Misc. Pictures

I have been going crazy lately with crafts. I have made them all from scratch. As I have mentioned before we are remodeling the basement, and you will be happy to know that it is coming along slow, but we are making more and more progress every week and we now have walls separating the bedrooms YAHOOO!!! Anyway with the left over scrap's of wood I have been making all sorts of blocks with vinyl on them. I am pretty proud of myself because I actually cut the wood with a chop saw, sand it, paint it and vinyl it all without the help of my husband!! I just finished decorating for Easter and now my mom, sister, and friends want me to make these for them. I think they turned out pretty cute, and they were way easy and fun to make. I took these pictures of Jaxon this morning. I was doing my hair and getting ready for the day and he wanted me to do his hair also. His new hair style is a "Fo-Hawk", and he is so proud of it. He says he is "Sexy", I would have to say he is just a little stinker, but a VERY cute stinker.. As most of you know we have two dogs. One is an outside dog and the other is Ace a house dog that our friends Nancy & Jayme gave to us. Ace is my little dog and he is the funniest little dog I have ever had. One of the things that he does is he actually smiles. Here is a couple of pictures of him normal, and then smiling. Sometimes when people come over he is so excited and smiling (showing his teeth) that people think that he is going to bite them, but he is just in fact smiling. It cracks me up every time he does it. Last night during dinner Raylie was so tired, but she didn't really want to give up, she wanted to still eat. She finally got so tired she just layed her head against the edge and went to sleep. I even got her out of the seat and she just looked up at me smiled and then went right back to sleep. It was so cute. I think it is so funny when they are that little and can fall asleep anywere. Raylie is almost 8 months old now and she is so much fun. She is the happiest baby I know. She is always laughing, smiling and running around in her little walker following Jaxon. I love this age.

Remodeling Fun

We were lucky enough to have Lisa, Carson, Parker and Bridger come to Logan and visit for a few days. We had them over for Hot Dogs and Fries one night. This is a picture of all of them toasting at the dinner table. It was so much fun to have them come. Jaxon and the boys ran all over the house playing and laughing. I wish they lived closer so they could play all the time.



Remodeling

Sam and I, (mostly Sam) have been working on two remodeling projects. The first one was on the kitchen that we had just recently painted I may add. We were lucky enough to receive a free fridge that was a lot newer and nicer then the one that we had previously had. However it did not fit into the space that that the old fridge was in so Sam had to cut a couple of cupboards and do some sanding to make it fit. It is all finished now and looks really good. Plus we love our new fridge. Thank you Grandma Anderson!!! The second project is a big one. We are finishing the basement to make a bedroom for Colby first of all, and then Jaxon as well. Sam has been working a little bit on this project for awhile now, and we have finally been working on it more and more. It is coming right along. Sam installed some new water piping and now we are framing, then next we will be doing the electrical work. I am so excited to have this done. It will give our family so much more space.

Sam & Colby's Birthday!!!

On February 21st was Sam and Colby's Birthday. Both of the boys wanted to go to the Skid Row and LA Guns concert in Salt Lake at Saltair (total flashback right!!) We purchased the tickets and made plans with my Dad and Teresa to stay with them for the weekend. We left on Friday and the concert was Saturday. Sam's friends from Idaho Cam and Blaine drove down to go to the concert with us, and my sister Alicia and her boyfriend Shane came down on Saturday. It was a blast from the past for sure, but it was a lot of fun. Colby was right at the front of the stage with my sister and rocked out all night. They actually ended up having four bands play and the third band was LA Guns. Before they got on stage there was a comedian who was entertaining the croud and was asking people questions. My sister told him that it was Colby's birthday and that he just turned 15. The comedian pulled him up on stage and talked to him for a while and Colby and two other kids got to introduce LA Guns. This made Colby's day and probably life for awhile. The pictures that I have attached are from Sam's camera phone so they are not that great, but you can get the idea. Colby is the last one on the left. I was so happy for him that I was crying. I'm such a baby when it come to my kids, and you could just tell he was soooo happy, it was amazing. Happy Birthday Sam and Colby I love you both so much, and I'm glad we had so much fun at the concert. While we were at my Dad and Teresa's Jaxon of course was running around like the wild man that he is and ended up running into the corner of a table at full force and gave himself his first black eye. I say first because I know there is more to come, at least there was with Colby. I had to add this picture of Raylie because I love it. She is almost seven months old now, and loves to be in her little walker. She has just recently figured out how to move it and she chases Jaxon all around the living room and kitchen it is really funny.

Super Bowl!!!

Jaxon, Haley, Raylie & Gracie

So no big news to tell you this week. We just watched the Super Bowl on Sunday with our family and Ryan and Alisha Pierce's (Sam's Cousins) family. We of course ate a bunch of junk food, which by the way Lish your brownies are so freakin good and I wish you would have taken them home so I don't eat them all!! We decided to make a little family wager between all of us and made a football square sheet with 100 squares at 25cents a square (I know big spenders!!) Between all the kids and us adults we filled the squares and were ready for the game. We decided that it would be fun to have a winner each (Raylie & Isaac) quarter so we set it as 1st-3rd quarter $5.00 and the last quarter was $10.00. This was a lot of fun because the kids even enjoyed it and wanted to know if they were winning. So the winners went: 1st Quarter: Jaxon, 2nd Quarter: Michelle, 3rd Quarter: Hailey, and 4th Quarter: Alisha. Way to go Pierces!!! It was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed playing together, thanks for coming over Ryan and Lish.

I couldn't resist taking this picture Saturday. Daddy and Raylie sleeping, so cute!!

Torturing the Kids!!!

So the other day I was playing with my camera and decided to torture the kids with different pictures. I didn't get a lot of good ones because either Raylie was pulling one of the boys hair, or Jaxon's ear, or not looking at the camera, you know how it goes!!! Anyway here are a few to share with you.



Potty Training Blues!!!

Like I tell everyone Jaxon is my monster child. Colby was so easy to train, he was trained in three days and never had an accident, not even at night. Please, Please, Please, if any one has ideas on potty training please send me a comment. Sam and I have been working with Jaxon on this for couple of months now. He was doing really good for the first couple of weeks, he was wearing underwear and not having very many accidents, then all of the sudden for some reason he went right back to not going in the toilet at all and in pull ups again. We did the treat thing, and gave him a treat after he would go in the toilet, and then it turned into just a treat thing, so now I am trying stickers with a chart, and he is at least going a couple times a day in the toilet, but not like before. The question is, what worked for you and do I go back to the treat thing? It is so frustrating, HELP!!!!

Familiar Wallace Family Moments

December, Oh were to begain???

December was such a crazy month for our family. As you can tell again I haven’t updated my blog for a long time, but December was so busy. So many things to tell you all about so I guess I will start from the beginning.

Around the first of the month we added another family member to the clan. We adopted a Yorkshire terrier named Ace from our friends Jayme and Nancy Drysdale. He is a small house dog and we all love him. Jaxon and Ace chase each other around the house all day and play ball. It is pretty entertaining.

On December 6^th I took Raylie for her four month check up. She is doing great and growing so fast, talking and moving so much, and just recently started laughing. We all love it, it is so cute, and we try to get her to do it as much as possible.

On December 16^th Sam and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary. We took the kids to my mothers and went to dinner. It was nice to have a couple of hours just with the two of us. Sam I just want you to know how much I love and appreciate you. You are a wonderful father and husband and I am so lucky to have you. Thank you for everything you do for me and our family. I love you.

As I mentioned before that Sam was in the process of adopting Colby. On December 17, 2008 we finally finalized the adoption. Sam and I decided that it was up to Colby if he wanted to change his last name from Womack to Wallace. Colby wanted his last name to stay the same, then at the last minute he surprised us and decided he wanted to be Wallace. We were both very excited about this. So we would like to introduce you to Colby Kyle “Wallace”. This was such a special day. Grandpa & Grandma Wallace drove up from Vernal to be in the court room with us. Along with Grandma Cochran and our really good friend Nancy Drysdale and her daughter Kali. Thank you everyone for all your love and support.

On Christmas Eve we drove to South Jordan were my Dad and Teresa live to spend Christmas with them. It was so much fun. I hadn’t spent Christmas day with them in about five years. This year Jaxon was a lot of fun. He really got into it, and in fact asks me every other day for more presents. Sam’s brother Jon also came to my dad’s from Jerome Idaho. It was a very relaxing and so much fun. Thanks again Dad and Teresa, we love you!!!

On December 27^th my 85 year old grandpa Madsen blessed Raylie at my grandparent’s house in Riverton. This was so neat. Sam’s parents drove up again from Vernal, along with Seth to be there for the blessing, and Dan also stood in on the blessing. My dad and Teresa came over with us, and my mom and Tony drove down from Smithfield to be there also. My uncle Dee (my mom’s brother) also came from Herman with his family and he also stood in. My grandpa arranged everything so a member from there church came to also stand in and take care of he paperwork. My grandpa is a little hard of hearing and asked me a couple of times what Raylie’s full name was just to make sure that he said it correctly, but I thought that was very sweet of him. Raylie looked like a princess. My grandma Madsen had her blessing dress made for her and it was absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much grandpa and grandma for both the dress and also inviting all of us into your home and giving our baby girl such a wonderful blessing.

Well that about rap’s up December, and we are already off with the New Year. We love all of you and wish you the best for the New Year!!!!

Thanksgiving (I know I'm a little late)!!!

This year we spent Thanksgiving at Mom & Dad Wallace's in Vernal. We had a lot of fun. Of course we did the normal, eating, playing cards, etc... This year we stayed at Ike's and Lisa's. We had so much fun staying with them and playing the wii. Thanks for letting us stay with you Ike and Lisa, We love you!!!
It was also so much fun having two new babies in the family. Grandma has Ainsely and Grandpa has Raylie, not only did we have two new babies, but yes, they are both baby GIRL'S!!! So it is possible. Grandma and Aunt Lani were also really good at babysitting and putting both of the girls asleep. All the Wallace boys also built a nice fire pit out back of Mom & Dad's house that turned out so good. I didn't get an up close picture, but Sam built it out of metal and welded everyone's name on it. You can see it a little bit in the back ground of the kids in the tractor. Can you tell from this picture of the kids and Jake and Lani who the favorite Aunt and Uncle are?
We also saw Grandpa Pierce and her poor broken arm. She was up and about in her little home and was very glad to see us. We Love You Grandma!!! This month Raylie also turned four months old. I took her to her doctor's appointment and she weighs 14 pds 15 oz now. Boy they grow so fast.