The Foote's

Dalton's 2nd Birthday Party

2010-08-08T15:19:00.000-07:00

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So, this post is a little late but back in June we celebrated Dalton's 2nd birthday. This year Dalton wanted a Mickey Mouse birthday party. I was able to make some really fun things for his party like pinwheels and Mickey Mouse party hats. For his friend goodies I made a "Dalton's Mix CD" full of Disney and Pixar movie music. I wanted to make it a classic Mickey Mouse party so I decided to stick with a black, red, and yellow color theme. Since I couldn't find any classic Mickey Mouse party supplies I decided to make my own. I ended up using black paper plates and bought a Mickey Mouse stamp that I used to stamp the white napkins and pinata candy bags.

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Unfortunately the week of Dalton's party the whole family got sick with the flu and we had to postpone the party to the following week. I had so many other things going on that week also that I wasn't able to make a grand Mickey Mouse cake and had to stick with cupcakes. I was very sad and it took a lot of convincing myself that it is not the end of the world if I don't have a grand birthday cake for my son. So, like I said, I ended up making what I like to call "Suprise Cupcakes". I made a chocolate cupcake that had an oreo at the bottom with a cream cheese whipped cream frosting. (Which, in the future I would avoid the whip cream frosting for an outside party and probably just stick with some buttercream that would hold up a lot better.) Sooo yummy! I made the Mickey faces a few days ahead of time and cut them out of fondant using a miniature cookie cutter I purchased online. I also custom made the cupcake stand to match the theme of the party! My friend, Mindy, made some Mickey Mouse suguar cookies that she decorated with buttercream icing and fondant. Sooooo yummy, too! And of course we had to get a Mickey Mouse pinata. We had a blast! Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate with us!!!

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Hannah and Connley all decked out in their party gear. I forgot to mention I also got pins from Disneyland for all the kids.
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Dalton's owie. :(
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I'm not really sure why Mickey Mouse is wearing a suit? Guess he dressed up for the party...
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Happy Birthday Dalton! Hope it was a good one!!

Happy Birthday Connley!

2010-03-28T11:45:00.000-07:00

Connley turned 4 last week and we had a Toy Story party for him last Saturday. I made life easy and sent out an evite this year. This is the image I made for the evite.

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When I asked Connley what kind of party he wanted this year he told me he wanted a Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and Rex dinosaur party. So I decided we may as well just make it a Toy Story party.

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the Cake:

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This year I decided to try my hand at fondant and because of this I decided to make the cake a little more simple. I purchased little Toy Story action figures from ebay. I made a round 9 inch cake for the bottom and a round 6 inch cake for the top. I then used a layer of buttercream icing and then covered the cakes with fondant. (Both recipes are waay yummy!) I cut the white clouds out by hand and adhered them to the cake using a small drop of water on the back of each cloud. I then used the buttercream icing to pipe the edges. I ended up using the buttercream to stick the figures on the cake but had trouble with them staying on when transporting the cake. I think it would have been better if I had made royal icing to adhere the figures. I'm still learning!

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The best part about the cake this year is my birthday present that arrived the day I began making the cakes. Just in time!....

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Yay! My new Kitchen Aid!

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the Party:
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Seriously, how awesome is this pinata?! Yes, that's suppose to be Woody. Haha! When I picked him up at the pinata shop I was a bit surprised, but Connley loved it and that's all that matters, right?! ;)
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Happy Birthday, dear Connley!

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Present time!

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Dalton got Connley a Bumblebee Transformer for his birthday.
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Mom and Dad got him his much asked for Rex the dinosaur.
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Messy, messy little boy.

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Happy Birthday Connley! We love you!!!

Thanks to those who came to celebrate with us!

Bucket O Soldiers

2010-01-07T14:45:00.000-08:00

love these pictures

of connley playing with his toy soldiers he got for christmas!

Santa Claus

2009-12-29T16:09:00.000-08:00

This year we got to see Santa Claus at Disneyland. Not only did we see Santa, but Mrs. Claus and Santa's reindeer too! In this shot Connley is asking Santa for a Toy Story Woody for Christmas. He was so excited to see Santa and ask him for Woody.

So, was Connley a good boy this year? What could be in that present with the big red bow?!

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I'd say he was a good boy!

Christmas Day

2009-12-26T12:45:00.000-08:00

How did you spend your Christmas day?

Once the kids went down for their naps Jason and I spent our Christmas afternoon making this short film with some of the new toys we, I mean the kids, got for Christmas.

We hope you had a good one! Enjoy!

Awe, memories...

2009-12-24T14:11:00.000-08:00

Exactly a year ago from today we had our Speirs Family Ugly Sweater Christmas Eve Dinner. I will miss not seeing my family for Christmas this year and their ugly sweaters. Christmas just isn't Christmas without ugly sweaters...oh, and family of course! So who do you think has the ugliest sweater? (You can't really see, but James is wearing a University of Utah sweater. haha!)

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Brave little Connley

2009-12-23T21:23:00.000-08:00

More Disneyland?! You're probably wondering if there is anything else we do besides go to Disneyland. Hmmm...nope, not really. I'm a little behind on posting these pictures. Okay, a lot behind. We went to Disneyland back in October with my mom, sister, brother, sister-in-law, and a bunch of their buddies. This trip was especially fun because the fact that Connley is now tall enough to ride the big rides! Yay! And the best part is he is also brave enough. Maybe because I didn't really give him a choice to be afraid. I just took him on the rides and told him how cool and fun they were and he thought they were cool and fun. So now when I ask him what his favorite rides are at Disneyland he tells me, "the Hotel (the Tower of Terror), Speedrace Train (Thunder Mountain), Space Mountain..." and of course Buzz Lighteryear, Finding Nemo, and Pirates are still on the list. I love my little boy!!! So, here are some pics from Connley's first experiences on these rides...

The Tower of Terror

Here's a closer look of his face. Haha! LOVE it! And yes, he still wants to ride the ride.

Here's Space Mountain. Wait. Where is Connley?! Well, he's sitting in the chair next to me. Can't see him at all. Yes, he's in the seat in front of my terrified, screaming sister. I imagine his face was somewhat like the one above.

Up

2009-10-25T18:31:00.000-07:00

The 2009 Foote family Halloween costumes are up! Well, literally. We did an 'Up' theme this year. We had our ward Trunk-or-Treat party this last Friday. Connley was Mr. Carl Fredrickson and Dalton was Russell the Junior Wilderness Explorer trying to earn his Assisting the Elderly merit badge. Of course there was also a floating house and lots of balloons involved. The boys played their parts so well. Connley loved being Mr. Fredrickson. So much in fact that today for church he wanted to be Carl again. I was able to convince him that the bow tie was enough and he didn't need the white hair or glasses. We had a blast! Now it's time to start planning for next year! :)

This is the best picture I was able to get of Carl and Russell together.

Carl Fredrickson

Russell the Junior Wilderness Explorer

(Notice Russell has a Wall-E sleeping bag on his backpack. :)

All of the kids at the party LOVED the house and balloons. Everyone wanted to take a turn holding it. Apparently I made it sturdy enough because it survived!

Russell kept going from table to table sitting next to different people. I told them he was just trying to earn his Assisting the Elderly badge. It was pretty funny.

What a grouchy old man...

Connley with his best buddy Tristan who was dressed up as the Tin Man.

After the party with their stash.

Here's a couple of close up pictures of the house I made. It is made out of cereal boxes and just glued together and painted. Perfect resemblance, right? Well, it's the best I could do with only one day to complete it. (I was sick at the beginning of the week and ended up only having a few days to finish the costumes. It all worked out though.)

And here's Connley this morning right before church sporting his Carl Fredrickson bow tie.

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Happy Halloween!!!

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More fun with the Speirs family!

2009-09-07T17:16:00.000-07:00

After a few fun filled days at Disneyland we finished off the week at the beach. We brought our camping grill and had hot dogs and hamburgers. A few of us went in the water and played while the rest stayed in cuddled under beach towels. It was a cool day at the beach, too cool for the people from Arizona.

Jason found these glasses while snorkling. Great find!

We had a perfect little setup for our BBQ...

Dalton got a hold of the grapes...and proceeded to eat them sandy. Mmm...

My mom and dad...

Action shot!

Connley and Grandpa

Dalton practicing his surfing...

Cold AZ girls...

Woofums!

Jon making "the Ultimate Woofum". I like to call it a 'Smoofum'. It's a Woofum and a S'more mixed in one. The best of both worlds. Yum! :)

The best part part about Woofums--besides eating them--is watching other people eat them...and getting pictures of other people eating them!

I love how Connley is just walking around the beach with his Woofum. I don't think he fully understands the concept of 'woofing-em'.

And that about wraps up our week with the Speirs family! The Foote family comes this week!

Disneyland!

2009-08-25T15:09:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday my family came out from Arizona and we spent the day with them at Disneyland. We had a blast! The kids loved it! Connley has already started asking when grandma is coming back to go to Disneyland. This last time he only asked me like five times a day! No joke. It begins again! Ahhhh! I'm glad he likes it so much. What a spoiled little boy! Speaking of spoiled, Aunt Jessie bought Connley his Mickey ears the last time we were at Disneyland so grandma bought Dalton a pair this time. These boys look so adorable and they love their Mickey ears!

Okay, so they had the most beautiful flowers at Disneyland. These are my favorite!

We woke up early so we could be there right as the gates opened. Dalton didn't last long. This is his morning nap...

This is everyone's reaction when we were watching the Star Wars Training Academy...

Jessie is really amazed! (Not posed at all:)

Hey, I caught a picture of my dad smiling! (For those of you that don't know him, it's not that he doesn't smile, it's just really hard to get a good smile from him when taking his picture. So pretty much I caught him off gaurd.)

I thought Jessie did a splendid job of taking this picture. Totally have to give her credit for it!

So this cute little Mickey Mouse outfit Dalton is wearing is a gift from grandma RaDean given to him when he was born. The funny thing is that it is a 3-6 month outfit. He is my peanut baby! Thanks grandma RaDean!

After lunch we were all ready for a nap. Connley fell asleep in the little umbrella stroller. He was hanging half way out but still managed to get a good nap in.

Jessie had the same problem.

Dalton on the other hand just woke up from his nap and was ready to go!

Toy Story Mania!

My super hero brother...

He's really tough!

Thanks for all the fun Disneyland memories everyone!

A Tribute to Michael Jackson

2009-08-23T21:34:00.000-07:00

This week my family came out from Arizona and we all went to Disneyland. While standing in line waiting for our turn to enter the elevator on the Tower of Terror ride we were deciding on what poses we would strike for the camera. My sister, Jessie, came up with the great idea that we should do a "Thriller" pose. Ha! I thought that was hilarious! So the six of us in our party decided we were going to do a "Thriller" pose. The guy standing next to us heard us talking and said he'd join in. So then we were joking about how funny it would be to get everyone on the ride to strike the "Thriller" pose. The guy and I decided we would make an announcement once we were on the ride. So, once we were all seated and right before they closed the elevator door I yell, "Okay everyone, we have an announcement!" Everyone gives me this look like what the heck?! So the guy tells everyone that we are going to strike the "Thriller" pose to the left. It was the first time on the ride for some of them so they didn't know exactly when the picture was, but I attempted yelling through the music "Thriller to the left!!!" I thought we had a pretty good result. Seriously, how fun is Disneyland?! Plotting and goofing off with perfect strangers?!

...More Dinsneyland pictures coming soon!!!

Lake Powell 2009!

2009-08-02T22:27:00.000-07:00

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...the whole crew...

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i have a massive amount of pictures from the week, only like 1,000 or so?! it was hard narrowing them down, but here's a brief overview of our week...(a few of the pics are courtesy of my sister-in-law rachel. thx rach!)

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...first we had to load all our stuff onto the houseboat...

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...we did some wakeboarding...

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check out my killer air!

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okay, my brother gets ridiculous air!

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and check out this back flip!!!

(oh, and i have to mention how much

i LOVE my camera for taking such awesome pics!)

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check out this 13 year old boy's air!

(this is my cousin's son Jake.)

these boys make my air look lame! that's why i put mine first!!

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...the boys attempted a ski pyramid...

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and this is as far as they got.

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maybe next time...

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...and my brother put on a show...

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you can check out his video on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaCK6e3xuoY

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...we also had some TUBE WARS!...

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the key is to never let go.

i almost lost my shorts on this one!

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i'm still gripping with one hand!

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and now i'm hanging off the back end...

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...yes, there were injuries...

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i just kicked him in the face! accident...i promise.

sorry tom!!

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my sister-in-law rachel hurt her

foot wakeboarding the second day! poor girl!

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...and in between it all we had some more fun...

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look, i'm in a picture!

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lake powell was awesome! we had a blast! i LOVE my family!! i could have easily spent another week out there. i'm already counting down the days until next year!

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thanks for such a great time everyone!!

Dalton's 1st Birthday: Beach Party!

2009-06-19T08:16:00.000-07:00

Dalton turned one! We had his birthday party last Saturday at the beach. We had cousins and friends come celebrate with us. Since we were partying at the beach I decided to make a crab birthday cake.

The crab cake was not as intense as the WALL-E cake but still took a fair amount of time to make. Most of the time was spent frosting the legs. For those who may be curious, here's how I made it...The body was made out of two round cakes and I carved the two sides to come to a slight point. The claws were made out of a second round cake that I cut two circles out of and cut to look like claws. The legs were made out of Twinkies that I cut in half. I used a buttercream frosting to frost and decorate the cake. Then I sprinkled graham cracker crumbs around the cake for the finishing touch. It was a lot of work but also a lot fun to make. I was happy with the outcome, thank goodness! I am always so worried about whether it will come out like I've pictured it or not. This one did. Yay!

I put little goodies together for the kids. I got sand pails and put each kid's name on them. I tied a rake on each pail and filled the pails up with a bag of goldfish crackers, fruit snacks, and a water gun. The kids loved the water guns.

This is Dalton's cute birthday outfit that his Grandma and Grandpa Speirs got him. The shorts have little crabs on them. So cute!

How cute is this little girl?! This is our friend Emily. (Connley calls her Emmy.)

Dalton is a climber. This is him climbing the pizza boxes to see what dad is doing. I sure love this kid!

Mmmm. Everybody loved the pizza!

My cousin Katie took some really cute pictures for me. I love this one of Dalton with his dad.

Katie

Connley managed to get a hold of two guns...

Birthday cake time! Katie took these pictures for me too. She got such cute shots! Thanks Katie!!

Katie

Once everyone got their pieces of cake we let Dalton have the rest. He liked that!

He like it so much in fact he decided to get into the left over pizza too!

Presents!!

Happy 1st Birthday Dalton! We love you sweet little boy!!

Katie

We had a blast! Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us!!

some of the reasons i LOVE being a mom...

2009-06-08T21:03:00.000-07:00

"Look mom, I Spiderman!"
Yes, that is underwear on Connley's head. Spiderman underwear to be exact. He put it on his head and was running around the house and climbing everything pretending to be Spiderman. Pretty creative, I have to give him that!

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Connley-Size Burger

Tonight we had hamburgers for dinner. I always make Connley a minature pattie and he usually doesn't end up eating much of it. I was talking to Jason and thinking that they should sell minature buns in the store when I came up with this great idea...make my own! I got a small glass out of the cupboard and used it as a cookie cutter and made a small bun out of the big bun. Genius I tell you! So I made a cute little hamburger for Connley. And he LOVED it! In fact, he ended up eating the whole thing. And apparently he thought it was from McDonald's because he kept saying "McDonald's. McDonald's burger." Sure, if that's what you want to think and if that is what will get you to eat it! I thought it was such a cute little burger.

Memorial Weekend: Camping Trip!

2009-06-07T20:48:00.000-07:00

Jason got off work early the Thursday before the Memorial Day weekend and he had Friday through Monday off of work, so we decided at the last minute to go camping! We packed up the car, threw the kids in, and headed up to San Bernidino. Our first attempt was to get a camping spot next to a stream so that Jason could do some fishing. By the time we got up there Thursday evening there weren't any good spots by the stream. Surprisingly enough there was a good group of people that had an extra long weekend like us. We ended up finding a nice camping spot, but it wasn't by the stream. Oh well, maybe next time! The kids had a blast running, and crawling, around in the dirt. They were a mess! I guess we really all were! We stayed two nights and came home Saturday afternoon. The weather during the day was perfect, but at night it was freezing! Luckily we had warm clothes and lots of blankets.

This first picture of Dalton is what he wore to bed. Poor kid could hardly move. Notice that he has only one glove on? We left one hand free because he is a thumb sucker.

The boys playing in the dirt. Connley was very attached
to the shovel.

I LOVE how he's digging in the dirt in his underpants.

Messy faces!

Dirt eater...

Yay! A picture of mom with her boys!

Jason relaxing under the shade of a tree.

Who wants s'more's?!

These are my nature pictures...

We had a blast! I think we're going to start camping more often now that we have the gear and know that the kids love it.

Memorial Weekend: A Sunday evening stroll.

2009-06-04T14:25:00.000-07:00

On Sunday evening Connley, Dalton, and I went for a walk with our friends Doris and Tristan. We walked on a dirt path that follows along the bay. It was such a nice evening and the kids had fun running up and down the path. The boys were so cute and it was so fun taking their pictures! This is our Sunday evening adventure...

Dalton stuck in the stroller trying to see what the big boys are
up to...

Doris found this crab in the sand. It was dead and dried out,
but really cool...

I thought these two boats in the bay looked really cool...

Memorial Weekend: A day at the beach.

2009-06-01T15:30:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Jason had Friday through Monday off for the Memorial Day holiday. We ended up having quite the adventurous weekend. I figured I would post everything backwards (start with Monday and go back to Friday) because then it will all be in order by the time I'm done. So...

We spent Monday at a nice quiet beach on the bay with some friends. There were no crowds, it was perfect. Connley played with his buddies Tristan and Kennan while Dalton followed them around. Jason spent the time fishing and I enjoyed visiting with the girls. It was the perfect way to finish off our long weekend!

Jason fishing/relaxing.

He used live shrimp as his bait. It was interesting to see a
shrimp that was still alive.

The boys were very curious.

I love how they're all sitting lined up.

Jason caught a fish!

There were lots of sailboats in the bay. It was fun watching them
come in and out.

Connley and his best buddy Tristan. (We call them Thing 1 and
Thing 2.)

Kennan.

Love the shoes!

Dalton hanging out on the beach.

What a cute little boy!

Okay, LOVE this picture. How sweet are these boys?!

Ooooo, fancy goggles!

The boys...

The rest will be coming soon...I promise!

Happy Birthday Chloe!

2009-05-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

Chloe is my cousin Steven and Brooke's now 2 year old little girl. Last weekend was her birthday party. The party was held outside and they had a bouncy house, lots of food, and even a pinata! Everything was decorated soooo cute and girly!! The kids all ran around having a blast. We sure love birthdays!!

The Birthday Girl...

She has such beautiful eyes!

Cupcakes...with flowers on top...so cute!

The very much loved bouncy house...

Love the birthday girl's outfit...

Present time...

Hey, look! There's a picture of me! Look closely and you can see
my reflection in the glass...

Love these boys! These are my cousin Katie's twins...

Katie with her boys...patiently waiting for their turn with the
pinata...

Dalton looking oh so cute, watching the kids hit the
pinata...

Connley waiting for his turn with the pinata. I think the kids
are still wondering why we were beating up Elmo...(one of the
little girls were actually crying about Elmo being hit with a bat.)

Connley's turn to wack Elmo...

Chloe's sister Sienna...

The adults had to take a turn, otherwise Elmo would still be in
one piece and we would have no candy to fill up our bags...

Brooke did such a great job with the party. Thanks for such a fun and cute party Brooke! We had a blast!!

A Day at the Beach

2009-05-05T15:33:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we had our friends the Critchfield's visiting from Arizona and we spent our Saturday at the beach. We had lots of fun flying kites, boogie boarding, playing in the water and sand, and even burying kids in the sand! Of course I brought my camera and took lots of pictures. We had a great time!

Jason flying his new kite.

Don't they look like pros?

This is how you keep the kids from running off. It works great!

Dalton and Shaelyn (They're about a month apart in age. Dalton

is older, though it doesn't look it! He is such a peanut.)

Cutest little beach outfit! I love all the pink!!

Shaelyn and Mom hanging out on the beach.

Shaelyn and Dad

Critchfield family photos...

The WALL-E Sandwich

2009-04-17T14:46:00.000-07:00

Why stop at a WALL-E cake? Why not a WALL-E PB&J sandwich? Well, Connley asked for one and this is what he got...

Fancy, eh? Any other special requests?!

Mom's little dishwasher.

2009-04-15T19:12:00.000-07:00

Since we don't have the luxury of an actual dishwasher, I have recruited Connley as my little dishwasher. Actually, he wanted to help me one night and I couldn't resist taking some pictures, especially because the fact that he was washing the dishes in his underwear. Way too cute a moment to miss taking any pictures! This picture was my favorite...

Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-02T22:02:00.000-07:00

This morning my good friend Allison had an Easter Egg Hunt at her house. Connley was excited for the candy and I was excited for a chance to try out my new lens. Pictures! Pictures! I am always up for a group of cute faces to use as my subjects. I ended up with lots of cute pictures, here are some of my very favorites...

Emily(Connley calls her 'Emmy'), Dalton, and Connley

I love how this one turned out with the bubbles.

I love the Look Emily has on her face.

Silly and excited Connley.

I love this little girls headband.

This picture cracked me up...little Dalton with his little Piano.

The Reality of It...

2009-03-29T19:07:00.000-07:00

This afternoon I was reading "Jack-Jack Attack" to Connley. When we came across this page...

...Connley said "That mom. Mom, it's you." So apparently this is what I look like. Jason said this is what I look like when he gets home from work. Sadly, and funny enough, they are both probably right.

PARTY!!!

2009-03-25T14:31:00.000-07:00

We had a birthday party for Connley last Saturday. He is three! Wow! We had it at a park so the kids could just run around and play. We had pizza, chips, fruit, soda, and...cake. I decided to go with a WALL-E theme this year. Connley loves WALL-E, and well, so do I. I made WALL-E invitations, WALL-E decorations, WALL-E goodie bags, and of course, what would a WALL-E party be without a WALL-E cake?!? So I took on the challenge to make a WALL-E cake. Four boxed cake mixes, 8.5 pounds of frosting, and two days later we had ourselves a WALL-E cake. I stayed up till midnight the night before the party to finish the cake. The next morning when I showed Connley he was sooo excited and said "I like it!" Perfect reaction. Well, I'm very pleased with how it turned out. The best part is it all held together and it even tasted good! It was very sad when it came time to cut the cake, but totally worth all the effort of making it. Happy Birthday Connley!!

The WALL-E Cake...

The Invitations...

This is the envelope the invitation came in.

The Goodie Bag...

Each goodie bag had a small pot with soil,

a small bag of seeds, and a small WALL-E.

The Party...

Connley blowing out the candles on his cake.

The End of the Party...

Poor WALL-E. (or maybe poor me?!)

2009-02-25T14:11:00.000-08:00

bUbbLES!

DALTON

I think I'm done taking pictures now mom!

Oh no, I think we have a crawler!!!

2009-02-23T20:01:00.000-08:00

Yay! I finally got my long awaited, much anticipated SLR digital camera!! I went crazy taking pictures of Connley and Dalton this morning. They're such good sports. These are some of my favorites...

BROTHERS...
I love how they are making the same face as each other in each of the pictures.

DALTON

CONNLEY

Our Weekend with Uncle Jakey & Aunt Rachel...

2009-02-13T22:19:00.000-08:00

Day 1: Disneyland

Jake and Rachel came down from San Francisco to take their favorite (and only) nephews to Disneyland. We had a blast! Lets just say it was...magical. ;) Connley LOVED it! We couldn't have picked a better day to go. We went last Friday and had a nice overcast afternoon and rain showers in the evening. The cloudy skies and rain made for short, if any, lines, which made for plenty of time to get in all the rides we had hoped to hit. Connley loved the Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story rides, he got to shoot lazers at things, who wouldn't like that? He also loved Pirates of the Caribbean. Dalton also got to enjoy those rides with us. Despite being soaked through, we all made it until 10:00 that night. Dalton was cozy, warm, and dry in his stroller under a huge umbrella and Connley couldn't get enough splashing around in the puddles. I think he thought it was all the best thing ever. He was in heaven. Well, here's all of our captured moments at the the most Magical Place On Earth...(a special thanks to Rachel for capturing all of these moments)...

Goofy!

Connley and Uncle Jakey having the time of their lives!

Connley's sweet 3-D glasses for the Toy Story ride.

We all looked awesome in our 3-D glasses.

And look who we happened to come across...

WALL-E!!!! Yes, Connley was VERY excited.

Mom and Connley with WALL-E.

Connley, Uncle Jakey, and WALL-E.

Such a cute little boy.

This is Connley's reaction when he saw

Buzz Lightyear in the Pixar Parade. He

was sooo excited and amazed.

Connley watching the Pixar Parade on

Uncle Jakey's shoulders.

Connley checking out the giant Buzz in

the Buzz Lightyear ride line. We were

soaking wet by this point, but still

having fun!

Dalton just waking up from his nap. He

was all bundled up with a hat on and it

left him with this nice hair do!

Just another cute picture of Dalton all

bundled up.

Day 2: Whale Watching...Attempt

The next day we attempted to go whale watching. We got on the boat and were on it for about five minutes before the captain got on the loud speaker and said he was having trouble with the steering wheel and so we had to go back into dock, meaning...no whales. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, the boys still managed to have a good time for the fifteen minutes we were on the boat. Jacob's friend Brad came along with us and he showed Connley how to make puppets out of the barf bags. Yummy. Connley loved it. We ended up walking around the mall and going out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. So, here's the pictures from our Day 2 adventure...

Barf bag puppets!

Mom, Connley and Dalton in front of our

whale watching boat.

Aunt Rachel taught Connley how to use

the pockets in his jacket, a necessary skill.

Connley trying on hats at the mall. I

think this picture is hilarious!

The boys found these shoes and thought

they'd look great on Connley. What do

you think?

October Festivities

2008-11-08T22:20:00.000-08:00

Okay, so here they are! The much anticipated Halloween pictures. So, this year we started planning costumes early because we wanted to be sure to have the best costumes ever! We decided to be PIRATES and Jason made the boys a very cool pirate ship. He spent his three day weekend putting it together. He fastened cardboard to the sides of the boys' wagon to create the shape of the ship. I happened to find a really cool styrofoam skull to fasten on the bow. Then he paper masched the entire boat. After that he painted it using various shades of brown, doing his best to make it look like wood. Then he added the lines for the planks. He fashioned a nice sail out of wood rods, rope, and heavy duty material. And then lastly, we had to come up with the perfect name. We decide on "The Pygmy"--and yes, Jason did scroll the name on himself--which is pretty much a group of midget people. We thought it appropriate since our Captain, Dalton, and First Mate, Connley, are little people. I must say, I was very impressed with the outcome of the ship, I think Jason was quite surprised himself. I think he might just have a talent there. :)

So, I ended up being in charge of the costumes. It was lots of fun dressing up as Pirates. We had our ward Halloween party the Saturday before Halloween. We were in high hopes of winning the costume contest. The judges couldn't decide between two sets of us and so they had the crowd vote between the two of us. The ironic thing is that we were up against Peter Pan, Wendy, and Tinkerbell. Hmmm, it couldn't have gotten much better than that, the Pirates vs. Peter Pan! Well, to say the least, we won! We were so happy that all our hard work had paid off.

They also had a chili cookoff that evening and Jason made some of his yummy chili for it. He ended up winning first place in that too. (I was so proud of him!) We swept the competition this year! Look out 6th Ward, the Foote's do not take competition lightly! (I've noticed I'm using lots of exclamation marks! I can't help it I'm excited!!)

Well, enough talk. Enjoy the pictures...

THE PIRATE SHIP

THE COSTUMES

Dalton lounged in the ship during the evening next

to what looks like a bottle of rum. He looked like a

drunk little pirate.

THE PUMPKIN PATCH

Dalton's Pumpkin Patch experience. (He's such

a good little baby.)

This is the AWESOME sword I won

for Connley. Am I the best mom or

what?!

Connley riding the train.

Connley going down the HUGE slide. I couldn't

believe he didn't even hesitate at all.

Connley riding in the Batmobile doing one if his

favorite things, shooting a gun. Joy.

Matching shirts I made for Connley and Dalton.

They say "Captain" and "First Mate". They are

both sooo cute! Rrrrrrr.....

We hope you all had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Cute Blog

2008-10-28T15:43:00.000-07:00

Hooray! My blog is FINALLY cute!! Now I am more excited to post on it. Hopefully I will start doing better. There is a link on the upper left corner of my blog where you can find free layout downloads and it is so easy to apply it to your blog. It seriously took me less than 5 minutes. Enjoy! Come back soon...I will get some Halloween pictures up. You won't want to miss them!

Dalton's Blessing

2008-09-12T14:31:00.000-07:00

We blessed Dalton last Sunday. I took a ton of pictures of him in his blessing outfit. He wore the same outfit Connley was blessed in, which happens to be the outfit that all my brother's were blessed in. He looked so adorable! Jason's parents and my parents and sister Jessie came out from Arizona for the blessing. The Baker cousins and Aunt Lee and Uncle Barry also made it out, along with our friends Allison and Matt and their spouses. It was so great having everyone there. We really appreciate everyone that came. After sacrament meeting we had lunch at Aunt Lee and Uncle Barry's house. It was lots of fun visiting with everyone and there was lots of good food!

DALTON'S PHOTO SHOOT

This is my favorite picture. I love how
he is holding his hands. He does that a
lot. It is sooo cute!

LUNCH AT THE BAKER'S

Matt & Christi and Allison, Justin, & Emily

Our little family picture. (I still can't believe I

have 2 kids!)

Aunt Jessie, Grandpa and Grandma Speirs

Papa and Grandma Foote

Katie (representing her family), Christy & James,

Aunt Lee & Uncle Barry, the Speirs, and the

Foote's.

The Fourth of July

2008-07-12T14:22:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July this year we went to my Aunt Lee and Uncle Barry's house for a BBQ and swim party with all of my cousins and their kids. It was lots of fun! We took all the kids swimming and then we had hamburgers and hot dogs and then the kids ran around some more. We were so tired by the end of the day. We ended up being too tired to go out to see fireworks so we decided to just stay home this year. We were relaxing and watching a movie and the fireworks at the bay started and we were able to see some of them from our front porch. It was perfect! So we took Connley out and watched the fireworks from the porch. I have to say that it was the most convient firework show I have ever seen. It was nice to not have to find a parking spot and battle crowds. Plus, once it was over it was straight to bed for Connley. Here's some pics of our fun 4th of July!

Connley eating watermelon and his
crazy hair that is sticking straight up.

This is the only picture I got of Dalton,
he's sitting in his car seat in the
background.

Chillin' in the lawn chair, getting some
sun.

Connley and his cousin Sienna. They are sooo
cute!

Cousin Chloe with the dog, Taco. She is to cute
too!

Connley with cousin Ethan (or maybe
David, I can't tell from the back. They
are twins).

I had to add in these pictures for fun. Dalton slept in a laundry basket for the first couple of weeks, but now that he is getting longer he has graduated to a long tupperware that use to store my shoes. It is his high quality bassinet. I figure we have all slept in a basket or drawer at one time in our lives.

Connley really wanted to take a picture with
his brother. He is a proud brother!

Dalton's bassinet. :o)

Family Time

2008-07-07T15:04:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of Dalton! My parents and brother and sister came to visit a few weeks ago. Dalton was a week and a half old. We went to the beach for about an hour and I am so bummed because I forgot my camera. So I don't have the proof that Dalton went to the beach at a week and a half, but it's true. He's going to be a born surfer dude! Then the next weekend Jason's parents came to visit. We also took them to the beach and took them to this good little Mexican Restaurant there. Of course I forgot my camera again. I guess your brain just gets worse with each kid! Ahhhh! Well, here are some pictures I did get of everyone's visit. Enjoy!

Sweet little sleeping baby (He loves to sleep on
daddy's chest.)

Dalton with Aunt Jessie

Dalton with Grandma

Dalton with Grandpa

Dalton and Aunt Jessie sleeping

Dalton and Uncle Jon-Jon

Two Brothers (Connley has a sticker

on his head from an apple. Random.)

Connley and Dalton with Grandma and Papa

Dalton James Foote

2008-06-24T18:34:00.000-07:00

Dalton was born on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 7:46 am. He weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 inches long. Thank goodness I got to have him a week early or I may have had another Connley! Everything went very smoothly. It was a planned c-section, so my mom flew in Tuesday evening, we had a nice dinner, and then a good nights sleep (except the fact that it felt like Christmas anticipating the next morning). Jason and I had to be at the hospital at 5:30 Wednesday morning so they could get me all checked in and preped for surgery. By 7:35 am they began the surgery and Dalton was born at 7:46 am. They finished stitching me up and I was in the recovery room by 8:00 am. Yes, much better than a 36 hour labor! Dalton is a sweet and healthy little boy. Connley is having fun being a big brother. He is a good helper. Jason took two weeks off of work and has been playing the role of mom and dad. I think he is eager to get back to work. :o) All is well in the Foote household. We are having fun being parents of two cute little boys!

Party!

2008-04-07T19:05:00.000-07:00

Connley had his 2nd birthday on March 18th. We went to the beach with his little buddy Sienna (my cousin's little girl that is the same age). They had tons of fun together running all around the beach, playing with their beach toys, and playing in Sienna's tent. Sienna gave Connley some fun beach toys, including a rake, shovel, and plow. When we're at home he likes to run around the house raking the carpet or prentending that they are swords. Mom and dad bought him a tool set. He's always trying to get into dad's tools, so we got him a set of his own. He LOVES them! He even knows how to use them surprising well.

Since we went to the beach for his birthday, I decided to make him a beach cake. We had the cake on his birthday and then I brought cupcakes for the day we went to the beach. Thanks to Brooke, Stephen, Sienna, and Chloe who made Connley's beach birthday a blast!

2007-10-30T13:28:00.001-07:00

On Saturday we had our ward Trunk-or-Treat party and so we dressed Connley up in his Halloween costume. This year we decided to make him an Oompa-Loompa. We figured it was the perfect costume for him because he is small like an Oompa-Loompa and shaped like an Oompa-Loompa, not to mention he walks like an Oompa-Loompa! So I gathered what clothing I could and had to sew a few things to put it all together. It was hilarious dying his hair green! Yes, it did come out. And we made orange face paint for him out of crisco, corn starch, and food coloring. We were surprised he took the makeup so well, it didn't seem to bother him at all. The whole evening everyone would just crack up when they saw him. There was no costume contest but everyone kept asking if he had won it.

Connley had fun going from car to car getting candy. His bag was almost the size of him so he had me hold it and he'd go grab his candy and then put it in his bag. He was confused on how it all worked at first, but then he caught on rather quickly!

We had a great time at the party. All I have to say is life is SO much FUN with a kid! I don't know what I'd do without my little Conn-Man!!

2007-10-11T13:06:00.000-07:00

i love to take pictures. i especially love to take pictures of connley. he is so sweet, so cute, and so fun!