)

This pic I have to explain Tatums new thing is to pick stuff up with her toes!! So she was showing everyone how its so cool that she can hold her lollipop with her toes!!..Shes so talented..lol

On Saturday we meant with all the family and did a whole day of Halloween activities!..Grandma and Grandpa came down and we meant with Corie and Parson and Grammie and my Aunt Bedie and all of her kids and went to Boo at the Zoo in the morning! Tatum loves to go the zoo so eventhough its quite the drive over there I always try and take her espically now that its kinda cooling down! They had so much fun looking at all the animals and doing all the lil activities that were set up! Later on that evening we headed out to Anthem were Cories community was doing a Halloween Festival!This year for Halloween I decided would be my last year to dress Tatum and Tripp however I wanted without them really getting a say and ever since Tripp was born I knew one year I had to have them be Pebbles and Bamm Bamm!! So freakin cute!! It really was they were adorable!!...My mom is like a sewing master and is always sewing and making stuff for me so I had her make there costumes and they turned out so freakin cute I loved it!! Parson was a race car driver so cute!! The kids got to trunk and treat(however you would sat that) :)....and there was scary mazes and music and of course they loved that all 3 of them love to dance! It was fun! I cant wait for Halloween to get here though so I can take Tatum trick or treating so she can finally stop talking about her and Tripp putting on there tiger dresses..(lol she has no idea who Pebbles and Bamm Bamm is!!) and go get some candy!!!

Crafty Aunt Corie!!

2011-10-14T20:15:00.000-07:00

He was so cute painting!!!..He just sat there so seriously and so nicely and just painted his lil heart out!!!...It was shocking that he had the attention span to do it!! :)

So cute I loved these!!!

Tatums pumpkins

Tripps pumpkins

Finger puppets

Today we went over and spent the day with Corie and Parson!!..Tatum has been driving me crazy ever since we got back home about seeing Corie.."mom can we go to Cories house mom where is Corie and Parson" "mom go see Corie now"..Corie Corie Corie....!!!!!..It was like shhhhhh.....what is the obsession!!!...Fine I will take you to see your Aunt Corie and Parson if it shuts you up!! :)haha...jk! So Corie being the crafty lil lady that she is...had all kinds of halloween crafts for us to do when we got over there!.. We made spiders with our hands and ghosts with our feet ! She made all of them all kinds of finger puppets bats,pumpkins, witches hats, owls!. She made them Spider cookies with oreos!! Then Tatum thought it would be fun to paint pumpkins and went to the store and picked out a bunch of lil pumpkins for them to paint!..All kinds of fun stuff!!..The kids had a blast!!!..And then the drive home I had to hear all about how fun she had!!!...Thanks Parson and Corie for the crafty fun day they loved it!!!!

Catch Up!!!~

2011-10-13T19:53:00.000-07:00

Her baby bird she rescued. He lasted 3 days and then she might have gotten a little rough with him!

Cotten cand at the county fair.

We went to storytime at the library with my friend Joelle and her lil girl Gray! Tripp and Gray thought they were apparentlt special and thought they could be the only ones in the middle of the circle.

One morning it was a little chilly out so the kids couldnt go outside right away so Tatum decided to take the time up and decorate Tripp with some stickers! Of course he let her!..And of course these stickers happened to be super sticky stickers that would not come off!!! So Tripp looked like this for half the day until Cody got back and had to me the mean guy and be the one to rip them off!!..

The sticker artist herself!!! :)

It never failed!. Every single time that he got on his rocking horse he would rock himself to sleep!.. Everytime! He would be jibber jabbering away and then all of a sudden it would be real quiet and we would go check on him and he would be a sleep!

My cousin Dustin got married at the Pinetop Country Club.

Tatum was one of the flower girls. She might have gotten a little bit of stage fright! But still looked adorable!

We convinced Corie to buy Parson a matching suit with Tripp so that there would be so many adorable pics of the 3 of them!!!..ummmm...Yeah!! They never really cooperated!!.But they really did look so freakin cute together all of them!

They loved the dance floor danced the night away!!!

Tripp loves mini ice cream cones!..Obviously!!...When he got done with this one he decided to play peek-a-boo!!

Adorable!!!!

My oh my!!!...Do I have a lot to catch up on!!.. I am going to be doing two seperate post just because I have so much to post and millions of pictures to post!!!..Yes it is definitely going to be picture overload like I always do, but its probably going to be worse then usual!!! Ok Sept 3rd we headed up to RV to my parents house for Cody to do his elk hunt! To get that story out of the way!!...No luck there!!..He came really close but never officially got one!!!:) I wasnt really upset Ive been eating elk meat for the past year and really wasnt looking forward to another year of it!! :) So while Cody and all the boys were out being lil hunters me and the kiddos and grandma just hungout doing all kinds of stuff. I mean we did everything from county fairs to saving baby birds to yard work, lots of baking, prepping Tatum to be a flower girl for my cousins wedding!(that sure didnt go over well) driving the old john deer around Tatum and Tripps favorite thing to do for sure that girl had definitly mastered that thing before we left!! She is quite the lil driver!!! But we had a lot of fun while we were up there for the month! After the hunt was over Cody and I left the kids with my parents and decided to take a couples trip to Maui!!!...And that is were my next post continues........

Maui Vaca!!

2011-10-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so on our honeymoon we always took pics with like really hairy old men in the background..I know we are weird but we think its hillarious! So this trip we took all of our pics with men in speedos!!! :)

We decided to do it straight up local style the 1st 7 days and if we couldnt walk there we took the city bus!! just ask Cody how much i loved the local bus!! :)

Our lil walkway we took every time to get to the bus stop and what not!! haha..i could kill him for the city bus seriously hated it but i guess it really was easy and it seriously was kinda fun now looking back!!

View of our Resorts pool right next to the beach thats why we did nothin for 10 days!

Another Resort View.

And hes ready to go!!

My lil buddy... lighted the torches every night at the resort!!

Giant skeleton of a whale at Whalers Village ridiculous how huge those things are.

Going to dinner at Dukes! Yes there are about 20 of these kind of shots of me and Cody!!..haha...but I couldnt pick just one and they are from all of the random locations hahaha...

The Fishing dock in Lahaina

Cody is somewhere in that wave..lol..I was in charge of getting a really good pic of him riding a wave im not quite sure i did it!!..haha.. But he was like a little boy all day long playing in those waves!!!

Black Rock another snorkeling spot and where people also jump into the ocean from!

Ok I could have put a million of these wave pics cause that day at this beach we went to that was just down from where we were staying were so freaking big it was crazy!!! And everyone seriously just would run into these things like they were nothing!..I on the other hand did not have a good experience and the 3 or 4 waves that were drowning me were the last ones that I got into I pretty much decided I belonged on the beach tanning!!

Heres our spot!! This is pretty much where we spent our vaca!! and it was awesome!!..Couldnt have asked for much more!!!

View of the snorkeling bay from a lookout

We hiked down to a snorkeling bay and this was the crazy cool trail that you used to get to it!!..So green so jungly it was pretty awesome the way stuff grows over there!

Yes he was that guy that had to pose on the palm tree to make it look like he was napping lol!!!

These anchors were everywhere Cody thought they were so cool! I think if we could have he would have flew one home for the yard! :)

Alright I am a pretty firm believer that it is really important after you have kids that you set aside sometime for "alone time" for you and your hubby!..So every now and then me and Cody well leave the kids with my parents ( thank heavens for grandma and grandpa) and go and do lil weekend getaways or go have date nights! Well we decided to take a big vaca and go to Maui for 10 days! Yes I some how left my kids for 10 days (really nearly 12 by the time I picked them back up!)..You would think I would have story after story to talk about from our trip but really all we did for 10 days was....absolutely NOTHING!!!..And it was awesome!!...lol...all we did was hangout on the beach and chill and eat a lot of really good food!!!..We had so much fun!!!..But I have to say every moment of every day there were two really big little pieces of me missing!!(if that makes any sense at all!!) Thank you so so much Grandma and Grandpa you guys are the best!! We owe you guys a ton!! Even though it was so good to get away and have a break its even better to finally be home back with my kiddos and back in my lil bubble in San Tan Valley!!..haha...I really think my break away from my kids really made me appreciate them and how much I love my life as a mom and my simple little family bubble that I have it really is amazing! I really tried not to get carried away with posting pics i tried to pick just a few.hahaha..theres a ton but there was so much randomness that we took pics of but trust me this is seriously just a few of the amount that we took!

Lil' Bit of Whats Been Goin' On!!

2011-08-21T09:08:00.000-07:00

He loved the lil stand-in bubbles!!! Had to pop his head into every single one!!!

We went to the Sea Life Aquarium with the Adams!.The kids had ablast Tripp was I think the most excited out of all of them!

Tripp slept most of the party!! But was a trooper when it came to the party hats couldnt resist this pic!

He loves Cars!!! Lightning McQueen and Mater!!

Parson turned 2!!!...And we just partyed it up for two days with his lil cuteness!!!

We had a family reunion these are the only pics I got then the camera gave up on me! They had a snowcone stand it was obviously a big hit!

We took Tatum to her first movie! Cars 2!

We went to the splashpads again at Cories park!. Its awesome, the kids really got into it this time they all had a blast!

Codys getting ready for his big archery bull elk hunt this Sept. so him and Tatum have been prepping there camo and target practicing!!

Bubba being Bubba!! hes a mess!!!...Love Love Love him!!! :)

Its pretty obvious that i've gotten really lazy about my blog!..I just cant seem to make myself sit down and post all the random lil things like I use too!..I dont know why I just cant get into it, so im trying to make myself get back on it. Iwas going through my camera this morning and saw all the cute random pics ive gotten on there from the summer so I thought id throw a few of them up here!..My cameras been hit or miss lately its about to completely break on me so Ive missed alot of the fun stuff thats gone on this summer but I have managed to capture a few things so heres just some of the stuff the kiddos have been up too!!

Favorite Moments!!!

2011-08-09T08:35:00.000-07:00

She actually did a pretty decent job for her first time!!

Love her chubby lil feet!!

Lately my lil tomboy has been turning into quite the girly girl!!!..She loves to wear her fancy glasses like mom..loves to carry her purse to the store like mom..has to wear bracelets and necklaces like mom..and actually has enough hair now and the patience to let me fix her hair so cute all the time with flowers and bows and I absolutely love it!!!!..Well the other night I was painting her toes another new girly habit that she loves to do...and when we got done she was like "mom I try?!...Please!!!"..The whole time shes doing this shes looking up with her big blues eyes of course im gonna let her!!!..Its very hard to say no to her shes so stinkin sweet!!..So I just sat back and braced myself for a very messy experience!!!..But I am so glad I let her because it was the cutest and sweetest thing I think yet that she has done!!..She just sat there and tried to make grown up lil conversation with me like I do with her and talk me through it like I do with her and she kept telling me "almost done ok mom almost done!" exactly how I always till her..and then she instructed me on how to blow on my nails so they can dry!!..haha...I dont know why but it was the sweetest 15 minutes ever!!!..It just was a lil reminder of why I always wanted kids and always wanted a little girl for little moments just like that to melt my heart!!..I never want her lil manicure to wear off!!!..(even if it does looks a lil rough!) :)

Birthday Bash!!!

2011-06-15T10:53:00.000-07:00

His cake looked better in person but obviously his theme was tonka trucks!!!..it turned out really cute!!

My attempt at a polka dot cake for Tatum!

Her theme was Polka dots...teal.orange,and pink loved it!!!

This pic cracks my up... Tripp is like why are you squeezing my cheeks it was pretty cute!!

~My Aunt Bedie did all the pics from here down love them thanks so much!!~

Saturday was Tatum and Tripps birthday party!!....and I have decided that it will be the last birthday party i will be doing for a long time!!..lol....Too much stress and to exhuasting!!...It turned out really good and was alot of fun but i think with all of our Birthdays being so close..Tripps June 3rd, Mine June 16th, and Tatums June 22nd we are just gonna start celebrating with a big family vaca!!..With everything going on i got zero pics i was horrible, luckily my lil bro snapped a few for me and luckily i have my aunt bedie that took a ton(thanks so much) and sent me some that i could post!!!..Thanks everyone that came and all the goodies my kids are good to go for toys and clothes for the next few years its ridiculous they are still discovering all there new fun stuff that they got!!....

Super Bummed!!!

2011-06-04T08:37:00.000-07:00

So those of you who dont know there is a massive forest fire burning up near where my parents live in Alpine!..Im not sure if its the Wallow or Willow Fire ive heard it been called both ways...its burned over 120,000 acres and is no where under control and its seriously ridiculous how its just not stopping and how its just taking over all the gorgeous forest and towns and its just so sad!!...But one reason im really bummed over it all...is Cody is part of the wildland crew on the chandler fire department...and he got called out yesterday to go help out with the fire up there!..why am i so bummed because he is going to be gone for 2 weeks which means he will not be here for Tatum and Tripps Birthday party and im pretty sad about it!...But I cant be a big baby about it because hes out supporting his family and out helping protect all those peoples home and trying to just get fire lines put up so whenever the wind does die down and the fire finally does get to a place where they can fight the fire they are able to!..So im just trying to be grateful for that that fact that i have hubby that works and supports us! Im trying really hard to put on a happy face and just remembering its just a bday party and there are more important things! :) Im just gonna have to be a crazy lady with the camera on there bday to make sure i capture every cute lil thing there is!! :)

Tripp Turned 1!!!

2011-06-03T21:25:00.000-07:00

There he is!!...Already too cool to smile and too cool for the splash pad!!.. :) (or just sleepy!)

Parson is hilarious at the splash pad the kid has no fear it was so fun to watch him he cracked me up the whole time love that lil guy he just ran around that thing like a crazy person!!

Hes totally thinking at that exact moment..."You guys have got to be kidding me i woke up for this crap!!"..haha...so something he would say if he could talk i just know it!!

"Oh yeah real fun woohoo!!..Happy Birthday to me!!!..can i get back to napping now!!!".. :)

Hated it!!..haha....

He is still so adorable though even when hes about to melt down!!!..I always just smile at him when hes crying cause hes so dang cute!!

Those 2... they are just best buds thats all I can say about them!!!

How cute is she!! :) :)

How cute is he!!..haha..:)

His Aunt Corie is very nifty when it comes to her Cricut!

Yes it happened!!...My baby boy turned 1!!..Its crazy to think that just a year ago I was walking around a Costco in hard labor with contractions every 3 mins bound and determined to have that baby and not to go home because the crazy nurses in the er didnt think I was in hard enough labor to get checked in! (werent they wrong..3 hours later out came Tripp!!)..It seriously is insane how fast that year flew by!!!...It seriously makes me so sad how fast my sweet lil Bubba is growing up that today was a very bitter sweet and emotional day for me!!..haha...he is just getting so big I just almost cant take it sometimes!!!....But we had a very fun day!!..Next weekend we are having a big Birthday party for Tatum and Tripp so today we headed over to Cories and had a lil mini party for Bubba!!!..We went to the splash pads,and made cupcakes and Corie being the awesome aunt that she is had a cute lil sign for Tripp all done up and Balloons and made the day really nice for him!!..After all the partyness we worked on the bday banners for the Birthday Party (which everyday i remember exactly why i do not do these parties every year cause they take some work!!!)...and the kids ran around like crazy lil monsters!!!..I just cant wait to keep seeing my lil guy grow up he is such a charcter and i have a feeling that he is going to be quite the handful!!...but im ready and excited!!!..Happy Birthday Bubba!!...Love you!!

Where Are They!!??!?

2011-05-22T09:04:00.000-07:00

Cutest lil feet ever!..He has been walking for a few weeks now and i have no idea how those tiny things hold his body up!..{Videos of him walking are to come! :)}

How i missed her balled up in that curtain i have no idea!..haha

This morning while I was making breakfast Tatum and Tripp had been very loudly playing with there blocks and toys in the living room. After a few minutes of cooking and unloading the dishwasher I realized that it was suddenly really quiet...and they werent by there blocks anymore so I went looking for them!..They werent in Tatums room...they werent in Tripps room....they werent in my room..or my closet...or behind my rocking chair..or the laundry room..or the pantry...I was starting to realize that they were not in any of there normal play spots, so of course panic was quickly setting in I starting yelling "Tatum say Mom!"....thats what I
have her do when she goes missing and hiding from me she knows to answer Mom so I know she ok and that way I can find her!....well being the stubborn child that she is...9 out of the 10 times she doesnt answer tell about the 50th time of me yelling that...but luckily her sweet lil baby brother has learned to say Mom!!...and loves to say Mom...and loves to play that game!!...So When I said "Tatum say Mom"..I heard this lil "Mom" "Mom" "Mom"..and just followed it tell I found two lil feet sticking out from underneath my curtains!!!...haha...the lil stinkers were right there the entire time I probably ran right past them a few times and never saw them and they never made a peep they were just playing hide and seek and I have to say they did a pretty good job of it!!....I just love those two they melt my heart daily!!!...

Zoo Day!

2011-05-10T21:13:00.000-07:00

Loves his Ritz crackers!~

Wagon buddies!!!

Out of everything i think her favorite thing for the day was the smelly camels!!! Really!!!!

I thought this pic was so cute!!..Like Parson (or as he likes to call himself Pine-Pine..haha...my favorite!!!).... is feeling Tripp in with all his knowledge about them monkeys!! And it really looks like Tripp is listening they are just having there own lil conversation!!

Aaaaahhh......they are all best buds!!!......well except 2 mins earlier they were hitting each other and making each other cry but at this moment we will pretend that they love each other!!! Just checkin it all out!

This baby oragutan is the cutest thing ever it brought this sheet over to its grandma and threw it over her and sat there and played peek-a-boo it was adorable!!!..Tatum loved it!!!..we sat there forever and just watched these things play they were so cool!!!

Glued to that window!!

This morning I got a 7 am wake up text from Corie wanting to know if we would like to go to the zoo!!...I dont know how the one morning my children decided to finally sleep in past 6 oclock is the same day Corie decides to text me and wants to go to the zoo but it always seems to work out that way!!.. :)....But i am totally glad she did because it was the perfect day to go!!..The weather was perfect and I have a feeling that today was the last day of nice weather before it gets to stinkin hot to do anything!!!!..The kids had so much fun..and we got to see alot of the animals and we got to check out the new oragutan exhibit which is awesome!!!!...

Easter Weekend!!!

2011-04-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

Her new favorite shoes!!! wont leave the house without them!!!...Im having a hard time with the whole independence thing of letting her pick her shoes and outfits thing!!..cause those things drive me crazy!!!

Bffs....Her and I are inseparable!!!

Tripp slept through the entire bunny cake decorating part of the party...so when he woke up i tried to have him decorate one he wasnt feelin it!

precious

Love her!!

Getting so stinking big!!!

Tripp and Parson wore matching outfits for the day too cute!!

Tatums eggs she was very proud of them!! :)

Tripps finished egg!!..he had more fun throwing them onced he was done coloring them then he did coloring them!!!

Her hands matched her hoodie all day!!!

Tripp loved his Easter basket his shovel was his favorite the kid is in love with shovels its the weirdest thing ever!!!...

They all loved Parsons "Cars" mat that the Easter Bunny brought!!!

Love her and her crazy bedhead!!!..haha....

I think its so cute how he is so little but he knows how to play cars!!..lol..he for real does its my fav!!!

Tatum and Tayler on the Easter egg hunt!

Sara and Kris brought a Pinita for all the kids to do at the party they loved it!!!

I think he looks just like Cody in this pic!!..He always does!!..but for some reason i think this pic really shows it!!!..mini me of Cody!!

Ok so I have finally decided to catch up on my blog!!...I have seriously not had the time!!!..For real!!..The weather has been so nice that every chance we get we are outside working on our yard or just enjoying being outside before it gets too freakin hot that we cant be outside so we are taking it all in!!!...Like every year we spent Easter in Camp Verde at my Grandmas (or Grammies as Tatum would say) and had our Easter party at my Grandpa Parkers!!..It was a ton of fun!!..When we got back home Sunday we headed straight to Codys parents where the Easter fun continued and we got to have more Easter games with all the cousins and Aunts and grandparents, and of course more food!!!!..I cant believe that summer is almost here and that my baby boys 1st birthday is around the corner!!! I am not at all ready for that to happen i want him to stay my baby forever!!! ...Ill have lots to be blogging on in the next few months 1st birthdays, 3rd birthdays, 3oth birthdays(the ol hubbys gettin old), Sara and Kris just got engaged and will be getting married this summer so thats very exciting!!!...I have a cousin getting married this summer also!!..We have the 4th of July...reunions!!!...Not to mention my Birthday!!! :)...man im exhausted just thinking about it all!!!!..Its gonna be pic overload but its been awhile so i think im allowed!!!!...

Can You Believe Its January?!...

2011-01-22T08:50:00.000-08:00

The new PlaySet!!!

He loved the swing!!!...And it just shows how warm it was i had to strip him down he was gettin so hot and sticky!!..hahaha....

Tatum wasnt to sure about giving up her baby swing until she figured out how fun the big girl swing was and now Tripp has to swing with her everytime she swings!

Puts him to sleep everytime!

Up in her fort has no fear of it figured it all out pretty quick!

He has really discovered Gunner lately and loves him!!!

My wild child loves to wink when you say smile!..i think every pic of her for the next year is gonna be of her winking!!

All day long all you hear down hear its seems like when you are out and about is.. "Can you believe its January and 75 degrees 72 degrees 80 degrees!!!..its so nice!!!!"..hahaha...its so funny because its serious the start of every conversation!..When I first moved down here I hated it because it didnt have the 4 seasons there wasnt that cold cold winter and the fall and all that stuff and now im like stupid!!! Why was I ever like that!!!....I love that we dont have the cold cold winter haha...I love that its January and it reached 80degrees the other day its awesome!..and its even more awesome that we can get in our car in drive a couple hours and be in the cold cold winter and get to still experience it!!! I think I have to admit that I have turned it to somewhat a valley girl!!....So i have come to the decision that we need to be very thankful for were we live!!! and we totally are!!!...Anyways...for Christmas this year my parents bought Tatum and Tripp this awesome Swingset or Playset whatever you wanna call it!!..And they love it!!!!..We spend pretty much all day everyday outside in our backyard playing on it!!..We are so glad that they got it for us...we werent however loving Grandma and Grandpa too much the 7 days it took putting it together :) ..yes 7 days!!!!...dont let the instruction booklet fool you when it says it takes approx. 10-36 hrs because thats a big fat freakin lie but its all over with now and it was all worth it!!!..Thanks Grandma Grandpa we love love love our playset!!!!... :)

Before and After!

2010-12-30T07:57:00.000-08:00

BEFORE dirt dirt dirt and more dirt!!!

Almost finished!!

Just need some grass and a few touch up!!

AFTER

My vines!!!..So So proud of them...i have 4 of them they were so pretty!!..Now there just "crispy" :(

As Tatum would say Tah Dah!!!!

This year for Christmas we spent it with Codys side of the family!. We had a ton of fun!...I however did not take one pic the entire week!!!My sister is not very happy with me i dont know what happened but i just never grabbed my camera...So i have no pics to show of the Townsend Christmas!..Ill have to get some from everyone else...But i do have pics of my yard!!!..So i figured since most of my family is gonna be covered in snow and dealing with freezing temps today..I would show the pics of my sunny and green yard!...We took the pics probably 6 weeks ago when everything was bloomimg and pretty and then it happened.... of course the one week I was not home last month to cover everything up the valley gets its once a year freak freeze that killed most of my plants!(crossing my fingers that they will come back in spring)the grass is still pretty and green so we still have a fun yard to play in!...But we are so proud of our yard....it took a lot of work and a lot of time!!!...but it turned out awesome and we love it!!!

Zoo Lights 2010

2010-12-16T08:56:00.000-08:00

The McCowin Clan

Proud Mama!!

The whole gang we took up the whole walkway but we got our pic!!!

Sheena rockin the polar slide!

Tatum got hungry half way through and ate half of her 3D glasses!!!...lol...lil wierdo!

Tripp slept through his first ZooLight experience!

The talking giraffe which i think is hillarious!!!..dont know why but i do!

Cody Ryan and Tayler rockin there 3D glasses

Last night we took our annual trip to ZooLights!...Corie Ryan Parson and Codys sister Sheena and her husband and there 3 girls came and we had lots of fun!..We originally were suppose to see Santa on the way but long story short we got half way to town and realized Tatum had no shoes!!!!!!!!...So we had to turn around and then we ended up being late so we just did the lights!!!!...I always love doing ZooLights it gets ya into the Christmas spirit!!!...Which really needed to happin because its the 16th and we have yet to do our Christmas shopping!!!...We better get on it!!!...Im thinkin we might be handin out giftcards this year!!! :)

Daddy Brought Home The Meat!!

2010-12-03T13:20:00.000-08:00

Cody finally got his Elk!..After 8 years of putting in Az for a Bull Elk hunt he finally got drawn this year, and got himself a pretty decent kill!!!..It was a 890 yard shot....i know!!... its not a typo!!...He really did shoot it from that far!! No one ever believes me when i tell them the story but his buddy mike was there as proof :)....he has the whole setup that allows your gun to be pretty much accurate up to 1000 yards!..I know this because ever since he got drawn all he has done is get this gun all setup for this type of shot!!...But anyways... He was pretty pumped!!!..And im not so pumped that ill be eating elk meat for the next year!!!!..........Good job babe!

Way Behind!!!!

2010-11-12T12:26:00.000-08:00

my technique to get her to go number 2 on the big girl potty!..she would only do it if i turned on a movie and left the room!..lol...whatever works right.......she will hate me later on for this pic...hahaha....

The famous mud pit of our back yard!!..I think she is gonna miss all the dirt and mud to play in!

Tatum was a hunter for Halloween and Tripp was the deer!!!..haha...I dont get too into Halloween so that was the most effort i was putting into there costumes!!..i think it turned out adorable though!! :)

Getting his rice cereal!!..

Just love my bubba!!!!

So Corie and Parson were over the other day so i could do her hair and she kept buggin me to get goin on updating my blog so this blog is mostly for her!!..We have been so freakin busy getting our yard done!! (the finished pics are coming soon!!!) It turned out so good and i am so excited to finally have grass again..once we can finally walk on it!!..If i had to look at a dirt yard for one more day i was gonna freak out!!.But its all done so now i can get back to blogging!!!..I have to explain our so called "family pic" at the top of my page i have been driving Cody crazy on how we need to get our pics done and so one night when we were finishing up in the yard he had let Tatum make a ridiculous mud pit and so he thought it would be cute to get a pic of us showing our trueselves...!!!!..which is obviously that we are a mess..Tatums naked and covered in mud....Tripps missing a sock...i have no makeup on and pretty sure hadnt washed my hair in a few days!!!...And of course Cody looks adorable!! :)..haha....but he seriously wants to use this for our christmas card!...yeah... doubt that but i'll let him think that!!...lets see..... update on the kiddos!!!!..Tatum is doing really good with her potty training...she is just my best friend these days and getting so big I love it!!!..Tripp is starting to sit!!..Which is great because Tatum does really good at playing with him and keeping him busy so i can get things done because he is a MAMAS BOY!!! He has seriously gotten to the point that if i leave the room and he notices he sobs!..We tried giving him rice cereal the other night does not care for it at all..!!!!!..Were getting ready to head up to Rv for Codys big elk hunt and thanksgiving!!..I was excited to go till my mom told me that there night low the other night was like 16 degrees!!!. Im a big fat baby when it comes to the cold ever since i moved to the valley so im sure ill be spending most my time in hoodies and blankets sitting by the fire!!..have fun hunting in the freaking freezing weather babe!!!...sounds like fun!!..haha...!

2010-09-30T22:25:00.000-07:00

Such a daddys girl!!!..Lookin good babe!!!

Always shakin that booty!!!

My lil monkey could totally be a baby model :) shes pretty much gorgeous with those eyes and lips!!..lol...but seriously..haha :)

Love the constant flow of drool from him!!

Hes getting so stinkin big!!

Seriously the happiest guy ever all you have to do is look at him and say hi and he smiles its my favorite!!!

He seriously has the cutest profile ever!!!...Dont ya just wanna squeeze him!!!

We were just messin around the other day playin with the babies and we came up with some pretty cute pics of the kiddos that i had to put up!!..I just love my babies they are too cute!!!...Love Love Love them!!!

Just Because..!!!

2010-09-12T08:32:00.000-07:00

There are no words!!!...lol......

All she wanted was to wear this skirt all day every day she seriously wore if for like 3 days straight!!! I would take it off she would find it and put it right back on!! I think she liked it cause when she did her "booty dance" in front of the mirror it would "booty dance" with her!!

They love there watermelon!!

This pic cracks me up he totally is like..... really like this isnt embarressing enough, but you have to go and take a picture too!!!

I dont know why but i thought he was so cute all propped up on the couch lookin around like he was big stuff or something!!!

She thought she looked so adorable with her shaving cream bikini top!!!

Someone has watched her daddy shave a few times i would say!!!

Gunner watchin over his new buddy!!!

He has the bluest eyes ever!!...Love them!!!! Hes gonna be a heartbreaker for sure!!!!

She just loves her lil brother!!! She just cant get enough of him sometimes!

He looks so grown up in this pic!! 3 months in this pic i cant believe he is already that old!!

I was just goin through my camera and found some cute pics I took from the past week or two just thought id put them up to show off my cute lil kiddos!!!... :)

DUDE!!!!

2010-09-08T15:06:00.000-07:00

I had to steal this pic from my sis!!..and just show off how freakin adorable my nephew Parson is!!!...He is seriously the cuttest kid ever!!!!...Love Love Love him!!!!! :):)

Busy Busy Busy!!!!!

2010-08-27T10:01:00.000-07:00

of course i have a million cute phone pics!!!...had to throw some of those up!!!

Such a chunker!!!...love his man baby boobies!!! :)

Sweetest lil thing ever!!

ummmm...yeah!!!..haha...potty training is an experience in its self..

Such a grandmas girl!!..She loves my mom if my moms around she could careless if im there or not cause she has her grandma and thats all that matters!!!

Always smiling happiest lil guy ever!

How Tripp almost spent the entire weekend!..Cuddled up with his Grammie!!!!...No matter what..not kidding... everytime my grandma held him like that he was passed out in 2 seconds!!!...

Such an imagintion..... made her own lil bow and arrow with two sicks she found while her uncle nate was shooting his bow!!!

The cute lil birthday boy!!!..Loved his white shirt and tie!

Parson was obsessed with picking the dandelions by the time we left i think he picked every single one!

What a crazy crazy month its been!!..I just now have gotten a sec. to update on whats been goin on this past month!!...Well a few fun things that went on was my sweet lil nephew Parson turned 1 on Aug. 14th!..We all went up to RV for his 1st birthday at my moms which was so cute cause my sister did a farm theme that turned out really good!!! and him and Tatum just had a blast all week up there!..He also got blessed!!..And he also finally got to go and get sealed to Corie and Ryan in the Mesa Temple!!!...On top of all the trips to Rv weve been taking we MOVED!!!...yes we moved again but this time was the last time for a very very long time.!!...One long long year later we are finally in our house!!!...Three moves and 3 or 4 houses later i cant remeber the exact number anymore but we are finally in our house that we can call ours and its all done and takin care of!!!..Its so funny because we started in Mesa then to Maricopa and we have finally and randomly landed in Queen Creek...or to be exact San Tan Valley!!! We love it out here!!..The only major bummer about the whole situation is i am no longer 2.5 miles for my sister Corie Jo!!..Its more like 40.something miles from her!!..Which she is constently reminding me and giving me a hard time about!!..But i personally think it will just bring us closer together Cor!! :) This summer Codys sister Sheena and her family made the move to Az and they are about 2 miles from us and Codys brother Chad is probably 2 miles from us the other direction!!!..So we are still by family which is nice! I love love love my new house its so cute and so cozy and i have not let Cody sit down since we got here cause i am constently making him hang curtains and pictures and measure and center and plant things and hes just been my busy bee and i love him for putting up with all my bossing the past week,,,but all his hard work paid off cause it all looks so good!!..Still workin on getting boxes unpacked and making it cozy and then ill post some pics!!! Tatum is still my crazy lil wild child!!.She is now in a big girl bed which breaks my heart a lil that she doesnt need me to come get her out of her crib she can just get up herself now and do her own thing!!..Buts its pretty fun and sweet when she comes and finds me sometmes at 2 in the morning and i wake up to this innocent lil Mom Mom Mom and there she is 2 inches from my face smiling at me!!! We have also begun the potty training process i have a feeling its going to be a looong process!!!!!! My lil bubba Tripp is just growing like a weed and getting so big too fast!! At his 2 month check up he was 12pds just a lil chunker!!! He is still the best baby ever!!...Always smiling and cooing and pooping!!! :) he is an awesome sleeper which is like the best thing ever...and he is just a big mamas boy which i love!! But now i gotta go repack our bags for another week trip to RV!(its nonstop lately)..Cody and all the boys will be bow hunting so i will have even more stories to till in my next blog im sure!!!

Trip To RV!!!

2010-07-31T16:29:00.000-07:00

Outfit # 4

Outfit # 3

Outfit #2 :)

Playin in the Blue River!!!

shootin bows with the boys!!!!

Tripp with His Great Grannie!!!

Love it!!!

Trying to make her my lil girlie girl!!! Thats as frillie that she'll go!!!

Classic Tatum face!!! Shes so expressive...I wonder where she gets it!! :)

Outfit #1..

Tripps 1st woodcuttin' experience with uncle Blake!

Last week we went up to Round Valley to my parents for a few days!!..It was sooo...nice up there!!! So green, nice and cool and it rained every day!!!..Which was awesome cause living were we live you dont ever getta enjoy the outdoors this time year! We just hungout and enjoyed the cool weather!! Theres a ton of pics because i had to post all of the randomness and choice of outfits that Tatum wore while we were up there!!! Apparently when were in Rv Tatum can wear whatever she wants and it doesnt really matter if it matches or not cause her outfits for the week were pretty "creative"...just shows how stinkin cute her and her personility is! One thing i have to point out that she wore everyday all day was her beanie!!!!..When we were up there for Christmas the rule was you had to wear your beanie before you went outside...well she remembered that rule and everytime she wanted to go outside she ran and got her beanie and if i put it on forward she would turn it around backwards!!..such a tomboy!!! :) Tripp was a lil trooper the entire week!!!..He is such a chill baby, whatever we do and where ever we go Tripp goes too!!!.. and never complains(even when his mom accidently gets him sunburned!!):) Cant wait to get back up there!!!

Shout Out To My Hubby!!

2010-07-17T16:04:00.000-07:00

Nice "Staches" Boys!!!!....

Cody thought this picture should be titled "Studs"

from left to right...Chris his Captain, Jeff his Engineer, and Mike Firefighter!

This week Cody got promoted as an Engineer for his fire department!!! He studied for 6 months for the test you have to take to be able to become an engineer, he took the test a few months ago and passed with the highest score!!!! which left him 1st in line to get moved up when a spot opened up!!....And on Wednesday they officially promoted him!!!!.I am so proud and excited for him!!!!..So now he will be one of the guys that drive the trucks and run the pumps and all that fun stuff!!! Yesterday was his last day with the crew he has been with for the past 4 years!!! Which is kinda sad cause they kinda are your 2nd family you spend so much time with them when there all on call..... So the goofballs that they are.... had themselves a lil photoshoot!!! So i had to post them on here cause i thought they were just so cute and so funny!!!..Congrats babe were all so proud of you!!..Love Ya!! XOXOXO

Love him!!!

2010-07-10T16:32:00.000-07:00

My favorite its such a cool pic! We used Codys turnout gear and helmet and i love how you can see the Townsend name and his engine number!!

ItyBity tiny toes!!

Crazy to think he is tiny enough to fit in a helmet!!!

So Sweet!!!

My Aunt Bedie took some pics of Tripp for me when he was 1 week old!! My bedroom was made into Tripps own photo studio it was pretty funny and crazy all the hassle that she went through to get a few good pics.... a 1 week old doesnt really cooperate that well... but im glad she did it all cause she did way good and they turned out adorable.. i love them cant wait to get them printed out!! Heres just a few of them!!!

Tatums Two!!..

2010-06-28T12:02:00.000-07:00

Poor Tripp got stuck playin barbies!!!..haha

I know hes freakin cute!! :)

She loves to baby talk her brother!!!

Happy as can be!!!....had her balloons and lil ponys what more does a 2 year old need!!

I think running a bakery is in her future!!!!..How yummy does that look!! :)

If you look at all the cupcakes she had to go and take a bite out of every single one before she frosted them! :)

My lil monkey turned 2 on the 22nd!!!..I cant believe shes already 2 its crazy!!..All day long all we could say is that we couldnt believe we have a 2 year old!!..She is the funniest cutest sweetest 2 year old around!!!..We just love her!!!..She has such a big personalily at 2 i cant imagine what she will be like in a few years!!! Here are some pic from the day the 4 of us just hungout at home and took it easy playing and making cupcakes!!!..

Happy Birthday To Me!!!

2010-06-18T12:44:00.000-07:00

So Sweet!!!!

He is so freakin precious!!!

Hard at work!!!

Love him!!

I think its very Alice in Wonderlandness!!!!.... :)

Yummy!! 3 different flavors in one!!

My Birthday was on Wed. the 16th!!...The big "23" I feel like such an old lady!!!!....I never would have thought that by 23 id be married with two babies!!!.And i love it and i wouldnt change it!!!...So for my Birthday ever since me and Cody meant he started a tradition that he makes me a cake!!!!..Every year he comes up with the cutest ideas and he always does it all by himself and i love it, its my favorite part of my Birthday i always look forward to what he comes up with!..Well this year he had a lil helper...... Tatum!!!!...And they did an awesome job!!!..I think its my favorite cake so far!!!!.. :) After the revealing of the cake!!! (because its always a big surprise im not allowed in the kitchen all day) We just hung out with my mom corie and parson! And then for dinner Cody took me out and i finally gotta have my sushi!!!..And it was delicious!!..Another great Birthday!!!

Out and About!!

2010-06-15T17:21:00.000-07:00

Yesterday my awesome hubby planned a lil family outing to get me and the babies out of the house!!...I had a jump in my blood pressure a few days after we got home from the hospital and was put on blood pressure meds and bed rest....same story as with Tatum...appparently my body just has its own way of getting itself back together after babies....!!!...Anyways i was starting to get a lil stir crazy and was getting really annoyed about sittin around....so my sweet CodyOdy planned a trip to this new Aquarium that opened up last month!!!...And it was so nice to get out!!!!!...Tatum loved it and had a blast!!!..And Tripp was just the sweet chill lil guy that he is and slept in his dads arms the entire time!!!...So here are some pics, and a video of Tatum dancin with all the kids..it was so cute she looked so grown up it makes me kinda sad seeing her being such a toddler now and not my lil baby!!!..Thanks for the fun day babe!!...love ya!! :)

Meet Our Newest Addition!!!!

2010-06-08T08:03:00.000-07:00

Tripp Townsend 6pds 12oz 18inches long!!!...Adorable!!

Love it!!!

Tatum meeting her brother for the first time!!.

Love my Lil Family!!!! :)

Hes finally here!!!!!....Tripp Townsend!!..He was born Thursday June 3rd 2010!!!...And he couldnt be more perfect!!!...Things have been a lil crazy around here and i just now found a moment to sit down and announce the news!!...It was a smooth and awesome delivery..a way better experience then we had with Tatum!!!...He is the healthest most well behaved baby!!..And we just love him to death!!!..Heres a few pics of the lil guy !!..Its crazy how much such a lil thing can change your lives!!..We are so excited hes here!!..

I Just Love This Lil Girl!!!!

2010-05-03T09:40:00.000-07:00

This pic is classic...loves her bowl hat!!!..Loves her work goggles...Loves to be naked...and of course loves to work with all her power tools!!!!

This pic was takin after i had been running around in tears looking for and there she sat completely silent playing hide and seek!!..She loved it...i didnt think it was very funny!!!

And the goggles of course!!!

Loves to ride in the wheel barrel!!!....Who needs real toys!!!

This pic is one of my favorites!!!..I keep thinking the older she gets and the more hair she gets the less she will look like her dad!!!..And this pic proves me wrong she still looks exactly like him!!!

Is it surprising that one of her favorite places to go is to Cabelas or Bass Pro with her daddy and look at all the dead animals and targets!!!...You wont catch her clothes shopping with me and if you do she is angry and probably throwing a Tantrum!!!

What can i say!!...lol......love her!!!!!! :):)

I was going through all my phone pics this morning and i just cant get over how freakin funny and cute my lil Tatum is!!!...She is so stinkin cute!!!..haha...The older she gets and the more her personality comes out the cuter she gets shes freakin hilarious!!!!...I always imagined my lil girl being all girly and fragile like (and blonde)!!..haha....and my Tatum is the complete opposite!!!..She is the biggest tomboy the roughest toughest thing around and yes a crazy redhead!!!...And i love everything about her!!!...We definitly go the rounds me and her she was blessed with my stubborness and attitude which makes her sometimes alot to handle even more so since she has hit her terrible twos full force lately!!!!....But she is so much fun!!..She makes me and her dad laugh all day long!!...She is so sweet and so loving and i just dont know what we ever did without her!!...So i thought id post some of her Tatum moments that i had on my phone!!..The girl hates to wear clothes and hates to have her hair fixed so she is half naked and a mess in almost all of them but thats Tatum!!!...

Babys Best Friend!!

2010-04-26T16:54:00.000-07:00

He wasnt to thrilled about being the one picked to wear the crown!

The two of them playing dress up!! Those would be her famous work goggles loves them!!!

Loves to wear her daddys hats!

Being her lil wild women homely self up at grandmas! I was lucky to get a shirt on the girl!! She would run around naked with wild hair all day long any and every where if i would let her!

Riding the quad with Papa!!

Just looked cute!

So as we all know Tatum loves her Gunner!!!!...She just cant get enough of her puppy!!!..Every morning the first thing she does is run to the back door and asks for Gun!!!!..And thats when the almost i think ridiculous(but so freakin cute) cuddling session between those two begins!!!!....She has to bring every single stuffed animal and blanket she owns out of her room pile it on top of her Gun and cuddles away.....they just sit there and kiss on each other and love on each other and this goes on every morning!!!..So i had to get on here and put some of the million cute pics of there cuddling time together!!!...They are seriously best friends!! I keep worrying about Tatum having jealousy issues when Tripp gets here and i really think i need to start worrying about Gunner have jealousy issues when Tatum starts sharing some of her cuddling time with her baby brother!!(im hoping that she will want to cuddle and love on her baby brother!!!)! But yeah....I totally believe the saying about dogs being mans best friend because it couldnt be more true when it comes to Tatum and Gunner!!I also posted some random cute pics i came across of my lil monkey just becoming a big girl!

Easter Weekend

2010-04-08T14:01:00.001-07:00

Decorating Easter bunny cakes

Love him!! My cute lil nephew Parson

Caught sneekin some icing

Her and Brooklyn were best buds all day. Thanks Brooklyn for all your help with her that day!

So grown up in this pic making cookies!!!..Makes me so sad cause she looks soo....big!!!!

Tatum and her dad were partners in the scavenger hunt

Aunt Corie and Parson came over sunday for a bbq, Tatum and Parson had a blast playin in Parsons pool the Easter Bunny brought!!

Aunt Corie and her cutie lil boy Parson

Tatum and Gunner worn out after the long weekend

I have been pretty busy this month and last month,.. and pretty exhausted, and im just now getting to my easter pics!!!...Easter was a lot of fun this year. We all went to Camp Verde and did our traditional Easter Party at Tatums Great Grandpa Parkers!!..Tatum had so....much fun with all the kids..its crazy how big she is and how much she has changed since last Easter i just cant believe it sometimes!! Thanks Grandma and Papa Parson for all the Easter goodies!!! And thank you everyone who made the Easter Party such a good one this year!...Everything is going good with the pregnancy just truckin along and getting very large!!! :)....We are getting very anxious for our lil buddy Tripp to arrive but were just enjoying the quiet time we can with Tatum( when shes not having a terrible two tantrum tatum moment that is!!!!!) hangin out and enjoying each other before it gets real crazy with our soon new addition!!!!...

Happy Birthday Lil Bro!!

2010-03-03T14:19:00.000-08:00

Today is my lil brother Blakes birthday!!!...He is 20 years old and its so crazy to think that!!!....Blake was always my lil buddy when we were growin up!!!....And i was always some how getting him in trouble and tryin to talk him into doing stuff that would get us both in trouble..most of the time though he was always the responsible one and would try and talk us out of things or he would just disappear and leave me to do them myself and get myself in trouble!!!. But one thing that i will never forget that i talked him into doing was hiding under the kitchen table with me so i could paint his pretty blonde hair red with nail polish!!!!....And i remember feeling so bad when we got caught cause poor blake, the only way to get it out of his hair was to use nailpolish remover that apparently burned really really bad!!...He was and is still the sweetest lil boy ever!!..And would help anyone out at the drop of a hat he always puts everyones needs before his own...and im so proud of him...He has accomplished alot to only be 20..he has a really good job an apprenticeship( i think thats what its called) all kinds of schooling under his belt and has already bought his own home!!.Which i find very impressive not many kids his age can say that!! So happy birthday bud hope its a good one!!!

Happy Birthday Brooklyn!!!!

2010-02-10T17:42:00.001-08:00

Today is my cousin Brooklyns 12th Birthday, I cant believe she is already 12!!! Since Brooklyn was a baby she has always been a special lil girl to me!!!....You dont get much better then Brooklyn! She is the sweetest smartest lil girl you'll ever meet!!!..I just love her to death!!!..I dont get to see her as much as id like(i need to work on that) but I just wanted to wish her a Happy Birthday!!!Hope its a good one!!!!!

Its A Boy!!!!

2010-01-29T18:26:00.000-08:00

This one is Codys favorite! When we were gettin it done he kept trying to stick his thumb into his mouth, never got it there but it was pretty cute!!!

Another profile pic like earlier!!!..Cody thinks he looks like me! :) haha

Hes a boy alright no denying that!!!!

Thats right!!! Cody is gonna get his boy!!!!..and we are soooooooooo...Excited!!!!! Of course we would have been just as happy to have a girl, but we were really wantin that lil guy to join our family right now!!!...We already have a name i have had this name picked out since i was like a senior in high school and luckily Cody likes it too..So the lil guy is going to be Tripp Townsend!!!..yeah i know its different but we love it and it totally fits are family so we are excited!!!! So yeah he looks heathly and is measuring right on track!!...I cant believe that i am already at the half way point!! Its crazy how fast its coming but were ready for him to get here!!!We got to thinkin how crazy it is that exactly 3 years ago to the day me and Cody met for the first time and we have since been engaged married have a 19 month old daughter and a baby boy on the way!!.."Life is Good" what more could you ask for!!! We couldnt be happier!!!

Pregnancy Cravings!!!!!!

2010-01-19T09:56:00.000-08:00

So apparently i have hit the point of my pregnancy that i do not remember at all with Tatum!!....But i am always freaking hungry!!!...Its getting out of control and im getting really nervous about how much i wanna eat!!! And its so wierd..cause im starving but nothing sounds good!!!...But dont worry all i gotta do it turn on FoodNetwork watch Diners Drives and Dives and i pretty much start craving everything in the entire world!!..But i have also come to realize that the things i really really really am craving i have absolutly no way of satisfying them!!...One of those things would be an Arctic Circle Hamburger and French Fries with Fry Sauce!!!! Thanks to my hubby and all his Idaho living and loving family i was introduced to fry sauce and now that im pregnant thats all i want cause of course thats the one thing i have no way of getting here, and Az apparently doesn't believe in fry sauce and its really starting to annoy me a lil bit!! Not only do i want fry sauce...but all i want is sushi which i cannot have..i really want the Ahi Tuna sandwhich from Joes Farm and Grill and i really want the Ahi Tuna Appetizer that me and Cody inhaled almost every night why we were in Tahoe!!!...But there are the few things i crave that i can have with no problem which would be a hot pastami sandwhich, Krispy Kreme Donuts(trying to avoid those lil guys there trouble on the ol Hips) A Filabertos California Burrito and of course my usual double stuffed oreos and reeses peanut butter cups(also avoiding gotta enough junk in the trunk as it is)!!!!.. :) And i really love anything and everything citrus right now!! Limes on everything Lemon flavored anything and orange juice!...So now that im done ranting about freakin food which is a lil sad that i wanted to blog about this!!!! :) But for some reason made me feel a lil better about my problem im going to go heat me up some rolled tacos and rice and beans my hubby made me for dinner last night and chug a gallon of orange juice to wash it down!!!

Happy Birthday Dad aka Papa!!!

2010-01-10T09:57:00.000-08:00

Today is my dads 48th Birthday!!!!..As im sure every daugther does, i think that and know that i have probably the best dad ever!!!...He is always there for you when you need him!!...My dad has put up with alot from me over the years!!!!...I wasnt exactly the calmest or easiest to handle teenage daughter youve ever heard of!! And i put my dad through alot!!!(sorry :) But he always stuck by and never judged or looked down on me!!!..He always supported me and was always by my side!!..He welcomed Cody into our family with open arms which i really appreciated and is always there for me and my lil family whenever we need him hes there at a drop of a hat!..Thanks for working so hard over there years for all of us and thanks for all the awesome stuff and memories you gave me as a child...from takin us woodcutting in the ol beat up white ford to teaching us how to carve up the snow on our boards!!!! Your one Rad Dad!!! And one loving and fun Grandpa who is already given Tatum all kinds of memories of her and her papa from sleding to riding and feeding the mules i know she looks forward to every visit to her Papas Wanna Bee Ranch!! And cant wait to see what else ya have in store to teach her and fun things for her in the future!! Happy Birthday hope its a good one!!! Love Ya Tons!!!

Happy Christmas 09!!

2010-01-06T13:40:00.000-08:00

Makin sugar cookies

Our traditional Christmas Eve Cokes chillin in the snow!!!

Tatums favortie Christmas lights Papa and Grandma put up

We had a Gingerbread House building compatition. This was Corie Cody and Blakes house they lost as you can tell it wasnt too sturdy!!!

This pic always cracks me up!! Her expression is priceless she had this face the entire time we opened up christmas eve presents she was really excited!!..lol too cute

Sampling the snow of course!

Her and BamBam were best buds and always wanted to go outside with grandpa(aka Papa :) and here they are waiting for him at the window together cutest pic ever

The finished product of Codys Yummy Turkey dinner!

I have been so busy with the holidays and gettting back home and dealing with a sick baby i have had no time to get on here and blog about our Christmas! Christmas 09 was lots of fun we spent it with my family this year in RV and it was a perfect white Christmas!! We had snow and freezing weather then entire time we were there!!...Im a lil sad because I didnt realize how little of pics i took of Christmas eve and Christmas morning, but i still got a lot of fun pics of Tatum experiencing her first time with snow!!!..And she loves it that girl is definitly gonna be a snowboarding chick just like her mama!!:) She loves being in the snow and the freezing cold weather does not bother her one bit!!!....Another cute thing that i had to take pics of is when we got home Cody decided to bake an entire Turkey dinner himself!!!..He had to come back a few days early and missed our Turkey dinner in Rv and he was bound and determine to have a Turkey Dinner!!!...And i have to say that i was really impressed he did a really good job and it all was from scratch even the stuffing with turkey heart gizzards and all!!!!...So i had to take pics of my adorable hubby being his lil Chefness that he always is!..

Ilove this video ofher on the sled she had so much fun on it!!! It was the cutest thing ever she looked so tiny and like a lil doll getting pulled around she had no fear at all!!

ZooLights!!!

2009-12-19T07:08:00.000-08:00

Tatum bundled up and ready to go

The musical light trees it was a light show with music and lights that turned into like every color at the beat of the music

Me and Corie thought this was random the Marshmellow man from GhostBusters~

Only in Az would you see Christmas lights as Rattle snakes and Scorpians

Last night we all went to the ZooLights!!...For the past 2 years my mom and dad has bought Tatum a season pass to the zoo so of course we always take full advantage of that gift cause its always so much fun!. We have been wanting to go all month but nothing ever added up right that we could all go together at the same time and finally last night worked out perfectly! Cody and Ryan were both off and both babies were feeling good and it was nice and cool not cold so it ended up being a really good night! I think one of my favorite parts of the night was Parson all bundled up in his snuglli!! It was so cute and so funny he stayed in the exact same position all night!! And for some reason i think he thought that he couldnt move his head so all he did was move his eyes back and forth it was hilarious!! He didnt even look real he looked like a babydoll strapped to ryans chest!! But anyways it was alot of fun and a good way to get us all in the Christmas spirit before our trip up to rv next week for the holidays!! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the early Christmas present it was lots of fun!!!!!

Tatums Missing Summer!!!!

2009-12-16T18:17:00.000-08:00

Gunner lookin sharp after gettin all cleaned up!!!

Aaawwww.....look at all the pretty red hair finally growin in!!!...Love it!!! :)

Soaked!!!

I love her face in this one

Today was such a nice day! Its really hard to believe that its a week before Christmas and its oh about 72 degrees down here right now!!!..Which i guess i do miss all the fun of the snow and bundling up and then i decided that im over it in about 2 days and wish its summer!!! So i guess i have to be thankful for our awesome winter weather!! Anyways...Cody decided to give Gunner a bath, So him and Tatum headed outside and gave him a good scrubbing!!!...After about 15 mins i go outside and what do i find but Tatum in her footie pjs playing in the freakin sprinkler!!...And Codys filming it!!!!!! Yeah i know it wasnt that cold but its the middle of winter and for her 70 degrees is chilly but she didnt care one bit!!!..She had a ball the entire time, soaking wet head to toe!!!..We havent been outside as much lately and i guess she found the chance to play outside and she took full advantage of it!!!...Gotta love my outdoor girl shes too much fun!!!!

Sleepin Baby!!!!

2009-12-12T07:49:00.001-08:00

Lately Tatum has gotten into this phase that when its bed time and she falls asleep and we go to put her into her crib she wakes right up and starts freakin out and crying till we get her out!!..Well it started to get out of control so we had to start doing tough love and having her just cry in her crib until she finally gave up and would go to sleep!!..I know mean mom...blah blah!! but ya just gotta do it sometimes!!..Well last night was of course one of those nights, she was passed out and we take her up stairs to lay her down and what do ya know she wakes right up so we gave her a lil kiss and shut the door!!...Thirty mins later of on and off crying she finally stopped crying! We went into check on her and we found her passed out sitting straight up in the corner! The entire time she cries she throws every single blanket and stuffed animal thats in her crib and then stands in the corner crying waiting for us to come!!..And last night i guess she just gave kinda gave up in mid motion and passed out! It was probably one of the funniest and saddest things we have seen her do yet!!..Like i have said before we are gonna have our hands full with this lil girl!!!!! :)

Babies 1st Pics!!!

2009-12-09T16:31:00.000-08:00

Today i went in for an ultrasound to get everything checked out! Normally you dont really get a 13 14 week ultrasound but given the situation i get to have a few more the usual!! Which is so fun..Its so crazy that i have a lil tiny person in me just bouncin and squirming and kickin around right now even with this being my 2nd its still hard to believe that whats going on inside you is actually going on!! during the ultrasound the baby was so active and it was just so fun to watch!!! I am even more excited after today cause i guess its actually hit me that there is a lil baby on its way! The lady that did it was so nice she really took her time and showed me everything and explained it all in really good detail!! I saw the brain and the heart and all its chambers, saw all its lil ribs and its lil feet and hands and knees and its tiny tiny butt!!.. :) i just loved it!!! So its was pretty fun i wont know anything about the bleeding of the uterus and stuff till Tuesday because they cant legally till me that kinda stuff but it all looked pretty good from what i saw so!!! And she also got a lil glimpse of what it could be and she showed me!!!!....And its an 80 percent chance of being a......!!!!....Not gonna say till i know for sure!!! But it was pretty crazy!! Here are a few pics, she printed out alot but these are the best at being able to understand pretty good at what your lookin at!!!

Lil Update!!

2009-11-25T13:19:00.000-08:00

So not much has been going on in the Townsends lil bubble!!!..We've been having to take it pretty easy cause i have hit a few lil bumps with this pregnancy!..With my first ultrasound they found a tiny lil bleed or bruising as they say on my uterus(its only 7mm) which there not to concerned about cause its not big enough to harm the baby but i juat cant do any heavy lifting...and then my progesterone level is low which thats the hormone that pretty much keeps your body from rejecting the baby i guess so ive been on meds for that and then to top it off this past week my blood pressure has been really low...so im pretty much on bedrest as of right now!!!!...Not fun!!!...Im going crazy!!!...All i wanna do is go on my morning walks with Corie would love to go grocery shopping and i really wanna get to all my Christmas shopping so who knows when thats gonna happin!!!...But were still truckin along the drs arent too concerned about any of it just minor lil things that should all clear up by the time im 13 weeks...just gotta take it easy for now!! Lookin forward to Thanksgiving and Codys moms homemade rolls and homemade apple pie freakin yummy!!!! :) ...Hope everyone has a good Turkey Day!!!

Bun In The Oven!!!!!

2009-11-05T14:52:00.001-08:00

Yes thats right!!!...I am PREGNANT!!!!!....Baby Townsend number 2 is on its way!!! And we are soooo....excited!!..We have known for a few weeks but I was waiting until I had my ultrasound today to announce the news!!! I am 8 weeks and 2 days along and will be due June 16th, which happens to also be my birthday!! Which is pretty fun I think!!! Its true what they say about every pregnancy being different cause this one is already completely different then when i was pregnant with Tatum!!!...I have been pretty sick..i have thrown up several times and i am pretty neauseous all day long and extemely tired, its crazy how tired i am all i wanna do is nap!!..Which obviously i cant do because apparently Tatum has all the energy in the world and never needs to nap so im pretty exhausted by the end of the day!!! But other than that everything so far has been good!!!...We are hoping for a stress free and relaxing pregnancy!!!..I had a pretty smooth pregnancy with Tatum until about i would say the last 6 weeks when i developed Preeclampsia which is when you develop high blood pressure and the only was to get rid of it is to have the baby! It put me into early labor (2 weeks early)cause my blood pressure was so high! And also unlike most cases mine didnt go away when i delivered i was in the hospital for a week after i delivered and also on blood pressure medications for 6 weeks after that when it finally just dissappered!!!(crazy how the body works)So we are hoping that it wont happen again because it was not a fun experience for anyone!!! So anyways...heard and saw the heartbeat today and that lil guys heart was just beating away!! :) (yes we are calling it lil guy because cody is just postive if we call it that its coming out a boy) But yeah super excited and we will keep everyone updated with all the baby-to- be -news!!!

Grandpas Lil Cowgirl!!!!

2009-10-30T16:13:00.001-07:00

Dont you just love how the pumpkins bring out all the red in her hair!!!! :)

Chubby Parson

When we are up at my parents Tatum just had a ball playing outside...She loves being outside no matter if its ridiculously hot or freezing cold like it was up at my moms she loves it!!! One of her favorite things to do while we were up there was to go out with grandma and grandpa in the mornings and feed all the animals!!!..She would get up find her beanie cause she knew that she wasnt allowed to go outside unless she had it on, run around the house till she could find someone to put it on for her and out she would go in the freezing cold at 6 in the morning!!! She would just love on my dads mule Cinder!!!..Shes her favorite like she would literally grab the mules head and hug it,,haha..funniest thing ever!..She also loved to swing we would always have to bundle up a couple times a day to take her out and let her swing forever!!!..and then finally make her get out kicking and screaming cause she didnt want to stop...but her favorite favorite thing to do and i think everyone elses favorite thing for her to do..was ride my dads mini horse!!..Corky(aka LIL Mister)..It seriously was the cutest thing i have ever seen. Her riding around on this short stubby lil horse around the yard!!!...She thought she was big stuff!!!!..To good to hold on of course she would just ride around apparently practicing her rodeo queen wave!!!.Ever since she was born my dad and grandma just know she is gonna be the rodeo queen and lil cowgirl they always wanted!!!...And she definintly made her grandpas day riding around with her bright red cowgirl hat on the grannie gave her and having the biggest smile on her face the entire time!!! I gotta say she does make one cute tiny cowgirl!!!!

Happy Birthday Corie Jo!!!!!!

2009-10-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

Today is my big sister b-day!!!!...I am so thankful to have Corie as a big sister!!!...I have looked up to her pretty much since the day i was born i think...I always wanted to be just like her when we were growing!!!!...It absolutly drove her crazy...I think at times she couldnt stand me cause i was always her lil shadow(i dont blame her i was a lil much). Without Corie our family would not be the same!!!..When you first meet Corie she comes off really shy(which she isnt at all)...but when you know Corie as long as we all have she is actually pretty freaking funny...cause some of the things she says your not expecting to come out of her innocent lil mouth!..So its funny...But anways just wanted to tell Corie Happy Birthday and thanks for everything you have done for me growing up and all the stuff you still do for me you are a huge lifesaver and you have helped me through some pretty rough times that ive gotten myself into and i will always owe ya for all the stuff ya did for me!!!..Your an awesome sister, daughter,wife,and mommy!!!!!!!....Oh and one more thing quick inside joke for Corie Jo!!!.... "Have you ever been to the one Comedy Club???".......... ummm...no why have you?? ......!!!...."Oh me neither i just heard it was really good"!!!!...lol......freakin love ya!!!!

Phone Drama!!!

2009-10-23T16:30:00.000-07:00

Lately i have not been having much luck with cell phones!!!!.......About 2 weeks ago my darling lil terror....(love her but shes a mess) Decided to throw my phone into a glass of water and fry it!!!!....She knew she was in trouble when it happined cause she brings me the cup sits it down and then slowly starts backing out of the room looking at me with her big blue eyes and saying "Go"...like where did it go mommy!!!!!..So after a few days with no phone I got another one!!..This past week me and corie and the babies headed up to my parents house to get away for awhile!!!..Well yesterday morning......i went sat on the couch set my phone down and what do you know it decides to slide off the couch not only does it slide of the couch but it slides right into my ice cold glass of water!!!...ummm...yeah....!!!!...Once again im out of a phone and once again have no ones numbers!!!!!!!!!!........So i will be out a phone until i get home next week so.....if anyone needs to get ahold of me.....(Shana..need your number!!!!!!!!!! asap!!!) it aint gonna happin!!!!!....Hopefully i have better luck with the next one!!!!!

The Cool Weather is finally here!!....(kinda)

2009-10-06T11:26:00.001-07:00

Finally got a pic of the Tigar out and about that thing is never out!!!!

Tatums bright red lips from sucking down an entire cup of ice cold lemonade

Tatum being angry that she cant get Parson out to play!!!

My favorite!!!..Parson totally doing an elvis lip

So on Saturday me and Corie thought it would be the perfect day to go the zoo to take Parson on his first zoo trip!!!.. We take walks every morning (well almost every morning) around our neighborhood loops!! And in the mornings on our walks its finally starting to cool down and we thought it was be the perfect weather to take a trip to the zoo again!!!...So we made our plans to head out about 830 9ish.....well those of you who know when there are babies involved you dont exactly get out on time!!!..By the time both lil munchkins were fed, changed and Parson burped!!!...(takes a few hours to get that kid to burp)..and the strollers loaded...which that itself is another story...Lets just say the ol Mazda 3 doesnt really have the most trunk space!!! We were finally on the road at 10:15 :) So we arrive at the zoo about 10:45 unload stroller get bags ready get kids in strollers we start our day and its probably 90 degrees out and we are already sweating havent even left the parking lot yet!!!!.lol....it still was ridiculously hot outside!!!!!!!....After about half the zoo we decided to head to the splash pads sit in the shade and just chill!!!..haha...it was still a ton of fun but i think we went a day or two too early!!!..Thanks Parson and Corie for our lil outing!!!! Cant wait for the next one!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!!

2009-10-06T10:49:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was mine and Codys 2nd Anniversary!!!...Its so crazy that we have been married for two years already!!...Soo...much has changed and gone on in our lives that its hard to believe it all happined in 2 years!!...Im so thankful to be married to such an awesome guy!..I could not ask for a better husband then my CodyOdy!!!! He is the best husband the best dad an awesome cook he keeps me well fed thats for sure!!! and all around a good guy!!! He has treated me like a princess from day one and still does!!..He would do anything and everything in the world to make me happy!!...Which i have to say i have gotten a lil spoiled!!!!...:) I can be a handful at times and totally get my attitude goin...and he will have to put me in my place!!! :) Which im glad he does and i totally appreciate all the crap that he has put up with!!!..He definitly has developed patience that i dont think he ever knew he could have thanks to me and Tatum!!!..So yeah thanks babe for being such a good Hubby cant wait to see what crazyness is to come!!!...Love Ya!!!!

Random!!

2009-09-15T12:54:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is a really random post!!.But Cody was at work and needed these videos and this was the only way to get them to him!!..But there pretty funny!!!..So i guess ill just leave them!! :):)

Lots to catch up on!!!

2009-09-07T12:26:00.000-07:00

Too cute!!!

Cody wakeboarding

Me and Tatum getting blown away at Yellowstone

Out of everything this was Cody and Tatums favortie thing they thought it was so cool!!! As you can see Cody was still going off on how cool it is!!!

Kris ans Sara

Tatum and Tayler playing peek a boo

Great Grandpa and Grandma Townsed

Cutie Sydnee

Andrew getting presents Tatum was his lil shadow the entire trip i think he was glad when his shadow finally left!!! :)

All the cousins

Tatum sneeking frosting off of Andrews birthday cake

Tatum meeting Parson she wasnt sure of him at first but she is starting well trying to be lil helper to her cousin!

The proud new daddy!!

The proud new mommy!!!

Parson Jay

Parson he is only a few hours old we were lucky enough to be passing through where he was born and got to swing in and see the lil guy

Ok so the month of August was crazy busy!!!!!...We had so much going on and I have just now got time to sit down and get it all on my blog!!!!One of the most important and coolest things that happined was my sister and brother-in-law adopted a baby boy!!!...Parson Jay Adams!!!! He was born August 14th and is the sweetest lil boy ever!!!...We all had been waiting so long for them to get a baby and we are seriously so blessed and happy to have Parson in all of our lives!!! On top of getting a nephew we also got a new niece this month also!!!....Codys sister Sheena had another beautiful baby girl Alli!!!! Which we were so excited too also take a week long trip to Idaho last month to meet her and see all of the Fam!!!...We had a blast just hangin out and seeing everyone!!!..Tatum finally got to meet a lot of her family from the Townsend side and she also got to finally meet her Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Townsend which is always cool!!! Cody even took me and Tatum on a quick trip to Yellowstone which is something i have always wanted to do so that was fun!...And then to top the month of we finally got moved into our new house in Maricopa!!!!..Which we love its so cute sooo...much more space and in an awesome neighbor and the best thing of all...we are exactly 2.5 miles from my sister corie jo!!!!... :) Which obviously turned out even better when they got there baby!!!...Cause now we can just be lil mommies together and have play dates and take walks and just everything to do with babies and being lil moms!!!! Here are just a few pics to fill in the month...I would normally take the time to go into major detail about every lil thing...but i think id rather sleep!!!! haha :)....Its been one long month!!!!

Keepin Cool!!!!

2009-08-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

Had to have a baby butt shot!!!!....soo...cute..haha

My favorite sooo...precious!!!

Love her blue eyes!

Grandpa Alex Cody and Tatum

too cute!!!!

Not to sure of riding on daddys back haha..so funny!!!

The other day me, Cody, and Tatum were running around all day doing errands getting stuff ready for the big move, we had a funeral that we were at all afternoon and just were outside all day long in the freaking ridiculous hot weather here in good ol Arizona! So after we got done with everything we ran out to Grandma and Grandpa Townsends house to say hi...and Cody decided to get in the pool and cool him and Tatum off!!!..And Sara got the cutest pics ever of Tatum and everyone in the pool so i had to put them on here!!! There pool is so fun because they have this fun like island thing thats perfect for all the grandkids to stand and play at cause its not real deep! And she had a blast thinkin she was miss big stuff on her island walkin around and just being independent! She was a lil wobbly at first but she got the hang of it and i was very impressed with how good she did walkin around in the water!

Oh Tatum!!!!

2009-07-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

How could ya ever get mad at that cute lil face!!!!!

So i just had to get on here and leave a lil comment about my lil monkey!!!..All i have to say is ever since Tatum came around there is never a dull moment!!! And tonight was the perfect example!!..In a matter of 15 mins she some how managed to....poop all over the carpet, then get her diaper off run to the next room pee all over the carpet, spill my Diet Coke(which is a crime in my family :) and smash her finger in the dishwasher!!!!! While me and Cody were cleaning up one mess she ran off and did the next thing!!!...and all we could do was laugh at her because the entire time she did it she had a smile on her face and her cute lil personality goin!!!...Ya just gotta love her!!!!

Parker Reunion

2009-07-14T16:02:00.000-07:00

This last weekend was my family reunion for my grandpa parkers family!..It was alot of fun and a ton of family just campin and hangin out in the cool weather up by mormon lake!..Here are just a few pics that my Aunt Bedie took of Tatum!..She had a blast she got to do her two favorite things the whole time which are to play outside, and eat rocks and dirt!!!!

4th of July Week!!!

2009-07-13T16:25:00.001-07:00

Grandma and Tatum

Just love it!

So sweet her side profile is just my favorite!!!

Nathan and Tatum pickin flowers

Like father like daughter!!...lol

my friend Shanas lil boy Dallin! All he wanted was a hug!!! Tatum wasnt in the mood!! :)

My lil bro blake and Julie

Oh my gosh gave me and my dad a heartattack but she loves it!

Its pretty cute pic though!

My Dad in his favorite chair!!! :)

Corie Ryan Blake and Julie

My parents mini horse Corky or Lil Mister!!!

Grandpa and Tatum

My mom and dad

Our Dog Gunner!!! Love him!!!

Some of the crew at the parade

My brother nathan in parade for The Forest Service

We were cheerin his name!!!..He didnt care for it :)

Tatum and my friend Destinys lil girl Brody!

Corie Jo

Ok we have been super busy and i have just now had time to get on here and post are trip to Rv. Went to Rv for the 4th and was there for like almost a week in a half i think! We had a ton of fun hangin out with everyone!!!..It was a blast and we cant wait for next year!..Its gonna be pic overload but i have weeks worth of pics and love them all so heres some pics from the trip!!!

Smile!!

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Layout from her birthday had to put it on here!!!

Another one from her party!!.

Precious!!!

Love it!!

Love it!!!

Love it!!

Seriously is always so happy and smiling!!!

Her and Grandma!!

Aaahhh.....!!! :)

This is so...Tatum... I dont know why but i love this one!!..

And this is why she does not wear bows!!!...lol..hates them as you can tell!!!

Last week I had my Aunt Bedie take Tatums one year pics! They turned out so good I love love love them!!!!! Shes so stinkin cute! Her personality is getting so cute she just cracks me up all day long!!! So anyways heres a few of my fav!!!! Thanks again Bedie for takin 'em

Happy Birthday Tatum!!!!!!!

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B-Day Girl!!

thats right!! gettin her trained to wear wedges like her mama!!

my mom grandma and Aunt Bedie

The parents and Corie

Blake Brooklyn Brenden and Brynlie,,,(apparently we like the letter B) :):)

Dad and Blake

Loves cake

so spoiled!!!

Cody and Chad

love this pic!! she doesnt get enough attention!! (yeah right)

Loved being sang too!!! Was seriously her favorite thing

Grandma and Grandpa Parker Yummy Food!!

Cody and the giant monkey!!! haha love him

So i finally got a chance to sit down and Post Tatums birthday party!!!..On top of her party, fathers day and everything else going on this weekend i have not had a chance!!!...Her party was a blast and turned out so good!!!.. I cant believe my lil babydoll is one years old its crazy!!!!...It blows my mind that this time last year i was in the hospital giving her, her first hugs and kisses!!!..Time flies!!!! I miss her being a baby but i am so excited everyday to see what crazy thing shes gonna learn or do and i just know she is gonna get more and more fun and i just cant wait !!! We are so happy to have her in our lives and seriously cant remember what it was like without her!! Thank you everyone who came!!! Its gonna be pic overload so sorry but to many things to show :)!!!

Monkeying Around!!!

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Monkey cupcakes thats not even half of them!!!

Front of her Invites

Back of her invites

So cute!!!

Chocolate Candies...so much work and patience!!! But worth it!!

Side of her cake pink sprinkles of course

Her cake and yes i made it top to bottom!!!>Very proud of myself!!!..:)

Ok so my lil Tatum is turning 1 on Monday!!!...Crazyness!!! And of course her being my only lil baby and being so freakin cute i went all out and planned her this big 1st birthday party for all the family !!..I know I know shes only one she wont ever remember blah blah!!!..Well i dont care!!...She still deserves a bday party and its a good way to get everyone together for a fun day!..Anyways her party is tomorrow and ever since she was born i have for some reason called her monkey!!..Shes my chunky monkey!!.. I thinks its cause ever since she was born she has hung on my like the lil baby monkeys at the zoo do and thats how it came about.So i decided to have her bday party theme be monkeys!!!..So i went all out!!..We did a monkey cake, monkey cupcakes, chocolate candies that are monkeys everything!!!!And everything just turned out so cute i had to post them on here!! Thank you so much mom and Corie for all your help with all the party plannin!!.

Happy Anniversary!!!

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So im totally copying my sister!!.(sorry sis) But i thought it was totally cute how she blogged about my parents 28th anniversary today!..And i wanted to too!!..:) My parents probably have the cutest story ever about there lil lives as a couple!..They were next door neighbors there entire childhood,my dad was my moms 1st and the only guy she has ever kissed!!And they have seriously been in love since they were like 6 not kidding!!..and i just think its totally awesome how they still have so much fun together and still care and love each other just as much today as they did 28 years ago!!!..

S.U.R.P.R.I.S.E!!!!!

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Us being surprised!!..You can tell they surprised Tatum her eyes tell ya everything! Me and my sis Corie Jo

Tearin it up!(not really)

Opening all my goodies the best part! :)

My 22nd birthday is this coming Tuesday!..Well my awesome hubby decided to pull a fast one on me and threw me a lil surprise bowling party this last wednesday!!!..It was so much fun!!!!...It was just a fun way to get everyone together for a fun night of hangin out,making some bets, losing some bets :) and just catchin up!!..Thanks everyone who came and for all the goodies!! it was a blast!!!....

Summers Here!!!

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The Girls

Such a big girl now!

I love Tatums face in this one shes lookin at me like really mom!!!..lol

Just love this pic for some reason!!!...totally us!! :)

Grannie and 2 month old lilli

The boys coming back from racing down the slides

Cody coming down the slide feet still crossed good job babe!!! haha

Cody

Yesterday me, Cody and Tatum went to Big Surf with Corie, Ryan my Aunt Jenni, Aunt Shannon and her kids, my and Aunt Bonni and her kids and my grandma!!!!! It was soo..much fun and totally made it feel like summer had officially started!! It was good to get to see everyone and hangout!!!..The temperture was nice not too hot and it was not crowded at all so it turned out to be a really fun day!. My Aunt Jenni finally got a chance to love on Tatum!!,,which she was happy about and Cody and Ryan ran around like lil boys all day racing to the wave pool and all the slides!!..haha..it was funny...!!! Tatum loved the water and did so good!!!.. Cant wait for our next family gathering!!!

Favorite Spot In The House!!

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Ok so these pics dont look so good cause there from my phone and then lighting was wierd and Tatum was moving but they are sooooo....cute!!! I dont think anyone really understands how much Tatum loves her puppy Gunner but that girl could be mad at the world, and I go let Gunner in or I let her go outside and she couldnt be happier!!!..And her favorite thing to do is just cuddle on him the entire time he is in the house. He has his spot in the kitchen and whenever he is sitting there she just loves on him and cuddles and kisses does her lil back up move( anyone who knows Tatum knows her backup move!!) and just kicks back on him!!..haha..lol it probably is the sweetest thing ever!!!.. And good ol Gunner he just lays there and looks at us like he knows theres nothin we can do about it and takes it like a champ :)!!..haha...So until i get really really cute ones on my camera these are gonna have to work!