We are The Astles

The kids all growing up!

2012-01-29T17:05:00.002-07:00

Landon getting ready for Church

Mckenna finding what she put in her mouth!. haha

"Hi Mom!"

Mckenna showing me her kissing face!

Trying to give ME kisses this time, but I backed away so all you got was this!

The kids making kissy faces together!

Laying down and being silly! They really are best friends. The only person missing is Rayen in this picture!

"Hi Everyone, do you see my big smile with all of my teeth?"

Being Poise!

"I dont know where my drink went mom!"

"But I really am sad cause I can't find my drink"

Showing mommy a silly face!

All snuggly on the couch watching tv!

I took some new pictures of the kids today! :) I figured I'd share them so that you guys can see how big they are getting. Landon will start preschool this year, and Mckeanna will be 2 in October. Its crazy how time has flown! Check out our pics! Ps. I posted more pictures of Mckenna since she's the one who is changing the most at this time!

Lately....

2012-01-24T15:52:00.001-07:00

Sorry everyone. I haven't been online in awhile. The kids have been sick lately, and we've been pretty busy. Chris has been considering changing careers, and so he's been busy with that! Tonight, Chris is in Wendover until tomorrow night. It's pretty lonely here at home without him, but the kids have been keeping me busy for sure. Landon has pnemonia. I just found out today after I took him into the doctors office. He was up for about 2 hours in the middle of the night last night with a fever of 103.8. I got worried about it though because the last time his temperature was that high, he had a febrile seizure. He is doing alright now tho, he's on antibiotics. His fever finally broke this morning so that was great news! Ohh, and last night Chris and I bought Mckenna her very first little girls bedroom set. We got such a great deal on it so we have been pretty excited. We still have her crib up in her room tho for now, but I think we're going to take her out of her crib here shortly. Mckenna really really likes her new bed. I still feel like Mckenna is so teeny to put into a big girls bed but, I have to remember, she's a big girl. haha She wont be small forever. We're just going to put the crib away for whenever we decide to have baby #3. haha

Christmas 2011....

2011-12-26T12:02:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Astle and Landon

Grandma Astle and Mckenna

Landon and his new hat!

Mckenna and her new bear

Mckenna opening presents!

Chris and I with our new Steeler Blanket that Denise made! I LOVE IT!

Mckenna girl

Mckenna opening her bear present from Grandma/Grandpa Astle

Landon's letter to Santa

This was the house the night before Christmas before it got destroyed on Christmas day!

Letter to Landon from Santa

Mckenna being sneaky

Close up of Mckennas sad face....She's tired and wants to go to bed!

Landon waiting for his gifts....haha

Mckenna wants me to open her ringpop

"Hi Everyone! I'm Mckenna"

Landon and his new stuffed animal Mr. Wolf!

Mckenna lounging on the floor!

First Snowfall of Christmas 2011

2011-12-13T13:40:00.000-07:00

Mckenna "not too happy" about being bundled up!

Landon and Rayden standing nice and tall for the picture in the snow!

Mckenna and Andi playing in the snow!

The boys posing for a picture!

Mckenna trying to help mama roll the big snowball to make the snowman!

"Wshhh, I'm beat mom"

Rayden rolling up the head of the snowman!

Radyen and his big snowball!

Mckeanna girl

" mmm, this stuff is cold mom"

Checkin out the snow...she had no idea what it was..haha

"mmm, this snow is gooood mom"

Mckenna licking her fingers!

The boys and their snowman!

The boys and thier snowman!

Rayden and his friend "The SnowMan!"

Landon laughing at the snowman that He and Rayden made today!

Landon putting on the "apple" eyes.

Rayden playing on the swingset!

The boys enjoying each other!

Temple Square in Salt Lake City!

2011-12-04T21:23:00.000-07:00

Chris and I took the kids and went to Temple Square last night to see all of the Christmas Lights. We had such a great time. It was really cold so we didn't stay that long but the temple was so beautiful!

Salt Lake City Temple lit up with tons of Christmas Lights!

Such beautiful lights!

Christmas at Temple Square

Daddy and Landon all bundled up!

Quick family pic!

Such a beautiful picture of the Salt Lake Temple!

The lights reminded me of Fireworks in December!

"Hi everyone!"

Landon standing next floating lights on the water!

Quick Video of Mckenna showing off her new walking skills!

2011-12-01T19:54:00.000-07:00

Mckenna is getting pretty good at walking. This doesnt justify it becuase this is when she just started for the evening. Shes been doing so good for the past 45 mins. :)

Santa left Landon a special message for Christmas. Turn up your volume to Hear!

2011-11-30T16:39:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone. I wanted to share a video from Santa to Landon. You'll have to turn up your volume if you want to hear what Santa said to Landon but it's really cute and if there are any parents out there who look at my blog and want a Video from Santa then it's really easy. You just have to click on this website.
http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/gN70O0_ye3NYruZjW8tNCyw

Type that in your toolbar and watch Landons video

Mckenna is officially walking

2011-11-27T22:21:00.001-07:00

Today is Sunday November 27th, 2011, and Mckennai s officially walking. She started standing alone about a week ago, and she's been walking across furniture for awhile now. We actually bought her a little walking thing for her birthday and she's used it a few times. Shes taken a few steps tho this past week, and tonight she officially has it down! She is still apart of me, which means she took over my stubburn gene. This makes it tough for me to get it on video to post for everyone to see. I will keep trying tho and hopefully she will let me show off her new skill! :) She's a doll and you should have seen her face the first time she did it and I congratulated her. It was priceless with these big blue eyes and huge smile. Might I mention that her two top teeth are halfway in so...it looked so funny! :) Anyways, hopefully you guys can all see her walking soon! It sure is a cute sight!

Thanksgiving Day 2011

2011-11-24T22:15:00.000-07:00

Today for Thanksgiving, our family went to Veralyn Bradshaws church and we celebrated with the Erickson family! It was so great to see Grandma and Grandpa Erickson doing so well...and to see all of our aunts and all of Landons cousins! :) He had a good time playing with Chase Fulmer, who is Denise's sisters little boy! He and Landon look a lot alike to me! It's neat! Mckenna only took like a 10 minute nap all day so lets hope she sleeps well tonight. Evan and Ann came, and Corey and his lady Sydney, and Braden and Kent and Denise. Brain and Lauren weren't able to come tho because Lauren's due to be a mommy again in about 2 weeks! We can't wait to hear about when they have their little girl!
The kids played basketball in the church and they colored us adults tons of pictures. We at a bunch of turkey and had tons of pies. Chris and I made a cheesecake pie for the occasion! Attached are some pics of our Thanksgiving Day!

Kenna girl eating her breakfast

Here is a picture of Landon and Rayden a few days ago before Rayden went with his dad!

Mckenna girl chatting to me!

Mckenna and Daddy at the church!

Mama and Kenna girl

Mckenna and Chase Fulmer

Cousins, Landon and Chase

Chase, Landon Rylee and Chris coloring some pics at the kid table. lol

Chris and me snuggling up to take a picture!

The Erickson Clan: Denise, Allison, Grandma and Grandpa Erickson, Betsy and Veralyn!

Here is also a picture of our Christmas lights on the front of our house. You can tell....we're excited for Thanksgiving to be over....and now we think about Christmas! :)

Thanksgiving!

2011-11-23T16:03:00.000-07:00

Today I have done some major cleaning. I wont have Rayden for the week, and becasue its a Holiday, I figure..why not clean cause we'll probably have some people visiting! Emily went to Saint George for the weekend, and Chris, me and the kids are spending family time with the Ericksons who are Chris' moms' family. It should be a good time! I can't wait for Thanksgiving Dinner! I am so very thankful for my family and friends who have been there for us throughout all of the years. Marriage life couldn't be better. I really do have the best husband out there! And I think he helps make some cute kids too! haha
I also am thankful for my great kids and for everything that Chris does for us! :) I love being married to my husband and life couldn't be better!

Some pictures from October-November

2011-11-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

I haven't been able to take ANY pics off of my camera...but Chris and I bought a new laptop last night and so we were FINALLY able to put some pics on it and erase them from our camera which now makes room for more pictures. :) I am so happy cause I haven't been able to take pics of the kids. My camera was already full of pics from the kids birthdays! So...anyways, we are back in action with pics. I will hopefully post some pictures weekly of the kids. It's soooooooo nice to have a computer back in the house! Dad and Grandma and Granda Astle, we love you and hope you now will want to look at our blog again! We miss you guys! Enjoy some new pics of the kids!

Landon was painting me a picture and he looked so cute that I HAD to take a picture!

"See, look what I did mome?"

Ohh goodness, it's Landon's 4th Birthday!

Blowing out his candles on his Transformer Cake!

Okay, so we had 24 kids show up for Landons 4th birthday. He felt so special, and holy cow, he got a lot of presents! It was great!

I won a personalized cake at Maceys the day before Landons 4th birthday so i let him have his own cake! It was really good too! :)

So I barely had any room on my camera since we haven't been able to take the pics off to put on a computer...so I was only able to take ONE pic of Kenna for Halloween. Landon didnt' want a picture so Chris took this pic of me and Mckenna. She was a "WARM" puppy!

This is a photo of Landons Transformer cake that I got from Maceys!

Recent pics of the last few months

2011-10-03T02:01:00.003-06:00

I apologize for not posting photos of our family for the past few months. Our computer committed suicide about 6 weeks ago so I haven't been able to post many pics. I will update you on what we have been doing through the last few weeks through my next few photos!

Chris and I went to a Real Salt Lake Professional Soccer game earlier this month with some of our friends! That is where this photo was taken!

Chris and I bought the "Pass of ALL Passes" and we take the kids to play at the arcades about once a week. They seem to enjoy it as you can see from the pics here!

Here is the Frogger Roller Coaster that the boys love to ride so much!

Mckenna was enjoying watching the boys shoot these guns in this arcade room!

Landon found a Horn toad on the dirt road up at the cabin near Mt. Pleasant Utah!

Landon and Mommy stop for a picture on our hike!

Our little family taking a break from our hike up at the Cabin!

Mckenna playing at the Soccer game

Mckenna snuggling up to Daddy on our hike!

Kenna girl on her first hike!

SMILE BIG LANDON!

A horn toad up close! These little guys are FAST runners!

Landon this summer at Foam Days in Lehi!

Emily and Rayden at Foam days in Lehi 2011

Landon playing in the Foam

Playin....

Uncle Evan and Landon

Brynlee being cute

Mckenna and her two teeth!

Landon Rock Climbing!

Rayden Rock Climbing at Trafalga

Acting silly!

Landon and Rayden eating popsicles and playin with Chalk

Rayden eating his popcicle!

Lauren and Brynlee playin with that horn toad!

Brynlee up at the Cabin playin with the fan!

Corey and his Woman Sydney! We all love her!

Finally...some pics of when my dad came to visit in August!

2011-10-03T01:12:00.000-06:00

Grandpa Tony and Kenna snugglin

Grandpa and his grandkids! Aug 2011

McKenna and Grandpa Tony

Grandpa and Landon stoppin for a picture!

The Crew hangin out playing. The boys kept getting all rambunksious with Grandpa. They were happy that came to visit! He'll have to come around more often!

McKennas first Birthday!

2011-10-03T00:59:00.002-06:00

Today is October 2nd, and Mckenna had her first birthday! She dressed up as Cinderella and she even wore a crown. She didn't really like to wear it, but we got "some" pics of her wearing it with her outfit. She got some cute things for her birthday. She got some princess clothes, earrings, princess dolls, fingernail polish, and a decked out cake. Chris decided he wanted to go all out for her cake, so we bought her a cake that was HUGE, and had a castle on it with Cinderella, Ariel, Arora, and Bell on it! The pictures that I've posted are the ONLY pics that I got of the horizontal view. I'm still figuring out how to flip pictures from the Horizontal view to Vertical on Emily's MAC so forgive me for only having 4 pictures posted. If I post the Vertical View photos that I have, all of my pics will be sideways so I want to edit my pics before I post them! When I figure out how to change the view of the pics, I'll post more photos of Kenna's first bday.
Grandma and Grandpa Astle came with Uncle Braden, Corey and Sydney! We had like 11 neighbor kids come and support Mckenna too along with their parents. It was really nice of everyone who came! Now...to everyone who didn't come..YOU SUCK!...okay, not really but we wish you would have come and seen how cute Mckenna looked! Each kid went home with a gift so I think they enjoyed the party!
After the party was over, and all of the kids went home, the grown-ups decided to stay up and play some games. Landon fell asleep on the couch, and Rayden fell asleep with his "slinky" gift hangin off the bed, while he was holding it. (Rayden has been wanting a slinky for awhile now so I bought him a slinky for his party gift) He was soooo happy, and it made my night to see that smile on his face when he opened his slinky gift!
Anyways, we had a lot of people show up for Kennas big day, and we were extremely happy for the turn out! :)
We all love her, and she's growing up so fast! Too fast!
ps. Ohh, and yesterday, I noticed Mckenna got another tooth on the bottom of her mouth. She has three teeth total and all 3 are on the front bottom of her mouth! It's cute!

Mckenna cake that she shared with her guests!

Family pic on Mckennas first birthday!

Enjoying the party!

Some of our "kid" guests!

Mckennas first birthday cake that "SHE" got to eat on her own!

Landon, Mommy, and Mckenna getting ready to sing Happy Birthday!

Mmmm, cake

"Yummy!"

2011-08-30T22:52:00.000-06:00

Hey, sorry Dad. I know you check our blog often, but the day after you left, our computer died, and we still haven't taken the computer to the shop to get all of our pics and videos off of it. Good thing we got some pics printed while you were here, cause right now..those are the only pics we have off of our computer. haha We will get the others though. But I'll update some of your trip once we get the pics off of our laptop. Hope thats alright. Until then, we can't update any pics! BOOOOOOO!

Our 4th of July

2011-07-05T16:14:00.000-06:00

Chris and I decided to to take the kids to Liberty Park in Salt Lake for the 4th of July. Our friend Sione Pouha #91 for the Jets was promoting a new drink called "Bula" and he invited us to attend a big party at the park. We went around 3 and stayed til almost 7pm, and at that time, we met up with Emily and her date, and his sisters and took the kids to a Salt Lake Bees game! There are some games where they have fireworks after the game, and this was one of those games. The view is AMAZING whenever you see fireworks at the park. We've gone 2 times already this year. Anyways, while we were at Liberty Park, we got to see Sione and his wife Keiti and 2 of their boys! Their girls were up hula hooping with some of the other family. It was such a nice show with live music and tons of people. We even got to see Chris Kemoeatu who now plays for the Steelers as well. Him and Sione are good friends. Chris Kemoeatu is even a good singer, who would have known! :)
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the STEELERS! I swear, I would love to be able to go home whenever they play the JETS and watch that game! Ugh, it would just be amazing! Right now, the NFL is still doing their lockout and so there are still no games set to play....
Because of the lockout, I was able to see Sione though in Utah so i guess it does have it's benefits! His family is so great. I will post some pics of us with his family, along with Chris Kemoeatu singing up on stage!

Oh...and Sione even signed a football for Landon and another football for Rayden! He was bummed that he didn't get to see Emily or Rayden, but we told him that we'll get together with him again now that he's in Utah for awhile. Landon slept with his football and has had it with him all day. He keeps saying that he wants to play with it for a little bit, but I keep telling him that it's a signed ball from an NFL player who is friends of Mommy and Daddy and he doesn't really understand. He'll be happy ONE DAY though!

Enjoy everyone~

New pics of the family!

2011-06-26T23:03:00.000-06:00

Here is a picture of Landon on Fathers Day!

Landon relaxing in the car.

Mckenna happy as a Bee!

Daddy and Mckenna at the pool!

Givin mama a silly face at home.

Playin in the water at the Splash park!

Playin with her new ball from the Lehi parade!

My two favorite kids playing together!

Giving me a funny face!

Snuggling up stickin her tongue out!

Landon playing with her new gun!

Hi everyone!

Mckenna layin on the floor!

Chris cookin up some hamburgers on the grill!

Landon and Mckenna playin together!

Close up of Mckenna....givin me a confused face!

Landon givin his sister some kisses at the park!

Mama and her two favorite kids!

Mckenna and daddy

Halelulla! haha

Two best friends playin together at the park. Rayden and Landon growin up together!

Mama at the pool relaxing!

Mckenna playing in the water fountain

Here is a picture of Mckenna teeth! I told you I would send a pic, so this is the best pic I could get!

Kids with the Astle Grandparents

2011-06-13T12:00:00.000-06:00

Great Grandpa Astle and Mckenna (8 months old)

Great Grandpa Astle and Mckenna all smiles

Great Grandma Astle and Landon (3 years old)

Grandpa Astle and Mckenna (mckenna 8 months old)

Some new pics of our house and yard

2011-06-13T11:29:00.000-06:00

Our house with a little bit of Landscape. It doesn't look like much, but it's a lot better than it used to be!

Another front view of our house!

The start of Landons park. The black stuff is weed barrier!

Chris finishing up putting in the PeaGravel

The end Result of Landons park in our back yard.

Landon really enjoys his "park". Thats what he calls it. Anyways, he plays a lot with the gravel like it is like sand. He uses the swingset, and then digs with his dumptrucks in the gravel. A lof of the neighborhood kids like to come over and play as well. It's nice that the kids are enjoying it so much!

New pics of the last 2 months

2011-06-06T22:27:00.000-06:00

Mckenna girl being cute this past weekend

Mckenna girl stickin out her tongue at mama!

Our pretty girl getting sleepy while snuggling up with mama!

"Hi Everyone!"

Emily and Rayden posing for a pic in the yard

Mckenna, Landon, and Brynlee (cousins)

Havin an Easter Egg hunt for Easter with their grandma from PA

Landon and Rayden playin on Landons new "park"~

Mommy and Mckenna on April 27th 2011

Me and Chris at Texas Roadhouse!

:)

2011-06-04T22:04:00.000-06:00

I made some grapeleaves for dinner tonight. They sound scarey to eat, I know, but they are AMAZING!...
Some of my friends think it's gotta be a Panamanian thing..but it's not! lol A friend of mine is Lebanese and it's one of her family's specialties! They are sooooooooo good!
Today we spent the day at Kent and Denise's house and saw Brian and Lauren, and Baby Brynlee. Ohh, and congrats on the new baby coming! I know you will LOVE having 2 babies! I know I do! Life has been really good to me and my family!
Chris and I have done a lot of work lately on landscaping our yard! I will add pics shortly! I am just so busy these days that I am sorry that I haven't been keeping up with my posts. Every so often, I try to do better. I have some new pics of our landscape to post and of my family here shortly! Mckenna has her 2 teeth, and she rolls over every direction. Chris thinks she'll start crawling within the next month! Wish us luck! I actually kinda enjoy her not being able to follow me everywhere yet!
Well...pics are coming soon of everything...landscape, landons's new park in our backyard all finished. We put peagravel around the playground and paved it in. It looks really good!

Landscaping...not yet a success, but it's coming along well.

2011-05-15T11:15:00.000-06:00

Mckenna has been sick the last few days...so she's on an antibiotic! She's doing better now though that it's been a few days! Chris and I have been digging up some of our SOD in the yard and working on doing some of the landscape. Chris is having a field day with it too. Yesterday, Chris, his parents, and some of his brothers helped us get this HUGE rock out of the ground so that Chris could plant our very first tree here at our new place. Its been fun, but its a lot of work! And we are reaping the benefits of not being able to move today. lol We planted like 15 shrubs yesterday, along with the tree!
Anyways, we will post pictures soon! :)

Being silly!

2011-04-26T11:46:00.000-06:00

I just added some pictures of Mckenna and her crazy faces. Check them out! :)

New photos of Easter

2011-04-25T19:47:00.000-06:00

Landon and Rayden posing for a picture on Easter!

Goofin off!

McKenna girl smilin big for mama!

Hi Everyone!

"Did you say something mom?"

Mama and McKenna!

My girl sittin up big and tall..

Emily and my girl Mckenna

Relaxin on the bed

Close up of Mommy and Mckenna

Emily did some "soft" thing to Mckennas photo.

My kids love each other. Its cute!

Family picture on Easter Sunday!

Chris and McKenna hangin out at the table!

Mckenna playin with her egg!

Family picture of us coloring Eggs~

Some of our colored Easter Eggs!

Mckenna and Daddy at grandmas house!

Landon lookin at his new playground. He calls it his park! If you look closely, you can see what it looks like!

Landon and Grandma and Grandpa Astle

Me and the Kids!

New Pics of Good Times

2011-04-09T00:46:00.000-06:00

Landon caught a baby catfish! Cool! Gotta start him young! :)

Rayden and his little fish too!

Chris helping Rayden reel his fish in to shore!

Landon was sooo sad when we let his fish go back to his home!

The boys were playin in the bucket where we kept the fish!

Our family walk on a nice day!

Landon & Rayden helping Chris plant flowers~

Rayden smiling big for me!

Landon helping rake in the dirt before we laid the Sod.

Best buds!

Steeler man!

At the Salt Lake Soccer game

Smiling on the way home from the soccer game. We got to see David Beckham, and man was he FIT. lol :)

Mckenna girl doin "tummy time".

Landon helping mama sing Karaoke! He loves it, and he did so well. Good for him! "Like mama, like Son!"

Mckenna 6 months

2011-04-09T00:19:00.000-06:00

So, I took our puppy to get HER shots today, AND Mckenna had her 6 month appointment. Her measurements are...
1. Head circumferance= 12th percentile
(means only 12% of kids at her age have a bigger head than her, which pretty much says she has a small head. lol)
2. She weighs 16 pounds 1 ounce= 49th percentile
(means 51% of girls that are 6 months old weigh more than she does)
3. I can't remember her exact length at the moment but...she is in the 71st percentile for height. That means she's pretty tall for her age. It means that she is taller than 71% of the girls her age.

Shes getting so big, and we love her tons! :)

Busy Busy Bee

2011-04-08T11:39:00.000-06:00

WOW...it's been a whole month since i've written on my blog. My mom is visiting, and she's been here for about a week. She's going to stay with us until Emily graduates. Emily took her to the George Strait and Reba Mcintire concert in Salt Lake on April 2nd, and she absolutely loved it. Now...if only my dad would come out and visit. We could do something fun with him!
Anyways, Mckenna just recently turned 6 months old. (April 2nd) and today she is going to have her 6 month appointment today! She is such a doll!
Can i just say that I seriously love my family. We've got a full house right now with Em, Rayden and My mom...and i'm sure Chris is going Crazy...but he loves them all, so he doesn't mind. It's really not even a big deal though cause Really...Emily is in school all day, and Chris is at work all day, so it's just me, my mom and the kids during the day! It's really great to have people over at nights for dinner cause we have a full table! It really is great! To me, family really makes life worth living. Chris and I are thinking of buying the kids a playground set for the backyard! I KNOW they will love it!
I also decided to puppy sit for a friend of mine this last week, and man that was tough! I'm definitely not ready for that yet though...with McKenna getting up still at night. I gave the dog back already..lol,
Also, did you guys see that PIA went home on American idol? WTFreak? She totally was the top girl contender for sure. People have GOT TO VOTE for their favorite cause Dang...something bad can happen like sending another good person home! lol...
Anyways, if you wanna chat...give me a call! :)

2011-03-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

Well...this week has been a busy one. I was sick on Wednesday night, and so Chris stayed home from work Thursday. He doesn't work fridays so he was home Thurs-Sunday also. It was a great weekend. Some of my friends from PA came to Utah for their yearly skiing trip, and so we got to hang out with them also. It was so much fun.
Landon came into my room this morning and slept in my bed. He sleeps so much better when he's snuggling up to me! It's nice cause I can sneak out of bed, and he'll sleep ALL morning. My puppy keeps pouncing on Mckenna in her bouncer chair.She wants to play, and Mckenna keeps wacking Andi in her head! Its quite funny!

Here are some photos of McKenna that we took today after church!

2011-02-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

I think McKenna looks like me in this pic when i was a baby

Smilin big in her blessing dress. She wore it to church today!

Lookin up at mama!

"Did you say something Mom?"

Sittin up like a big girl!

Makin a funny face...eating her bow on her dress!

Chewin on her fingers...

"Look...I'm cute, I know it"...

Our New Addition!

2011-02-25T11:26:00.000-07:00

Landon and our new Addition Andi

Landon Snuggling Andi

More snuggles

Kisses for Landon

Landon Playing with Andi in his bucket

I dont think she liked being in the bucket

Rayden and Andi relaxin

"Hi, I'm Andi!"

So, Chris and I decided to buy Landon a puppy. We got him a Female Pure Bread Shih tzu...which we spent top notch money for...so he better love her! lol We actually got a way good deal on her though because she came with EVERYTHING...(brushes, shampoo,conditioner, a kennel, HUGE bag of Food, hair bows, doggy treats, doggy pee pads, dog bed, and a spray that lets her know where to go to the bathroom. She's really cute and she's 7 weeks old. Her birthday is January 5th, 2011. Mckenna and Andi are 3 months apart!

Before and After Pics of our home so far...

2011-02-22T14:39:00.000-07:00

Our Guest Bathroom BEFORE

Our Guest Bathroom AFTER

Another Guest Bathroom AFTER

Our Kitchen BEFORE

Our Kitchen AFTER

Another Our Kitchen After

Chris painting over the fireplace

Our livingroom BEFORE

Our Livingroom AFTER\

Our Livingroom AFTER

Life!

2011-02-17T09:57:00.000-07:00

Landon helping to paint our new house

Painting the livingroom!

Finishing up..

Mckenna and Mommy

Mckenna all dressed up

All smiles

First Swimming experience

Big Blue eyes

Best friends

Landon and Mckenna snuggling

Landon relaxing on the couch

Landon just chillin...

Lookin like my dad here I think...

My two favorite kids ever!

Tummy time :)

Big Blue eyes

"Hi Everyone, I'm McKenna!"

New home, new beginnings!

2011-02-03T13:19:00.000-07:00

Today has been a good day so far. McKenna is taking a nap, and the boys are listening pretty well. We ate French Toast for breakfast and then the boys also each had a bowl of Cocoa Puffs. Our house is coming along pretty well! We painted our livingroom the other day, and it looks SOOOO much more comfy in here! We extended the "toast" color into our kitchen also and it really does look nice. I'll post some pictures of it sometime here soon. I took "Some" Pictures of it already but I've gotta upload the photos to my computer first! Anyways, McKenna turned 4 months old yesterday. She is getting so big. She's such a precious little girl! If you haven't met her yet, you are totally missing out. She is definitely a mamas girl, and I absolutely LOVE it! Her hair looks like it might be a little darker like mine once it all comes in! Her eyes are definitely BLUE too, so I know she's beautiful. I think I make good lookin kids.. haha

Finally in our new home!

2011-01-30T22:17:00.000-07:00

Oh my goodness, we are FINALLY moved into our new house. We still have our big salt water aquarium to move but that is pretty much it. We had to extend our actual move in date to later because 2 hours after we signed our papers...a pipe had burst up in the upstairs bathroom and caused some damage. The bank had to pay for the repairs, so that was great! Anyways, Chris and i started moving in on friday morning, and we are officially in our new home. We slept in our new house for the first time last night. We finally got everything up and working great. We got brand new appliances and a new sectional, and it looks great too. I'll post some pictures soon! You'd be suprised how much work moving is with 2 little kids. I think McKenna is the one who takes most of my time. Shes a mama's girl and always wants me holding her. It's crazy though cause Chris can always get her to sleep faster than I can. WEIRD! Anyways, we are totally happy in our new home. It looks great inside! I hope you can come and see it!

Do mothers work?

2011-01-13T16:54:00.000-07:00

Do I work? Yes!! I work 24 hours a day. Why? Because I am a MOMMY. I am the banker, I am a cook, a cleaner, a parent, a teacher, a referee, a nanny, a nurse, a handyman, a maid, and a comforter. I don't get holidays, sick pay, or a day OFF. I work through the day and the night. I am on call at all hours..now tell me my job isn't a real one!!

I wouldn't change my job for any other either! Ohh yeah, AND i'm a wife....add those duties to the list while your at it! :)
I have a great life!

Date set!

2011-01-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. i just wanted to let you all know that we close on our home on Tuesday at 2pm. YAY! We're excited to finally get in and start painting and put in our new appliances that we bought for it. Chad will have Rayden next week so I'll probably just take over McKenna and Landon during the days and start painting and movin in. We're way excited. We'll have a "welcome" party once we get in and settled!

busy busy bee!

2011-01-11T11:37:00.001-07:00

Here is a video of McKenna giggling. She giggled for the first time on Christmas Eve. It was so cute!

Hey Everyone, I have been such a busy lady lately. Emily and Rayden are staying with us at the moment while Emily is teaching in Orem everyday. I'm watching Rayden, along with my two little ones, and so my days are loud and busy these days! Chris and I just bought our very first appliance set the day before yesterday for the new house. We needed a refrigerator when we move in so, we decided, why not buy a whole let of appliances so that everything matches. The bank bought a brand new stove for our house before we bought it but we have no idea where they bought it so we are going to sell it on KSL once we install our new Stove and Range, dishwasher, refrigerator. The stove that the bank bought is white and our appliances are blank and stainless steel. We're looking forward to making our house look nice once we move in. I hope we can keep it nice since we'll have 3 kids 3 and under in our home for awhile. :)
I am enjoying having Emily and Rayden with us. Chris works so hard for me and our family everyday, and i'm so grateful for him and his support through everything! I really grabbed a good man, and i'm extremely happy to be with him!

Our new home!

2010-12-26T17:35:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of our new home. We get our keys on Jan 20th! YAY

Another view

Outside sky tonight

Chris enjoying our new neighborhood

A lot of new pics!

2010-12-26T15:12:00.000-07:00

Here are some recent pictures that I hadn't posted on here yet. Attached are some pictures of McKennas first snowman. Landon even made snow angels in the snow. There are also some Christmas Pictures, pics of McKennas blessing, and some pics of the two kids at Braden's soccer game!

Here is our Christmas snowman that we made as a family at Kent & Denise's house!

Mommy, Mckenna and Snowman

Close up with our snowman

Grandma, Grandpa, Landon & Mckenna

Christmas Morning at our house..Landon loved his new Toy Story table set

Christmas Clan...minus Kent (he took the picture)

Another Family picture. Christmas Eve 2010

McKenna and Grandma Astle

Landon enjoying opening his presents at Grandmas house!

Did you say something mom?

Kent and Denise's present from our family

Landon smiling big on Christmas morning!

Mommy and McKenna on Christmas morning!

Mommy got a new Steelers Beanie hat. Mckenna helped me open the present!

ooooouh, Landon got "Don't break the Ice" from Santa

Mckenna and Chris on McKenna's first Christmas!

McKenna wearing her new outfit that aunt Emmy got her

Landon and Santa 2010

Mckenna giving me a silly face!

McKenna and Mommy in her big hair flower

Petite Mckenna and Daddy

McKenna snuggling up with me!

Daddy snuck a picture of me and Mckenna. Check out her little tongue!

Landon, Grandma, Grandpa, & McKenna at Bradens soccer game

My two kids!

Family pic before McKenna blessings

Mckenna in her big, puffy, white dress!

My two kids snuggling for the pic

Landon before church! He's sooooo handsome!

Landons accident

2010-12-14T20:23:00.002-07:00

So Landon got his head hit again, but this time it was with a light fixture. Chris and Landon were playing basketball in Landon's room, and landon went to throw the ball into the hoop, and he threw the ball up in the air and it hit the light. The light fixture came tumbling down on his head, and it cut it pretty good. I felt so bad for him. Less than a month ago, Landon got Staples from jumping on the bed and falling off...now this! He's really not a rambunxious kid so it breaks my heart to think that he's getting all beat up and bloodied! Anyways, here are two pictures of his head fromt his Accident!

McKenna Girl...I dont even care, she's cute!

2010-12-09T16:51:00.001-07:00

McKenna, Landon and UPS

2010-12-07T14:00:00.002-07:00

So, McKenna has had a cough lately and so we took her to the emergency room on Sunday. The doctor said she was fine...just a minor viral cold. Well...we took her to her 2 month appointment on Monday (the day after) and her peditritian did an evaluation on her. Yeah, she has an ear ache in her right ear, and one forming on her left ear, and the doctor thinks she might be getting RSV. RSV is a respiratory viral infection that is really bad in little kinds and infants. I have to keep monitoring her for the next few days because if her breathing worsens then the doctors will have to put her on monitors and suck out all of the crap in her lungs. She's been doing alright though, just sleeping mostly. I have her on some antibiotics for her ears! The doctor thinks she could have gotten it through the air. They are JUST starting to see RSV in the area. Anyways, she's been doin alright. I just thought I'd tell you all and keep you informed on my life! haha
I dont think i've ever posted anything about Landon on here recently. The day before we went to PA for my paps funeral..Landon fell jumping on the bed and got staples. When we got back to Utah, we had to get them taken out. Yesterday, he was running through the house, and fell and wacked his forehead on the stairs. Of course he cried, but he is doin alright!
Ohh, and then I had some stuff mailed from PA to Utah that I couldn't take on the airplane when I left PA. It was some of my paps stuff...(a pocket knife and some other things from his room). Anyways, I received the pkg yesterday...with no contents in it! This means that the mail place lost the contents in the pkg, and so i've been trying to give details to UPS on what exactly was in the box. Ohh, and getting insurance on the pkg doesnt' refund anything because I dont have receips for any of the stuff I was sending home. SUCKY!
Anyways, thats my life at the moment!
Enjoy

Love my family!

2010-11-29T15:09:00.003-07:00

Today I miss my pappy! I've never lost anyone close to me until Nov 11th of this year, and man, it was tough! I am NOT looking forward to the next person I lose in this life. I love my mom and dad a ton, and even though I dont get to see them much, it doesnt matter. Memories last lifetime, and thats all we have. Take advantage of being with family when you are with them because you never know when it will be the last time you see them. I got to see my grandma Zaccheus recently and i'm actually really glad. It made me said to see her in a wheelchair, and waiting for a nurse to come and make her dinner. I'm just glad that I got to see her before I left PA this last time.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-25T11:04:00.003-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I got to sleep in today! Yay! And we've got tons of dinner to eat later on too! I am thankful for my close family and friends and for my husband and kids the most! I love being a mommy, and wife more than anything. I am excited to have such wonderful people in my life! Have safe Travels today everyone if you are traveling, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Love you all!

McKenna is growing so much

2010-11-24T15:26:00.002-07:00

Here are some new photos of McKenna that I took of her today. Check out her little boots! We think she's a cutie! She will be 8 weeks old on Saturday!

Trip to Pennsylvania

2010-11-23T12:42:00.003-07:00

I've been telling my dad for awhile now that i'm going to visit my grandma Zaccheus the next time I go to PA...and I got the guts to do it! She was actually really nice to me and my family, and because of that I'm going to visit her everytime I go to PA! Ohh, and I have attached some other pictures of my paps funeral. Check out the rainbow that appeared just as we were leaving the cemetary.

Pictures of the best man I know!

2010-11-11T20:28:00.004-07:00

My pap passed away tonight November 11th, 2010. He will be greatly missed! Here are some pics of him throughout his life...check them out!

2010-11-10T22:28:00.005-07:00

Landons birthday!

2010-10-26T13:51:00.002-06:00

Hello Everyone. This past weekend, we had a birthday party for Landon at our house! He got tons of presents from our friends and neighbors nearby. Kent and Denise got him some cool giftse as well. My dad sent him $100, and my mom sent him an outfit, and Emily got him some learning books! We had a really fun time. We took Landon and the kids to the fire station to get a tour of the fire trucks and an ambulance. It seemed like the boys enjoyed it the most..obviously cause girls are more interested in finernails, dolls and nailpolish! We dressed Landon up in a FireMans Uniform. The outfit had reflector things on the coat so the pictures didn't turn out very well. We got Landons 3 year pictures taken from Kent this year, but we haven't gotten them printed yet! I feel like i've been so busy. I haven't even taken that many pictures of Mckenna really since she's been born. Man, we took sooooo many of Landon, and well, I need to start taking more or I know i'll regret it later on!
We have to get one of our cars registered too by the end of the week! Lets hope it passes.. haha it's an old car! It's not the inpsection I'm worried about though, it's the Emissions part. I think Emissions testing is a joke!

Landon's 3 year old pics!

2010-10-17T15:57:00.002-06:00

Astle Photography pics of McKenna

2010-10-11T23:33:00.005-06:00

Here are some photos that Kent Astle (my father-in-law) took of McKenna. I will be sending you all some pictures shortly. I should get them printed by the end of the week and then get them sent out as soon as I get a chance! I hope you like the pics cause Chris and I think they turned out great!

Meet McKenna Rose Astle

2010-10-05T14:29:00.008-06:00

Me, McKenna, and Landon relaxing on the couch

Mommy and McKenna

McKenna was talkin to me

Mommy and McKenna

McKenna

McKenna on the way home from the hospital in her carseat

...in her little white & red dress

Landon helping feed his baby sister at the hospital

Landon likes being a big brother!

Sleeping with my little girl!

Emily holding McKenna on day 2 of being born! :)

Chris, Corey, Evan, Braden, and Kent...also Known as the Astle Men! :)

Grandma Denise

Family picture after Delivery

Chris and our Nurse with baby McKenna after delivery. He's soooo proud!

Landon enjoying his sister

Being a big brother!

Landon's first look at McKenna Rose

Putting on McKennas first shirt

Close up of McKenna and her first outfit at the hospital

Chris, Me, McKenna and Dr. Kory Harward at the Hospital after delivery

McKenna being weighed...6lbs 7oz.

Here are some pictures of McKenna's delivery! She was born October 2nd, 2010 at 5:11pm and she weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces. She was 20 inches long also!

home buying again....

2010-09-03T22:01:00.004-06:00

Hey everyone. So, Chris and I are back into the home buying thing again...like we were last year. We are hoping to get into a shortsale home this year because you can get a better deal for your price. The only thing that stinks is that it takes a little longer to get into the house that we choose if the bank accepts our offer. I think we are going to make an offer on a home that was foreclosed on...and so we'd be getting a big deal. We found a house that we liked tonight, and I guess the seller paid 215,000 for it, but we would get it cheaper than that because he couldn't make his payments so the bank took it over, and is selling it for what the guy owes on it still...which makes it a good deal for us! There are some "things" that could be updated, and chris is pretty excited about doin some work to make the value of the home go up for when we DO decide to sell later. We'll probably want to put new carpet in and maybe do something fun with some "earthtones" colors on the walls. Chris also wants to do some landscape design on the yard too so that will be fun for him. We also invision a nice deck on the back patio too...so, hmm, we have some ideas. :)
Lets hope we can make an offer and the bank accept, and things can go smoothly. However, shortsales normally dont. haha
So I just spoke with the sellers agent, and she informed me that right now there are no offers on this home and so we will (as of Tuesday Sept 7th) be making an offer on this home! Wish us luck that we can get it once we negotiate with the bank. :)

Old photos! :)

2010-08-16T21:36:00.005-06:00

I have been going though a ton of photos when me and Emily were little...so I wanted to post some of them. I figure my dad would get a kick out of some of these!

I've been working on a video for my pappy of all of his grandkids...along with a blanket that I am having made with all of the grandkids' photos on it and so I've had a lot of time to go through some old photos. Check out the ones of me and Emily when we were little!

hello everyone

2010-07-28T10:33:00.002-06:00

So...Chris and I have been redoing the baby's crib, and it's coming along great. I'm sure hoping I can start getting some sleep here shortly. Suprisingly enough, I'm thinking i'll get more sleep once the baby is born. I just can NOT get comfy at night at all!
Anyways, I just wanted to let everyone know! haha

Family picture :)

2010-07-26T21:59:00.000-06:00

Update

2010-07-26T21:00:00.008-06:00

I haven't posted many photos lately, so i'm finally posting a lot. There are some photos of the 4th of July in Logan. We went to visit Emily that weekend so we got some pics of all of us together. We also took Landon camping the weekend after that, and we had a really great time together. We also took him boating. This past weekend, Chris and I drove down to St. George, Utah for the Astle reunion and had such a good time. We hiked the Narrows, went fishing, swimming at Uncle Craigs house, visited grandma and grandpa Astle, and went to Pine Valley Resevoir. We stayed in a Condo with the family and....we really had a great time. Enjoy the pics of our family trips! :)

Me, Landon and Grandma Denise posing at Uncle Craigs house!

Grandma and Landon during the Astle Reunion

Evan packing Landon on our hike in St. George, Utah this past
weekend.

Evan and Aunt Ann with landon

Landon taking a little break from our hike in St. George

Landon and Daddy in the pool.

Chris, Me, Landon, Kent and Denise stopped for a pic on our hike

Family group shot

Scenery of our hike

Chris packing Landon this past weekend in St. George

More Scenery of our weekend Astle Reunion

Chris and I also took Landon Camping a few weeks ago and here are some pics of that

Me and Landon enjoying our camping trip

Chris relaxing by the fire

Landon and Rayden enjoying a bike ride

Me, Emily and the boys enjoying our day

Landon and Rayden playing with their fun new glasses

Emily, Rayden, Me, Landon, Brittany and Carter on the 4th of July

Me and Landon bundling up on the 4th of July

Rayden being cute and smiling big

Landon smiling big for Mama

Landon and Rayden playin together at the park

Landon smiling one day during our picnic outside of our house!

Potty training is SUCCESSFUL!

2010-07-17T22:16:00.002-06:00

I think I can officially say that Landon is potty trained. He hasn't worn a diaper in almost a week. He sometimes likes to hold it in...when he needs to go #2...and it causes him to not go everyday but I think that will get better! Chris and I decided to give Landon "monkeys" everytime he went to the bathroom in the toilet. "Monkeys" are his name for Gummy Bears. Anyways, it has totally worked. I've been taking my time doin this just cause its not as stressful for me and Chris. When we started potty training him, I would leave him without his diaper during the days here at the house until we would need to leave. THEN...I would put a diaper on him! I think he's been learning really well though, and i'm proud to say that I've successfully potty trained my little man. All we wanted was to have him potty trained before our little girl got here, and we have succeeded! Yay!

Landon loves me!

2010-07-13T14:18:00.002-06:00

Today, Landon and I spent the day cleaning the house, and getting dinner ready. I'm tryin something new that i've never tried before. It's called Mexican lasagna! Denise was tryin to decide what she was making for Dinner yesterday, and so she was showing me a ton of receipes in her cookbook. Anyways, it looked amazing so i'm going to try making it today.
Landon wont stay out of the olives tho, and its driving me crazy! lol
I opened 2 cans so that he could have some for himself. He makes me laugh cause of how much he likes the things I like. I was just telling my mom today about how I remember when I was a kid...I remember my mom always having snacks and sandwiches in her purse for us kids whenever possible. They were always the best sandwiches too. Anyways, its funny how kids always want the things their parents have. :)

Spaghetti and Chips!

2010-07-11T19:31:00.002-06:00

Today, after church, I made some Spaghetti quickly for lunch. Landon cracks me up. He decided he wanted to add some barbeque potato chips to his...so he did...and then when I wasn't looking, He added some to mine~
It's funny cause Landon ended up putting some chips on Chris' plate, and Chris ate it. After watching Chris finish up his Spaghetti and chips, I saw Chris add the chips to his plate with some more. I was stunned to see that he was enjoying the chips in his Spaghetti. Man, I have a weird family!

Seven Peaks waterpark

2010-06-27T20:08:00.007-06:00

Yesterday, Chris, Emily, and I took the boys to Seven Peaks water park here in Provo Utah. The boys had such a great time. We were there all day playin in the pools. Chris and Em took the boys on waterslides and stuff but I couldn't go on them since I'm the lucky pregnant girl! I didn't mind though, I got to go in the Lazy river so that was fun!

Enjoying the Summer

2010-06-27T20:02:00.003-06:00

Hey, last weekend, Chris and I went up to Logan and took Landon out fishing on the raft. He loved it! Check out those pics! There were also some pics of Rayden, Carter and Landon hangin out like the good O'l days. :)

North Carolina/ Pennsylvania Trip MAY 2010

2010-06-01T10:10:00.007-06:00

Here are some pictures of our summer trip this year to visit my mom and dad! Chris and My dad went deepsea fishing, and they caught some big fish. Check out my pics of that...along with some pics of my dad's birthday...and some photos of our family in Pennsylvania. We had a pretty short trip this year, but maybe next year, we can visit family longer. We had a really great time, and the kids enjoyed seeing their grandpa, pappy and grandma! Life is great!

My dad caught this huge fish at Atlantic Beach NC! :)

Chris caught all of these fish when he went fishing with my dad

Here is my dad showing us the big boat!

Makin a silly face

My dad was playin this racecar game. It was funny!

Grandpa Tony and Rayden enjoying each other

Landon at Atlantic Beach

Sittin on a Seal at the Beach

Lickin off his icecream

Sittin on a Turtle in NC

The boys eating their ice cream

Enjoying the Ocean water

Walking along the beach

Happy Birthday Grandpa Tony

Enjoying Grandpa

Playin like a bunch of kids

Me and My pap in Pennsylvania

Emily, Briana and Me= Sisters!

Landon and Mikahla 2010

Landon and KK posing alike for the pic

Em, Kahla, Me and the boys at AppleBees

Landon givin pappy kisses

Landon and Pappy eating Lunch together

landon in the pool

Two pregnant women! Me and Jess

Landon begging me to push him "high in the sky"

The boys doing something they probably shouldn't be doing!

Landon watching Billy dump all of the water out of the pool

Landon enjoying the park in Uniontown

April 19,2010 Nice day out!

2010-04-20T11:55:00.003-06:00

Landon and Daddy

Close up!

Landon and Mommy

Belly Pic at 5 months

Yesterday, Chris and I decided to take some pictures of the family outside since it was such a nice day! Some people were asking me for a belly picture...and so I took one! I'm only about 5 months along so, I guess it's not too big yet. I'm actually really glad cause...i've got a long way to go still! BOO! I hate the end part of pregnancy...Actually, the beginning consists a lot of throwing up..and i dont like that part either...so i guess the second trimester IS the best part of it!

Some Pics from St. George, Utah

2010-04-12T19:15:00.004-06:00

Chris and Landon :)

Grandpa Astle and Landon riding the 4-wheeler

Landon, Chris, Me, Grandma, & Grandpa Astle

Landon and Grandpa Astle smiling big for me!

Landon playing in the sand at the Sand Dunes!

Enjoying the red sand!

trying to eat something

Playing by the fire pit at Uncle Vals house!

Sitting at the water fountain

Here is a picture of landon's eyes starting to puff up after he played with that farm cat!

Here is Landon rubbing his eyes cause they were itchy from the cat

Chasing a bunny on the farm

close up at the farm

Talkin to the goat

Another pic on the farm

Landon and mommy playing with the farm cat

Holding his cat that he loved so much!

Feeding the goats

checkin out the chickens

Braden, Kent, Denise, Valerie, and Val up on the mountain

St. George Utah view of Mountains

View #2

Group shot of our hike

Braden carrying Landon on the hike!

Daddy packing Landon on the hike

Me shooting the 22 off of a 4-wheeler

Landons puffy eyes when I washed out his face from cat dander!

Landon shooting his own gun at the Clay pigeons

Landon riding the 4-wheeler

Grandma Denise and Landon snuggling up together!

Me carrying Landon up on the mountain!

Chris posing up on the mountain in St. George

This past weekend, Chris, me and Landon went to St. George to see our grandparents. Kent, Denise, and Braden also went. We went on a hike through sand up the mountain with Landon in a hiking back pack. We also shot the 22's, rode the 4-wheeler, got to pet Grandpa's horses, pet the baby goats, and we learned that Landon is allergic to cats. It's kind of weird cause he's been around cats since he was little. At paps house in PA...he's played with a bunch of them, and has never had a problem. This weekend, however, he was scrated in the face by a farm cat, and his face blew up like a balloon. It looked like he got beat up in a boxing match for real. Here are some pictures of our trip. Ohh, and also, Uncle Craig did an ultra sound on us. We were only 14 and 1/2 weeks pregnant so determining what the sex of the baby technically too early. If we were having a boy, the parts are well formed by 16 weeks and then if we were having a girl, the doctor would have trouble seeing it until about 20 weeks so...my regular doctor wont do an ultrasound for about 4 more weeks but...Craig did it a little early and he said, "Dont quote me on it, but this is where you would be having a girl, and he showed us the girl part. haha It's a lot harder to see than the boy! lol. So...he thinks we are having a girl as of now haha! :)

Easter was a lot of fun!

2010-04-04T21:32:00.003-06:00

Landon giving me kisses

Close up of Me and Chris

Landon and Me at Emily's house on Easter Day

Landon and Rayden at K-Mart

Landon and Rayden

The boys smiling on the train

The past weekend, we spent Easter in Logan with my sister Emily. She had Rayden with her so it was way fun! Landon and Rayden went to a few easter egg hunts, and got tons of Candy. Emily wanted to make the dinner so...we let her :) hahaha
I helped her make stuff though even though she made the majority of it! I'll be posting pictures here shortly! Stay tuned!

Chris' job status

2010-03-31T13:17:00.002-06:00

So an update for us is that Chris has tons of work at the moment. He started his own company recently..and we haven't really had any business. haha But...it's coming along here now. He's been doing Framing on the side, and he's been doing design work for people's property too. I feel like I dont see him much cause Last week he worked 50 hours just on one job. Today, it snowed in Salt Lake and so Chris got to come home early from work. It actually worked out perfectly cause Chris and I need to go and do some pricing for supplies and he has to get a bid finished by this weekend. We have a few clients now, and honestly, we might need to be turning people down if more keep coming at this second cause he just doesnt have time to do it all! :)
I guess it's a blessing that we have so much work at the moment. We haven't got paid yet so we're still poor hahaha but it'll come soon! :)

Last Easter 2009

2010-03-29T19:48:00.005-06:00

Grandpa Zaccheus and Landon

Sitting with Grandpa

Helping Landon put the balls in the hole

Enjoying the Beach

Goin down the Slide

Walkin with grandpa 2009

Touching the Sting Rays in South Carolina

Grandpa and Landon close up!

Landon

Easter 2009 in North Carolina

So i was looking over my pictures of Landon from last Easter...which was in North Carolina. We went visiting my dad, and so I wanted to add some post pictures of landon from 1 year ago. It was crazy seeing how much landon has grown since then! Check out those photos!

Landon Ice Skating and some pics of Disney on Ice with Rayden

2010-03-15T19:54:00.004-06:00

Waiting for us to take their picture

Watching intently for Disney on Ice to start!

Landon and Chris smiling

Grandma and Grandpa Astle helping Landon ice skate

Family pic holding Landon up!

Landon making a silly face

Me and Landon goin down the blow-up slide

Best friends...holding hands

Rayden sayin "Cheese"

Landon showing us his little gap! haha

Landon ice skating on his own

"Look mom, I can do it myself"

Tryin to get landon to move!

Family pic

Chris skating with Landon :)

babies

2010-03-14T19:54:00.003-06:00

Hi everyone...Sorry again for not posting for awhile. I let my sister take my laptop to her house in Logan, so I haven't had my computer. Chris and I went to the doctor and we got to see our little peanut baby! We'll find out the sex of the baby in about 6 weeks hopefully. We are planning on possibly taking a trip to St. George, Utah and maybe having our uncle Craig who is an OBGYN doctor take a look and see if he can tell what we are having! If the baby is a boy, usually all of the male parts are present earlier than the female parts, so we can tell sooner. If we dont end up goin to St. George, our doctor will probably wait til we're like 21 weeks along to check what the sex is. It seems like my doctors office is behind on EVERYTHING. I dunno, I've called them like 500 times so far trying to get them to call in a prescription for nausea for me, and of course they never call me back. Chris and I are seriously thinkin of getting a new clinic and Doctor to go through. It's quite frusterating...being sick, and not having any medicine to take. Ugh, anyways, other than that, we're pretty excited about the new baby! I have a feeling that we're having another boy..just cause my pregnancy this time is so similar to Landon's! Who knows though, I mean, I could be suprised in a few weeks if it turns out that we're having a little girl. Apart of me thinks having another boy would be better. I mean, we already have all of our boy clothes and stuff for the correct seasons cause Landon was also born in October. If we have a girl, we'll have to buy all new clothes and stuff. So, either way, i'll be happy!

Big News!

2010-02-15T15:13:00.002-07:00

Hi everyone...so I guess it's time to finally post that Chris and I are having another baby! We're really excited...except that i've been sick everyday. It sux pretty bad but its totally worth it when the baby comes. If you ask me, I think i'm ready for another one! Landon is ready to be a big brother. :)
We're excited!

hey

2010-02-11T14:45:00.002-07:00

is updating a post because Landon is sleeping. I haven't felt very well today...I think it's cause I havent been eating well. I've been pretty busy lately. I swear, i have the best kid ever. He's soooooo smart. He knows all of his colors now, and yellow is his favorite thus far! He likes red too, but he seems to take to yellow more! Today we used our "Car" crayons and colored some pictures for daddy! I love this age cause his personality shines through with everything he does. I admitt, I dont like the two year old tantrums that he gets sometimes, but I guess his good days outweigh his bad ones! He loves chocolate...i mean, what kid doesn't.
He wants a puppy...but we wanna wait a little while til he's a little older. Landon is really cute at times. This morning, he kept telling me that the other chair next to his at our table was Raydens chair. It was cute. I love it that Landon and Rayden are best friends :)
Chris and I have been looking for treadmills lately to buy. Man, they can be pricey...but we want one..so we'll probably buy us one soon!
Anyways, if you want more information about us....you've just gotta pick up your phone and call me!

House pics

2010-02-04T22:36:00.004-07:00

I took some new pictures of our place today. I wanted to post some so that everyone could see where we live. We just bought a daybed for our guestroom. You can see that too! :)

new pics

2010-01-26T13:55:00.003-07:00

Here are some pictures that I took today of Landon. I cut his hair 2 days ago, and so I wanted to show you all that, and him being cute!

Updated status

2010-01-26T13:35:00.004-07:00

Hello everyone...today is January 26th, 2010. Chris is at work, and me and Landon are enjoying our day together. I think I might take him to McDonalds. That is his favorite place these days. He loves their french fries...what kid doesn't. Landon has been learning his ABCs...He can successfully say them all when we sing the song. If it were up to him, he would simply say, "QRS...TUV...those are his favorite letters to say.
He also recognizes and says Triangle, Square, and Circle. He can count to ten also...but sometimes he gets his 3's and 8's confused! haha
I guess I can see why...they are really similar in shape! Anyways, he's only 2...and I think he's freakin smart. Rayden probably knows the same things. He's a smart one too. These days, before the kids are in kindergarden, the schools want the kids to know how to count, know and recognize letters, and numbers. It seems like a lot for a kid...but not when you have a kid like mine.
Some of landons favorite movies are Bambi, Dinosaurs, Enchanted, Cars, and Dumb and Dumber. haha He also likes the part in Cinderella where the Duke falls over and breaks his chair while he's talkin to the King. Landon seriously cracks up on that part everytime he watches it!
I just cut Landons hair 2 days ago, so maybe i'll take a picture and post it for you all to see today! :)

Recent pics within the last few months for my dad to see!

2010-01-23T11:42:00.004-07:00

Chris and I visiting my grandma Rose's grave!

mmm, Landon loves Brownies

Simon and Dragone Family pics :)

Chad, Vicky, Rayden, Billy, Crissy, Chrissy, Chris, Lisa, Emily, Landon, Bill Simon, Carmen Dragone, and Joanne Dragone

Leanna and Chris' birthday party! Chris=29, Leanna=14

Pappy and his nurse

Skylyn and Pappy! 2009

Emily, Christina, Me and Kristen,....best friends forever!

Emily and Rayden

Me and My brother Braden

Me and Emily at my house

Ready for our close up

2009-11-16T15:37:00.003-07:00

I FINALLY got my computer back again from the Shop! I didnt have to pay for it again though...so that was good! Last weekend was my 26th Birthday, so Emily and I went to "So You Think You Can Dance" in Salt lake City. We got to spend it together, and it was so much fun! Here are two pictures of me and Emily from that night~ I will try my hardest to keep my blog updated from now on since I have my computer back!~ Enjoy these two pics :)

Landon's Birthday party!

2009-10-27T21:26:00.009-06:00

Hey, its been awhile since i've posted anything on my blog! This past Saturday, we had a birthday party for Landon, and it was sooo much fun! :) Check out the pictures of the party!

MY KID IS FREAKIN CUTE!

2009-10-01T21:41:00.002-06:00

Man, I keep looking at my blog...and thinkin...Landon really is a good lookin kid! He has the cutest face, doesn't he? lol. I'm totally biast, I know, but I dont even care! He's adorable!

Landon's turning TWO!

2009-10-01T21:21:00.004-06:00

Here are some photos that are in the process of being developed. We will send these out to you as soon as we get them back from the photo place. We should get them back by October 14th. They are Landon's 2 year photos! I hope you like them! :)

Emiliy, Landon & Rayden playing...

2009-09-23T12:18:00.004-06:00

Here are some pictures of Landon and Rayden from last Friday! They play so well together, and its great. Rayden was tryin to put his arm around Landon, and he pretty much was choking him. Check out the pictures! They really enjoyed playing together!

Pennsylvania Trip a few months ago.

2009-09-11T11:22:00.004-06:00

Fun in the SUN!

2009-06-27T18:38:00.005-06:00

Did you say something mommy?

Getting ready to splash momma

Here he goes....actually splashing mama

Here he is falling out of the pool!

Here he is actually making it "out" of the pool!

Showing mommy how much he was havin fun!

Showin mommy his tongue

Playin ball in the pool

He was splashin himself in this picture!

Recent pics of my baby!

2009-06-19T20:57:00.002-06:00

I decided to add some pictures to our blog of Landon using his spoon. He's uses it like a big boy, and it's so cute. He's growing up so quickly.
Tonight I also decided to cut landon's hair. Well, usually, Chris and I bribe him with a lollipop! lol. Chris usually distracts him with the sucker while I cut his hair. Tonight I decided to do it all by myself. I thought that if i cut his hair while he was in the tub and eating his sucker, that it wouldnt be too bad. Well...it wasn't extremely bad. He just thought I was trying to distract him from eating his sucker and he started to get upset with me. He says "pop pop" for lollipop. It's really cute! Anyways, I didnt' realize that his WHOLE mouth would turn blue from the Raspberry sucker. I'm retarded I guess, cause he had Blue ALL OVER HIS FACE. Anyways, here are some other picturse of his blue face! Check out my blue "Goth" baby! haha

YAY, Good news!

2009-05-29T14:24:00.002-06:00

Hey, I wanted to post a positive comment today...and YAY, it's a good one! Chris spoke with a guy from Utah who he's known for a long time, and this man is an owner of a Landscaping Company. Anyways, Chris talked to him about us moving to Utah, and he said that when we get there, Chris could have a job with his company. The good thing about this...is that this man usually contracts all of the design work out to other companies, and he pretty much said that when we get there, Chris would be doing all of the design work for his Company. I thought that was really cool because that means Chris would be a busy man...and bringin in some "dough" for our family. I hope all goes well, and that everything will go alright with our move. Also, I think Chris and I are going to try to move into a place where we can rent Month to Month...so that when we do find a house to buy...we can do so without any problems with Leases. Chris would be working in Utah County...but we wanted to maybe live in Salt Lake County. Depending on where you live in those counties, Chris could only have like a 20 minute drive to work. Sounds good huh? I guess you really do get blessed when you're trying to do the right things. :)

Landon being a boy!

2009-05-20T11:27:00.008-06:00

Taking time for a picture

Blowing Bubbles on the side of his pool!

Playing with his boat

Landon kept climbing up these steps to the top and then going down the slide on the front side. He's courageous I guess!

Landon took a bath right after he got out of the pool. I think my boy is the cutest kid ever!

Here is Landon being a big boy and trying to ride this scooter all by himself!

Landon took a break from the sun for a minute to have a drink!

2009-05-16T23:21:00.003-06:00

So I finally got my videos to upload from my camera. Low and Behold...all I have to do is upload it...and leave the computer for like 30minutes. Thats how long it takes for it to upload...but I dont even care. lol. I can post my videos. Im freakin HAPPY! lol Here is a video from our North Carolina Vacation. Farrah and Landon both fell in the ocean water at Atlantic Beach. You can see my dad and Tina in the footage. Check it out! :)

The boys enjoying each other!

2009-05-16T22:22:00.005-06:00

Here is a video of Rayden and Landon on May 8th at Suzzi's wedding in Utah. The boys were so freakin cute! Watch them playin in this water fountain! They were really cute! I took this video at the reception!
Dad, if you are watching this, you should turn up the volume on your computer for the full effect. Just a note: You will have to go all the way down to the bottom of the page and press the pause button so that you wont hear my background music playing at the same time as the video.

Man, I love these two kids so much!

Enjoying his blocks!

2009-05-14T10:37:00.002-06:00

Landon smiling for the Camera

Landon loves his blocks that Grandma Astle got for him. Its so funny cause he'll carry the bucket around and then dump out the blocks...and then put them back in the bucket again. lol. He cracks me up! Anyways, here are some pictures of Landon today :)

Fun times in Utah :)

2009-05-13T16:12:00.006-06:00

This is Landon and Mommy at the Salt Lake Temple grounds!

Close up of Daddy and Landon

Here is Landon being our Calvin Klein Model!

He thought we were funny!

Here is a photo of Rayden and Landon giving each other hugs. They really did like hangin out with each other. It was adorable. Rayden looks so much taller in this picture. I think he might be a little taller than landon...maybe by like an inch or something, but he looks soooo much bigger in this pic!

Here is a photo of Uncle Corey and Braden trying to roast a Fruit Roll-up! Silly boys!

Here is Chris roasting a marshmallow

Landon sure did love this box. He let everyone push and pull him around in it the whole time we were there. He even pushed it everywhere he went when he wasn't in it! It was really funny!

Group Shot! :) All of the Astle Boys....except for Brian. Brian and Lauren didnt come. Maybe next time :)

Here is Landon pushing the box around the place.

Uncle Evan and Aunt Ann

Uncle Corey, Grandma Denise and Grandpa Kent

Here we are on our hike up the Canyon.

Landon loves hiking on Daddy's back!

Here is another picture of us all taking a hike! Fun times!

Some PA, WV, and VA trip

2009-05-02T13:37:00.002-06:00

Pics of North Carolina

2009-05-02T13:26:00.003-06:00

We are FINALLY back home from our trip, and now i am going to attempt to add some of my 400 pictures that we took on our trip to this blog. I hope you all enjoy them. I know that it will take a LONG TIME...but I know you ALL want to see some pictures. I think i'm going to change up some of the pictures all over my blog just to make a change to my blog. Enjoy!