The Barclay's

WhAt wE've bEeN uP tO!!!

2010-05-27T12:56:00.000-07:00

So its been a little while since I posted here is a little bit about what we have been up to. Dan killed a bear (not so sure how I feel abou it) He is excited i'm just not looking forward to it in my house. Taylee really liked it, she keeps asking dan about his bear. She even touched it. He had fun and we're proud of him.

His friend Jason took him..

I have been busy with senior pictures.. Here is one of the graduation announcments i made.. I LOVED how it turned out :)

Mothers Day Photos

2010-05-09T14:41:00.000-07:00

For mothers day this year last minute we decided to take a few pictures of us for my mom.. I have to say they turned out pretty stinking cute.. for not being planned..

Here is My brother cody and his girfriend Whitney.. hopefully our soon to be sister in law.. hint.. hint COdy.. LOL

Whitney and kylie being dorks.. they are so silly

Here is one of all of us.. Minus dan he was hunting on the mountain.. not to shabby of a picture considering I had taught the boy about 2 seconds before how to use my camera..

Cody & Kylie.. my little brother and sister.. not so little anymore..

All of us.. What a great looking bunch... I LOVE this picture of us.. thanks whit for taking it..

Me and Nick.. I am very excited to have her here this summer she is going to help me out alot..

Me and cody, and him with the girls Addison thinks he is the best.. bestest cuz he plays with her..

And of course Addison loves her Aunt kylie too they are very good friends.. thanks nick for always being there for her..

One of those days

2010-04-02T23:01:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had one of those weeks.. where no matter what you do.. There is never enough time in the day.. No matter how early you get to bed, you can't wake up on time.. The alarm doesn't go off on time.. You have a list of 10 things to do, and you only finish about 7 of them.. This is the story of my life... I have been going and going non-stop its insane.. I feel like this woman like I am ready to pull my hair out.. If only had a few more hours during the day.. then I could be superwoman and get every thing done.. LOL

well because i have been going and going.. This is what happened.. I got SICK.. YUck!!! I was in bed for about 10 hours straight.. NOT FUN!!

Come on ladies what do u to.. How are you managing your time, and not getting sick.. I really have alot of stuff to do and can't seem to find nearly enough time to do it.. maybe I need to hire a maid?? what do you think, what do you do?? Don't be shy!!!

I love having girls!!!

2010-03-24T04:20:00.000-07:00

wE Have been having so much fun lately.. Taylee is getting older and more aware of whats going on around her, and how to respond. She loves buckets and lucky her that Addison loves to play with her. The other day we came into the living room and found her inside this.. Addi was pushing her around the living room in it and they were both laughing pretty hard. Here are their outfits st. patricks day morning. Aren't they georgous in green??

More of Taylee in the bucket.. I love her cute smile.. Girls really are the best

OH Miss Addison.. She is loving learning how to read.. we could hear her laughing and playing and then all the sudden it went quiet.. and this is what we found her passed out in the hallway with a book over her head.. Like I said I LOVE my girls.. they always keep me laughing and make every day more exciting..

I love them both so much!!!

My house

2010-03-12T21:19:00.000-08:00

We have almost had our house 2 years.. It will be 2 years in may.. I can't believe what we have done in the 2 years we have had it.. Before we could even buy the home we had to move the kitchen it was in the basement and the bank would not loan us the money on the home.. so we knocked down this wall.. It was crazy We then decided that we wanted our laundry room upstairs and this is how it tunred out.. Not to bad If I say so myself..

This is a few pictures of the kitchen downstairs as we were demolishing it.. It was so awful we only had 3 days to do it and I was pregnant with Taylee AND NO help at all.. My husband was such a trooper..

This is what we got with the finished product.. We stained the cabinets patched where the wall had been ripped out, and painted..

The bathroom downstairs had this paneling on it that was relly not our style so we ripped out the paneling and set forth on the bathroom..

We had to replace the toilet becuase it was leaking .. What a fun process we did this a week before I had taylee.

This is what it looked like after.. We textured all the walls and painted.. what a pain.. in the butt its no wonder we have finally started to finish a few small things.. It only took us 2 years to get over the shock and the torment of remodelling..

remember the cabinets we ripped out.. this is what we did to the room after we were done, we made it into a living room...
I'm so proud of my husband and what we accomplished.. so glad its over.. :)

You might want to sit down LOL this could take a bit...

2010-03-05T11:29:00.000-08:00

My grandma died the first February and our dog was also killed. We had a vacation planned and weren't quite sure if we would still feel up to a vacation but we decided to head out anyway and went to Vegas.. We weren't planning on getting another dog for a while but we saw this little guy and had to get him.. Its funny that he is the same color as our cat.. They are such great friends!!

This is my sweet and amazing husband.. He played the bagpipes for my grandma at her funeral it was georgous..

Dan dad moved in wiht us and we re-did our guest room for him I love how it turned out!!!
Dan took this picture with my camera I thought it was so pretty!!!

Taylee

2010-02-19T14:17:00.000-08:00

So my Taylee is 18 months she barely started walking the first of February. She is so stubborn Since November 18 She has been sick.. you can see how grey her poor eyes are and how pale her face is. We have been taking her to the doctor atleast once a week since. I finally called the doctors and said PLEASE do somthing I have a feeling something is not right with her and this is getting ridiculous.. They sent us to the hospital for some tests.. She had to have an x-ray and get some blood work done.. It was horrible she just cried..

They found out that she has bronchitis and allergies as well.. So she has to have breathing treatments for 45 days twice a day.. And she also has to have allergy medicine every night.

She hates the dang machine but is getting pretty good at it.. she must know it makes her feel better.

Hard to believe that she was just this little 6 months ago..

A very Bad week!!!

2010-02-07T11:44:00.000-08:00

This week was a horrible week. On monday I got a phone call that my Grandma Sorensen had passed away. It was so hard. I knew that she was sick and was ready but I guess I wasn't. Who really ever is though ready to lose somone they love? She was such an inspiration to me. I learned so much about life from her. I miss her she use to get so excited everytime I would call her and loved to hear stories about the girls. What a great example. Her funeral was Friday. At teh services I slipped and fell and my shoes went into her burial spot. A memory I will never forget.

On Wednesday Our dog Titan got out. We looked for him everywhere, and we couldn't find him. He has gotten out a few times but has always come back. I called the pound, the dog catcher and even reported his chip and missing. On our way north to the funeral our neighbor called and said that her husband had to call dispatch. A dog had been hit, left for dead and was laying in the road. It was our titan.. He was such a good dog the first one I had even really been attached to.

Needless to say it was a very bad week. We lost 2 important people in our lives that we will miss very much.

More Christmas

2010-01-10T09:38:00.000-08:00

Every year at christmas time we go to salt lake to see Dan Aunt Net. I feel bad we don't get to see her more because she is so good to our kids. But here is a picture that I took of everyone with her. Santa brougth Taylee a train this year. She thought Santa and presents were so much fun.

OH addison.. She was way to involved with her presents and so didn't want her picture taken..

Titan was so worn out, he has just made himself a part of this family. He loves silk blankets just like my girls so every chance he can get, he takes a turn with Addison's

This is Aunt Cami & Taylee we have been able to spend so much time with Cami the last few months it has been nice having her around.

We had such a fun Christmas this year. It gets more exciting the older your kids get. I was shocked Taylee was as into it as she was. She really liked opening presents.. \

Christmas Vacation

2010-01-09T21:46:00.000-08:00

For Christmas this year Dan dan came and stayed with us, and then his sister Cami came on Christmas day with her boyfriend. We loaded up and went sledding and Taylee would not stop putting on dans hat. Doesn't she look so cute in it? This is Addison she was having so much fun she would climb up a big hill all on her own and go down. She had to have been frozen look at her poor face.

The Sunday before Christmas we went to Bountiful to the Barclay Family Christmas party.

This is one of the chairs in dans' grandmas basement I had to take the girls pictures in it because it matched the red shirts they were wearing.

Addison looked so cute in her red. She was so excited about Santa coming, and being able to open presents..

These are just a few of the pictures that I took, I need to post more but atleast you got a sneak peak :)

Getting Christmas Trees

2009-12-13T10:27:00.000-08:00

We decided this year we were going to get a real tree instead of a fake tree. So we headed up the mountain, and this is what we found. The snow was so deep that when dan and I walked out to get a tree it went up to my knees.

Addison had to play in it she was so excited.. Our dog Titan thought it was great too.. He was bouncing every where..

It was fun.. we al froze but addison said that it was her best day ever :) So it must of been worth it..

a little updated

2009-12-04T16:51:00.000-08:00

So Here are just some random Pictures that I wanted to post about.. We got a new member of our family his name is Titan, and he is totally spoiled we adopted him from the shelter and couldn't be happier.. He never barks, doesn't shed, and is good around my kids.. Dan has been going ice fishing alot it is his favorite thing to do.. Ah thank goodness for winter LOL here is just a few of the fish he has been catching they are so pretty.

Taylee is finally getting some hair. Addison favorite thing is to put her hair in a mo-hawk it is kind of cute.

I have been playing with my photography software and made this graduation announcment for a friend.. I also got a studio and am so excited to get it set up. We are going to put it in our guest room :)

Addison has been reading like crazy for school and I am so proud of her. What a smart little thing she is. I love her so much..

Barclay Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T20:20:00.000-08:00

This year for thanksgiving we decided to have it a week early. It has been almost 4 years since all of us had been in the same room. So its safe to say its about time.. We did a christmas/thanksgiving dinner. It was so much fun.. Here is Addison, Preston & Quinn working on their gingerbread houses. Of course someone alwasy gets hurt.. Addison was jumping on her bed and got this shiner.. It looks like she has purple and blue eyeshadow on.. I told her this is why we tell her not to jump on the bed, its because we love her and don't want her to get hurt. (maybe next time she will listen)

There is also always a disaster. Poor cami & arley we gave them so much hassle to come a day early so we could all be together and of course they lost a tire.. thank goodness for walmart..

This is Ryan, Cami, Dave, Mylea & Dan they haven't all had a picture together for who knows how long??

Here they are again .. Totally can't tell they are related or anything.. LOL Don't ask about dan I have no idea why his hand is on his heart maybe secretly he was practicing the pledge of allegiance.
Here is Ryan, Dan step dad Richard his mom Clarinda, Mylea Cami & Dan
It was such a fun time, Hopefully we can do it again next year..

A little update on us..

2009-11-04T11:15:00.001-08:00

So it has been such a long time since i posted. its been so crazy around here. We are never home.. Anyhow A little update on us. Taylee is one and she still won't walk. She will stand there in the middle of the room but thats as much as she will do. She is starting to talk more. she says daddy, doggy, kitty, addi, na na which is night night when she's tired, ba ba, ball, lights, whats that you notice she won't say mama. stubborn little thing :) addison is doing very well in school one of the smartest in her class she has been spending lots of time with her dad going hunting..

Branson & Brody Utah Child Photographer

2009-10-13T17:29:00.000-07:00

More family day

2009-10-03T21:56:00.000-07:00

last sunday we went on a family drive it was about 6 hours long but it was so much fun we went from marysvale to monroe.. I wanted to take some pictures of the girls and dan and also the leaves.. I LOVE it when the leaves change.. Anyhow here is just a few:

Addison had so much fun picking bright leaves off the trees, we took her picture by the brightest pink tree we could find.. LOok at the smirk on her face she loved it.

This one of taylee is on a bridge in marysvale we drove past and I made Dan stop.. good thing he is such a good sport..If you want your family picture taken by the leaves let me know I found some awesome spots.. and I would be more then willing to take a few..

Our family Day

2009-09-30T17:09:00.000-07:00

A few pics from the summer

2009-09-02T16:14:00.000-07:00

So here is just a little of what we have been up to.. Here is another picture of my little princess - still can't believe she turned one.. went by way too fast

I have been taking lots of family pictures, and senior portraits.. I am loving it!!

We have been spending lots of time as a family and nothing is better than that.. Addison is dans best fishing partner :)

Taylee

2009-08-27T14:16:00.001-07:00

Its been so long yes ashley you were right I really needed to update.. I have been so busy I dont' have time to clean my house, anything.. Kinda crazy!! But just an update on us.. Taylee turned one on the 6th she loved her birthday cake she had it every where. Addison started kindergarton and is loving it.. we chopped about 7 inches off her hair.. She looks so cute.. I have like millions of pictures of things we have done.. now that students have moved in my life is a little less hectic.. So i'll keep you updated we got a new car - we hadn't liked our escape it was not big enough so we got an explorer and we LOVE IT!! much better for our family.. anyhow I will hopefully get better at this and update more.. :)

Addison is five

2009-07-29T09:32:00.000-07:00

Well Addison turned five yesterday so crazy that she is already that big.. Seems like I just had her yesterday.. anyhow she starts kindergarton this year makes me so sad I took a bunch of pictures of her party I will post them later..

Its about time i know

2009-07-01T22:07:00.000-07:00

SO update on us.. first of all our lives have been so crazy!!! I sware I don't have time to breathe lately :) anyhow taylee is finally crawling not so sure that I like it but she thinks its great.. we got addison a kitten and Taylee chases it down the hall it plays so good with her.. so much fun well i'll try to post more pics and update more..and I STARTED DOING PHOTOGRAPHY :) i'm just getting started but I have wanted to do it since high school and never had the guts ; i've had a few friends start and I decided TO FINALLY GO FOR IT!! here is just one of the many i've taken..
YAHOO!!!!!!!! DON'T BE shy leave your comments and BE HONEST!!!!!!!! btw my website is capturethisphoto.blogspot.com

Our Vacation :)

2009-06-05T19:32:00.000-07:00

We actually took this vacation about six weeks ago, but i just uploaded the pics to my computer :) we had so much fun!!

Matching outfits :)

2009-05-31T14:13:00.000-07:00

we went to kohls to get the girls some summer clothes addison picked them out matching outfits.. they are so cute in them.. I had to take some pics don't mind how long our grass is :)

Memorial Weekend

2009-05-26T21:35:00.001-07:00

Quinn & Addison at the carnival

Here are just a few pictures of our memorial weekend. We were going to go camping all weekend, but my kids were sick and I didn't want to get all our cousins sick. Dan mom and sister ended up coming and we went up camping for one day it was way fun, my dad made the best omelets ever MMMMM I brought all the stuff but they were so good :) We actually had a really nice weekend.

Addison & Aunt Kylie in the razor

Addison Says

2009-05-20T16:53:00.000-07:00

So I decided that I need to share some of the funny things Addison has said lately keep in mind she is way to grown up for her age-

Addi - Mommy, How come doesn't my big grandpa (AKA dan Dad) Have a girlfriend?
Me - I dont honey
Addi - Don't you think its kind of wierd??

Sorry Had to share this one
Addi - Why do your underwear go up your butt and mine don't?
Me - Because I buy mine that way
Addi - Is it because your butt is so big?

I had just walked by someone that smoked

Addi- You stink MOM!! your gonna make my new dress smell like smoke? why do they smoke?
Me - Some people just like too
Addi- You stink, now people are gonna think you smoke to mom

Addi - I can't possible clean my own room

Addi - I'm too full for dinner, can I have candy

Addi - We saw 11 pot butts (Pot guts) However she kept calling them pot butts

Addi - I just want to eat Taylee up in big bites because she is SO CUTE!!

Addi - Mom, you can exercise anytime because I want you to lose weight so you can be skinny

OH addi - she totally cracks me up can't believe how her mind works..

Playing in the snow :)

2009-05-15T17:29:00.001-07:00

This winter we took Addison sledding quite few times she loved it!!

This is Addison Making snow angels

This is her Chillin in her tube

Willow Creek

2009-05-13T17:46:00.000-07:00

The Furnishings

The Kitchen

The Bedroom
The Building
This is Willow Creek - My Job - the newest student housing in Richfield UT :)

Fishing

2009-05-08T10:06:00.000-07:00

So on Monday Dan, Addison and Dan Dad went up to fishlake for a fishin trip. They ended up catching 14 fish. Addison caught one all by herself. They froze half to death but said they were having way too much fun to come home.

Last post before going private on monday :)

2009-05-02T20:22:00.000-07:00

Dan took this picture of Taylee on Easter - How freakin adorable anyhow what a perfect post before going private on Monday :)

Reminder!!!

2009-04-28T13:38:00.000-07:00

I would like to go private ASAP!! there are a few poeple who I know check my blog, and i dont' have their email addresses. So please leave them, I will keep my blog open until next week.. Again sorry.. HERE IS TO ALL YOU CREEPY BLOG STALKERS!!! YOU ARE RUINING IT FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

Going Private!!!

2009-04-23T09:09:00.001-07:00

I know.. I know.. but you should check out my traffic feed some strange people checking out my blog.. from another country.. I'm not exactly ok with that so anyhow If you want me to allow you to read my blog just leave your email address.. stupid creepy blog stalkers.. if you don't want to leave your email on here email me at emilyv.barclay@gmail.com

more from the vacation :)

2009-04-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

These were taken at Resort Villas. It is one of the condo's dan mom owns.. we love to go here and watch the planes land, and the pool is the best for kids

Addison and Taylee were having so much fun just splashing in the water

VACATION :)

2009-04-21T10:17:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few pics from my phone of our vacation I need to download the rest onto my computer and the I will post more.. anyhow here is some from our day at the pool.. IN 86 degrees might I add..

This is Taylee chillin in her stroller by the side of the pool :)

This is Dan and Addi loungin in the blow up chair. Addison sat in that thing for an hour just floating around the pool it was cute

Eastering :)

2009-04-15T20:42:00.001-07:00

We went to my parents house on Saturday to color Easter eggs and have dinner. The easter bunny was going to bring addison a 22. I know - I Know she's only 4 but it's the only thing she wanted a (PINK) one and it was more for dan and I. We let her stay the night at my mom and dads because she has been begging to stay there and when she came home and saw her gun she screamed, "My Gun, My Gun" No worries its locked up safe.. We took her on Sunday to shoot it and ShE LOVED IT> She just wants to be so much like her dad.. Well Kylie thanks for coloring eggs with us, I think kylie and I, and my mom had much more fun then Addison.. Especially Kylie and her drawings.. LOL

Taylee

2009-04-15T10:38:00.000-07:00

We are having so much fun with taylee. She has quite the personality. She throws tantrums - arches her back and squeals- she fake cough cries when she's hungry and is the happies little thing.. can't imagine what we ever did without her.. :) she is already 8 months old.

Happy Birthday My love!

2009-04-09T10:13:00.000-07:00

So today is Dan Birthday he is 26. Just wanted to take this time and tell you a few thigns about him, and also share some pictures of him..

Dan loves his children. He is the cutest dad always taking Addison hiking with him and playing with her.. He is good to help with Taylee for the most part he loves to get a smile out of her.

He LOVES and I mean LOVES hunting and anythign to do with hunting he is always talking about new guns he would like and hunts he would like to go on..

He also loves the new blue mountain dew because it is rasberrry and he LOVES anything Rasberry.

His favorite dinner is Spaghetti I could make it three nights a week and he's be fine..

He loves his truck and takes such pride in it working on it for hours on end detailing it..

He loves his dad and is very good to help him with whatever he needs

He loves his friends and would also do anything for them..

Dan has the tenderest heart i've ever seen and he wears it on his sleeve. I am so lucky to have him.. I love you honey HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

wOw!!

2009-04-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

So... I had the wierdest thing happen to me.. Most of you know that my mother (marial) passed away when I was six, well my parents had saved her stuff for me (thanks by the way mom & dad for doing that) and I was going through it again the other day and came accross a few things. A letter from my dad to my mom (a letter that i couldn't stop laughing when i read it.. sorry dad but it was funny) that was addressed to the same apartment that Dan and I first lived in when we got married.. Funny that's where my dad and my mom lived when they first got married. I also came accross this article about this woman who had recieved a liver transplant from the same hospital (LDS hospital) on the same day that my mom died (september 11, 1991) The ladies name was Laurel. It was kind of cool she had four kids and was basically going to die and then recieved this liver which i assume was probably my moms.

I had tucked the article away in a box and the other day I had the strangest feeling that I should look her up. Not sure why, but i just keep having this gut wrenching feeling. So I went upstairs and went through the box and found the article and googled her.. Gotta love google.. anyhow there she was her and her husband and it also listed her daughters name. I went to dial the number and hung up the phone. What would you say? What should I say? And why I felt like I needed to call her?

I called and her husband answered. I didn't know what to say I didn't want to ask for her incase she had passed away so I just called asked for the husband and said, "My name is Emily, my mother passed away on September 11, 1991. " and then I froze.. thank goodness he was still there.. And then i said, "I think that your wife may have got my mom's liver?" immediately he said hang on and I was mortified - what had I done, this guy probably thinks that I am nuts? Then a voice picked up the phone and she said, "This is Laurel, i've been praying that you would call me." guess that explains the gut wrenching feeling that I should call her.

We talked for quite a while she cried and I balled like a baby and she told me a little about her life and that she would love to meet me.. It was such a neat experience. Not exactly positive that she got my mom's liver but pretty confident. Same hospital, same day, and they are close to the same age.. Laurel said that she has not had one problem in eighteen years has not ever gone to the doctor's even; other than for routine check ups (my mom had lupus so I thought it was amazing that her liver was so good this lady had never had problems).. She just kept telling me over and over again how pleased she was that I had called. What an awesome experience..

UG!!!

2009-03-31T10:17:00.000-07:00

So its official I need to lose some weight!! ug.. I was hoping that if I nursed Taylee long enough the weight would just magically disapear.. ya right!! so next resort is exercising.. every morning for five days now i get up at 7:30 and exercise on my stair stepper until eight.. I have also been reading about the acai berry I saw it on Oprah.. has anyone tried it, and did it work? well wish me luck my dad always said if you did something for 3 days (I think three days) it would become a habit so hopefully i can keep going.. Addison said she was proud of me because now i can get skinny so my swimming suit will fit and i can go swimming with her.. LOL

tHaNk yOu!!

2009-03-27T07:48:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking alot about my life and the people who have been apart of it; it makes me think about my girls and has me wondering if they will be as lucky as I was to have so many people who loved me. I have a great family full of aunts who treated me like thier daughters; uncles who were always there; cousins that were more like siblings; and friends who have been there always; a sister who has a great personality and doesn't care what people think (what a great example) and a brother to be proud of for serving in the military protecting our rights so that my kids and i will be safe.ahusband who is so good to me and a wonderful father to my children. nieghbors who always go the extra mile and parents who make wonderful grandparents to my children.. HERES TO ALL OF YOU!! I LOVE YOU EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU THANKS FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE IN MY LIFE; THANKS FOR BELIEVING IN ME WHEN I DIDN'T, FOR LOVING ME NO MATTER WHAT, AND FOR SUPPORTING ME IN EVERYTHING.. I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND AM VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU!!

Taylee & Aunt Kylie

2009-03-25T20:22:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of Taylee with her Aunt Kylie.. I love the look on Taylee's face.. totally makes me laugh!!

Almost five :(

2009-03-20T16:24:00.000-07:00

I had my camera out, and I was reading up on it and Addison kept posing so that I could take pictures of her. This one is my favorite :) I can't believe that she is almost five years old already only a few more months!

Dinner for Two!

2009-03-15T18:16:00.000-07:00

Dan went riding with his friends for the afternoon and when he got home, Addison made him dinner. She even brought it out to him on a tray.. she was so proud! it is so CUTE to see the things she thinks of. What a blessing to have her in our lives..

My House!

2009-03-14T11:14:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of our house.. just thought i would post it so those of you who haven't been here before can see how cute it is...

And the countdown begins!!

2009-03-10T09:46:00.000-07:00

Twilight comes out march 21.. I can't hardly stand it im so excited.. I bought the soundtrack.. i know its an obsession.. but this is my first obsession ever with something like this so technically it's ok..

Victoria

2009-03-06T22:53:00.000-08:00

The newest edition to our family.. Victoria .. congratulations to the proud parents Brent & Beth Reese what a beautiful little baby..

Curtosy of Jack & Jill Photography

2009-03-02T13:30:00.000-08:00

I had the girls pictures taken the other day. LOOK HOW CUTE THEY TURNED OUT! If you are interested in getting some pictures taken please check out her website at jackandjillphotography.blogspot.com.. she does such an amazing job.

Miss Photogenic

2009-02-26T14:12:00.000-08:00

I took this picture of Taylee with my phone.. what a goofball. she is always so happy!

Taylee

2009-02-23T11:07:00.000-08:00

I took this picture of Taylee the other day I finally got it posted. What a doll!

Taylee & Makenzie

2009-02-23T09:15:00.000-08:00

My friend Ashley stopped by with her little girl Makenzie. They are three months apart and look how close they are in size.. taylee is just so tiny.. Taylee was so excited to see her it was really cute she was grabbing at her and shaking that is what she does when she gets excited. This was the first time we were able to see Makenzie she is so cute.. She can already roll over from her back to her belly Taylee still can't or atleast she won't.

My Weekend Project

2009-02-16T09:26:00.001-08:00

We have lived in our house for months now, and I have been telling Addison that we would paint her room for her. She really wanted it fushia purple like her purple blanket she packs every where, but I got her to settle for pink to match her bed spread. Anyhow dan took her fishing because she loves to go with him and I stayed home and painted her room.. I think it turned out cute! Everything we do makes it feel more and more like ours..

Picture Day

2009-02-13T09:15:00.000-08:00

Here are the girls right before pictures.. I bought them the cutest matching outfits can't wait to see the pics.

Welcome Home Cody!

2009-02-09T09:29:00.000-08:00

My little brother Cody got home from Kuwait yesterday. He has been there for a year and we are so proud of him.. Glad to have you home Cody! We love you!!

Ny NEw car!

2009-02-05T10:33:00.000-08:00

This is my new car Its a 2008 silver escape.. I have wanted one since they first came out and Jorgensens got one in and the price was too good to resist. So we bought it.. I am so excited :)

My Princess!!

2009-01-20T09:06:00.000-08:00

Ever since Halloween, Addison has been wearing this cinderella crown every chance she can. She would wear it to bed if I would let her.

Boo-Bear

2009-01-16T12:41:00.000-08:00

You know how your kids just radomly get nick names, dan has been calling Taylee Boo Bear since she was born and now we all call her that.. it just fits! She is getting so big she started sitting up on her own now can't believe she is already 5 1/2 months.

Explaining death to a child

2009-01-15T12:15:00.000-08:00

So as many of you know, our uncle bob passed away last week. I was very sad and I was trying to explain to Addison why. She had just seen Uncle Bob about 5 days before he died we had dinner with him at my aunts house, and so conversation goes as follows:

Addi: “Mommy, why are you so sad?”
Me: “Do you remember uncle bob, he was at aunt kathy’s for dinner?”
Addi: “The one that looks like uncle don?”
Me: “Yes the one that looks like uncle don. He died, and that is why mommy is sad”
Addi: “He died, did he go to heaven with grandma Marial?”
Me: “Yes he went to heaven”
Addi: “And that’s why your sad because we won’t see him anymore huh mom?”

can you believe at four and a half she recognized that he looked like his brother, and that he was going to heaven, and not only that but that's where grandma marial is. It just goes to show you that you should never under estimate a child..

My Sexy Man!

2009-01-12T15:55:00.000-08:00

So this is the first time in six years that i have ever seen dan in a suit.. took a funeral to get him in one, but doesn't he look so good! Had to take a picture of him just incase i dont' get to see him in one again.. ha ha..

Rest in Peace

2009-01-12T10:20:00.000-08:00

The peterson family lost such an important member last week. Bob peterson, he was such an important part of all our lives. It is hard to believe that he is gone. We all loved him so much.. We will miss him dearly. Please keep his wife joan in all your prayers, she'll need as much help as she can get what a hard road ahead for her.. I love you uncle bob, and i'll miss you so much!

Laughing..

2009-01-07T09:41:00.000-08:00

Ha! Ha! So, Addison told me this morning that she just wanted to eat up her sister in big bites because she is just so cute.. thought you'd get a kick out of it..

Obsessed!

2009-01-06T14:08:00.000-08:00

I am officially obsessed with Twilight I dont' usually get involved into movies and such and I never read but I started reading Twilight and I read all four books in less then five days.. Its pathetic I know.. I think dan was ready to kill me because I couldnt' put the books down even Addison got annoyed with me.. good news is i finished bad news is now im obsessed im gonna be waiting in line at midnight when all the new movies come out.

Christmas

2009-01-02T16:39:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few pictures of chirstmas.. from the pictures you can tell that addison got make up doesn't she look pretty and santa didn't forget taylee either he brought her the mat she is laying on.. I love it more then she does :) she will lay there playing for hours..

Grandmas Grandpa

2008-12-30T13:02:00.000-08:00

at least thats what addison calls him she has been calling my dad grandmas grandpa for as long as i can remember, it is so cute how much she adores him she is definately a grandpas girl .. anyhow we took this picture of the girls on christmas I just thought it was so cute!!

Been way to long..

2008-12-15T09:52:00.000-08:00

It has been way to long.. sorry for those of you who keep checking to see if i've updated.. Dan and I are trying to save some money so we cancelled our internet at home.. not so sure thats the thing to save money on I MISS IT, but so far its ok..

Taylee is getting so big she weighs thirteen pounds and loves to shove everything in her mouth.. Addison is still loving preschool she is so excited about the fact we finally got some snow.. the picture of her was taken yesterday her and Dan built a slope for her sled in the back yard she kept begging dan to go outside, he said just a minute and finally she said, "Daddy, I can't take another minute please please can we go now" i about fell off my chair laughing..

My Girls!!

2008-11-18T15:32:00.000-08:00

Been a few days since I posted.. I just wanted to post some more pictures of the girls.. I took these last night when I was playing with my camera..

Squishy Cheeks!!

2008-11-08T23:05:00.000-08:00

Don't you just want to squish these cheeks.. too cute!!

Three Months Old!!

2008-11-05T19:19:00.000-08:00

It's the sixth and that means Taylee is three months old... its crazy how fast it has gone by.. she is changing so much she is starting to look just like her sister.. I think addison loves it.. everytime we tell her taylee looks like her she gets excited :)

Cinderella

2008-11-04T15:23:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of Addison in her Halloween Costume.. she was the prettiest cinderella... she wanted to send pictures to everyone so that they could be "impressed" with her costume.. the things that she says you almost forget that she is only 4. So here is her cinderella dress and now you can all be "impressed"

Boo!!

2008-11-01T14:19:00.001-07:00

Here is miss Taylee all dressed up.. for a ghost she sure isn't scary.. she's absolutely adorable..thanks aunt Kylie for the little outfit :)

Happy Halloween

2008-10-30T21:13:00.000-07:00

Addison and Nevada had their first halloween party at preschool.. they were so excited.. Addison went as Cinderella and Nevada was Hannah Montana.. How cute!! I can't believe they are already having preschool parties.. they are growing up so fast.. They are only a month apart and they are the best little friends i LOVE IT..

2008-10-29T21:36:00.000-07:00

Our friend Jakell came to see Taylee a few weeks ago. I was looking on her blog and I found this picutre of Taylee. I had to snag it becuase everytime i look at this picture it just makes me laugh.. this is Taylee!! you know what i mean sometimes a pictures just says it all..this picture shows her bright eyes, squishy cheeks and lovealbe lips.. so anyhow Thanks jakell for capturing my daughter!!

Tagged!!

2008-10-28T23:48:00.001-07:00

I have never really done these tag things, but since we all know how bored I am its only 1 am and I still can't sleep why not? and besides 8 is my lucky number :)

8 things tagged:

(I got tagged by liz)

8 TV shows I like to watch...
CSI
Sabrina
Wife Swap
Lost
house
littlge people big world
john & kate + 8
man vs wild

8 Favorite Restaurants...
del taco
chilis
panda express
subway
ideal dairy
wingers
steves
sagebrush grill

8 Things that Happened Yesterday...
hmm...
decorated a birhtday cake
ordered flowers
suprised someone
cooked a yummy dinner (shocking I know)
went to lunch with tommie
talked to taylee
argued with addison
cleaned my house

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To...
Christmas
tommie time
thanksgiving
a full night of sleep
fitting into my skinny pants again
adopting a new dog
doing addisons hair in the morning
my house to be compeltely finished

8 Things on my Wish List...
a 2008 ford escape
sectional i have been wanting
a vacation
new clothes
a jetted tub
the circut machine
new shoes
nails

8 People I'm Tagging...
Jessica, Tommie, Melissa, Natalie, Mandy, Carie, Becca, Stacy

couldn't sleep

2008-10-28T23:34:00.000-07:00

so last night i couldn't sleep and so i started playing on my friends blogs checking them out.. i made some word thing from my cousin stacy's blog its called a wordle im way to computer challenged though because i couldn't figure out how to post it on my blog.. then i started going on some of my friends blogs and I found the cutest blogs..

cutiepiehaircreations.blogspot.com
Jackinkassiedos.blogspot.com
sometimescreative.blogspot.com
cute2tryhairdos.blogspot.com

The problem is im still not going to be able to sleep because now, i am way excited to try out some of these cute hair dos that I found.. if only I knew how to french braid..thats my task for this week.. learn how, and I know just the person to teach me ( Aunt Susan)

All work and no play - YA RIGHT!!

2008-10-28T07:47:00.000-07:00

Here is some more pictures of addison raking the leaves at my moms house..

Update on Taylee

2008-10-26T21:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Taylee. I can't believe how much she is changing she finally started wearing 0-3 month clothes she is just tiny i guess.. she is starting to talk more and smile more and she has really started to recognize my voice i love it.. she definately completes our family thats for sure.. I hope she stays looking like her daddy she looks so much like him..

Working hard

2008-10-26T21:14:00.000-07:00

I had to go up north for a meeting and so addison went with my mom for the day..she loves to go there she follows my mom everywhere.. she is like her little shadow.. its funny becauses she has more then one grandma and she keeps track of them very well my mom happens to be grandpas grandma why? I HAVE NO CLUE but thats what she calls her dans mom is (daddy's mom grandma and Richard) funny how she keeps them apart.. anyhow she loves to help my mom with everything and the other day they raked leaves.. she won't stop talking about how now "we need to get a rake so she can rake leaves at our house".. I love that little girl she totally cracks me up..

Captain Dan!!

2008-10-14T10:45:00.000-07:00

Addison made this hat at preschool for columbus day.. She was so proud!! She had her daddy try it on and made me take a picture so he could see.. Ha!Ha! I totally had to post it on our blog so everyone else could see just how cute dan looked :)

Pretty in Pink!!

2008-10-14T09:30:00.000-07:00

I bought this outfit for Addison the other day at K-mart. She looked so cute.. I had to post this picture of her.. she was so proud of her new outfit, and i thougth she looked adorable..

I pooped!!

2008-10-08T10:31:00.000-07:00

Isn't it funny how you talk to babies..
EX: Did you go poo poo
Do you ever wonder what goes through their heads when you say stuff like that? Well I was talking baby talk to Taylee excited about her pooping because she has a hard time and Addison got excited for her too it was funny.. Well not that you all want to know but Addison was in the bathroom the other day and she came running out screaming "I pooped" it was so funny.. I guess she thought that I need to get excited for her too..

We Interrupt this marriage to bring you the hunting season!!

2008-10-07T09:26:00.000-07:00

Boy if that doesn' say it all.. I saw that sign at one of the stores in town, and let me tell you for all those women like me whose husbands hunt.. IT FITS!! Last weekend Dan decided that he had to go hunting.. funny thing is he didnt'even have a tag.. He went to buy one and they were sold out.. but he didnt' want to let his friend matt down so he went anyway.. Well first of all friday he txt's me and says if I get off early will you come spend time with me.. Well of course i went and Matt shows up early figures.. and then dan had to load up anyway so there was not much time to be spent.. Saturday night Addison was crying because she wanted her daddy so i had her call him, and she cried made him feel bad..(I thought it was funny) She's four and she already knows the master of a guilt trip..
Sunday morning my door flings open at 9:30 in the morning I was scared to death I jumped out of bed, and there was dan.. He said he missed his family, and so he came home early.. and not only that he was nice the entire day.. like way nice.. It was great Addison totally has him wrapped around her little finger.

First day of Preschool

2008-09-24T13:06:00.000-07:00

Addison and Nevada on their first day of preschool.

Addison

2008-09-16T15:22:00.000-07:00

Addison is getting so big... I can't believe it.. She knows mine and dan's phone numbers and also our address... I am trying to teach her my moms number to so that in case of an emergency.. anyhow not much has been happening at our house.. just working and spending time wiht the girls.. Addison has been on this kick about going for walks and so we are going to start tonight.. I can' hardly wait!!.. I am loving life two girls is the best..

Taylee

2008-09-16T15:16:00.000-07:00

Can you believe she is already six weeks old??

my girls

2008-08-26T14:33:00.000-07:00

So took taylee to the doctor today and they tortured her. They had to cut the little thing under her tounge so that she could eat better, and then they had to prick her foot.. it was pretty sad she screamed louder then I have ever heard her scream.. Addison covered her ears in disgust.. any how she is doing good she will be three weeks old tomorrow and has already gained a pound and grown a quarter of an inch..

more of Taylee

2008-08-16T18:56:00.000-07:00

My little sister had taken some pictures at the hospital of Taylee's birth when they brought Addison to come see her, so here they are. I know I look just beautiful.. ha ha

Taylee Ann Barclay

2008-08-14T15:02:00.000-07:00

She's here.. Taylee Ann Barclay Born August 6, 2008 at 9:48 p.m. she weighed 7 pounds and was 19 1/2 inches long..

catching up

2008-08-05T14:45:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow.. is the big day for this baby.. i can't wait i am so tired of being pregnant.. its alot of work.. They scheduled me at the hospital to be started at 7 am so.. who knows when exactly we will have her.. i went to the doctor on monday and im dialated to a three already so anytime.. I have had that burst of energy they say you'll have right before you give birth.. I cleaned our house and painted some shelves I have been so busy.. Dan teases me says I haven't had this much energy in 9 months.. ha ha he's right.. well wish me luck :)

Happy Birthday Addison

2008-08-05T14:39:00.000-07:00

Addison is four as of july 28th.. I can't believe that Addison is already 4.. time flies by so fast.. she is getting so big.. we bought her a swimming pool for her birthday she played in it for 5 hours the first day... she kept posing for me to take her picture.. it was adorable..

Another Weekend Project

2008-07-21T10:33:00.000-07:00

We had purchased a new vanity for the house well we bought it from dans mom and step dad when we bought the house, anyhow I have been begging dan for weeks to remodel the bathroom down stairs. We needed a new toilet and the vanity installed and just the walls textured and painted. The washer and dryer use to be in this bathroom as well and we wanted them moved up stairs.. (well I did) It sounded easy enough.. YA RIGHT!!! There was some paneling on the walls that we had to rip down and low and behold behind this paneling was a hole bunch of holes.. our weekend few hour project turned into the never ending project. My poor dan, he had to repair all the holes in the wall, there were big gaps in between the door frame that he had to fill in with sheet rock.. I love him.. he is such a trooper.. He even joked around with me while we were hanging up the mirrors in the vanity.. Here are some of the before pictures I need to take some afters when I get home..

Aunt Kylie

2008-07-21T10:25:00.000-07:00

Addison loves her Aunt Kylie. We are going to miss her when she goes to college. Last night I told addison that kylie was leaving to college, and Addison said, "it's ok she can come sleep in my room." It probably won't hit addie until a month after Kylie is gone and she realizes.. ha ha..

more pictures

2008-07-18T12:45:00.001-07:00

Here are just a few more pictures of the ones I took.. the ones of addison she is just being silly she kept standing in places and telling me to take her picture..

8-08-08

2008-06-24T12:15:00.000-07:00

I went to the doctor because I have been having some problems with my galbladder. My doctor said that they will take my galbladder out after the baby is born because I had so many problems with it when i was pregnant with Addison as well. I am due on August 15th so the doctor said that she would start me a week early. That would be 8-0-08 how cool of a birthday would that be. I am hoping that it works out because 8 is my lucky number. If thats the case then I only have six weeks left YAHOO!!!!

Picture Time!!

2008-06-19T11:06:00.000-07:00

My friend Tommie wanted me to take some pictures of her kids for fathers day so we went to this spot by my aunt Kathy's. Addison didn't like the idea that she was being left out so I bought her a little outfit to match the girls she of course had to wear it. It was so funny she kept posing for me to take pictures of her. Her and Nevada would pose together so here are just some of the pictures that I took. I think i did pretty good if I dont' say so myself.

Addisons first hair cut

2008-06-13T11:26:00.001-07:00

Addison kept begging Dan and I to cut her hair. She had such long hair but the curls on the end would get snarls and she would cry and say I hate my hair. So after a few months of her asking we finally did it was about 6-7 inches if you stretch out her curl. I think that it looks cute and she loves it, it is so much easier to do and she doesn't cry anymore and plus it takes about half the time it use to for her hair to get done.

Our weekend project

2008-05-27T15:59:00.000-07:00

We are buying dan mom house on june 3.. for whatever reason the loan officer said that we had to move the kitchen upstairs before we could close on the house.. It was a basment house and so the kitchen was in the basement.. it was all plumbed to go up just never did.. Well they let us know friday at 4:45 and the weekend was our only time to do it.. So in three days we knocked down a wall stained some cabinets painted a wall and got the kitchen moved.. dan did such an awesome job im so proud of him.. Here is a picture of the wall before we knocked it all the way down..

Here is what the old kitchen looks like with all the cabinets ripped out, and with some of them still in. We are going to turn it into a family room eventually..

There is still a few things that we need to do we ordered new appliances and we need to get new flooring.. we also need to touch up the wall.. but hey in three days we did an awesome job.. thank heavens for our friends that helped us or we would have been in a world of hurt.. here is a picture of the finish product..

Addie's first fish

2008-05-23T06:19:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Dan wanted to take Addison fishing so we loaded up in the truck and headed out. It wouldn't have been so bad, but the ride was bumpy and pregnant and bumps are not fun.. I had to pee like seven times. Addison thought she wanted to try her hand at peeing in the wilderness she peed on her pants a little bit it was pretty dramatic.. She is such a girl she gets dirty and she has to change, or if her hands get dirty she has to wash them. She cracks me up.. Anyhow when we made it to upperbox creek where we went fishing dan put her scooby doo pole in the water and immediately she caught a fish. She reeled it in but as soon as it got to shore and started flopping around she ran far away... It was pretty funny...

The newest member of our family

2008-05-11T15:18:00.000-07:00

So.. we got a dog... Her name is Molly.. She just kind of became of member of our family she is such a sweet dog... Addison loves her she is still a little nervous about her just because Molly gets excited and jumps up on her but she just licks her.. Sorry its been so long since I posted we have been busy with everything moving, and getting settled, and getting organized.. Its been crazy but things are starting to settle down a little bit..

More Addison..

2008-04-24T08:27:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of Addison.. She has been on this kick about picking out her own outfit.. Sometimes she does ok, and others are interesting but we let her because she gets so proud of herself.. She is growing up so fast I can't believe she will be four in a few months.. it goes by so fast..

Taylee Ann

2008-04-18T09:38:00.001-07:00

Well its official Taylee Ann Barclay. Thats going to be the new babies name.. We let Addison have her say on the middle name and she wanted Ann.. which works for us Addison Marial Barclay addie is after my great great grandma and marial was after my mom. Ann will be after my other mom Virginia Ann and also just about everyone of my really close friends since I was little.. Keri Ann Daniels, Ann Alicia (annie) Mckinlay.. Ashley Ann and now Shelli Ann... It will be a good name to have i'm excited that we finally agreed on a name.. and we all agree..

Life..

2008-04-18T09:36:00.000-07:00

Addison & Quinn

2008-04-12T08:31:00.000-07:00

For dan and Quinn birthday's dan dad took us to Chili's for dinner.. They gave a complimentary birthday shake to Quinn so we made him share with Addison.. It only lasted for about a second but atleast we got a picture.