Osborn Craziness & Fun!

How could you not love being the mom of this super cutie! I <3 him!

Well hello again. It seems I have let the blogging world slip through my fingers again. Here I am finally, to give you an update on what our little family has been doing.

We went camping for the first time in a year! It was so fun to have a fire, and make tin foil dinners for the first time. I loved it, and it actually got super cold at night which I LOVE. Who doesn’t love to snuggle nice and tight in warm blankets?! Carter did awesome, but we didn’t bring his pack n’ play and decided to let him sleep with us. Well ladies and gentlemen… that is a BAD idea if you are looking for a restful night of sleep. Several times I was kicked, my head was laid on, and I couldn’t help but laugh as Carter told his daddy to “stop it,” while he was snoring away and sleeping like a log. He loved every second of being outside.

We have made some pretty awesome friends here in Spanish Fork! For the fourth, we were able to spend some time with our neighbors/friends and it was so fun. Carter has a little girl friend that he talks about all the time, and he loved the fact that we played so long at their house. When the time came for fireworks however, I found myself cuddling our sweet little boy and reassuring him he was safe. Poor thing was not liking the loud noises and eventually ended inside, by himself, watching a movie. I was sad he wasn’t enjoying himself, but then again he did get to watch Cars so maybe it wasn’t so bad after all.

Our neighbors are amazing people and watched our little monkey while we escaped from the world, and went to the Payson Utah Temple for the first time. What a beautiful place! It is so wonderful to have a place to escape all the crazy and to be mesmerized by beauty and the feeling of peace. A spiritual recharge is NEVER a bad idea, it helps get you through life.

 Carter and I took a grand adventure to Washington for 10 days! It was so fun to be with family, but we missed daddy like mad. Carter is a pretty good little traveler, and with his sweet little cousin Carmen in the backseat with him, he even provided some entertainment. By the time we stopped in Oregon for the night, he was pretty loopy. I’m pretty sure he said he was crazy a million times. Thanks goodness for sleep J

We spent a couple of days at my parents’ house before packing all our stuff again and heading out on a 4 day camping extravaganza. While there we were able to see many friends and friendly faces we haven’t seen for ages. We were able to get together with some family and enjoy a delicious dinner.  I was also able to meet my friend’s baby for the first time. Sweet little Hazel stole my heart until she soaked me in spit up. She soaked her mom as well and we couldn’t help but laugh. That is what you get with newborns.

I can't believe she is crawling!!!

Best buds :)

Sweet little melodies.

Trying to escape. Carter was being a good boy though and was looking out for her

Camping was amazing! We went to Lake Chelan in Chelan Washington and lived in our swimming suits. Every day we got to play in the beautiful water and Carter couldn’t get enough of the sand. It was in every nook and cranny on his body and covered everything in our tent. We only had one bad night where Carter woke up the entire state park in the middle of the night, but other than that we were pretty happy campers. I was so glad that my sweet sister stayed with me and helped me with my little stinker. It’s hard doing the single mom thing and I’ve decided to never do it again lol (that’s what I said last time).

On our way to Lake Chelan. We got to ride in Grandpa's truck!

On our way to the lake. It was fun sitting with my sweet boy.

Cutie little Carmen!

Isn't he so cute?! I love this little man <3

Carter with auntie Kira and Uncle Andres

First day out on the water. We had so much fun!

Me and my little guy. He didn't stay in the water for long :(

My dad sure loves sailing

Drying off

Building sand castles with Grandma and Grandpa! The best!

Carmen and her mommy <3

Carter just wanted to play in the sand all day.

Carmen and her mommy on the water.

Well Carter and I were enjoying ourselves in Washington, Jason was a lone ranger. He said he didn’t enjoy being a bachelor again, but boy was he spoiled. He was able to attend an empty nesters dinner, be spoiled by family in town with free dinners, and he went to a Salt Lake Bee’s baseball game. While I was chasing down a two year old in the dirt and sand, Jason was living the life. Sunday when we finally arrived home, we both felt like it was Christmas! Nothing is better than having your daddy/husband!

Oh man, I LOVE these two like CRAZY!

While I was away our amazing garden continued to grow. In fact I am pretty sure it grew so well because I was gone. We picked 5 giant zucchini! Needless to say, we’ve had zucchini with all of our meals since we’ve been back. Every. Single. One. Good thing I LOVE zucchini.

Here's the ones Jason picked while we were in Washington!

This week was Fiesta Days in Spanish Fork, and we were able to enjoy a concert and picnic in the park, a pretty awesome Rodeo, a super long and exciting parade, and lots of time with family! Carter even wanted to ride rides at the fair part of Fiesta Days! I was blown away, but then again he is obsessed with cars and motorcycles! It was super great J My sweet little niece even started walking! I love that we are so close to family now and can see them whenever we’d like. They are all pretty awesome, I LOVE them! The only thing I could have done without, is the sunburn on half my body lol. I guess I’ll be looking a little uneven for a while.

Eating dinner in the park, So much fun!

Carter and Daddy on our blanket for our picnic.

Kira, "the fave aunt," at the parade with us!

Carter loved the parade, but the fire trucks were super loud!

After the parade we saw a pony!

Can you tell I look like 2 face? Carter got a lot of sun and just got darker!

Oh yeah baby! He loved every second... well for the most part :)

We got a date! This was right before the rodeo. Best seats ever! Almost touched a horse we were so close!

I started my own business a while back and have been trying to get the hang of things. I decided to be a consultant for Usborne Books & More selling some of the most fun children’s books I’ve ever read. It has been some hard work especially with balancing being a mom and taking classes to renew my teaching license. If you ever have a moment, you should check out my website, or better yet book a party with me! http://J4614.myubam.com Ha ha, maybe I have been working on it a little too much lately. I’ve really missed teaching and selling children’s books has let me get the little taste back, so really… check it out!

Well that is our family now a days. I hope you are all taking advantage of life’s little adventures. Sometimes they can be pretty fun. Happy reading!

Better Late Than Never

Hello! It has been a while… We’ve been quite the busy little family lately! When you own a house, the to-do lists never get any shorter. When you are the mom of a 2 year old little boy, time never stays still. The summer always makes the days fly by a little faster! Here’s an update on everything we have been doing!

We were able to go to the Payson Utah Temple open house. What a beautiful temple!

To-do Lists

We’ve been busy bees with the lovely warm weather. Our garden has grown a ton, and we just had our first harvest. Nothing like fresh lettuce, spinach, arugula in a delish salad. We even had 2 snap peas which were delish, and Jason got his crop of awesome radishes. They were a little too spicy for my liking. All of our other plants are poking through the ground, and now the only hard thing is waiting.

We’ve been trying to build a fence around our garden boxes to keep the dog and little Carter bug out. It has taken us several tries to put in a fence that we like. We finally have a cute little fence around our cute little garden area. Unfortunately the dog and the little Carter bug still find ways to squeeze their way inside. Oh well, maybe someday.

Our cute little garden area and the new fence we put in. We love having a garden!

Our first harvest!

Our down stairs living room was orange a black. Yep you read right, orange and black. Yikes! I didn’t mind it so much when we looked at the house to buy it, but it was wearing on me… so we painted it! Now the room feels so much bigger, and I love that I am not always looking at a rust orange. We are pretty happy it’s all done, because painting is hard work! One tip I would give future painters, edger! They are amazing. So happy we didn’t have to tape everything before we painted it!

This our orange living room right before we painted!

The after color... so much better!

2 Year Old Little Boy

My sweet little Carter at 4 months 

My sweet little boy on his second birthday! 

My big little boy <3

Okay, so I am so LATE on this! Carter is 2! He turned 2 on April 10^th and oh my goodness that little boy melts my heart more and more every day! He is so smart too, and I cannot be more proud of him! Here are some facts about this sweet little cutie!

We've gone to the zoo a couple of times, and Carter loves it!

Favorite color: All of them. He knows all of his colors and always makes sure to use them when describing things. My favorite is when we are driving and he sees a car of a different color. He’ll yell, “Mommy red jeep (or car or truck or whatever it is)” and he always gets the color right. He is a little smarty pants, no wonder he is in the 90^th percentile for head circumference. He just has a lot of brains.

At the zoo during the opening of Jurassic Park.

Favorite toy: Cars and trucks are his obsession. For his birthday he got a little Mater (the tow truck from the movie Cars) and he is his best friend. They do everything together, and he even has to tuck him in when they go to sleep at night. He also loves riding his cute little motorcycle (he gets to be like Grandpa). When he puts his sunglasses on while riding he means business.

Favorite food: EVERYTHING! Except veggies, although he loves dipping broccoli in ranch. Sometimes I am blown away that he eats more than I do. He’s just like his daddy though, hollow legs.

Cool dude on a motorcycle

Favorite things to do: He absolutely loves playing with cars, running around outside (his favorite place to be), watching and touching bugs, playing in the dog’s water, playing in dirt and rocks, making up games with balls, being silly, and giving hugs and kisses. He is the sweetest boy when it comes to showing love to everyone.

Outside washing the car!

Carter with baby goats, so sweet!

Favorite people: He sure does love his aunt Kira. If he doesn’t ask about her at least once a day, there is something wrong. His best friend is his cousin Taylor, and he Loves texting and talking to Grandma on the phone. Many times he tells daddy to go back to work, and has to have his mommy do everything (ok so secretly it’s kind of funny). He has been a huge mommy’s boy lately.

Aunt Kira (aka Teeda)!

Carter with his best friend/cousin.

Jason

For a little while Jason was working nights (in May), and we were able to do all kinds of fun during the day together. He really enjoyed helping to plan and carry out a 5k fun run in Springville for Nestle. Friday we went on an incredible date to celebrate OUR 5^th YEAR ANNIVERSARY (how has that much time past?)!!!! We went black light golfing, ate dinner at an AMAZING restaurant called Oregano Italian Kitchen (better than Olive Garden), and surprised me with tickets to the BYU play Hansel and Gretle. He is such a hard worker and is amazing at taking care of us. He’s my favorite.

Clarissa

I’ve been taking a class online, and just finished my last test! Now on to writing papers, YUCK! I also signed up to be a consultant for Usborne Books & More and have been a little frazzled at starting my own business, but it’ll be an adventure! I’ve loved living close to family in Utah, and get to see my sisters at least once a week. It’s pretty fun! We just ran the 5k Jason helped organize, and had fun. Siehara and I ran with our kiddos and boy was it hard. Pushing 30+ extra pounds while running is hard. I have been incredibly busy with play dates, attempting to decorate my house, and running after my sweet little man. He is my obsession and I can’t get enough of taking care of him. Being his mom is so fun!

The running crew after running in the rain!

Carter at a play date with Mater. Every where he goes...

Our ever growing family

My niece Carmen turned 1! We were able to celebrate with a wonderful trip from my mom, dad, and baby brother Dyelan (still blows my mind that he’s home from his mission and is 20 years old!). My sister in law announced that she is due with a little girl in September, and my beautiful cousin just announced her engagement (she’s still 13 and totally not allowed to even touch boys yet!). Not only that, but one of my baby cousins graduated from High School. What?! Since when did I get so old?

My sweet little niece Carmen. Can't believe she's already 1!

Kira made her smash cake. She's talented and we loved the cupcakes she made!

Well, I’ve probably left a zillion things out but that kind of happens when you wait almost 2 months to blog. We have continued to see miracles with my health, and our testimonies are continually strengthened by the experiences we’ve had! I hope to keep you in the loop more often, but we’ll see how that goes. Until then, enjoy life and the amazing moments you are given!

26 Years Young!

There is nothing like trying to play catch up on recording the precious moments that have happened in your life. That’s what I’m trying to now, and I should just learn the first time that it’s not so much fun when you wait for forever. I finally have a few minutes to myself and I have 2 kiddos today, figure that one out. Our cute little family has been blessed even more since my last post, and here it goes. I’ll try to remember most things :)

Home improvement To Dos just keep piling on. We have finally started planting our garden and ripping things out. Our front yard had a nasty vine that was covering almost the whole walk way up front. Jason got brave one day and we hacked away at it. Now there is no more vine, but plenty of dirt and space to figure out just what we want to do with it. Our snazzy new door looks pretty great too. I was so glad we finally got it installed. My husband is amazing!

Our nasty vine. Yuck!

Wow, what a difference!

When we lived in Spring Creek it seemed like we were always traveling. Now that we are actually in Utah, our trips are few and far between. Last month however, we made our way to our old stomping grounds in Logan. Although we were still in the same state, it was fun to get away and spend some time with longtime friends. On our way up there, we decided to stop at the Hill Field Aerospace Museum. Carter was in heaven while looking at all the neat planes. When it came time for us to go, he did not want to leave.

Carter is taking a picture with his camera.

Carter and his fave plane. He loved the teeth.

This last weekend for Easter, we decided a trip to visit my brother Dyelan (since getting off his mission) was an excellent idea. Carter was so confused when we told him we were going to Grandma’s house after we had already stopped at Great-Grandma’s house. To break up the drive we stopped there for the night, and Carter was ready to stay for the week. He loves his great-grandparents and so do I!

We love you Great Grandma!

That Grandpa of mine is pretty awesome!

Carter loved the kitties on Great Grandpa's farm!

When we got to my parents’ house in Tri Cities Washington, Carter got to see Uncle D for the first time in almost 2 years. He was so excited to see him and we all laughed to see his reaction to him. I think Uncle Dyelan will be the favorite of this little boy for a while. He was so happy to see Grandma and Grandpa too. I could tell right away that it was going to be a wonderful weekend.

Grandpa's boat was the coolest ever!

Grandpa's motorcycle was a pretty cool highlight as well. 

Friday we got ready for the day and headed to The Mercantile, which is only the coolest store ever! They have tons of chocolate, jams, dips, ice cream, apple cider, you name it they have it and you could sample anything you wanted! It was hard to choose what I wanted to try first, and we ended up leaving with full bellies of free stuff! It seemed like we ate all day, when we attended a dinner party with the folks. We had delicious BBQ ribs and ate until we had nothing left. Carter wasn't very happy when we got home and his time to stop playing ended (Dyelan watched Carter for us during the party). Little boys never like to stop playing.

My boys in the backyard. 

Saturday we took Carter to his first official Easter Egg Hunt. Last year he went to one, but really had no idea what was going on and didn't exactly enjoy crawling in the grass. This year he knew what to do and in 2 minutes flat had a full Easter basket. We walked home right after and a 20 minute walk turned into an almost 2 hour stroll with our little monkey. We made it back just in time to hop in the car and meet a friend at Olive Garden for lunch. Once we got home it was nap time for the little man and I got to enjoy a wonderful session of conference. Jason had other plans and before I knew it, it was time for the priesthood session and I was whisked off to ladies night with my mom. What a fun idea! We went to Far West Book and they had food, live music, and drawing for prizes. I ran into a friends’ mom from high school. It was wonderful to see her and visit while we enjoyed yummy food and a little too much sugar.

At the Easter egg hunt with Uncle Dyelan.

My little cutie!

On our walk after the Easter egg hunt.

   

Danna is pretty awesome!

Sunday was Easter and the morning was filled with gifts, conference, and yummy cinnamon rolls fresh out of the oven. Sunday really felt like Christmas as we celebrated the resurrection of our savior in our jammies and relaxed. After both sessions of conference we celebrated birthdays. I cannot believe that 2 years ago I was in the hospital having a baby!!! Being Carter’s mom has been so fun, I’ve loved every second :) Jason made us a delicious death by chocolate cake, which really was death by chocolate (it was so rich no one finished their massive piece). Carter got the best gift of his life, (he thinks so) a car mat, and he has not stopped playing with it except for nap and bed time. He even fights to stop and eat.

The birthday boy and I.

Death by chocolate!

Reading with Grandma our last night in Washington.

Monday we drove ALL day to get home and found that our poor little puppy was missing. He had some how gotten out, and my heart broke when I saw both Jason’s and Carter’s reaction. We prayed pretty hard to get him home safely.

I got to watch this little cutie today! 

Getting ready for bed, silly boy :)

Tuesday as a birthday gift, I got to go grocery shopping ha ha. Yeah not my idea of the greatest birthday, but I couldn't help but think about how many wonderful blessings I have been given in my lifetime. I know that I do have a loving Heavenly Father! He has even blessed me in my trials and helped me to learn more of His love for me. It is crazy that even though I have been blessed so much, he gives me even more. Our silly prayers of our little dog were even answered today when we found that he was at the animal shelter. Even now as I think about the 2 sweet children I have under my roof today, I get a little teary eyed. It is so wonderful to be a mom, but also to be an aunt and to witness precious moments and God’s love for all of us. My 26 years of life have been pretty awesome! Until next time, happy reading!

His favoe new toys!

Carter reading Carmen a book! Cutest thing EVER!