Silly Bathtime part 2

I had so much fun the other day snapping pictures of Dayton in the tub that I had to do the same for Jace. I love how happy my kids are when they are in the tub. Its the most smiley part of our day.

Jace at 6 months

A half of a year old today. Its gone by too fast and it's soo bittersweet. This little boy has my heart in his hands. I love you Jace. I am so glad the Lord has sent me you for these wonderful 6 months!

Silly Bathtime

I just love bath time. The kids are always so happy and fun to get clean. Here are a few pictures of my dater-bug

One Sweet Sled Pulling Motor!

Here is my husbands Sled pulling motor for 2010, Thus far the block is bored .20 over, block is filled with block filler, balanced crank, balanced-polished-shot peened rods, arias pistons, pulling cam, gorilla girdle, 14 mm extra long main studs, fully port and polished head, Intake milled off, upgraded valves and valve springs, runner intake manifold, 13 mm AG pump,LARGE injectors, LARGE twin turbo setup, electric water injection, 3/8 rocker studs, 14mm Head bolts, fire ringed head and block, and a copper head gasket. All of this combined to make close to a 1,400 HP sled pulling motor! SWEET!

Potty Training Dayton

For the past 3 weeks or so, we have been working with Dayton to be potty trained. Its been..HARD! We tried the cold turkey off of diapers and into underwear and it failed horribly. Dayton doesn't seem to care when pee is running down his legs. He just keeps on going about his daily tasks. We have tried the treat bribery, where if he goes potty he can have candy out of the reward bag. This fails because he will pinch some out to get candy, and then pee everywhere 2 minutes later. We have tried to make it like a game. Failed. We bought pull ups and Dayton was kinda excited about them (more so then the fun underwear) and we thought that was going really well cause he would go in the toilet and then stay dry. That was until I found out the little stinkers plot. He would pinch some off in the toilet and then go dry and then when he needed to go he would take the pull ups off and go on the floor, put them back on, so they were dry so he didn't get them wet. (I only caught this because I started having wet floors and I started spying on him) But today we might of had a break through, I told Dayton that only big kids can go to school. Big kids go pee pee in the potty and they don't wear diapers, and they get to have back packs! This has been a really big incentive for him and he has been a lot better. Better to the point he tells me like 4 to 5 times an hour that he has to pee and he will go and sit on the toilet by himself. So hopefully with any luck in a week or two or possibly three, we will be fully potty trained.

Jace Sitting

Wow time is really going by too fast. My baby bounce is sitting now. He can sit for about 5 minutes and then he falls over. Dayton really likes it that Jace is becoming more and more active every day. Its soo fun having two boys! Jace is 5 months and 3 weeks and 1 day old.

pirate hat

Since me and my sister Stacee both have boys we are able to exchange baby stuff, Jace was next in line to receive the "hand-me-downs". Dayton found this way cute hat in the baby box and put it on Jace's head and insisted that it was a pirate hat. Heres to you Jace and your pirate hat.

Easter Weekend

Easter morning

Stott Easter egg hunt

This post is a little late but I still wanted to tell about it. Easter weekend was two weeks ago. We went down to Utah on Saturday morning and to our surprise the roads were closed so we had to take 1 hour extra worth of back road detours to make it to Evanston. We made it to Rick's house just in time for Dayton to do the big egg hunt. We spend the whole day with the Stott side of the family. After the Easter party was over we went to the show to see "How to Train Your Dragon", Dayton loved it, as did Jace. (he actually watched it and was cooing at it) Sunday morning we spend with my dad at his house. The Easter bunny brought a few surprises and hid a few eggs for Dayton to find. Then that afternoon we went to my Grandma Strong's house for her Easter party and Egg hunt. It was a great weekend. Dayton really got the hang of looking for eggs. He came home and wanted another Easter egg hunt. I guess he will be all trained up good for next year.

This could only mean one thing.

My son is running around somewhere outside naked. Its more than a chore to keep clothes on this kid! Its a daily fight, that is only getting worse and worse!

Dads 50th Birthday Pictures

My dad, Megan and Lee came up to my house to celebrate Dads 50th Birthday. Here are just a few pictures of some of the things that we did. The picture above is of Dads face as we showed him his surprise Avatar movie
Here is dads cheesecake Birthday cake
We went bowling in Green River
We watched some movies
Dad and Dayton when dad was opening his Birthday Camera
Jace being the cutie that he is
And us in the car Driving to the park. Happy 50th Dad! We are so glad that you came up to spend your Birthday at our house! Sorry this post if almost a month late.

Jason and Leo

When Jason was 12, his dad bought him a 2 year old Bay horse. Jason named him Leo. It wasn't long before Jason had the horse fully broke. Jason rode Leo practically every day. A few years later, Leo moved with the family from Montana to Utah. While here in Utah, Jason used Leo to be his roping horse in high school.
When Jason was 20, circumstances changed and he no longer had a place to keep his horse and didn't have the money to pay for food any longer. This left Jason with no other option but to sell the horse. Jason sold Leo to the Fullmer family in Circleville, Utah and said goodbye to his friend.
Year after year Jason regretted selling his horse. He thought about it more than once to go and find the people he sold his horse to and buy him back. But, never got around to doing it because he still didn't have the time or the place to keep the horse.
On Friday March 26th, Jason and I drove down to Richfield to pick up Jason's block from the machine shop, we passed a pasture and there was a horse in there that looked just like Jason's bay when he was growing up, he pointed it out and said "Sweetie that's what my old horse Leo looked like". While we were fueling up to head back home me and Jason talked about the horse and then he remember that the fullmers bought a farm in Richfield and they had horses on their land.
Before we left town we went back to the pasture because Jason wanted a second look, he got out of the truck walked out into the field and rubbed down the horse. The horse was on the fullmers property, a boy, a bay, same height, same markings, and to top it off the horse had a dent in his head. (Jason's brother Jeremy had a doberman dog that ran Jason's horse into a fence post and the horse had a permanent dent in his head) It was Leo!! Jason smiled and stayed with the horse for 10 or so minutes. They both had grew older over the years, Jason at 30 and Leo at 20.
It was so bittersweet. I was so glad that I got to see Jason with his horse. Jason was even more happy to encounter his friend. It was hard knowing that Jason had sold his friend to someone else and that we couldn't load the horse up and take it with us. We talked about buying the horse back on the way home but came to the conclusion that the horse was with good owners who love it and we would only be buying the horse back to watch it die. All and all it was a day worth remembering and I am so glad that we came across Leo.

bob duallie stroller

Fedex brought by my brand new double running stroller today! yah! I can't wait to get outside and start my workouts! I don't think I can be indoors any longer on the treadmill.