Happy Holman's

It's About Time!

2011-04-19T08:36:00.000-07:00

I know, I know I keep making promises to keep this updated, but life seems to take over and the blog takes the back burner. So here we go again and I am going to try to make it a priority! So here's a review of the events over the last 6 months:
Rylee had a FANTASTIC birthday! She was spoiled rotten (as usual) and got a new bike, a DS, a two wheel scooter and a bunch of other stuff!We went to the zoo for her birthday, which my mom will attest was an adventure to say the least!
Nate setup a slip n slide for the kids and we had some great September Saturdays for the kids to play!

Even Dad had a fun time!
We went on a drive and walk up the canyon when the leaves changed and had lots of fun taking pictures. Here is Mason in the leaves:
When Rylee was the same age we did the same thing - here's her picture in the leaves:
So fun to see their similarities!
We also went to a Corn maze, we went to Vegas for Halloween and had a great time at there Fair and trick or treating around the neighborhood. We also went to Vegas for Thanksgiving, but I must have been too busy to take any pictures. I do have one of my favorites of my Grandpa Wes holding Mason.
December was a very busy month! We blessed Mason, went to Salt Lake for a weekend to go to the Temple Lights, breakfast with Santa and a play "If you give a Mouse a Cookie". It was so much fun! We also had our annual Family Christmas Party, which is always so much fun! Our theme this year was 'Oh Baby, It's Christmas'. We had fun reminiscing about our childhood Christmas memories. We had the Nativity scene at Grandma and Grandpa Batty's where Rylee played Mary, Drew was the Shepherd and Mason was Baby Jesus. They were adorable. My family spent Christmas Eve night and morning with us. It's so much fun for the kids for Mimi, Papa and Mar Mars to be here. Hopefully next year we will all be well! :) Here are some of December's pictures:

January, February and March were spent doing lots of skiing for Nate and Rylee. Nate's work also had a fun Night Skiing night. We all went up to Beaver Mountain and took turns skiing. I had Lydia come help so we could all get some fun ski time in and Mason could be looked after! Drew did a great job skiing for the first time. I hadn't seen Rylee ski since last season and was shocked at how great she is - she definitely makes me nervous! February we had another fun trip to Vegas. In March, I got to go with my sister-in-law's to Vegas, which was a lot of fun. We saw the beautiful displays at the Bellagio and did lots of shopping. The weather was only ok so we had one morning of sitting by the pool which Brenda missed (sorry Brenda!).

March is Nate and Drew's birthday's and we had a lot of fun celebrating those! For Drew's birthday we went to lunch with his friend Cruz and to the movie, Rango, with Cruz and our friends Charlie and Katie (and baby Owen). On Nate's birthday, we had all of our families over for dinner, cake and ice cream and, of course, presents! Drew got bunk beds and a new room for his birthday. He was so excited to show everyone his new bed. He also got some fun Toy Story shoes, shirt and sunglasses, and a T-ball set.

Here is my sweet Mason getting so big. He is sitting by himself and has started scooting on his butt around the kitchen floor. It's quite entertaining. He is such a momma's boy which I love and hate. He loves to cuddle, but is not a happy camper when I'm in the room and not holding him. But I need to enjoy it because I know it won't last forever!

At the end of March, we got our season passes for skiing next year for me and Drew. I enjoy skiing and will finally not be pregnant or have a brand new baby next year. :) So we got our passes and went skiing on a Saturday morning. We got on our first lift ride up and are about to unload when the lift stops and starts bouncing and swaying we were literally coming off our seats! Remember my entire little family is on the lift! Well the cable broke that takes the lift up, so we had to be evacuated from the lift. I'm pretty sure I was the most traumatized by the whole ordeal. The kids were scared, but haven't thought a thing about it since. Me, on the other hand, I'm not sure I can ride a lift ever again! I'm working on getting through it though.
Well I think I have made up for not posting in 6 months. Thanks for still looking! :)

Baby Mason

2010-09-30T14:06:00.000-07:00

Mason was born on Sept. 10th at 9:33 pm. He weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and was 19" long. He has been such a sweet baby so far. He looks just like Drew did and sometimes I can't help but call him Drew Bear. The kids are loving him and like to hold him. Every day Drew asks what his name is because he can't remember. I am getting used to 3 kids. Obviously, some days are better than others! Nate has been a great help and Drew and Rylee are enjoying their special time with daddy. I ventured out with my mom and we attempted to get the kids pictures taken. It was a very long day, but I think they turned out pretty cute!

VeGaS!

2010-07-20T20:51:00.000-07:00

For Memorial Day, we went to Vegas. We had so much fun swimming and playing. We stayed at my parents house and the Country Club had a big party for the opening of the swimming pool. They had hula hoop contests and a DJ and lots of fun stuff for the kids like the bounce house and balloon animals and cotton candy.

I love this picture of my dad and Drew. Drew loves to play 'butt heads' and he's pretty good at it!
Rylee loved playing in the Bounce house. They had some water slides, but her and Drew both hated them so they just stayed in the Bounce house. Rylee was having a great time learning to hula hoop. She got pretty creative and fancy with her arms and leg action!
Drew and Rylee both loved being thrown in the pool. They were having so much fun! They are both quite the little swimmers with their floaties on.

We had so much fun and can't wait to go back!

Hello!

2010-05-25T23:22:00.000-07:00

I know it's been forever since I posted and it's almost laughable to post now, but here goes . . . An update of the past 6 months - Rylee has been having a great time with preschool. She just loves Miss Patty! She's doing very well learning the alphabet, numbers and colors. She only has a week left until it's over for the summer. We had a wonderful Christmas, our first Christmas in our new house. My mom, dad and sister came and slept over starting a new tradition. The kids had a lot of fun playing with their toys. Over the winter they enjoyed sledding down the hill next to our house. Rylee got a season pass to Beaver Mountain for next year and went skiing a few times this year and did great! Nate said the biggest problem was she wants to go too fast! I'm just glad I'm not there, she already makes me nervous enough. Drew is growing up fast! He turned 2 in March and loves dump trucks, diggers, dirt and pretty much anything outside. All the construction in our neighborhood makes for some great entertainment! Some other big news is we are having another little boy in September. Rylee and Drew love thinking of baby names - although some of the names are a little out there! The pregnancy has been much harder than the first 2. I haven't been able to do much for the last 2 months. Everything is starting to look better, so hopefully we won't have any more problems. We went to California in April to visit Grandpa Wes and also got to see Aunt Brenda and soon to be Uncle Patrick! The kids loved seeing the animals and swimming in the pool. Drew got very daring during the trip and was able to swim by himself with his arm floaties on. I have some great pictures of him jumping in mid air. Rylee just had her tonsils out, she is recovering really well. Hopefully we'll have less sickness at our house now! Nate is working hard to get our yard done. It is trenched and ready for sprinklers, if only it would quit raining long enough for him to put them in! The kids are excited for grass! Although I'm not sure where Drew will do his digging! That is our update to now, hopefully I can do better at keeping up! Here are a few fun pictures from our adventures!

Happy Birthday - Part 2!

2009-09-30T20:16:00.000-07:00

For the second part of Rylee's birthday, we had all of our family over to celebrate. It was a lot of fun. We had Chili for dinner and then started opening presents! Here is Mimi and Drew anxiously awaiting our guests!

Here we are opening presents. Rylee had so much fun opening presents. She was trying to find everyone to thank them, but there were too many people for her to find. She would scan the room trying to find where the person was hiding - it was quite entertaining.

She got a new Barbie, a princess scooter and helmet, toy blow dryer and straightener, chalkboard, play-do and lots more! She is definitely a spoiled little princess.

My mom's neighbor makes prom dresses and made Rylee these gorgeous dress-ups. She got a Cinderella gown and a pink princess gown. She also got a Belle gown, but that will be seen at Halloween. All of them have matching shoes and accessories. We might start to have fights about shoes. She wants to wear the white sparkly shoes - EVERYWHERE! But that's not even the worst part, she wants to wear them with SOCKS!! AHHHH! She may get to wear them somewhere one day, but her feet are going to have to grow a little more. Here are some pictures of the dresses.

She got this cute beauty set that had some pretend lipstick in it. Drew thought that was pretty neat and decided Papa needed some!

Nate will probably kill me for this one, but oh well! Drew also really liked Rylee's new shoes! He kept putting them on and doing a little dance! I thought it was hysterical!

I have to admit that I like to get the kids a store bought cake, maybe it's because of the pretty decorations or maybe because I am lazy. Either way, Nate wanted a home made cake this year, so I decided to try it. I found a darling princess crown cake pan and Rylee and I made her cake. She wanted a pink cake, so we got to put food coloring in (her favorite!) and decorate the top. I am actually very proud! My mom actually decorated the outside, but I gave direction :)! I LOVE her cake and will probably start a new tradition of always making the cake!
Rylee was so excited to sing 'Happy Birthday' she had been singing it to herself all morning "Happy Birthday to Me"! It was so cute. Well, when we brought the cake out, she was so excited that she just sang 'Happy Birthday' to herself and blew the candles out! This is actually the second round of blowing out candles because I couldn't take the picture fast enough the first time around!

After everyone left, Rylee got a little sad and said she wants everyone to come back to her house. I think she had a great birthday! I am so lucky to have such a sweet girl. She makes me laugh everyday! She loves her brother so much and is such a good big sister. We love you Rylee!

Happy Birthday - Part 1!

2009-09-29T16:26:00.000-07:00

Rylee is 3! I can't believe it! It seems like just yesterday we had this cute little punkin!
Now she is so grown up! We had a really fun birthday celebration! We went to the Cache Valley Fun Park to go roller skating. Rylee has been saying for months that she wants skates for her birthday. So we got her some darling princess skates and went to try them out. My mom and sister came and so did our friends Katie, Will and Charlie. She was so excited when she opened the skates but she kept blocking her face in every picture I took! But you can see the excitement when she is going out to skate with Nate.

Aunt Brenda sent her this darling Strawberry Shortcake doll. She just loves to do her hair and put 'makeup' on her!

Drew was tired of waiting for Rylee to finish opening her presents, so he just started digging in to the pizza. Hungry boy!

Here are the girls - attempting to skate! It was a lot of fun - I think we are going to have to do it more often. Maybe then we'll get a little better!

Drew watching his big sister! He had fun running around the rink in his socks. I also pushed him around the rink in the stroller which he enjoyed. If you go to the Fun Park during the day - there is nobody there! We were the only ones skating the entire time. Which was nice since we all needed lots of space!

Drew loved riding the rides and trying to play the games. We won tickets and traded them in for some candy and horns!

We traded our tickets in and got some candy and horns. My sister got these funky glasses that my mom is modeling.

We had a fun day skating! Then we went home for our big birthday party with the family! Those pictures will be coming soon! Happy Birthday Rylee!

Binky Fairy!

2009-08-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

The Binky Fairy came to visit us in June. I loved Rylee having a binky, but it was time for it to go! One night, we were talking and Nate asked Rylee if she wanted to get rid of her binky. She, of course, said no. I asked her when she wanted to get rid of it and she said, "Tuesday". Well this was a Friday night, so we agreed that on Tuesday the Binky Fairy could come and take her binkies. We made a big deal out of her being a big girl and everything like that. On Monday night, we let her sleep with all of her binkies. As you can see she was totally stoked! On Tuesday morning, I reminded her that today was the Big Day and asked her what she should get for giving up her binkies. I was thinking a toy or something along those lines. Nope, she said, "I want a Slurpee and Skittles." So we put her binkies in a baggie and she chose a place where the Binky Fairy would find them and after we ran some errands and came home, they were gone! I was really worried the first night would be torture, but she was awesome! She asked for her binky, but I told her it was gone and she accepted it. I am so proud of her!

Air Show! A little late!

2009-08-13T21:56:00.000-07:00

Back in June, we went to the Hill Air Force Base Air Show. We had a great time! I got a little wagon for the kids to ride in. Who knew it would be better for carrying all of our stuff in! Rylee and Drew both loved the planes. Rylee didn't like the loud noise, but she loved watching.

It was really hot - I guess Drew was sick of it so he started dumping his water on his face. We got such a kick out of it, that he, of course, kept doing it!

I love this picture of Rylee. She loved being up on daddy's shoulders so she could see the planes, but also all the people! She is definitely like her mom and could watch people all day!

I also am quite proud of myself on this picture. I kept trying to take the picture right when the plane was there, but kept missing. I finally got one. Drew was very patient with me. Especially because he wanted to see the plane not look at the camera!

Here are my kiddos - totally tuckered out! It's funny to go back through these pictures and see Rylee with a binky. We have since ditched the binky! (Will be in a post coming soon!)

Stampin' Up Convention!

2009-08-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

So I'm jumping ahead for a minute! I just got back from Stampin' Up! Convention! It was AWESOME! They have some wonderful new digital scrapbook software coming out! It is amazing! I can't believe how easy it was to use! The best part is - I get it for FREE! Well, I have to get 1 recruit by the end of August, but I'm not too worried about that! I got so many ideas and had a blast with friends. If you've ever thought about hosting a Stampin' Up workshop, now is the time to do it! They have some wonderful benefits right now that I am SUPER excited about! I am trying to do a Stampin' Up blog - so try more information there, or email me to find out what classes and clubs I have going on!
Here is a picture of my roommates and new friends! Jerilyn, Me and Natalie! We had so much fun and lots of laughs together!

Here is an idea of all the ideas at Convention - this is just one of the hundreds of pictures I have of samples and ideas! Hopefully I can gather all my thoughts together!

Water Fun!

2009-08-03T07:06:00.000-07:00

I guess it's time I update my blog. We have had a busy and fun summer and I just haven't had time to sort through pictures and post. So I will be posting over the next few days, some of the fun stuff we've been doing! First, we set up a little water pool toy on the deck for the kids to play in. With no yard, we are limited on what water activities we can do. The kids have loved playing with this though! Whenever I tell them to smile - this is what I get - from BOTH of them!

Drew just liked getting his hair wet! He would dip his hands in the water and rub it on his hair! What a goof ball!

I LOVE this picture of Rylee - the slide is only like a foot long, but her face looks like it is a long way down!

I have a lot of pictures to get through, so hopefully I will post again later today or tomorrow!

California!!

2009-04-27T17:45:00.000-07:00

We went to California for Easter break to visit Grandpa Wes and Aunt Brenda. We had so much fun! Grandpa Wes lives on a farm and Rylee and Drew loved the animals! Everyday we would go on a walk around the farm to check on the animals. He has goats, ostriches, funky chickens, roosters, ducks and geese, bunnies and miniature horses. Drew had so much fun watching the animals, he had no fear! Rylee just liked to look, but no touching!

Here are me and my babies on the plane!

Drew would get so excited when we saw the animals - he would squat and scream, "Hi, hi hi hi!" My grandpa has 2 little dogs and Drew would follow them everywhere! He sure loves puppies!

We finally got Rylee to pet the horse long enough for Nate to take a picture. She loved the animals, but didn't want to touch them!
My grandpa had this fun little car to ride in. Rylee was to tall to ride in it and Drew was too short to make the car go, so we compromised and Rylee got to push Drew around in it. Rylee has a new love for sunglasses. Anytime it is bright, sometimes even in the house, she wants to wear her sunglasses. Drew does not have the same love - he is already trying to pull them off!
Drew hated walking on the grass, which we all thought was kind of funny. He would get a couple steps in on the grass and then freeze. He would twist and look around at everything going on, but wouldn't move until you came and rescued him.
Rylee has always loved the water. She can now swim all by herself with the little arm floaties on. I love this picture. Her smile is absolutely beautiful. Lately she doesn't really smile for the camera, we get the fake smile instead. But this smile is a genuine 'I Love the Sunshine' kind of smile!

This has to be my all time favorite picture right now! I can't believe I got this shot so well. She is mid-air and is so happy! I just love it!

I think this is the sweetest picture of Drew. He is just chillin' in the tube in the pool. He wasn't liking the water at first, but he was really enjoying this.

Here is me and my sweet little Drew. What a sweet, cuddly guy!

We went to Easter Brunch with Grandpa Wes and Aunt Brenda. It was so much fun and what yummy food! They had a delicious chocolate fondue fountain and my grandpa's favorite - banana bread! We had such a fun time and can't wait to go back!

Here is me and Drew again - I think I need to get some pictures with me and Rylee.

Here is our little family! When we got home the Easter Bunny had come to visit us, but Brenda took those pictures, so I will have to post more from our trip when I get them from her.

Drew's 1st Birthday!

2009-04-16T13:41:00.001-07:00

Drew's First Birthday was last month and we had a family party to celebrate! It was so fun to have all the little kids around and see them play. Drew loved all the food and presents, and of course, the cake! We needed some boy toys around here because we were pretty buried in dolls, pony's and princess stuff. So Drew got some much needed trucks, trucks and more trucks! I can't believe my baby is one! As much as I can't believe it, I'm so excited because it is going to be that much more fun around here. He got a stuffed puppy from my mom for Valentine's Day and started saying "puppy". It was so cute so I had to get his pictures taken with his favorite puppy!

This is our happy little Birthday Boy! He was having so much fun playing with Rylee and all of his cousins. He didn't really want to open the presents, but Rylee was too excited to hold her off any longer! She was a great helper and very excited for all the new toys.

Here is Drew's Birthday Cake. I wanted Rylee and Drew to have the same first birthday cake, but we were going to watch him so that he didn't eat most of it like Rylee did.

He wasn't sure at first. He would just kind of touch it and look to make sure it was okay!

I guess when he realized I wasn't going to get mad, he dug right in!

I am so lucky to have two of the greatest kids! Every day they surprise me and teach me new things. Drew is growing up so fast and is so excited to have his favorite big sister to chase after. Happy Birthday Drew!

2009-02-19T16:01:00.000-08:00

This is how it works.....
The first 3 people to leave a comment on this
post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year.
When and what will be a surprise.
BUT, in order for you to leave a comment on my blog,
you have to post this on your blog first.
(That means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well.)
Get it?
So, the first 3 people to comment on this post will be the lucky ones! Good Luck!

My "Buggy" Nose

2009-02-18T12:21:00.000-08:00

Last week Rylee got a little cold and it was driving her crazy. She didn't like having her nose wiped (who does?), but she was good about telling me. She just kept yelling, "Mommy, I have a buggy nose!" Although I hated her being sick, I loved hearing her yell this - it just made me laugh. Lucky for me she gave the cold to Drew, me and Nate, so now she tells me Drew has a buggy nose or better yet, "Mommy, you have a buggy nose." Anyway, she came up with her own solution for her buggy nose . . .

My mom gave her some Valentine band-aids and she had the perfect idea! She is so entertaining!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-17T15:19:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun Valentine's Day this year! We started with nummy pink heart pancakes.

Here is Rylee adding our pink coloring.

Our finished pancakes!

Rylee enjoying her pancakes, milk and yogurt.

Drew, as always, enjoying his food!

Rylee got a rose and jewelry from daddy (which he did all by himself - what a sweetie).

Rylee and Drew love to play on the stairs. Rylee's most favorite thing to do is lay on the stairs. I think if I let her sleep there, she would!

She was so excited to wear this shirt and kept telling us all day that it said "Sweet Heart".

Before Valentine's Day, we went to the neighbors and decorated cookies. Rylee had so much fun, she spread all the frosting and decorated with her favorite - jelly beans!

My Sweeties! Rylee and Drew were so happy to play and were so wonderful to let me take pictures! They were both very smiley and very cooperative!

Merry Christmas!

2009-01-14T09:16:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We got to spend Christmas morning with Nate's mom and stepdad. It was so much fun. Rylee got to leave cookies and milk for Santa and was so excited to see if he got them.

Here is Rylee opening her stocking while brushing her teeth with her new toothbrush.
She loves Little Einsteins - and I've had enough with the same two movies playing over and over . . . AND OVER again! So it was time for couple more.

Drew and Rylee both got sleds from Santa - Drew loves to go ride in it. We took both kids out in their new snowsuits from Mimi and Papa. I will have to add those darling pictures later.

Drew also got a new train for Christmas and he loves to push it around - I just love this picture!

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And as a birthday present to me - we are finally moving in our house this week!!

Our trip to Mexico

2009-01-14T08:26:00.000-08:00

**Warning - Many, many pictures!**
I had a little time this morning so I thought I would FINALLY update our blog! Here are pictures from Mexico - we had such a good time. Rylee was so cute. She loved playing in the sand and waves, swimming in the pool, drinking strawberry daquiri's and, of course, dancing!

The first day we were there, they released the baby turtles in the ocean. You have to 'wash' your hands with sand so you don't get your oils on the baby. We didn't get very many pictures - and none that are very good, but here is Rylee holding the turtle.
Drew was so happy - I think he really enjoys warm weather!

Hmmm, Sand . . . Yummy!!

Rylee and Mimi - so cute!

Crazy Busy!!!

2008-12-08T18:03:00.000-08:00

Life is so busy right now. The worst part is - it's not much fun! We did have a GREAT trip to Mexico over Thanksgiving and I will add pictures of that when I finally get them downloaded. We got back and went straight to work! Nate has been working like crazy on the house. He built all the shelves for the closets, all the base boards and is now - FINALLY - painting! Next week, he will start tile and wood floors, while I paint the kids rooms and bathrooms. Since I can't take the kids there for the next few days while the paint fumes are flying, I guess I will need to begin Christmas shopping! I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our House

2008-11-08T17:18:00.000-08:00

Here is our house! SO much has changed in the last week since we took this picture. They have finished framing and will finish taping and mudding this week. Nate has been working hard to get the decks finished and will put the railing in this week. Then he will start working on all the finish work! He is working very hard and will continue to until it's done. I can't wait - I am excited for the next few weeks when we get to finalize our paints, cabinets, flooring, etc., etc., etc. Seeing everything come together is so fun! I'll keep updating our fun progress!

Ride 'em Cowgirl!

2008-10-27T12:29:00.001-07:00

On Saturday, we went to the Heritage Center with Jaxon and Ava. Rylee loved seeing the horses and playing in the kids corn maze. There were fun games for the kids and Jaxon loved jumping off the big hay bail. Rylee and Ava just seemed happy to be outside running around. Drew was so excited when I let him sit in the Teepee. He loved playing with the rope. I finally got a cute picture of the two of them - although Rylee has her fake smile on!

Babies gone Batty!

2008-10-27T08:13:00.000-07:00

I know I am horrible at posting, but I am going to get better! Last weekend all the grandkids came over to have their pictures taken in the "Batty" shirts. For those of you who don't know that's my mother-in-law's last name. I think we did pretty good considering we needed 6 kids - 2 and under sitting down (at the same time)!
Front Row: Ian, Drew, Lexa, Kenya
Back Row: Rylee, Jaxon, Ava

Left to Right: Jaxon, Ava, Lexa, Ian, Kenya, Drew, Rylee

These are all random pictures of Jaxon teaching the boys how to deal with their sisters and other boy stuff!

I love this picture of Drew! He's got his big tears running down his cheeks!

And finally, Rylee - mid-air! She LOVES the trampoline!

Hogle Zoo

2008-09-27T19:32:00.000-07:00

My mom and I took the kids to Hogle Zoo this week. Rylee had so much fun seeing the animals. She also loved riding the train. I love to go to the zoo I think it's so fun to see the animals, especially all the baby animals! Drew loves to do anything outside, so he loved it too!

Rylee's Birthday

2008-09-26T08:08:00.000-07:00

Rylee turned two on Tuesday and we had a birthday party on Sunday at the park. She was so excited for her "Birthday in Park". She talked about it all day and wanted to eat her 'pacake' - cupcake - before the party. She got her favorite - BABIES! - from Grandma's and Grandpa's. She could open all her presents by herself this year, which was really fun to watch. Hopefully the terrible two's won't be too terrible! Happy Birthday Ry Ry!

Rylee's Turns Two!

2008-09-25T07:43:00.001-07:00

Welcome!

2008-09-23T21:47:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our blog! I have been having so much fun blogging with my family and checking out my friends blogs, I decided to create a blog for just our little family!