picnic prancing

everton and i had a picnic.

pb&js and frozen blueberries.
life is great.

life is grand.

and utah is starting to grow on me.

wtf.

father's day weekend @ bear lake

as a typical mommy blogger, my posts have mainly consisted of my darling baby boy, everton.  i'm with him all day and i love blogging about his shenanigans.  but i musn't forget about the other man in my life, the man whom i blogged about the first 2-ish years of my blogging career.  the man whom i forced to take lovey dovey pictures with me (and still will...forever.)  the hunk who who lets me put my cold feet on his warm legs when i go to bed a few hours later after he does.

i am so grateful to have him as a father to my son and to my future children.  i'm so grateful for the job he has now and for how hard he works so that i can stay home with everton.  i love him so so much and can't wait to have more babies with him.  happy father's day to my baby daddy.

and this past father's day weekend we went to beautiful bear lake for my niece maddison's mission farewell.    she'll be going to the tempe, arizona mission and she'll be a rockin missionary.

we first stopped by jamba juice and everton partook of his first jamba.  i got my mango monkey a mango a go go and he devoured it.  i had to keep refilling his cup.

this is where we must go every time we come to bear lake for the best shakes.

also if you go to bear lake you have to check out my sister-in-law cyndi's clothing store named "beach bum"

its on 55 W Logan Road in Garden City, UT.  it has the CUTEST stuff there and we're planning on going back sometime so i can get an awesome sweater i was eyeing.

my brudduh and sister-in law own a boat and it's become my most favorite thing to do when we go, besides roasting on the beach (which we didn't get to do this time.)

and it was everton's first time to ride!  except i don't really know how he felt about it.  everyone told me that babies fall right to sleep when they ride and as usual everton was the exception.  he would cry when the boat stopped and when the boat was in motion he just had this bewildered look on his face.

and i think he hated having to wear a life jacket as well.  but the life jacket pushed his little cheeks up making him look even chubbier.

my niece maddison LOVES babies!  it was so nice having all my nieces hold and play with everton, even though he was sooooooo clingy to me, more than he'd ever been in his life.  my sister-in-law said that it's just a phase, i hope!

my boys.

this was part of the condo we stayed at that my in-laws had rented for those who wanted to stay the night before maddi's talk.

and tati!  the condo had a telescope!  but i didn't know how to work it, darn it.

SO BEAUTIFUL

good luck to maddi as she embarks on her mission in july!!

we'll miss her so much.

everton was pooped trying to battle anybody who tried to hold him and from wearing that darn life jacket.  both everton and i endured the car ride home as brett listened to country music.  ehhhh

mango monday

it's just another mango monday, ohh whoaaaa

(80's song over.)

being half filipino i have a tremendous love of mangoes.  when i was little, i remember going to some distant filipino family reunion up in canada.  i don't have too many memories from it, but what i REALLY remember is hovering over the grass smearing my face in mango juice as i devoured that juicy yellow fruit.

and i always hoped my children would love to do the same.

we got some "champagne" mangoes from costco recently and i saw fit to repeat my old tradition, this time with my bebe boy.

and he freakin loved it.  the mango pieces were a little slippery for those little chubby fingers so they were sliding all over the place....and into his clothes.

i showed him how it's done.

together we polished off 3 mangoes.

after we were done with the main parts of the mangoes i gave everton one of the pits to suck on.

and we chewed em like they were our pacifiers.

everton refused to let the soggy pit go.  i was only able to snag it when it slid out of his hands.

and like always, i forgot to put a bib on.  

later i would find mango pieces in his ears and on his forehead.

and in his diaper, but in another form.

memorial day

on this memorial day we went to the park, chowed down on KFC, and  made everton walk, swing, and slide all over the playground.

see?  i knew he secretly loved the swings.

my other big boy.

check out the kid's hair.  and his face, he looks pissed.

oh that face.  that face.

and then we ended this beautiful day with some mac and cheese.

word vomit

i think everton looks so freakin cute in little t shirts.  i REALLY need to see the avengers again.  i miss playing the french horn.  i'm hosting bunco tonight and i'm freakin out.  i ALWAYS freak out.  everton and i just watched a dinosaur cartoon on tv that used the words, "poops" and "feces" the entire time.  i just signed up for twitter and i feel really awkward using it.  i have a strong urge to get out of utah for a vacation.  i'm reading a book on loki right now and it's so freakin good.  i watch too much tv.  i wonder how brett's doing at work.  i had a dream my sister erin got her hair done and it was awful.  it was black and blonde and had silver foil stars glued all over her hair.  and it costed my parents $30,000.  i'm becoming obsessed with norse mythology because of loki and thor, brett's 1/4 norwegian so it's not that crazy.  everton is such an excellent napper.  i miss my mom's filipino food.  i need to do my nails.  i have to teach my primary class this sunday and i'm scared.  everton is getting his canine teeth.  making it a total of 16 teeth and he's not even 13 months old.  crunk it, i just saw that today's the LAST day they're showing the avengers in IMAX 3D.  i'm now sad.

word vomit over.

the mother's day way

this has been my 2nd mothers day and it was just fantastic.

on saturday we met up with my friends, mitch and jenny, from high school and ate sushi and watched THE AVENGERS!

it was my second time seeing it and brett's first.

and after the movie i asked brett what he thought of the movie and he said one of the best things since he proposed to me,
"we HAVE to see it again and next time, in IMAX 3D."

yessssssssssssss

and yes, i am wearing an avengers t-shirt i got in a large in the little boys section at wal-mart!  thanks for asking!

i seriously love being a mom.  i still love being a stay at home mom.  i find it fascinating watching how much everton grows everyday.  he gets peskier and peskier, but it's because he's just getting smarter and smarter.  it's been such a HUGE blessing in my life being a mom.

and i want a flock of evertons surrounding me giving me big hugs and kisses.  that's my dream.  

brett grilled up some burgers after our 3 hr long nap after church and everton likes to wait for his food in such peculiar ways.  weirdo.

mothers day roses from my lover.

you know, during a lot of the holidays i tend to pout a little bit because of things not going how i thought they would.  like today for instance, because it's mother's day i pretty much assumed my primary class would be on their best behavior.  false.  or you know, i didn't think i'd be getting my monthly visit today from aunt flo, that beotch.  so poor brett, he got a double whammy from a grumpy mommy today.  brett often reminds me that i can't let my sour attitude get in the way of the day's happiness.  that i need to find the joy in the little things, cuz otherwise i'm gonna miss the good times when i was focusing on the bad.  i hate how he needs to remind me of that every once in a while.  but i'm trying to not be so pessimistic in life but more optimistic and grateful.  and i sure am grateful for a husband who is there for me NO MATTER my mood.

and before brett went to bed (he goes to bed a lot earlier than i do) he sent me on my way by popping in my movie, x-men origins: wolverine, made me a cookies and cream ice cream cone, and brought down my nail polish equipment.

he pretty much made me feel like a queen.

it is mother's day after all.

happy mothers day to all and to all a good night!

everton's first year book

not a year book where everton is featured with other children that i don't care about and their accomplishments, which again, i don't care about...

but a year book consisting of every month and milestone of everton's first precious year of life.

i made it on shutterfly and seriously, if you're a mama who loves to sit at a computer while the kid's napping like i do, get an account with them!  they always have great discounts goin on and every once in a while, they'll send you a code to your e-mail for a free book!

with everton's book i only paid $12 when it usually costs about $30.

granted, i also had a gift card, but with their dealios and free shipping offers you feel like you're paying next to nothing on something that is top quality.

you create the book online then send it off, all online, and they'll ship it right back to you.

i find this process a heck of a lot easier than scrapbooking so i WILL be able to make one for ALL of my kids.  mark.my.words.

and i even included a whole page dedicated to everton's extra thumb and removal of said thumb, just to prove it once existed.

and this was the first photo book i made documenting brett's and my love from the beginning.

and this book was $8, i just had to pay for shipping.

now onto the blog books...