Converting

So I got my Christmas present this weekend ( a little early, but getting pretty necessary ). Chris and I are taking the big step and converting from PC to Mac. We've spent the weekend going over all the features our new iMac has to offer (yes, I've been up past 1 am every night) and so far, so good. Next up.... a new tv! Our tv is also hanging on it's last thread, it's going to be black and white instead of color within the next year or two, hahaha! So if the cards are paid off before Christmas, that will be Chris's prez, a brand spanking new shiny tv.

First school pictures

Noah had school pics done today! I did his hair, but it was flat by the time I picked him up, so I'm not sure if it even made it for the picture. When we get the pics, I will post them on here! If anyone wants a copy, let me know and I'll request extra prints.

Today was also his first Show-and-Tell. He took his favorite Dinosaur pop-up book, where it counts the number of dinosaurs 1-10 and the size of the numbers get bigger and bigger. By the time you get to 10, it jumps off the page and out of the book and is the size of Noah's head! The teacher said that he only made it to the first few numbers and got too excited, he made the teacher turn right to 10! He also made his first paper clock so he can learn to tell time. Will this mean he will get up faster in the mornings?

Thank you Miss Rosy...

Rosy emailed me this today. I erased her answers and filled out my own, you should comment and fill it out too!

45 ODD things about me.

1. Do you like blue cheese?
Sick! When I worked at Einsteins and I had to put it on salads, I thought I was going to throw up every time.

2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
God no! I have never done any kind of drug EVER in my life!

3. Do you own a gun? I made Chris get rid of his.

4. What flavor do you add to your drink?
All my drinks are pre-flavored.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?
It depends on what kind of doctor appt it is! But not usually.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
CostCo has the best ones. And they make a great dinner on the run!

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
Home Alone. I used to have a HUGE crush on Macaulay Culkin

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
I pretty much drink RockStar all day, and I usually wait until 10, 10:30am before I open it.

9. Can you do push-ups?
Push-down? Yes. Push-up? No.

10. What is your favorite piece of jewelry?
My wedding ring. It's the only jewelery I wear with the exception of my Monroe piercing and my one ear piercing.

11. What is your favorite hobby?
Blogging!

12. What is one trait that you love about yourself?
Physical trait: my eyes
Personality trait: I always appreciated my ability to be patient, but that flew out the window once I had kids.

13. What is one trait you dislike about yourself?
Physical: my nose!!! Chris loves it, Noah has it.
Personality: I'm too quiet.

14. Middle name?
Dawn, after my dad Don

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
1) Man, I have to pee
2) Dear Lord, my house is a mess
3) When will we get to buy a house?!

16. Name 3 things you bought yesterday:
1) RockStar
2) All the ingredients for Better Than Sex Cake
3) Dinner at Chick-fil-a

17. Name 4 drinks you regularly drink:
1) RockStar
2) RockStar
3) Pepsi
4) water

18. What you are worried about?
Money

19. What do you hate right now?
Our government

20. Favorite place to be?
Depends on my mood. Most of the time, Rock Springs

21. How did you bring in the New Year?
With Chris and Noah, sitting at home, watching the ball drop on tv. I think Bostyn was in bed.

22. Where would you like to go?
Again, depends on my mood. I'd like to travel all over Europe with Chris before we die, Hawaii for our 5-year anniversary, Canada, Seattle to see Judith, Cali to see Jessica and her beautiful family, Rock Springs to see Pat and Joe. We just came back from Rhode Island, so for now, I don't want to go back yet. I want to travel around a bit closer to home.

23. Name two people who will complete this?
Margie
Chris. I will make him.

24. Do you own slippers?
Never!

26. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
Hate them! and silk.

27. Favorite color?
Grey.

28. Would you be a pirate?
Hell yes! I want a big pirate ship tattooed on my right side.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower?
None, I only sing in the car when I want the kids to rock out

30. Favorite girl's name?
Chloe

31. Favorite boy's name?
Harley. For a rocker!

32. What is in your pocket right now?
a kleenex

33. Last person that made you laugh?
Davi made me laugh so hard today that my gut hurt. Here's the story: For Diana's bday today, Dr. Boyack brought donuts for everyone. Davi was the first to eat one, but she didn't want people to know that she was the first one to take one I guess, so she went outside and was eating her donut. Rosy was looking for her and poked her head out the door. For some reason, Davi panicked because she thought she was getting busted and she literally SHOVED THE REST OF THE DONUT IN HER MOUTH! It was hilarious.
Bostyn made me laugh tonight because as we were watching the movie Cars, she kept pointing at the tv, looking at me, back at the tv, back to me, on and on... talking the whole time, like she was telling me all about the movie. It was cute

34. Best bed sheets as a child?
Care Bears

35. Worst injury you have ever had?
Never a broken bone, a sprained ankle swollen the size of a small grapefruit. I had to use crutches to get around.

36. Do you love where you live?
YES! I love Utah, I always have. Chris wants to move and the thought of leaving here makes me want to cry

37. How many TVs do you have?
Chris and I have 1. Noah has a Red Sox tv. Bostyn has a Giraffe tv.

38. Who is your loudest friend?
Amber V

39. What is your fav book?
The last book I read was the second to last Harry Potter. Not my favorite.

40. Favorite season?
Fall. Hands down.

41. Favorite holiday?
4thofJulyHalloweenThanksgiving

42. How many friends could you call your BEST friends?
2. and neither of them live in Utah.

43. What song do you want played at your funeral?
Nothing sad. I want happy but cute songs. and maybe something by James Blunt.

44. What were you doing at midnight?
I was actually in bed. I was downloading Diner Dash 2 on my Sidekick

45. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning?
I don't want to get up. It's usually what I think first thing in the a.m.

If you want to, copy and paste, then FILL IN YOUR ANSWERS and SEND it to all your friends! It's fun :)

long time, no blog

Not much has been happening in the lives of the Vanderstappens... we tested ourselves to see if we could go 2 full weeks on one tank of gas, which meant no going anywhere... we did make it on the gas though, but if we keep doing this, I'll shoot myself! We did go to the park not far from our house and I got 2 really cute videos on my phone of the kids swinging, but I can't figure out how to get them on to our computer to post them. If I ever figure it out, I'll let ya know. Its cute, Bostyn gets super excited & squeals & Noah slowly slides his butt off the seat while he's swinging. So for now, just imagine that!

On another note, we are getting pre-qualified for a mortgage but thanks to all the shit going on with foreclosures and our wonderful government.... we won't be able to until we manage to save about $10,000 for a down-payment. Its a joke. Will keep you updated on that as well...

Happy birthday to Diana today! Sorry we can't make it to your party, but I hope you enjoyed your cake!

She's a walker!!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Utah State Fair

Chris and I took the kids and Travis to the Utah State Fair on Saturday night, and this is how it turned out:

And here are my kids the next day snacking on cotton candy from the fair:

Gap baby?

I'm entering my beautiful children into Gap's Casting Call and these are the pictures I decided to send in. Who knows, maybe one, if not both, of my kids will be a Baby Gap model! My greatest dream to ever come true...

Finally...!!!

I've been working on getting our pictures posted, but due to the computer problems (see below) I haven't been able to! Here are a few slide shows of about the first half of our trip.

We had a long flight on Thursday from Salt Lake into Warwick, RI but we managed to get both of the kids asleep after much fighting. Noah just wanted to play with his toys and Bostyn wanted to crawl around. We got our rental car, then drove to Aunt Becky's to borrow a car seat and visited for a little while with Becky, John, Aunt Arlene and Cousin Lauren. Then we went to our hotel to check in and get all situated. We didn't stay in for long, though, if I remember right, we were out the door and to Walgreens to get a few things like snacks & drinks to stock up on.

Friday we went to Providence Place Mall, the biggest mall we've ever been in! On our way to Dave & Buster's for lunch, we spotted Nicole Richie with her boyfriend and his brother, standing in line at Subway! She's so little! I was hoping she had her baby with her, but she didn't. Later on, I ran into them in the Levi store and I flashed her a smile. That night, Aunt Becky took the kids at her house so Chris & I could try to go to the Patriots vs. Eagles game, but we weren't able to get tickets. We went out to dinner instead to the best restaurant we've ever eaten at in our lives!

Saturday my Aunt Nadia had a bbq ("cookout" as they call it) at her house. We also celebrated Aunt Becky's birthday that night. Uncle John took the grandkids and Noah for a tractor ride in their huge backyard and through the woods behind their house. Noah had a lot of fun playing with his cousins and Bostyn went with whoever would help her walk all over the backyard.

Sorry...

So I accidentally got a pretty wicked virus on our computer recently, so we haven't been able to really use our computer for almost a week now. Chris saved the day (and our computer) so now I will be able to start blogging again, but only when I have time! This is a short post because it's 1:30 in the a.m. and I'm going to watch The Hills and go to bed. More to come!

1st Day of preschool!!

Noah started his first day of preschool today! It's at this lady's house in what I swear is the cutest neighborhood in Murray and she is so nice! His schedule is MWF 9-11:30. What is Bostyn going to do with herself?! She'll finally be able to play with Noah's toys without him grabbing them out of her hands! I'm so excited for the both of them: Noah will get to play with his friends and play games and do his "homework" and Bostyn will get to play by herself too. Plus Margie will get a bit of a break, which will be nice for her. Margie will be the one dropping him off and picking him up every day and I am so thankful for her being willing to come out to our house twice a week to get him up and dressed and take him, it's so great to have someone else willing to do that sort of thing! Of course, she loves it.

Chris & I both took the morning off today though, to be there for his first day. We got some great pictures. At first, Noah didn't want to go to school, he wanted to stay home and "take a nap", despite the fact that he just woke up less than an hour earlier. He was crying and Margie had to carry him out to the car, but as soon as we pulled up to his school, he got all happy and immediately started playing with toys. Bostyn wanted to stay and play too. When I gave Noah a hug and said goodbye, he said, "and Bostyn will miss me?" Yes, Noah, she will. Love your gutts. As Chris & I drove away, I didn't even make it to the end of the street, I started crying. I'm just so happy for him! He'll have lots of fun.

Noah

Noah is already a big music fan. He asks, "what is the name of this song" for almost every song he hears. Then he remembers who it is the next time he hears it. I usually just tell him the name of the band, so he can learn to recognize different songs to the same band. Plus its too hard to remember names of all the songs! So we're driving in the car today & as usual, he asks me.

Noah: What's the name of this song, mom?

Me: The Killers.

Noah: They bad?!

Me: No, it's just the name of the band.

Noah: Oh. (pause) They hurt people?!

Bostyn's first haircut!

Don't worry, it was just a trim, but it was desperately needed! She now officially has "bangs" and her curls look 10 times better. Noah got his steps done better, and Chris got his much needed pro haircut finally! Now it will be my turn next, I shouldn't have cancelled my appt last month- I'm nearing my year anniversary since I last had it cut & dyed! Oh well, maybe after vaca.

Salt Lake County Fair 2008

We finally made it to the fair! Both Chris and I haven't been to the fair since we were little, so it was a lot of fun to be able to finally go, and take our kids with us too. As soon as we got there, the first thing we saw were the 2 helicopters that were giving people rides. Chris wanted to take Noah on a helicopter really bad while we are going to be in Boston in a couple of weeks, but it's really expensive. So we decided to compromise and take a short, much cheaper ride over the beautiful state we live in! I sat up front, whilel Chris sat in the back with Bostyn on his lap and Noah in his own seat next to him. Bostyn just hugged Chris and held on for dear life the entire time and Noah just had a cute little smile on his face the whole ride. Once we got off the helicopter, we realized that Bostyn had been so scared, she actually pooped her pants! (diaper) We went inside to change her and it started pouring rain outside. so we waited just a few minutes for it to stop, then we went outside to ride rides, play games, and catch glimpses of the demolition derby that was going on. Noah and I rode a super fast ride and I got sick to my stomach for the rest of the night, but Noah had alot of fun, then it started to rain again and we got almost soaked, but kept on riding the smaller, much slower rides. Noah won a few games and even won a goldfish (which is not really a goldfish). We ate cotton candy and started to leave when a talent scount stopped us to ask about Bostyn and Noah. So we will see how that goes when we get a call from them in a few days.

p.s. Who knew that pink cotton candy is vanilla-flavor and blue is blue raspberry? We didn't!

For Wade and Margie

This is late, but it has to be done!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WADE! We all wish you a very happy birthday, and... we didn't forget, Wade, we didn't forget! You're a super fabulous Opa, a fantastic dad, and a great cowboy/farm keeper. We love you!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY WADE AND MARGIE! We wish you all the love and happiness that will make this anniversary year special for you both. We love you and congratulations!

Pioneer Day weekend

Thursday was Pioneer Day. We were going to hit up the local neighborhood parade in the morning, but we all slept in and relaxed a bit. Chris had to work all day in exchange for the day after Thanksgiving off and he was supposed to go to out for his weekly guys night out, but he didn't go so that poor grumpy tired Bostyn could fall asleep and Noah and I could ready to go see fireworks with Aunt Arn and Uncle Matti. LIBERTY PARK HAS THE BEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN THE STATE OF UTAH, HANDS DOWN!!!! There wasn't a single second that went by without any fireworks, and less than 10 minutes into the fireworks, there was a mini-finale or something and it seriously seemed as though the fireworks were coming out at us and a lady next to us jumped. They were AMAZING and I wish Bostyn hadn't been so worn out, I really wanted her to see them. Chris had to work the next morning, bright and early, as usual, so he couldn't make it either. But have no fear, there are more fireworks August 9 near the Kearns pool. We will go to those but I know they won't be nearly as good as this show! Oh well, fireworks are great no matter what.

Friday was Bostyn's FIRST birthday! I tried to put a cute post on here on that day, but my computer froze and it was like 1 in the morning and I said screw it. So we want to wish a late Happy Birthday to Bostyn on here: We love you and you are so big! Poor Bostyn had a pretty crappy birthday. First thing in the morning she had her 1-year shots, 4 total. One in each arm and one in each leg. And the stupid girl that was doing the shots on the right side put the needle completely in Bostyn's arm, and for some reason, pulled it all the way back out, and put it back in Bostyn's arm and then gave her the shot. I was holding Bostyn down, so I know she didn't move. Who knows what that girl was doing. After we left the doctor's office we found a park with a splash pad and Noah got SOAKING wet and had to ride home in nothing but his dry t-shirt. Bostyn was exhausted from her morning from hell and took a good few hours long nap. When Chris got home he said we should go out to dinner to celebrate and Noah said we should go to IHOP. GREAT idea, because Bostyn loves pancakes! Unfortunately the food wasn't great and it took forever, even though we were literally the ONLY people in the restaurant! We made it up to her, however, by going to Macey's and buying her her first birthday cake and taking her home to let her go nuts and trash it! She wasn't really in the mood, I think she had a small fever from her shots, but she gave it a pretty good smashing and we got some really cute pictures! (see below) Bostyn literally passed out the second I put her in bed, hugging her panda bear we got her for her birthday.

Saturday night after dinner, Bostyn took her FIRST STEP! She managed to just get the one in before she fell, but she got right back up & took another one! I guess she figured that was enough because she would barely even stand up anymore. We'll keep our eyes out for her next one! After th excitement we met Margie, Wade, Trav, Amber and Matich at Yogurt Stop for an ice cream party for Bostyn, which I recommend doing even when its not someone's birthday.

Sunday we drove up to Ogden for Opa's 80th Birthday Bash at Aunt Nancy's sparkling new pool and had a BBQ. Bostyn got a bunch of really cute clothes and a pink toy bus for her birthday. Maybe she will stop stealing Noah's toys if she has her own! Thank you to Nancy and her family for giving us a great day to just have fun, relax and swim! Happy birthday Opa, we love you!

After Opa's bbq, it was back to Salt Lake for Rob's bbq. The second Noah walked into the backyard & saw the trampoline, his eyes glazed over & he started walking towards it like he was in a trance, he was so excited! But first, a quick hug to his best-grown-up-buddy Mike Kimble, then after swimming earlier for hours, my boy had enough energy to jump his heart out with Rob's daughter Kaylie. Bostyn got to jump a little bit too, but managed to fall & land on her face more (yes, I was holding her, that girl gets CrAzY!!) As we were buckling the kids into the car, the strong wind caught hold of one of the birthday balloons from Nancy's house & stole it from Noah. Poor Noah started bawling & the only thing that could console him up was a Capri Sun! If that's what is going to cheer him up from now on, I'll stock up on those to get me through the next year! And I'll buy him a new balloon.

She's 1!!

Change of plans...

We have decided that we are going to have Bostyn's birthday party next Saturday, August 2. With it being a holiday weekend, we are having a hard time finding a park with an available pavilion, plus so many people have other plans already! So please plan on next Saturday to come celebrate Bostyn's birthday. Once those plans are finalized, I will put all the info on my blog, as well as send out invites. So stay tuned!!!