SIMPLY SALMON

Who is Who?

2012-01-13T11:12:00.001-07:00

2012-01-13T11:11:00.002-07:00

2012-01-13T11:10:00.002-07:00

People have been askng me who Abby looks like.
What do you think?
Picuture #1 is Abby
Middle pictue is Bryn
This picture is Haley...

Abby May Salmon

2011-12-12T15:21:00.000-07:00

Well, Abby made it safe and sound last Monday.
(I was induced a week early. That is the way to
have a baby in my book! Smoothest delivery
so far.)She is amazing! My biggest baby yet but worth
the wait because she is a camp at sleeping!

Abby May Salmon
8 lbs 3 oz.
20 inches long

Catching up....

2011-11-11T10:06:00.003-07:00

Here is a picture of some of the Salmon girls
(and Austin) doing our nails and eating treats
during the BYU game a few weeks ago.

Since I am retiring from being a dental hygienist
in 3 weeks I took Brynlee in to the dental office on
my day off (don't mind my big pregnant belly) and
cleaned her teeth for the first time. She did really
good! No cavities! :)

Look at those sparkly whites!!!

Bryn and her friend Lyla on their
first day at dance.

Bryn is 3!!!

2011-10-30T16:37:00.003-06:00

A couple weeks ago Brynlee turned 3 years
old. All she wanted was a snow white dress.
This was perfect because guess what she is going
to be for Halloween!? :) Haley got her the Rapunzel
doll she is holding and sleeps with it every night.

Our two girls!

The dress she is wearing is from Jason's parents.

She LOVES dresses but they have to twirl or they

aren't wearable. The fact that this dress is pink is

perfect. She wears it all the time.

Notice Bryn's P.J.'s are way too big?

That is because they are Haley's. Lately

she loves to wear Haley's P.J.'s or dress up

in her dresses. Good thing Haley is such a nice

sister and lets her.

We started Brynlees birthday off by eating her

favorite cereal...Coco Pebbles. For lunch we had her

favorite, Roman Noodles and then for dinner Haley and

I decided to take her to Cafe Rio...one of our favorites. :)

It was a girls night because Jason was home sick with the

flu.

We love you Brynlee. Happy Birthday!!!

Cloward Family Pictures.

2011-09-14T10:30:00.000-06:00

One last family picture before my oldest nephew,
Kendall left on his mission.

Yes, I am pregnant in this picture, but
I like it of everyone else.

LOVE these cute girls!!!!!!!

My little helper!

2011-09-06T09:57:00.000-06:00

It has been fun having some alone time with
Brynlee while Haley is at school. As you can
tell she is a little O.C.D. She loves to clean
and organize things. She even cleans up Jason's
clothes and puts them all in the dirty clothes to
get them off the ground. She is big into lining
things up nice and neat whether it be food, shoes,
brushes etc. The other day she even tried to make
may bed. Bryn kept herself busy for 40 min in the
kitchen sink the other day. She is one of a kind and
nice to have around! :)

Back to School!

2011-08-23T12:47:00.000-06:00

Haley started 2nd grade today at her
new school. She was a bit nervous and
didn't sleep too well which means neither
did I. I hope she meets some fun new
friends! It is going to be nice to have more
structure in our days again. Brynlee and
I get to spend some Q.T together these next
few months before that baby comes.

Bitter sweet...

2011-08-18T10:23:00.000-06:00

Yesterday my oldest nephew Kendall left on
his mission. He is going to be serving in the
Philippines. He is like a little brother to me
and I am going to miss this kid!!! It seems like
not very long ago I was saying goodbye to Jason
when he was leaving on his mission. I remember
Kendall (7 years old at the time) saying
goodbye to Jason. It was pretty emotional then too
and here we are now, tables turned. He will make
a great missionary. I hate goodbyes but I am so
proud of him.

Sippy Cup

2011-08-05T11:19:00.000-06:00

A few weeks ago Brynlee decided she is a
"big girl." (No she is not potty trained yet
...dang it!) She LOVED her sippy cup but
she had to have her burp rag with it. (She used
it as a small blanket...it was pretty cute.) Bryn
was in heaven when she had the two but she couldn't
have one without the other. So we did away with
both. It was her idea. She went to the garbage
and threw her sippy cup away. Now if she would
just decided to loose the diapers before this next
little girl gets here that would be great!!!

Lava Hot Springs

2011-08-03T22:06:00.000-06:00

So this year my family went out on a limb and
went to Lava Hot Springs. My sister-in-law has
been there with her family so we decided to try it.
I didn't get many pictures but we had some good
family time together. This is the last vacation we
will all be together because 3 of my nephews leave
on missions this year.
The kids did a lot of swimming in the hot springs
and there was a really fun pool just a couple of blocks
away. We had a nice game of Hangman the first night
while it was raining. A lot of good memories were made.
We were only gone for two nights. The Cloward side
is now up to 38 people so it is hard to go on vacation
for too long and it can't be too far away. Good Times!

We are having a....

2011-07-28T17:17:00.000-06:00

Boy or Girl?????

2011-07-26T10:40:00.001-06:00

Boy or Girl....any guesses? We find out Thursday!!!

Love the month of July!!

2011-07-20T16:38:00.000-06:00

Haley and Brynlee before church on Haleys
birthday.

Haley turns 7!

2011-07-19T12:47:00.000-06:00

Since Haley was born the day before the 4th of
July it is a busy week with all the festivities and
celebrating her birthday. This is Kelsee, Brynlee
and Haley going down the huge slide at "Jump n
Jacks." They couldn't get enough of it.
(Also went to "Boondocks" but forgot to take
pictures.)

Haley wanted to go to Brick Oven for her Birthday
dinner. (yummy....so I thought until I went there
for lunch again yesterday and ended up throwing
up later that night. Don't think I can eat pizza there again!)

All Haley wanted for her birthday was an electric
scooter...hot pick of course.

Haley was also lucky enough to go to Stadium of
Fire again this year thanks to Grandpa Ross.
She went decided to take Jason this year since
I went with her last year.

Had family over for cake and ice cream. Can't
believe Haley is 7!!! Love her to death.

Lots of catching up to do....

2011-07-14T17:00:00.000-06:00

I am a slacker and not one of may words. It
has been a busy summer.
Here is a picture of Haley at her last day of 1st grade.
She is growing too fast! It isn't fair.

Jason turned 31! We got to celebrate it in Las
Vegas with his whole family on a family vacation.
This picture is taken at "Cheesecake Factory."
Love that place and love my husband!!

This is in the pool at the resort we stayed in.
Haley and Bryn planning with their cousins Mady
and Austin.

Jason's cousin works as a mechanic on planes and
let us come check out one of the small
private plans he was working on.

Haley being the pilot and me being the co-pilot.

Guess What?

2011-06-06T21:21:00.001-06:00

We are adding another one to this bunch!!! That's
right I am pregnant and are expecting a baby this
December. We are sooo excited!

Dance Concert 2011

2011-05-26T20:55:00.002-06:00

Haley had a lot of family support last weekend

at her dance concerts. Thanks family for the

support. We are proud of you Haley. Can't

wait to start Bryn in Dance this Fall!!!

MetLife getaway

2011-05-24T20:42:00.004-06:00

(These pictures kind of went out of order but
whatever.)
Last week we went to Las Vegas
all expense paid by MetLife. Dallin and Shellee
were kind enough to watch the girls. (Thanks
again Dallin and Shellee!) We went down with
Brandon and Stephanie. The weather was better
than Provo but not by much. Pretty cloudy and
windy. Only one sunny day while we were there.
Jason got recognised at one of the dinners which was
pretty cool. Salmon Insurance was one of the top
performers for last year. We also got to go the the show
"Love" which was amazing.
It was fun to get away, but nice to be back with Haley
and Brynlee.

Good times that we will miss!!!!!

2011-05-16T22:53:00.001-06:00

We lived at my parents house the last nine months while we built our house. We are happy to start a new chapter in our lives but I have to say it was hard leaving my parents house. I felt like I was getting married all over again and leaving home!! :) We made so many fun memories that none of us will ever forget. Thanks Mom and Dad for everything. You guys are the best!!!

We Moved!!!

2011-05-15T17:50:00.000-06:00

We are alive, just been busy! Last
month we moved into our new
house! We are so lucky to have so
much family around to make the move
a lot easier.

Here is Dallin keeping the girls busy playing
store while.

How many guys does it take to hang a flat screen
T.V.? Thanks for the help guys!!

Bryn and I taking a break.

Birthday weekend...

2011-02-09T14:45:00.003-07:00

Last weekend was my birthday. We had planned to go
out to dinner and a movie but instead we stayed home
all weekend because Brynlee got pneumonia. After having
a temp. of 102 for two days, she wasn't eating, was sleeping
a lot (except at night cause she would cough so much it would
wake her up) I took her to the Dr. he said her oxygen was really low
and that she needed to have a breathing treatment done.
So after the breathing treatment her oxygen went up
a little, but not enough. So he sent us over to the hospital
for a chest x-ray and told us she might need to be hospitalized.
Luckily the pneumonia wasn't as bad as he thought so we were
able to go home. Watching Bryn be so sick made me grateful for
a healthy family!!!

Haley and Brynlee cuddled up in bed. Aren't they
cute!?

This is Brynlee doing her inhaler. She thought
this was so funny.

Thank heavens for antibiotics but why do they
have to taste so nasty! It was a fight everyday to
get Bryn to take her medicine. It took Jason and
I to hold her down and pray that she wouldn't
throw it right back up!

Jason read Bryn a book and she fell asleep in
the middle of it. She never does that.
Jason and I celebrated my birthday the next week
instead. I am just glad we didn't have to celebrate it
in the hospital.
I am so eady for Spring!!! I sware my kids have been
sick a lot this winter. Right before Bryn had pneumonia
Haley had the stomach flu then a few days latter she got
croup then Bryn was getting over a cold which then turned
into croup and then to pneumonia! But now we are all healthy
and happy!

Something's Missing!

2011-01-26T12:46:00.001-07:00

Sunday, Haley woke up and asked me if she could go upstairs
and have Grandpa pull her front tooth out. I said
sure, thinking she would chicken out, but she didn't.
She marched upstairs and got the job done. Grandpa
always pays two dollars to pull the grand kids teeth.

Haley had fun spitting water out of her new space.

Haley did all of this while Jason was at church
meetings. She was excited to show him her new
smile.

Haley's note to the tooth fairy:
"Dear tooth fairy,I hope that you give me lots of
money. Love, Haley Please write back."
We had to leave her tooth out in the family room
that night. She said she likes to put her hands under
her pillow when she sleeps and is afraid she might
smash and kill the tooth fairy. We have yet to put
her tooth under her pillow. Mascots and the tooth fairy
are not her thing!!!

Chirstmas Card?

2011-01-16T20:52:00.004-07:00

As you can see we got family pictures taken! So for those of you who are wonding
why you didn't get a Christmas card from us...well it is because we didn't do one. So
there it is....Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! :) (My goal is to do one next
year I promise.)

This is Bryn on her pink rocking horse that she wanted
for Christmas. She still loves it and rides it daily.

Haley and Brynlee after opening their PJ's on Christmas Eve.

What we've been up to...

2011-01-06T16:12:00.000-07:00

No nuts for Brynlee either!!! She is just like
Haley...she is allergic to tree nuts!!! Haley was
excited she joined the club.
We found this out on an overnighter with Jason's
family. Bryn just wouldn't settle down for bed.
She kept saying she wanted to go home. The she
started saying her tummy hurt. At about 1 a.m.
she told me she couldn't see. I was thinking she
wanted the lights on. So I turned the bathroom
light on and went back to her bed to lay by her
and I couldn't hardly recognize her face cause her
eyes/face were so swollen. Her breathing was fine
so we headed to Walgreen's with here and gave
her benadryl right there in the store. After that
she barfed all over me. Jason was so kind and
cleaned it all up. We gave her more benadryl
and since she just threw it all up. Then we
headed back for the hotel. This is a picture of her
after her bath. Poor thing!

Jason, being the fun dad that he is, went out and
played in the snow with Haley. This was the first
real snow storm of the year.

Bryn is very entertaining! She LOVES to be a
girl. She changes her outfit at least 3 times a day
and her outfits have to be dresses. She also loves
shoes, jewelry, lipgloss, purses and painting her
nails. She is all girl!

Two of my best friends growing up. Nicole and
Kim. Nicole just got married!!! And Kim flew in
from NYC to be there.

Update on the house.....

2011-01-05T11:06:00.002-07:00

These are kind of old pictures but the roof is on

and it is all framed. Just about ready to do the

insulation!!

Happy New Year!!

2011-01-04T17:06:00.001-07:00

Jason has been getting after me for not blogging.
So I am going to work on it the next few days
and give you a quick run down of what we have
been up too.
Happy New Year!!!

Snowmobiling!!

2011-01-04T17:01:00.003-07:00

For Christmas, Ross and Karen
took us all up to this amazing cabin
for the day were we went snowmobiling
and watched movies all day!

Cloward Christmas Party!

2011-01-04T16:52:00.001-07:00

Santa showed up!

Kevin, Kristi and Austin.

Some of the grandkids.

Scott and my dad taking a picture of Kendall
on Santas knee. He will be on a mission next
Christmas along with two other nephews of mine!!

Santa

2011-01-04T16:46:00.003-07:00

Over the break we managed to run into Santa at my office....

and RC Willy

and Grandma and Grandpa's house!

Prayers have been answered!!!!

2010-11-06T21:45:00.002-06:00

It has been a very scary week with my mom in the hospital but I am so happy to say she is doing sooooo well now!!! Thanks for all the support and prayers. I feel so lucky to have such great friends and family.

Prayers Please!

2010-11-05T11:08:00.001-06:00

Please pray for my mom! She had surgery last Friday and is in ICU. We need all the help we can get. I love you mom!!!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

2010-10-31T15:21:00.001-06:00

Good news and Bad new!!!

2010-10-27T16:39:00.003-06:00

Good news...our hole has been dug for our house! :)
Bad news...my 4 year old niece Lexee decided to give
Brynlee her first haircut and now has half a pig tail! :(

Go Cougars!

2010-10-22T15:35:00.003-06:00

Last week we went to the BYU game with
the girls. The weather was perfect and we
were lucky enough to get to sit up in the Lodge.
Which is the perfect seat with kids. And to top
it off the Cougars won!! Thanks Ross for the
hooking us up with some tickets! :)

My baby is 2!!!!

2010-10-19T13:57:00.003-06:00

Yesterday was Brynlee's birthday! I can't believe
she is already two years old. Where does the time
go?
Happy Birthday Bryn! We love you!!!

saying goodbye

2010-10-17T14:19:00.006-06:00

The Salmon's decided to put Miko
to "sleep" yesterday. He has been
very sick. Jason has had this dog
since he was 16. I am not a animal
lover but I have to say it was kind of
a sad day. My girls are sure
going to miss him.

b"Y"u

2010-09-30T13:39:00.004-06:00

On Saturday we hiked the "Y" with my brother
Kevin and 3 of his boys. This was Haley and Brynlee's
first time. They did awesome. Every time I hike it
I forget how good of a hike it is.

Brings back fun memories!

2010-09-29T14:46:00.003-06:00

So a few weeks ago Haley did cheer camp at
Provo High and got to perform at the half time
performance and also cheer at the beginning of
the third quarter. She loved it! In fact she
likes to teach the cheers to her Aunts and Uncles.
(You know who you are...thanks for being good sports!)
It has also been fun to go watch Jason's brother Lincoln
kick for Provo High. He is awesome.
All of this brings back fun memories of when I was a
cheerleader at PHS. I can't believe that was so long ago!!!

Peach Pie?

2010-09-04T12:00:00.002-06:00

So this week while Haley was at school I learned

how to make my Mom's famous peach pie, bread,

and cinnamon rolls.

There was nothing like coming

home from school when I was little to the yummy

smell of homemade bread and cinnamon rolls. And now

I know how to make all of them.

Thanks Mom for

the fun time!! Glad you are feeling well enough to

teach me!!

Off She Goes!!

2010-08-24T08:41:00.002-06:00

It is Haley's first day of 1st grade today!
She was excited to wear her new Hannah
Montana shoes with her Selena Gomez bag!
Sounds just like a first grader dosn't it? I
can't believe she is going to be gone all
day now. Brynlee and I are sure going
to miss her!!!!!

Summer 2010

2010-08-21T16:41:00.004-06:00

I am not sure what my deal is but this whole summer I haven't taken many pictures. I don't know if it is because we moved and haven't gotten in to the swing of things or what. Hopefuly having Haley start school this next week will help my life be more structured.
We went on two trips this summer. The first one was to Bear Lake for the Salmon reunion and then AZ for Jason's brother Jordan's wedding. Oh, and Jason and Haley (as you can see with the many pictures) camped at Gobblin Valley on weekend. It was Haley's first camp out and she loved it. She is one up on me now on camping. :)

Life has been BUSY!!

2010-07-11T16:15:00.001-06:00

Where to begin! June was a crazy month. We sold and moved out of our house. Jason bought an office building so after we moved out of our house, Jason moved out of his old office and into a new office.
(Some of you have asked where we are moving to. Right now we are living in my parents’ basement apartment while we build a home in Orem by Sleepy Ridge golf course.)
The beginning of July is always crazy with the forth of July festivities. I love Independence Day. I think it is my favorite holiday. They are full of fun traditions and we get to also celebrate Haley’s birthday, which we celebrated this year at classic skating! What would the 4th be like with out
Cloward family sleepover
Haley’s birthday
Getting up early to see the hot air balloons go up.
Stadium of Fire
Freedom Run
Parade
Family BBQ’s
Art’s Festival
Fireworks
Being exhausted and trying to catch up on lost sleep.

I was a little lazy this year and didn’t take very many pictures.
Hopefully things will settle down a little now and I can get back at updating my blog a little more. :)

Best Parts of Summer so Far.....

2010-06-11T14:02:00.003-06:00

1. WE ARE MOVING!!! That is right we sold our
house. It is bitter sweet. We bought this house on
Jason's birthday 6 years ago and sold it on his
birthday. We will be living with my parents for
a few months while we build a house.

2. As you can see Brynlee is just like Haley...all
Girl! Spending time with Haley and Brynlee is the
best. We haven't done a lot of fun things yet this
summer because we are busy packing but they
keep themselves busy and entertained.

3. Haley lost her 2nd tooth. This picture was taken
seconds after she surprised herself and pulled it out
on her own...or should I say it finally fell out on it's own.

4. Haley is all done with school. She wanted to have a
graduation party. So we suprised her and took her bowling
at "Fat Cat's" and then had some family meet us for dinner
at "Costa Vita" after.

5. Sleeping in!!!

Jive Dance Concert 2010

2010-05-16T14:56:00.001-06:00

It is time....

2010-04-27T15:12:00.001-06:00

...to "break" Bynlee's binki. This could be
an interesting few days. I hope she sleeps ok!

Too much candy!

2010-04-22T13:52:00.003-06:00

I know this post is way late but better late than
never...right?
These girls did very well this Easter. I think
they had 5 easter egg hunts which means lots
of candy. We had our Easter a week early since
we were leaving for California. We also had the
ward Easter party, the Cloward Easter party,
the Salmon Easter party and the day we left
California was Easter, so Haley and Brynlee were
lucky enough to have another Easter Egg hunt
with Dahl and Ty. The problem with all of this is
the girls think it is fun to get all this candy but they
hardly eat any of it. So it just sits around the house
day after day and I slowly eat it! Next year I think
I will make a rule and if it is not gone in one week I
throw it away! Anyway...Happy Easter everyone (a
month late!)

Last few pictures of our trip!

2010-04-15T14:20:00.001-06:00

Seeing the sights in Cali

2010-04-13T14:44:00.001-06:00

California Adventure and Disneyland

2010-04-09T15:11:00.000-06:00

California 2010

2010-04-08T15:18:00.003-06:00

DAY 1

For spring break we decided to head to California. We had so much fun. We left on March 29, which is our wedding anniversary (Happy anniversary Jason, I love you!). We drove to Vegas after work that day, and stayed in a suite at the Monte Carlo. The girls were amazing in the car the whole trip! They are little troopers! Haley was so helpful with Bryn.

The next morning we woke up and went for a swim with the girls, however it was quite cold so we cut the swimming short, got in the car and headed for California. We were lucky enough to stay at Aaron and Stacey’s house. (Jason’s cousin). They have two cute kids, Dahl and Ty. Haley played with Dahl a lot before they moved to California so she was excited to see him again. The kids played so good. It was so good to see all of them again.

The first day we got there we went to see this area in their neighborhood that has a ton of wild peacocks. I have never seen a peacock with its feathers spread out, but now I have. I guess the male peacocks are the “pretty” ones and when the try and find a mate they spread their feathers and shake them. It is they craziest thing I have ever seen. This male peacock got denied by quite a few ladies!

For dinner we went to a place called “Rosco’s.” I never though I would catch my self dead eating here. It is know for its waffles and fried chicken. Most of you that know me know that I do not like to eat meat off of a bone. Jason always complains that I am a picky eater. So, I trying to be a good wife, gave this place a chance. I asked if they could give me a piece of chicken with no bone and they said they could fry me a chicken breast. I have to say this place was good! I never thought of eating waffles with chicken together, but if you think about it you eat meat with breakfast food all the time. So I gave it a whirl and I liked it. It was really good.

Garlick Salmon Wedding :)

2010-03-20T14:33:00.002-06:00

Jason’s little brother Dallin finally “tied the knot” last week to Shellee Garlick after dating for 2 ½ years. Yes, it was time! And we are so happy to have Shellee officially in the family now. It was also fun to have the whole family in town. Congratulations Dallin and Shellee!

Just Hanging There!!

2010-03-15T21:43:00.003-06:00

(Now you probably can't tell that Haley lost her

tooth in this picture because the tooth behind

it is already half way through!)

Haley finally lost her first tooth!! It was hanging by a thread and she wouldn’t let me touch it. So, being the sneaky mom that I am I took her down to my Dad’s house. When we got there I took my Dad aside and told him he needed to pull her tooth for me. He said he would if he got the chance. About a half hour later I told Haley to go wiggle her tooth for Grandpa in his den. Let’s just say Grandpa got the job done. She even got paid to let Grandpa Sherm pull her tooth.
I think one of the main reasons she didn’t want to lose her tooth is because she is a little afraid of the tooth fairy coming!!! So I told her we could put the tooth under a pillow out in the family room. Now I don’t know about you but when I was little and lost a tooth the tooth fairy took the tooth and left some money. When Jason lost a tooth he got money and “fairy dust.” Now to me this sounds messy. But Jason insisted on doing a trail of glitter from the door to where the tooth was on the couch. So we did and Haley thought this was great when she woke up EARLY the next morning.
It is a sad day when kids lose their first tooth because they just keep losing them and they don’t have that cute little smile anymore. I mean their smiles are still cute but they go through a weird stage for years until they get their braces off. Oh well, at least all the rest of the kids are going thru the same things at the same time.

Thank heavens for glue!!

2010-02-21T18:43:00.004-07:00

On Saturday Brynlee fell off the kitchen chair
and split her eyelid open. She is so quick you
have to watch her every second. We took her
to the Dr. and luckily they were able to glue
the split shut and didn't have to do stitches!!!

Brynlee 16 months now!!

2010-02-19T12:28:00.004-07:00

Where does the time go? I love this little girl.
She is getting to be so much fun. Her are some
fun things about her.

Brynlee loves life!

Very curious and into everything.

She follows her big sister everywhere.

She laughs a lot!! A funny laugh that makes everyone else laugh.

Knows exactly what she wants.

Loves Dogs.

She is amazing at going to bed. Every night before going to bed she waves goodnight, blows kisses and lays down without a peep.

She gives the best kisses.

She gets really excited when Jason comes home or when the doorbell rings.

Finally sleeps although the night!!!!

Brynlee loves to brush her teeth. She even spits.

She loves to read. (she defiantly didn’t get that from me!) She would rather read books than play with toys.

She loves bananas!

She is intrigued with body parts right now, especially belly buttons.

Excited about life.

Talking early just like Haley did.

Words she can say or tries to say:

Dad

Mom

Thank you

Bye Bye

Dog

Night Night

Bu Bu (belly button)

Hay (Hayle)

Caa Caa (cracker)

Keys

Yes

Baby

Doll

Nose

Eye

Ear

Mouth

Na Na (Banana)

Pretty

Hi!

Garbage

Tub

Cold

All clean

Stuck

No!

Mine. (not loving that she knows these last two words J)

I am embarrassed to admit…

2010-02-16T17:56:00.002-07:00

Most of you that know me well know I am a bit obsessive compulsive when it comes to germs. I don’t like McDonald's playground, rides at the mall, “Chuckie Cheese” and driving the carts at the grocery store with the cars on the front. I have been trying to be better at this. And I feel I have come a long way since I had Haley. I have realized I am depriving my poor kids of some fun things. So, as you can see the other day I let Haley and Bryn drive in those big annoying carts that are hard to maneuver for the first time together. Can you see the smiles on there faces!? Bryn was laughing the whole time and people where laugh at her, laughing. It was quite the memory….just thought I would share. J

Valentines Weekend

2010-02-12T15:12:00.000-07:00

Last night I Haley, Brynlee and I went to Jason's
office to "heartattack" his door.

We love you Jason!! Thanks for all
you do for our family!!
Have a fun weekend everyone!!!

PHS Cheer Camp!

2010-02-08T20:55:00.005-07:00

I bet you never knew Jason had such skills right!
Yes, this is Jason showing Haley how he can do
a toe touch. This picture makes me laugh!! (I am
not sure why this picture uploaded first...but it
did. It was suppose to be last but oh well.)
Last week Haley and her best friend Kayla
decided to do cheer camp. Haley loved it! As you
can see she can get Chandra, Lincoln and her Dad
to do anything. The did a few builds and she
taught them a few cheers.

The Cougar

2010-02-01T10:36:00.002-07:00

That’s right Jason says I am a “cougar” since I am now in my 30’s and he is still in is 20’s (only for 4 months though)!! The day was almost perfect. It started by waking up and going running. Then after that we got in the car with the girls and headed for “Magleby’s Fresh” for some yummy breakfast. We came home and got ready for the day. While we were doing this Brynlee got my camera out of my purse and dropped it on the floor and yes she broke it! Hence, the lack of birthday pictures. L

Jason’s parents were kind enough to take the girls for us during the day so we could do some shopping, go to a movie and then dinner at “Teppanyaki.” After that we came back and watched the BYU vs. Utah game.

We are headed to Colorado in a few days to see my brother. So we decided since Jason turns 30 in May we decided we are going to plan a trip and go somewhere fun for both of our birthdays in the springtime

cont.

2010-02-01T10:33:00.006-07:00

This is a picture the night before my birthday
at one of my favorite restaurants "Chef's Table."
My parents took us there since they were going
to be out of town for my birthday...AGAIN! :)
It was a fun night. Thanks mom and dad!!

What we have been up to....

2010-01-10T22:09:00.000-07:00

Haley loves to be playing with someone at all
times. She kept busy during the Christmas break
with all of her cousins and Aunts and Uncles.
The four of us have been sick off and on. We
can't seem to get this cold virus out of our house!
I hate winter.

We got to go see the Jazz game the other night
thanks to Ross. We got to watch from the Nu
Skin suit, and ate ourselves sick.

I got to see my High School friend Rachel.
We met up at "Brick Oven" for some dinner.
We missed the rest of your girls. You know
who you are. Maybe 4th of July???

Now Brynlee...she has had a rough
month. Notice a few bruises on her
forehead...no I don't beat my child!!
She tends to be really accident prone.
Also, she got her top molars and then
her bottom molars the month of Dec.
Lots of crying, runny noses and coughing.

Highlights of Christmas...

2009-12-30T20:21:00.004-07:00

1. The excitement on Christmas Eve.
2. Opening up new P.J's
3. Putting out treats for Santa to eat.
4. Having all the kids sleep in your bed and not getting any sleep because there isn't much room and your 5 year old didn't fall asleep until 1:30 because she is terrified that Santa might come in her room.
5. The look on Haley's face when she saw her favorite gift, her doll house.

cont...

2009-12-30T20:19:00.006-07:00

6. Haley's concerned face after she sees that Dad really did manage to get an x-box. "Mom, Dad got a x-box!! Please don't kill Santa!"
7. Brynlee enjoying her Tinkerbell chair.
8. Stake and Eggs for breakfast. Jason made a mean meal. Grandpa Wells would be proud!

cont...

2009-12-30T20:16:00.005-07:00

9. Haley and Brynlee being able to play with their cousins from Canada.
10. Getting to meet the new addition Sam James Fears.
11. Haley getting to play the Wii with Lincoln and kicking everyone's trash at bowling.
12. Getting to go to S.L.C with the Salmons. Eating at the "Garden" and seeing the lights at temple square again.
13. Getting to stay overnight in S.L.C. with Jason while Ross and Karen had a grandkids sleepover. (Thank you Ross and Karen!!!)
14. Being able to go see the movie "Avatar."

What a fun time of year!! Happy Holidays!!

Cloward Party!!

2009-12-22T15:06:00.003-07:00

Dear Santa....

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P.S. "Santa please do not come look at me while
I am asleep. My door will be locked. Just leave
me my presents."--Haley

Weekend get away in S.L.C.

2009-12-10T14:59:00.000-07:00

On the edge of her seat.....

2009-11-15T16:00:00.003-07:00

Friday night we had front row seats to the BYU basketball game. We went with Ross since Karen was out of town. We had a really fun time. Haley however was nervous from the time we sat in our seats because she was afraid Cosmo was going to “get her.” She has this phobia with mascots. Earlier in the week she was in an assembly at her school and she said that “Willie” (the school mascot) came out and she started to sweet she was so nervous.
Haley left the BYU game early with a neighbor. Right after she left Cosmo came up to Brynlee and was playing with her. She didn’t mind a bit. After he walked away she started to cry and wave to him, like she wanted him to come back. When we got home we told Haley about Brynlee loving Cosmo. Later I caught her smelling Brynlee’s shirt she wore that night. I asked her what she was doing. Haley said, “I am smelling Brynlee’s shirt. It totally smells like Cosmo!”
I don’t know where her phobia came from. She hates going “Chucky” from Chuck E Cheese. And all the Characters at Disneyland, except the Princesses. Perhaps it all started with she was two at Disneyland with Mr. Incredible. What do you think? (click on the picture below to enlarge it...pretty funny!)

cont..

2009-11-15T15:59:00.001-07:00

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T20:40:00.001-07:00

Fall Break

2009-10-25T14:03:00.000-06:00

Brynlee's Day...

2009-10-22T13:48:00.004-06:00

On Sunday, (Brynlee’s birthday) Jason stayed home with Haley because she has been sick. We decided to celebrate Brynlee’s “special day” another day so people could come over for cake and ice cream.
When I got back from dinner Jason had the cake in the oven and decided that the four of us would just celebrate it. As you can see from the pictures she went to town on the cake. She was had so much fun eating it and throwing it all over the place. Jason was laughing at me because I am not one for messes. I am a little OCD that way. But he said he would clean it all up, and that he did.
On Tueday night we had the Grandparents over for cake. (My camera battery died so sorry Salmon's I didn't get a picture of you guys!)
Happy Birthday Brynlee!!

Oh and by the way this girl decided on her birthday to that crawling is not the way to get around! She is walking now!!

She is one!!!!

2009-10-18T13:47:00.001-06:00

Happy Birthday Brynlee.
We love you!!!

Brynlee is learning to hold her own.

2009-10-15T14:13:00.002-06:00

As you can see Haley LOVES her little sister
A lot, but sometimes I think Brynlee wants
a little space. The next three pictures are
a play by play of what Brynlee has learned to
do to get that space she wants.

Step one: hold your hand up

Step two: Move hand fast

Step three: make contact.

And there you have it. A little space of your own.

Lake Powell

2009-09-27T13:30:00.000-06:00

Guess Who??

2009-09-23T14:50:00.001-06:00

Guess who? That’s right it’s Jason. Isn’t he a hot!! Any one who knows Jason knows he loves this hat that has hair connected to it. He brings this lovely hat out around this time of year, every year.
This picture was taken last Friday in Wal-Mart parking lot. (I know what you are thinking, he blends right in, right?!) We met up with Scott and Miriam and Kim and Russ to head to Lake Powell! The funny part about it was as Jason was helping load stuff into the boat, my sister Kim and bro-in-law Russ had no idea that it was Jason!! We had a good laugh.

Jason is wondering, does he look better with the hair tucked behind his ears…

……or un tucked?

Stay tuned for some fun Powell pictures…the best place on earth!!

Dance

2009-09-22T14:02:00.001-06:00

Haley started dance last week and
she loves it!!

Friday

2009-09-13T21:28:00.001-06:00

While we were fun doing this at Lagoon...

Jason was home because of this!!

Haley's first day of school!

2009-09-04T11:58:00.002-06:00

This week Haley started Kindergarten. I had to work half day so my parents watched the girls for me while I was at work. Haley picked out her outfit and told me how she wanted me to do her hair.
Once I was done with work I rushed home to do her hair and then take her to school. It was a moment I won’t forget. I walked her to her class room. I told her to hang up her backpack. I gave her a hug and walked out. I watched her thru the window of the door. She just stood there and looked around, like she was lost. Not knowing what to do. Just then Jason showed up and we continued watching her thru the window. Jason popped his head in. Haley said whispered, “I don’t know what to do Dad.” Just then the teacher told all the kids to sit on the carpet. So Jason said, “Go sit down on the carpet.” So, she did. I felt bad because I was running late because of work so she was the last one to get there. All the kids were sitting playing with play-doe. (I guess that is what they do before school starts.) Anyway, I got a little teary eyed as I looked thru that window. I had a mix of emotions at that moment. I just wanted to hold her hand thru this new experience but, I couldn’t. She is a growing up and I need to let her figure things out on her own. It was weird seeing her, my little girl, starting school. She is my little friend that I play with during the day and that has changed a little now that she is gone half the day.
I got home and my mom asked, “So how did it go?” I started telling her and I lost it! I started to cry and then she started to cry. My Dad looked at Jason and said, “Sorry Jason, she gets that from her mother!” And we laughed. I was holding Brynlee. I put her down on the ground. She stood there by herself and then she took a few steps all on her own! These were Brynlee's first steps!! My girls are growing up! Monday was definatly a day to remember!!

Home Improvement

2009-08-27T17:42:00.000-06:00

Home Improvement Complete

2009-08-27T17:39:00.002-06:00

Re-doing our bathroom became a lot bigger project than I thought. When we bought the house this bathroom didn’t have a shower, so it wasn’t a “full bath.” So, we decided to put in a shower. Well with that we decided to tile the shower. But if you do that then you might as well tile the floor too. And if you do that we thought we better get a new cabinet to match the new “look.” Then you need a new mirror too. Well, long story short here is our new bathroom. Thanks to all the help from Jason’s brother Ryan. He helped with the tile. Also thanks to Karen. She is great at helping with “Home projects.” She has all the tools. Jason did a lot of work too. And Brandon, Haley (who likes to work with her shirt off) and I (believe it or not) helped with a few things too. All I can say is I am glad it is done!! J Thanks for all the help. It looks so much better. (I forgot to take a before picture…oops.)

Back to school check list.

2009-08-12T08:21:00.004-06:00

2 weeks left of summer. We are trying to enjoy every last minute of it. Haley is so ready to start kindergarten!

Hello Kitty backpack. Check.

Kindergarten physical. Check.

And of course who could forget the kindergarten shot....I mean shots.:) Check.

I told her she was probably going to get one or two. She wasn't happy when the nurse walked in with FOUR needles. She screamed during the shots, but I was proud of her and told her we could go anywhere for lunch. She took advantage of the situation and chose McDonald's. Don't get me wrong I can handle McDonald's but the playground grosses me out! I guess I have a bit of OCD. But I am slowly getting over it with each kid.

I feel so old. I can't believe I have a kid old enough to go to kindergarten. It is going to be weird having her gone everyday. I am going to miss her!

Love my girls!!

2009-08-11T09:36:00.000-06:00

Brynlee is just about 10 months old. I can hardly
believe it. She is supper close to walking. 4 of her
top teeth are about to come thru. She says "ma ma,"
"da da," and "bu-bye". She also waves, claps and
clicks her tongue. She is so much fun.

I am supper lucky to have Haley around. She is
the biggest help. She is a little mom herself. Last
night Haley cleared the table after dinner, rinsed,
and loaded the dishwasher by herself. Oh happy
day for me. :)

Here is Brynlee waving.

We are so lucky to have these cute girls
in our family!!

24th of JULY

2009-08-05T16:37:00.001-06:00

The last 3 years we have gone to the Spanish Fork
Rodeo with Jason's family. It has become a really
fun tradition! My allergies were pretty annoying but
it is worth it. (I didn't notice the pen in Brynlee's
nose until I posted this :))

Brynlee loving the sucker Haley is sharing with
her. What a nice sister!

The 4th I wouldn't mind forgetting...

2009-07-11T16:13:00.003-06:00

The night of the 3rd we always sleep at my parent’s house with my whole family. This is a fun tradition everyone always looks forward to. Since it was Haley’s birthday that day, she wanted to bring a “Hello Kitty” piñata. The little kids loved it. We also did fireworks of course, ate lots of junk, watched “Goonies” outside on the projector and Jason took the older boys for a late night run to Del Taco.
The next morning some of us ran the 5k race, came back had a little breakfast and then off to the parade. At the parade I started filling sick. Let’s just say the rest of the 4th was no fun. I had food poisoning!! I spent the holiday in bed. Jason was stuck watching the girls and taking care of me, while everyone else was out having fun. The 3rd of July was a blast but the 4th of July this year was...well lets just say I wouldn't mind forgetting.

Happy 5th Birthday Haley!!

2009-07-08T17:48:00.002-06:00

So Haley was lucky enough to be born the day before the 4th of July. It is a party all day long for her. She is loved by so many people. The day started with breakfast in bed. Then she wanted to go bowling at Fat Cats with some of her cousins. Then my parents come over to see her. Then we went to Karen and Ross’s for cake and ice cream. Ryan and Jess and their family were in town, as well as Tara and Gary. When Haley was finished opening presents Tara and Gary announced they are pregos!!  (Check there blog for more details.) Once we were done at the Salmon’s it was off to the ward B.B.Q that Jason’s mom is in charge of. After that we headed down to my parents for the annual family Cloward sleepover in my parents backyard. (pictures of that on the next post.)
Things I love about Haley:
Were do I start….
She is a great help with Brynlee
Doesn’t ever want to disappoint her parents
Obedient
Polite
Gets along with anyone
Very Mature for her age
Kind
Loves being a girl
Sensitive
She is beautiful
Hates finding strands of hair
Loves salt and vinegar chips
Clean
Her smile
Loves life

I could go on and on. Those of you who know and love Haley know that we are very lucky to have her as our daughter.
Happy Birthday!
We love you Haley!!!

Vegas Part 2

2009-06-20T12:29:00.001-06:00

My parents had to leave Vegas a few days early so Aaron and Stacey came and stayed with us for two nights with there two boys. Haley was so excited to see Dahl she could hardly stand it. They live in California now. We had so much fun with them. It was good to see them. We went to Circus Circus and rode the rides. The kids loved it. It made me a little crazy with all the people and who knows how many germs.  But we made a good memory. Thanks for keeping us company Aaron and Stacey! It was a nice get away!!

Vegas Part 1

2009-06-18T17:33:00.004-06:00

Last week we went to Las Vegas and stayed with my parents for part of the week in their time share. We had a great time with them. We went to the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay which was amazing. If you haven’t gone to it you should go. It is quite the experience. We also did some swimming and ate at In and Out Burger and went to Cheesecake Factory. Thanks Mom and Dad for the fun time. We love you!!

She's growing up too fast!

2009-06-16T16:57:00.002-06:00

Yes both of our girls are growing up fast, but
the past 2 weeks were BIG for Bryn.
She started sitting up.....

got two teeth and...

started scooting!!

I guess she is trying to catch up with her big
sister. :0

Happy Birthday Jason!!

2009-05-31T13:00:00.006-06:00

Yesterday was Jason's birthday. We had a day full of fun!

The night before we hung out with Scott and Miriam and their family. We went out to dinner for Jason's b-day and then came back to their house and as you can see, got 2 liters of his favorite drink...blue Mountain Dew along with some movie passes. They are too kind!

What is a birthday without breakfast in bed?!

After eating all those cal. for breakfast we decided to go for a run along the Provo trail down by my parents house. They were nice enough to take the girls for us while we went on our run. This was the first time I was able to go running with Jason...it was a fun memory.

Since we lost our luggage last month I decided to take Jason shopping in the afternoon. So Brandon and Stephanie came and watched the girls for us. Then wedecied to go to an afternoon movie. We saw the movie "Terminator Salvation" which was pretty good, very action packed! Brandon and Stephanie had somewhere to be at 6:00 so Dallin and Shellee came and took over for babysitting, while Jason and I went to Iggy's for dinner. Then came home for some cake that Miriam was so kind to make and we finished the night by watching the NBA game.

I just want to saw thanks to all of our awesome family that helped watch our girls! We are so lucky to have so much help close by.

Jason I love you and hope you enjoyed your birthday!!

Pre school graduation

2009-05-27T08:53:00.002-06:00

It's true. Haley graduated from Preschool yesterday! I can't believe I have a child old enough to go to kindergarten next year! It is weird because she will be going to the same elementary Jason went to when he was little.

This is Haley with her teacher Mrs. Tracey.

Haley getting her diploma.

They sang lots of cute songs. The theme was "Reach for the Stars."

(This picture was suppose to be first but my computer is doing something funny) This is Haley coming out with her class. She said she was pretty nervous because there was a lot of people. She was so fun to watch. Jason filmed the program. I guess about half way through he realised the camera was on night vision. whoops:)

graduation cont.

2009-05-27T08:49:00.003-06:00

Family Photo.:)
Car Pool group. Haley, Hannah, and Joseph.
Hat in the air, it is official! Haley is all done with pre-school and ready for Kindergarten!! We had a fun day yesterday. After graduation we took Haley to Pizza Factory for lunch. She got a new backpack for her graduation gift. After that we came home and watched "Twilight." Yes, this was my first time seeing it. Haley thought it was a little scary. Later that night we went to Cold Stone. Her favorite place for ice cream. She always gets the flavor Cotton Candy. We love Haley and are so proud of her. She is growing up too fast!!!

Phoenix vacation with the Salmon Fam.

2009-05-15T15:44:00.001-06:00

Last week we were in AZ with Jason’s family. We had so much fun. Lots of time by the pool, good food at Cheesecake Factory and In and Out Burger, a baseball game, and a lot of relaxing time. That is my kind of vacation!! If you are wondering why Jason and I are wearing the same clothes in all the pictures it is because Southwest lost our luggage. We still don’t have it!!! Most likely somebody stole it, which creeps me out. It has been a real pain. I guess it is a good thing we spent most of the time by the pool. Thanks for the fun trip Karen and Ross. Let’s do it again next year!!

Happy Mothers Day!!

2009-05-10T22:12:00.002-06:00

My mom….
Never complains
Is always happy
Would do anything for me
Is a great Grandma
Has a strong testimony of the Gospel
Makes me laugh
Is a good homemaker
Optimistic
Is a good listener
Kind
Gives good advice
Humble
Wise
Never talks bad about anyone
Is a great example to me
If I can be even half the woman she is I will be happy.
She is my Hero.
I love you Mom!!
Happy Mothers Day!

The Easter Dress.

2009-04-28T13:50:00.000-06:00

So here is Haley posing. This dress
we got at Costco in December and
she had been counting down the days
tell Easter. I think Easter is one of
her favorite holidays.

She is all girl as you can see. She
thought about how she wanted her
hair. She even wanted to wear
makeup, but I told her not until
she is older.

She is quite the gal.

We love her!!!

Easter...

2009-04-28T13:41:00.001-06:00

Easter was a crazy day. I didn't get around to
getting a family picture. This was taken after
church because I ran out of time before church.

We had dinner and an Easter Egg hunt at my
parents and another Easter Egg hunt at Jason's
parents.

Lots of Food, Folks, Fun and of couse way

too much candy.

This girl can roll!

2009-04-18T18:36:00.000-06:00

That's right Bryn can now roll over. She suprised
us Easter morning with her new trick. She is
getting so fun. I can't believe she is 6months
old today!! Where does the time go?!

Hidden Talents...

2009-04-08T11:55:00.000-06:00

How do babies do this??

Yes, Bryn can fit her whole fist in her mouth...
and then she chokes. :)

Highlights of my week...

2009-04-07T14:08:00.003-06:00

That's right...happy day. Jason's x-box is broken!! :)

Here is a picture of most of the people I work with at the dental office. My bosses signed us all up to do the 5k race on Saturday. It was so much fun! I want to do it again. The only problem are my knees are really sore still. Three of my best friends also ran the race with me. We had a good time together in the bitter cold. It was snowing that morning. I tried to download pictures my friend Nicole sent me but I must be an idiot cause it won't work. So if you want to see more pictures of the race, click on "Heaps" at the bottom of my links. (I hope that is o.k. Jamie.)

Freedom Run here I come!!