What Im excited for

I love the spring time for one my birthday is in it and two you start getting all excited for things to come the rest of the year. I had some birthday money to spend one things I love my mom gave me money so I could go to the scrapbook expo and spend it all there and I did. I got this whole table of stuff. I'm super ready to get working on my families book now.

My dad gave me a gift card to REI and my grandpa gave me some money so this is what I got with all of that and my dividend and 20 percent off coupon. I got a ton of stuff: drink powders, new jelly bean flavors, blocks (all to run good on the salt lake half marathon Saturday) a hat that blocks sun rays and covers ears and neck for Teagen. He seams to like it. My big purchase was my Kelty kid backpack carrier. I'm so excited to get up hiking in the mountains with it. I also got a red nalgene bottle for me, a blue sippy cup for Teagen and Rob picked a blue one. So if anyone wants to go hiking this summer we will be going a lot.


I love the snow but I want it to melt or just get warmer in the mountain so we can go climbing I am going to get back in shape for that I miss it so much, not being able to do it last summer was really hard.
I'm excited for all the festivals this summer like: The arts, hot air balloon, Swiss days, German up at snowbird, the Saturday morning farmers market, walks in the park with our puppies, and anything outside with my family.
I really want to make it to the beach this year I didn't get to go last year and that was hard too. There are so many good movies coming out this summer as well such as Eclipse we are going to the midnight showing for that one, I have never been to a midnight showing so this should be fun.
We get to start swimming with Teagen this year, he LOVES the water he could stay in his bath all day I swear. So that will be lots of fun. And we are going to bear lake for Robs family reunion they do every year. So lots of stuff planned for the summer I cant wait.

Easter weekend

This last weekend was so much fun. Friday was my birthday and I got woken up by rob giving me my first gift (a sweatshirt I have been wanting) Then he went to work for a couple hours. When he came home we went to Teagen's appointment with the chiropractor then off to his doctors appointment. He is doing really well with his developmental skills and he is in the 59th percentile for his height and 5th percentile in weight, the doctor was a little worried about his weight he only has gained not even a pound in 2 months. I have been feeding him 2 meals a day with his normal feedings. Hopefully he will gain a little more for next time. Then we were off to riverton to get some more cloth diapers for Teagen, I was excited to use them I really like these ones now we have a lot so he should be good till he needs pull ups. That night rob took me to dinner with my friends I didn't know where we were going until we got there. We went to Tepanyaki and it was so good if you haven't been there it is really fun they cook the food in front of you and you can get sushi. Thanks rob for planning a great day, I love all you do for me. And thanks for all my friends that came and tried to come.


Saturday rob took Braedy to his paintball game and he loved it he got shot a couple times and actually shot someone out. When he got home we went to walmart to get some easter things. That night while the boys were at priesthood mom and Rissa come over, mom got us a ice cream cake like always the icing was so purple. We got Bready with it he didn't like it that much but it was funny. We died eggs and when rob got home we finished them together, Teagen didn't get it but we had fun as a family. Rissa fed Teagen peas and got them all over him, I should have put a bib on him. Mom also gave Teagen his first little easter basket.





Sunday we got up and got ready for easter brunch at little america. We just went with mom's family and us but it was fun I love going I look forward to it every year. Then we had dinner for eater and me and Rissa's bithday. It was yummy and then we got to open presents. I got money to Rei and money and some gift cards and cooking things. Teagen loves Parker he always makes Teagen laugh when he makes all his faces at him. Its fun to watch them. It was a good weekend and I am thankful I have a family to share it with.

6 Months Where does the time go?

Our Teagen is 6 months old now, I cant believe it. He has grown up so fast. The last 3 months have been a lot of fun with him learning new things and interacting with us. We have his checkup with the doctor next month so I can find out what his growth has been. He loves to eat now, we give him cereal in the morning and a vegetable for dinner so far he hasn't not liked anything. He has tried peas, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, green beans and carrots. All of it has been fresh, we cook it and mash it up in our nifty food grinder (they are the best, if you don't have one you should) and then freeze it for the week. He is sitting up on his own for about 60 seconds then he will fall over. He can roll over on his own but he doesn't like to. He loves being held. He is getting his second tooth, I wish it would just cut through already this one is taking longer and its bothering him sometimes. Here are his 6 month photos I took the other day.

Jelly Bean Fiends

So our dogs are addicted to jelly beans, they know where they are and whenever Rob gets them out he has there undivided attention its so funny.

5 Months

Teagen is now 5 months old as of yesterday. He is such a bundle of joy and we are so lucky to have him in our family. These last 5 months have been so busy and have gone by so fast, he is so big and such a good baby.

Milestones:

-Rolled over by himself once a couple weeks ago

-Scoots around on his back and tummy

-Only likes tummy time for about 10 to 15 min at a time

-Eating cereal every night and gets it all over his face and hands but he loves helping put the spoon in his mouth

-Wakes up only once a night now and goes right back to sleep (so nice)

-Loves his bath time, just kicks and kicks and slashes around

-Says his O's when I say them with him

-Talks and smiles all the time

-Very ticklish

He got his first burn the other night when we were out to dinner, he touched a really hot plate and has blisters on three of his little fingers. We felt so bad but they are healing nicely I don't think that they are going to pop, so I am really happy about that.

He wasn't sure about cereal the first couple times.


Then we added apple juice instead of breast milk and he likes it more.


Teagen's hair was getting a mullet so I gave him his first hair cut last week. Now it is about 1 inch now and a lot cuter. There was a lot we cut off we were surprised.

PF Changs 1/2 Marathon

This last weekend I was able to go to arizona and see my family but also run the 1/2 marathon. I thought it was going to be this weekend but my mom informed me a week before we had to leave that it was really a week before i thought it would be I had not even trained that much but I ran that night a good distance and so we registered for it that night. Rob was not able to come with us, he had to work. So we left last wednesday night and stayed in Page to get some sleep then got into scottsdale thursday morning. We just hung around at grandmas house then went out to eat at a mexican place that we seem to go to every time we are in town. Friday we went shopping (big surprise) and that night we went to dinner with uncle Brent and aunt Kathy at Macaroni Grill. Saturday we went to register and pick up all our stuff for the race. This 1/2 marathon is the biggest in the US. There were so many people there. There were tons of booths to go to and find out the latest things for running I got a lot of free stuff and I got these really cool earphones that attach to your Ipod earphones and they didn't fall out once. Saturday night we went to the casino for the crab buffet. Its all you can eat and it was so so good. Sunday morning I got up to feed Teagen at 6 and then started getting ready to run. We got to the start at 7:45, the race didn't start till 8:30. They had 25+ Coralls which were sections you were in depending on your goal time I was in 19 so I didn't get to the start line for 45 minutes. I did okay my goal time was 2:45 and I finished in 2:55. I would have done a little better but for some reason I thought it was only 12.1 miles so I started pushing it at 10 and a half and got so sore and the last mile was not that good for me if I just paced it a little longer I would have done better but I finished and felt good. I wish my family was there to root me on, maybe next time. We got back to grandmas and just took it easy the rest of the day. Grandma trimmed my hair and we had my grandmas Macaroni and cheese it is so good. Monday we packed and left for home the drive took so long because it was snowing pretty bad in some spots so we got in around one. It was nice to be home I really missed Rob it made a difference having Teagen with me it made me miss Rob more then before. So my next goal is to do the Salt lake Marathon this spring I am going to start training this week.

Ready, Set, GO!!!

So the PF Changs marathon in phoenix is this month.

My Goal: To run the half marathon

My Time Goal: 3 Hours

Time I have to train: 3 1/2 weeks

I ran 4 miles last week and I am going to try to run 6 tomorrow, hope all goes well. Im excited to use my new running clothes I got for christmas.

To my best running partner.....I love you!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We had a really good Christmas this year. We had a couple family parties that were fun its nice to see everyone. Christmas eve we went to my dads house and had dinner and opened presents with them and played games it was nice to do this Christmas eve because we didn't have the craziness Christmas day. Then we went home and wrapped some presents and my mom came by and gave us our pajamas. This year was funny I got a whole onsie with thing one and thing two heads on the feet, Rissa got the Grinch, and the boys got Simpson pants and shirts. They are actually warm and comfy. We got to sleep pretty good then had to wake up and get ready so we could get over to grandpa Groscosts house for breakfast. We opened presents there and ate yummy food then headed over to my house where Rissa and mom came over so we could do presents with them. I did calenders for my families this year and they weren't done yet because they were taking up a lot more time then i thought they would. . After my house we meet my moms family at the movies were we saw Sherlock Holmes, really good movie. After the movie we went over to Rob's family and did presents there I was almost done with there calender so I stayed in the car and finished it. After all said and done we went home and just spent time together. It was so nice having a new member to our family. Teagen got so many gifts some he cant even play with yet but it was really fun with him.

New years eve we had some friends over. We played games, ate some food and watched some tv till midnight. Teagen slept most of the night so we were happy we didn't have to watch him and could just spend some time with our friends. Im glad we actually stayed up this year. Maybe one year I will get my wish and we can make it to New York to see the real thing. Happy New Year everyone.

Happy Holidays

This is so funny, you should try it with your family.

Teagen's Blessing Weekend

This weekend was so busy. My family from arizona came in friday morning early. I got Teagen ready for the day and my mom came and picked us up and we went over to visit our aunt Mary. She lives in a retirement home and they were doing a halloween party, so we stayed and visited for a couple hours.

We left and headed out to my sisters house in Saratoga Springs and got dinner ready for the fam. What my mom didn't know was it was really a surprise 50th birthday party for her. So we got done cooking and we needed to get her out of the house so we could set up the decorations. Every excuse we came up with she got out of then we had Grandma have my mom take her to get a drink at the gas station. My aunt debbie went with her and they stopped at the store. They kept stalling and mom was getting really anxious to get back and they just kept walking around. We hurried and got all the decorations up and the lights off and when she walked in yelled happy birthday. She was really surprised so that mad me happy. We all ate dinner then mom opened her gag gifts. Jeff brought like 15 gifts they were all stuff from the DI that was from her time. All the gifts were really funny.

Saturday I cut Rob's hair in a mohawk and then we got Teagen in his little giraffe costume and we dressed up. Rob went as a dead preppy boy and I went as a Vampire. Then we just cleaned our house to get really for sunday. We went trick or treating at Jeff and Wenda's house and ate this really good chilly that she made in a pumpkin. We went home and that night was the first time Teagen slept 6 hours. Yay!!!

Sunday we got up and started getting ready. We had been planning this day for a while and last weekend we found out that it was stake conference this weekend so we had to have the blessing at the clubhouse where we were doing food. So we told everyone to go there and that morning we found out we had to have the blessing at our house because it cant be in a public building. So we told everyone it is now at out house. We did so much running around that morning my mom and Rissa came over early to help us. People started arriving and then the bishop came over, after that we were still waiting for people dad was told that it was at 1 so we had to wait for a little bit longer. We had so many people in our house I didn't even know that many could fit in there. My dad gave us the opening prayer, then we sang I am a child of God, then Rob gave a very beautiful blessing. He was so nervous the whole last month but he did such a good job. I was very proud of him. Then my grandpa Groscost gave the closing prayer and we all went over and ate really good food that everyone brought. Mom, Rissa and Leisa helped so much, thanks for all your help. I just was Rob to know that I'm so thankful to have this brand new baby boy and a husband that is a worthy holder of the priesthood that could bless him.

After we got everything cleaned up my mom's side of the family went to wheeler farm to do family pictures, I wanted to get them done because we are not all together that often and we needed them. This weekend was so crazy but I love when my family is here I miss them so much and and so thankful that we can be together sometimes.