Baby Shower!

Who: Laura Bird and baby Haylee

Where: Meg Miller's
1177 East 8600 South Sandy, UT 84094

When: Saturday, January 12th
11 am -1 pm
A light lunch will be served

Invitations will be in your mailboxes soon!

Please respond in the comments if you will be able to make it so Meg knows how much food to prepare. Also, if you'd like to help, talk to Meg! Thanks!

Funny Stuff!

Hey everyone!! I hope that you guys had a great Christmas. Hear is a very funny website that will have you rolling about mom stuff. http://inthemotherhood.msn.com/?GT1=10749 Watch episode one it is the funniest. I thought that everyone could use a good laugh!! Oh I cut my hair short for the first time in 23 years!?! It was fun! We will see how long it lasts! Take care!

Merry Christmas late,,,

Hello everyone! I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone. I don't get as much time as I used to so I don't post much or check the blog. When Emily is sleeping I have to choose what must be done and then if there is time then what I want to get done. All you mothers know how this goes. It has been a very busy month for us but in between all the Christmas stuff we blessed our little baby on December 23rd. Scott and I had a lot of family in town that we wanted to be at the blessing so we decided to bless her really early. We did it at Scotts parents so we wouldn't have to take her to church. These area few more pictures of Emily. Our Christmas card picture we used and she has been a little sick and the only place that she would sleep was in her tub. Silly baby but it helped her sleep. Hope everyone had a great Christmas!! The Wilsons

THIS FRIDAY

Just a couple things.
I need to know a rough estimate of who is coming by Thursday so we can get the bread bowls; If you know someone who is coming that hasn't posted just list their name for me.

I think that we will just hang out after dinner, unless you are dying to play a game with everyone, then you can bring one.

I'm pretty sure that's all Oh wait if anyone is trying to decide on what to bring we're lacking in the goodies department!

Thanks for helping and I hope your week goes well! And I'll see you on Friday!

PREGNANCY AND BABIES

so everyone is pregnant or already has kids and i was feeling a bit left out. so i made something. damn i'm funny. but seriously... who has kids and who is pregnant.... and for those of you who are still confused, i'm not pregnant.

New edition

Hey there friends, I thought it was about time to post. It has been a really really long time.... So Things are great. We moved into a new house about 2 months ago. I really like it. The house is awesome and the neighborhood is perfect. There are alot of young couples that live around us, so we have prospects of future friends, it we get out to meet some people. Clint graduated on Friday!! HEYYYYY!! Finally!!! We were pretty excited! But our most exciting news is the birth of our newest edition, Miss Raini Pedersen! She was born on December 11, at 9:52 am. After a fun night at the hospital, and a quick delivery she was born. Everything went smooth. I thought life was going to be so hard with 2 kids. I never knew how I could love anyone as much as I love Bode, but it is amazing how much love you can have for your kids. She is beautiful in every way and I can't think of anything more amazing than bringing children into this world. Anyway, sorry for getting so sentimental. I just love all you guys and hope you are enjoying your Christmas season!

Merry Christmas

I thought that it would be fun to post our Christmas card online instead of sending a bunch out. I hope that everyone is having a great holiday season anis able to spend some time with the ones that they love! Merry Christmas! Love you all!

Car for Sale!

My nurse Sid is selling her gold 2005 Honda Accord if anyone is interested or knows someone who is. It has 36,000 miles on it and says its a gem!

Harp this Sunday

Hey everyone! I just thought I would let you all know I am playing my harp in my parents ward this Sunday, the 9th. A bunch of you asked me to tell you when my recital was and I forgot to post it. So I thought I would tell you about this. My parents ward is at 11:00. The address is 9150 south 1300 east. It is the cream church by the Kinder Care and Western Gardens on 13th.

Another baby picture

I wanted to post this picture because its my favorite so far. This was taken the day Emily was born. Emily is officially 1 week old. When I was up with her this morning at 4:31 it was crazy to think that last week I was giving birth to her at 4:31. It has been a fun and tiring week! Now I know how all you moms feel.

HO HO HO!!

Hi Everyone!! I hope that everyone is having a great holiday season!! Every year my family and I adopt a family for Christmas instead of exchaning gifts for the adults. It has turned out to be one of my most favorite thins to look forward to and I get more excited picking out toys for the children than I do for my own. This year we have a family that has relocated here due to the Katrina disaster. There is a single mom who works 2 jobs, a 10 year old boy, a 6 year old girl and a 3 year old boy. My siblings and I have split the children up between us. We are asked that each child receive two articles of clothing, two toys and a book. Now that isn't alot to get them, however when I sat back and looked at it, I realized that this is probably all that these kids would be getting for Christmas, and that isn't alot. Especially considering that they probably lost and had to leave behind alot at their home back east, due to Katrina. Anyways I was just wondering in anyine wanted to pitch in with extra toys of clothes of even something nice for the home that a family would enjoy. Like I said, we are going to cover their main gifts, but I just feel bad that we personally can't give them more, which they need probably more than any of us do. If you have any ideas or would like to pitch in, email me at janessa.whatcott@hotmail.com or call me at 891.1372. Oh and everything has to be done by the 17th. Thanks, love you all Janessa

Advent Calendar

I was checking out my cousin's blog today and saw the cutest advent calendar ever that she made!! I try to be crafty, and sometimes succeed and sometimes don't, but I totally want to make this!! I don't have these stamps or anything, but I think I will just make some minor adjustments and make something work. I'll post a pic on my blog if I finish it and it looks decent! But here is the link to check out the tutorial:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/advent_calendar/
See what you think!

Christmas "Party" Details

So the 21 does seem to work out well for most. This party will also be a farewell to Adam and Becky before they leave for the wild wild west!

I was thinking dinner around 6:30; I will make a tomato basil soup, bread bowls, and crackers and a cheese ball. If you guys could bring the odds and ends, fruit, vegetables, dessert, drinks you know what you like. If someone dares to make another soup that would be awesome. I will have plates, cups, etc... Just post what you will do on the blog so others can figure out what they will do.

Then theres the question of what to do after dinner, ideas are very welcome we could just mingle, or do a white elephant gift, or some kind of game???

THERE ARE NO INVITATIONS, STRICTLY WORD OF MOUTH SO INVITE WHO YOU TALK TO, EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

I'll post directions to my house later, if you have any other comments/questions, post 'em or
e-mail me at brobutton@gmail.com

p.s. this is my first planning/gathering event so there's bound to be some screw ups.

Emily Wilson

I just wanted to let everyone know that our sweet baby girl was born on November 28th at 4:31 AM. She weighed 6.9 lbs and was 18 inches long. She has tons of brown hair and two cute little dimples. We haven't decided who she looks like yet so as time goes on we will post more pictures.

This next week is slim pickins but these are the dates that we have available

Saturday December 15
Monday December 17
Friday December 21

I'm working on getting Wednesday 19 I'll let you know
just let me know if any of these days will work for you they'll all be at night
unless it works better for people to have it during the day?

Oh yeah! My brother got his mission call today and he's going to St. Louis, Missouri Nicole's hometown! He leaves January 23 we're way excited!

Halloween and Thanksgiving

I'm way behind but anyway this was our halloween! Hallie was the first to ring the bell and the last to leave, she figured out if she waited there long enough she'd get more. Blake screamed and cried until the first house, then he realized that when you hold your bucket and go to the door they give you candy. Then you couldn't get the bag away from him.





This was the day before Halloween

we went to Gardner Village to
see all the witches. We had a lot
of fun!

Ryan finally got a church calling he does mutual for the 14-15 year old boys which includes weekly mutual and 1 major all day event/or campout once a month. CRAZY!

Not much more to report, although I did feel the baby move for sure for the first time a few days ago!

I hope everyone's holidays have been great! We all need to get together and mingle before everyone's schedules get too crazy! So I was thinking maybe a "Party" except not really cuz those who know me know I'm not capable of such things. But if people were to come to my house one night it might be fun! I was thinking December 10-15 exept Tuesday. Let me know if its even possible for anybody.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

It has been forever since I've written anything on here and I thought it would be a great time to tell you all that I'm thankful for you!!

Life is good - Jeff and I are living in Provo while he finishes up his bachelor's degree in International Relations. He's in the process of applying to grad schools for an MPA. The schools are all over the country but I'm hoping for BYU or the U or a school in California. We'll find out next spring and I'm excited. I'm working at an accounting firm in Orem. I am also taking the GRE because I really want to go back to school, but I'm not applying anywhere yet. I'm going to wait until we figure out where we'll be and then maybe start some kind of program in the next couple of years.

I don't have much else to say other than have a fabulous Thanksgiving!! Eat lots!

Speaking for Karen and myself. . . ."Go UTES!"

Hi!!

Hello everyone! So, 2 weeks ago I got laid off from my job! I worked for a mortgage lender and so if you have watched the news at all you know that the housing industry isn't doing so hot these days. Anyways, if anyone knows of any good stay at home jobs, let me know! I want something that I can do a few hours a day from home when the baby is born. I know everyone is thinking of Jet Blue, but they require your house to be silent. Well, that won't work once the baby is born. So, maybe something that is more of a data entry job or something. Anyways, if you know of anything, send it this way. I would also consider a part time job that is outside of the home for the next 2-3 months. I hope everyone is doing well. Love you lots!

New

Well I changed the website for my blog. Sorry...I guess I'm trying to keep as much annonymity as I can! So my new blog address is http://brykar.blogspot.com. Sorry for those of you who have to change it on your own blog's now! :(

Kids Stuff - Clothes, Toys, Bedding - Giant Sale!

My sister lives in Sandy. There is a lady in her ward that used to own a store called "Kid to Kid" in the Sandy Mall. For those of you who haven't heard of this store, it contains a conglomeration of kids merchandise, ranging from clothes to bedding to furniture to toys and so forth. There are both new and used items. The lady is really trying to get rid of her stuff and has been holding multiple sales at her home. I went yesterday with my sister (by pre-arranged appointment) and found TONS of cute clothes for Colt for super cheap. I mostly paid $0.50 or $1.00 for each item, but a couple things were $4.00, and I got a nice coat and snowsuit each for under $10.00. Anyway, the lady is having another public sale this Saturday if you're interested! There is SO MUCH stuff -- it is unbelievable. Give yourself some serious time to sift. And make sure to check the condition of any used items you want to buy.

The address is 10834 S. Whirlaway Lane in Sandy. HERE is a map link. If you're coming from I-15, take the 10600 South exit and head east. After you reach 1300 East, continue straight but watch for the first road on your right called Bay Meadows. Turn there, then turn at your first left called Churchill Downs. That road bends and becomes Whirlaway, and the house is on your right. I'm pretty sure the sale starts at 8:00 a.m. and will last most of the day, probably till 3:00 p.m. The lady will only accept cash.

ONLY A DOLLAR!!!!!

For anyone who loves make-up like I do go to www.eyeslipsface.com they're changing their name so everythings a dollar its awesome code name is carolina for even more money off. Its the greatest site ever!!! Happy shopping!

Bear BEWARE

Hello Friends,

Here's my HaLLoWeeN!



We were The 3 Bears. Colt is the cutest thing in the world. I mean it; just check out this next pic...



And he is so funny, too! We've begun the adventures of rice cereal and squash. It's a hoot.



Well, in other news, I guess I'll finally tell you all that Adam and I are moving to Wyoming. We feel really strongly that we need to be in Star Valley. It's tough, though, to leave my family and friends. Since Adam graduates in December, we'll take off anytime between January and April, depending on when he starts working. Please keep in touch with me! I will be so sad if you don't because I just love you girls. You are the greatest friends.

Happy Halloween!

I finally have something fun to write about! My brother got home from his mission Oct. 12th! I haven't seen him for over 3 years because I came home from my mission 5 months after he left. The picture on top has the whole Frandsen family together again, plus 2 nieces and a nephew.

The bottom pictures are at the Coles' family Halloween party! (I hope you don't mind Kar!) Halloween is Kris and Karlie's favorite holiday, so I'm sure I'll have fun pictures to share every year. Karlie and Scott won the costume contest. Marn made all kinds of spooky food:) We played some fun Halloween games.

Everything is going well with Kris and I. I feel like everything's the same old though. We're both still going to school and working. I graduate in the Spring. That's about all. I hope you all had a fun Halloween.

Our new blog

Hi guys!
So, I've added a blog to our website. The two aren't connected very well yet, but I'm still working on it.

For anyone that's interested, here is a link to our website,
and here is a link to our blog.

Monumental Moment

So I hope you guys aren't sick of me posting, but I had an interesting experience today! I was going to a wedding tonight with another couple tonight. (Jake is in Utah, so he couldn't come!) So I met Joe (the husband) at the mall so we could go pick up his wife from work. It was about 70 out and gorgeous and I was feeling great today! Hooray! But I had a lot of phone calls to make for my 3rd church calling that I just got! (want more info... check out my blog!) Anyway, so I was calling all the young women and the car was kind of warm, so I put the air directly on me. I started to feel a little sick, so I leaned my seat back a little in hope of feeling better. The traffic was awful, a LOT of stop and go and that motion was definitely NOT helping. I apologized to Joe because I wasn't feeling good.. then proceeded to tell him I was pregnant in hopes he would then kind of understand. At this point I'm not feeling good at all! Jake called and was talking to me and I was not really responsive and asked if I could call him back. He of course said sure. Joe, knowing I wasn't feeling well, said, "If you need it, we've got doggy bags for Cady." (their dog!) I immediately asked for one and TOTALLY THREW UP in his car! Talk about embarrassing! Luckily I had the doggy bag and after that I felt wonderful! But.... ugh! It was awful! Sorry if this is TMI!!!

BABY HAWKINS MAY 11th 2008

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let you all know that I'm pregnant! I'm almost 11 weeks along, but I wanted you all to hear from me instead of crazy rumors my mom started at church on Sunday! :) I'm super excited, and have been feeling pretty good for the most part. I've had a few tough weeks, but nothing to complain about! I am already showing, it's crazy! Anyway, YEAH!!!

Leaving for London

Inspired by Karen's amazing microsoft paint skills, I created this in honor of Emily, who leaves for London tomorrow:
Good luck in London Emily!!!

Just thought I would share this cute photo with everyone. I ditched my friends during half time to go up and say hi to Karen and Bryce. Aren't we cute! Go Utes! (Karen I must say this is quite picturesque with the stadium to the left of us. Just US!)

Molly Nicole Pendleton

Here she is! 2 days old.

Hi everyone! Molly was born Sunday, October 7th at 11:07 am on her due date (this happens only 3-4% on average in the US!). She is 7 pounds 6 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. Saturday night at 10:45 pm my water broke as I was about to pick Justin up from work. He got a ride home and my water just slowly broke for a couple of hours. Contractions started at about 2 am and I waited for them to get closer. We went to the hospital at 5 am. After 4 tries I finally got an IV in my arm and I got an epidural at about 8 am (we think, can't quite remember the time at that point!). At about 9 am I was at a 5 and completely thinned out. At 10 am my nurse told me I was ready to push! So I pushed for an hour and Molly arrived! I had a small episiotomy since my doctor said I would probably tear, but other than that, it was pretty smooth.

I was in the hospital for 2 nights and I came home this morning at 11. I am feeling pretty well, obviously just sore, but not too bad. Justin is home with me during the week (we're so glad he isn't in class this semester!) and my mom has come and helped (and will probably come several more times) and my mother-in-law is coming this weekend. (My in-laws left the morning after to get back home for work)

She is a pretty good baby. We think she's had some acid reflux or gas in the past couple days where she'll just cry and you can't really soothe her, so that's frustrating! But that's just how it goes sometimes! Tomorrow we're going to get some drops to help. She nurses pretty well also, but she likes to fall asleep! I'm sure as the days go on she'll be able to stay awake better! But for now we always have to poke and prod her to remember that she's supposed to be eating! :)

You'll have to vote and let us know who you think she looks like. My mom says she looks similar to how I looked when I was a baby. My brother and his wife think she's a mix of both...so who knows! But we sure think she's pretty cute and we love her so much!

Don't you love all of that hair?

Grandparents for the first time!

So precious!


Our happy little family! (taken right after she was born)

Just me again!

I had to show you all a picture of my new Harp. I just love it. I started lessons again and I have a recital in November, and I am playing in a Harp ensemble with 8 other harpists in December. That is it I won't post any more pics for a while.

Jane

Disneyland in October

Last week my mom, sister and her two girls and I decided to go to Disneyland. Just a last minute thing. It was so fun! We flew to Cali. on Wednesday, went to Disneyland Thursday, when shopping Friday and came back Saturday. It was a quick trip but nice to get away. Disneyland was all decorated for Halloween. We spent the day in Disneyland then that night we had tickets to go to California Adventure and go Trick-or-Treating. My niece Addie loved it. She was Snow White as you can see from all of the Pictures. I have never stood in so many lines to meet princesses, but Addie had to meet them. If any of you get the chance go to Disneyland in October you should definitely go.





Sorry the pictures are all crazy I am still trying to fugure out how to do this.

CONGRATS!!!

I just wanted to say congrats to Nicole and Justin and new baby Molly! I cant wait to see her! And for anyone else who cares Ben and Andrea Luikart and their new baby Brady.

I have real stuff to share this time.

Adam and I continue to experience the joys of Colt's development. He has found his face. It started with his ear, and now he slaps his hand against his forehead and cheeks and rubs around. He also loves to hang on to his toes and to reach for anything in sight. He talks more and more, mostly by "ahhhh"-ing for long stretches. It is hilarious!! And then my favorite: When I'm holding him (facing outward) on my lap and talk or kiss his head, he twists around to look up at me. Once he sees me, he breaks out into a huge grin. Oh, he's cute!! Yesterday a friend of ours said while holding Colt, "You are a high-maintenance baby. You can tell that your mama stays at home and plays with you all day." Well, such is the case. I guess now you are all forewarned that Colt likes attention and may fuss if you don't play while holding him!

BELLY TIME.

WHAT CAN I SAY? HE'S OFFICIALLY A COUGAR THUG.

MAN, HOW HE LOVES THOSE FEET!

COLT AND MOM AT A BABY SHOWER IN ST. GEORGE.

And a story to conclude:
When you hang out with other mothers and their children, it is necessary to prepare for adventures. I went to the gardens at Thanksgiving Point with my mom, Colt, my sister and her two kids, and my sister's two friends who each had two kids... So 5 adults and 7 kids. It was beautiful and peaceful, and I loved the walk and the secret garden (which looks very much like the one in the movie). However, our day consisted of a near-miss from a golf ball, a potty break in the bushes for one of the three-year-olds (at this age all requests for a bathroom must be immediate and taken very seriously), a 45-minute wait for lunch at the restaurant, another 30 minutes to get our food once seated (because there were only two servers during the lunch rush!), Cru wanting to climb on everything, Adi being given fermented apple juice, Dillon not wanting to nurse and then crying, Cru squeezing his flourescent green gogurt all over the white linen tablecloth and the floor and his mom's clothes, Adi writing with pen all over the white linen tablecloth, Hayden having to go to the bathroom, then Adi having to go to the bathroom, then Colt crying. Even though we mothers were feeling quite frazzled, it didn't take long before we were all laughing hard about the situation and running out the door to get home. What a colorful day!

Funny Mom

You guys should check out the description on this ebay item.

I told Brooke I'd send this to her via email, but it's so funny that I thought I'd share with everyone.

Reunion

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone went to the reunion? If so how was it? Had anyone changed? If you did go, fill me in!

Summer 2007

Hi guys,
It's been awhile since I've posted. We're home from our summer adventures and back to real life. I'm working as a hydrologist intern at the National Weather Service, and Jared is working on his MBA at Westminster and getting a business started. He travels to China next month with his school, but I am home to stay for awhile.

I thought I'd post a few photo highlights of our trips to Europe and Southeast Asia this summer. Sorry if this is a really long post, but I figure I haven't posted in so long, I've earned it!! (: (:

We began our adventure in Europe with my family. We visited Italy, Switzerland, France, and Austria. We then flew home for a week, and then went back to Southeast Asia, where we traveled through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Here are some pictures:

Us at the Grand Canal in Venice
Bayeux, France (did I spell that right Christine?)
Hiking in Switzerland
Riding scooters down a mountain in Austria
Hiking through a rice paddy in northern Thailand

Arc d'Triomphe........Laos??? The US gave concrete to Laos to build an airport, but instead built this monument. Laos was occupied by the French for many years, and the influence is still obvious.

Outside of Angkor Wat, Cambodia. One of the most spectacular things I have ever seen.

Inside the CuChi tunnels in southern Vietnam. The Vietcong spend the whole duration of the Vietnam war living and fighting from these tunnels. And they weren't even this big! They made this one bigger for tourists to walk through. Crazy!!!!Northern and Southern Vietnam still feel like 2 different countries. Saigon, in the south, has 10 million people driving 4 million scooters. Hanoi, above, is the capitol of the north and is clean and quiet. We are standing in the center of the city, which is a huge lake! The city has a midnight curfew. At 12, police drive around with horns making everybody go inside. It was so wierd!!We ended our trip relaxing in Southern Thailand. It was so nice!!! Jared's sister, Alisa, was along for the adventure

climbing above the ocean in southern Thailand

And last, but not least, the wonderful, sanitary, toilets of Southeast Asia. By the end of the trip, we were thrilled if a toilet had toilet paper available. If there was soap and water, we were truly ecstatic!

So, I hope I haven't bored you all with our pictures. We don't have our own blog yet, but I am working on writing us a website, hosenfelds.com, so hopefully that will be up soon!!

I hope that everybody is doing well!! I love reading about everybody's lives, so keep posting!!