Oli's New Do

Olivia has TWO ponies!!! Who knew it could happen before she was 5! She was a little squirmy so they aren't perfect, but aren't they cute? I guarantee by the end of the day she will have about 2 hairs in the elastics. Oh well. I love that we are able to have some options now!

Summer Fun

This week has been so busy, but really fun! I haven't been very good at taking pictures at all of our activities, so sorry! On Monday, we went to Hogle Zoo with some neighborhood friends. It wasn't too hot, so it was a great day to go. The kids had a blast, but I think us moms were suicidal by the day was over!!! There were three of us moms and 9 kids! What!!!! I have to say it really was fun. We even saw a white alligator that looked more like a glow in the dark alligator. So cool.
Tuesday, we went to Lagoon with my mom, Bree, Ryan, Lydia, Jesse, Ashley, and my Aunt Shauna. The kids were only there for a couple of hours, but when we were leaving Spencer said thanks and told me he had so much fun. How sweet. Those are the moments that actually make you WANT to take your children places! I dropped the kids off at home, picked up a babysitter, picked up Kevin and headed back to Lagoon! We had fun going on the big rides. Wicked, Lagoon's newest ride, was so fun! I actually tried to video it but forgot to press play!!!! Grrrr. I tried for you guys, too bad I'm retarded! I will just have to go back! It was nice to have a little time to go on the rides with the adults.
Thursday, Tiffany and Terry came to visit with Paige and their sweet little baby boy, Ty! We went out to dinner and then came back to our house to hang out. The kids were NUTS!!! Thankfully Olivia was in bed, but Spencer and Paige were up WAY passed their bed times!
Today we went back to the zoo with Tiff and her crew. It was alot more hot, but fun to spend some more time with Tiffany. Spencer was done with the animals about half way through the day, so I let him and Oli play in a little pond for kids. That was definately the highlight, along with the misting fan but Tiff will have to provide that picture. It was a great week, but I am hoping for a more relaxing weekend!!!

Olivia was much braver with Spencer around!

Our 'cotton mouths' after riding Wicked!

Livin' The Suite Life

Last night I got to go on a suite girls night out! There were 16 of us that met up at CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) for dinner, snuck in a little shopping, and then went to the Tim Macgraw & Faith Hill concert. The best part is that we were in a suite! It was so much fun!!! The concert was great. Faith was beautiful as always, and so was Tim! Hee hee! Sadly, he did not take his shirt off. Oh well, I can't have it all, I guess. Thanks Katie and Mandee for inviting me!

CHECK THIS OUT!!!

Everyone needs to click on my friend Jessica Kearns' site. She is on my friend list. This is the craziest post ever!!!! What is that crawling in my hair...get off me! *scratches everywhere furiously*

Calgon, Take Me Away

Today was NUTS! We had a few scares and a ton of tears! It all started off normal enough, but in the middle of vacuuming I started to hear this crazy beeping sound. I realized it was a smoke detector. I just thought the batteries were out and went to look at it. It was the detector at the bottom of my stairs, and it wasn't the smoke detector. It was the carbon monoxide detector! I called Kev (as we stood on our back deck) to see what we should do. He came home with a 9 volt battery, changed it out, and went back to work. Minutes later it began to beep again. So I decided I better call my good ol' friend Melanie who is a fire fighter. She told me to call 911 so they could send out some guys to check it out. I did as I was told. As the kids and I were waiting outside for them to come, I realized the beeping stopped. I decided to call them back and tell them not to come. After all, I really didn't want to have a huge fire truck pull up in front of my house and draw a ton of attention to our home. Right when I got the operator the truck pulled up! Oh yea, the fire chief decided that he better come as well since he is the only one who has a carbon monoxide monitor to check out the levels in people. Spencer was thrilled. The guys decided they better check things out just to be safe. All the levels in our house were fine, and my CO levels were fine as well. These guys were great and tons of fun (for the 10 minutes I spent with them). They reset the detector and headed out. Better safe than sorry.
We had to get on the road as well. Olivia had her 15 month check up, and I was dropping Spencer off at my in laws so he didn't have to come with me. I thought I would be in and out. WRONG! I had to wait an hour before the doctor could see us, and Olivia had almost hit her wall. Good thing the attention from the doc cheered her up, and she is a perfectly healthy growing little girl. She was all ready to go, little did she know she was in for a painful finger prick and two shots!!! Poor girl! She screamed her face off of course, but as soon as I unwrapped that sucker she was silent! We took her back to Grandma and Grandpa's for lunch and a little run around in the Elmo sprinkler while I cut Grandpa's hair. She totally crashed on the way home. When we got home, and I was taking her in to lay her down the detector was beeping AGAIN!!! Thankfully she slept right through it for an amazing three hour nap! I decided that the dumb detector was just broken.
When she woke up I decided to brave the grocery store with both kids. I really, really do not like going to the store with more than one! They were actually pretty wonderful, but of course that couldn't last. Spencer began to have a melt down as soon as he realized he couldn't have the toy that was in a cereal box (you had to send away for it). That lasted FOREVER! Kev was a champ and made dinner for me while I dealt with all of that. Once he settled down, he and Olivia thought it would be fun to spin themselves dizzy while Kev and I watched TV. Olivia did exactly that and crashed to the floor and bonked her head on the built-in AGAIN! I really, really need a helmet for her! She had a pretty good cry, but once she saw Spencer she was all smiles again. She wouldn't hold still long enough for a good picture, but you will get the idea.
I had had enough! I got the kids in jammies, and I got Olivia down without a hitch. Spencer on the other hand, not so much. He had a melt down AGAIN! Kevin couldn't be much help because he had a terrible head ache (he NEVER gets head aches). Spencer ended up losing his bed time story for being so naughty which only escalated the situation. Thankfully the meltdown wore him out, and he crashed five minutes after he hit the pillow (no, I did NOT hit him with the pillow). After I went back in to kiss his sweet SLEEPING face, I ran out the door to get Kevin and I a tasty frozen treat! YUMMY! The day is over, the house is quiet, and I am ready to take on tomorrow...kind of.

Buzz Lightyear?

Well, here it is, the freshly shaved head of Mr. Spencer Bailey! Nothin' better than a summer cut! Keeps the dirt out and lessens the smell of "outside boy". I know you all know what I mean when I say that (sweaty kid + dirt). He loves it! This means that Olivia officially has more hair than Spencer. Who knew that would ever happen! Just don't say you like his shaved head because you will be corrected. "It is a BUZZ!"

House Update

Our house is framed! Things are flying along here in good ol' Kaysville,UT. The electricians have started, and I think the rough plumbing is done. Insulation starts soon. We just need to get our four way inspection done. I will post some pics of the inside after the sheet rock has been hung. It is a little easier to see the details of the house when that is in. TTFN!

My Little Family (unedited!)

Here are a few more pics. Like I said, we still need to edit and head swap a few, but here are a couple. That is why we don't have my whole family in a picture together because it needs to be edited before I post it! Thank heavens for technology!

Bailey Family Photo

We had our family pictures taken a couple weeks ago, and here it is! I am seriously can't believe that all the kids cooperated so well! I think it turned out pretty well. We had pictures of our little family taken, but we need to do some head swaps before I post those!!! We got Spencer to look at the camera, but I couldn't get Kev to smile with his beautiful new pearly whites. Hard habit to break I guess. Any who, I will get those up when we get them back!

For Sale

So, we are building a new house, as you all know, which means we need to sell our current home. Blaaaah! I LOVE a clean house, and I usually keep ours that way, BUT when I am forced to it is not fun!!! We have had four people call us with interest in our home, and it isn't even on the market yet. I am choosing to take that as a good sign. We showed our house to two different couples today so in preparation for that we had to do a little work. It was a crazy day of tidying up closets, vacuuming, picking up spoons that Olivia took out of her drawer, taking Spencer to school, cleaning bathrooms, picking up spoons, picking up Spencer, dusting, picking up spoons, eating lunch while talking to Tiff, picking up spoons, and trying to shower before people came. Hopefully one of these couples loves it enough to buy it because I do NOT want to clean again. I swear I am going to pack, move out, hire someone else to clean everything, and hand the keys over just so I don't have to deep clean everything myself. So, who wants my house?

Don't Push Yourself Too Hard

Spencer just started an intro to soccer program with his buddy Isaac. We thought this would be a good idea so they could learn some basics before they start the real soccer season in the fall. I knew I shouldn't have expected a lot from him considering he just barely turned four, but I had no idea his attention span was this short!!! I guess I can't blame him for relaxing, it was such a beautiful day!

Disneyland + No Kids = FUN FUN FUN

We had so much fun on our girls trip! I don't know what was more fun: talking in the car, being able to go on all the rides without a stroller pass, not stopping for naps, or eating more crap than I knew what to do with! Seriously, those corn dogs were HUGE! How did we not take a picture of those things! We laughed so hard, "Are you the owner of a black Ford Expedition?" (said in a Chinese accent), trying to get a picture with Lydia's eyes open, and going on Tower of Terror! The only thing that would have made it better is if Mandy could have come! We have to plan another one of these. Magic Mountain anyone?


Mike, Alli, and Mr. Harper


Cute girls! No, I do not know what Ashley is doing with her mouth.


Tower of Terror faces, YIKES! I know, I know, I totally look like Skeletor.


The cousins!!! Next time we need hubby's and NO kids! Hee hee!

Our New House...Kind Of

The building process has begun! We started our house about week ago, and we have dug the basement and put the footings and foundation in. I am sure the building process is not as exciting for all of you because it isn't your house, but we think it is fun, so you will have to suffer though it with us! Here are a few pics of where we are at so far. Framing starts on Friday!

10 Unknown Things About Me

Ok, I caved. Here they are...

1. Whenever I walk past a staircase with a new baby I have to turn away a little because I am always afraid I will trip and drop the baby over. (Coo coo)

2. I love eating late at night even though I know it is bad for me.

3. I love watching people. I also love watching them sleep.

4. I LOVE watching infomercials!!! Sometimes it isn't even on purpose. Before I know it 20 minutes has passed by! I get addicted to the crazy people selling the stuff. I can't do it when Kevin is home because he always has the remote.

5. I have to sleep with two pillows too, Mandy!

6. If I eat too much cookie dough I get sweaty. How weird is that!

7. I miss black people. Utah isn't diverse enough!!!

8. My husband just installed a Biffy on our master toilet ( a bade' built in to your toilet. spelling?) and I love it! Don't tell him. He can find out for himself when he reads this!!!

9. I love to peel my fingernails when there is a little "flake" on them. Bad habit.

10. Every time somebody I know reminds me of someone famous, it ends up being a famous black person!!! Examples: Grandma C.= Bill Cosby, Uncle Eric = Will Smith/Denzel Washington, Aunt Aleda = Oprah Winfrey, Jesse Harber = 50 Cent, Stacey Liu = Janet Jackson, Leslie Hadley = Halley Berry, the list goes on. It is rare someone white.

Sweet Caroline

Do Do Do! That was for all you Niel Diamond fans out there, which I am not! I would like to introduce my new niece to everyone! Her name is Caroline June Handy. She was born April 19, at 6:20pm, and weighed in at 7lb 13oz. She is so sweet and has the best coloring! Her mother, Nicole, looks great. Her father, Garrett, has no idea what he is in for!!! Baby girls know how to get their daddy's hearts! Little bro, Grant, on the other hand was only interested in his new "Big Rig" toy! Welcome Miss Caroline! We are all excited to have you here. Sorry Nicole and Garret about the title. I had to do it!

For Alli's Birthday

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Alli. Happy birthday to you. We hope you get some tonight, we hope you get some tonight, we hope you get some lovely presents. We hope you get some tonight! We've all come along way from this picture. Besides the fact that Tay and I look like orphans, Alli looks HAWT in those booty shorts! We love you!

One Little Monkey...Climbing Up The Wall?

Holy Grail!!! This little gal is going to be the death of me! She picks her nose, digs in her diaper, and now she is climbing!!! She always been a climber but just up little things like the ottoman or fireplace hearth. She climbed up into the window sill in their toy room today. That window is up high too! In the bottom right of the picture is the top of a desk! I heard things crashing to the floor and went to check on her. I almost died! What if she fell or tried to get down? She was only in there for a few minutes too. So being the good mother I am, I decided to have Spencer stand by her (because that makes it safe :P) and grabbed my camera. Needless to say she was pretty pleased with herself. Good thing we don't have a brick wall in our house! How did my mom deal with me!!! This is just the beginning. Paybacks a wee-otch!

No Mo Fro

Spencer was long over due for a hair cut. I thought I would let it grow out and have that "skater" do, but it got so nappy! I couldn't deal with it anymore!!! So here are the before and afters. Sorry about the first picture. I forgot to turn off my flash!

Easter Weekend

What a busy weekend! I am sure everyone is saying that! We began ours with an Easter egg hunt at a neighbor's house with a dozen or so kids. Spencer was so pumped about it, but I was freaking out because I realized that we forgot the eggs we were supposed to bring at the store in the bag! Luckily my friend had extra, and it all worked out. All the kids had a blast and got donuts after it was over. We went straight from there to Nana and Papa's house (my parents house) with Grandma and Grandpa (Kev's parents). We had a nice lunch and Easter egg hunt #2! Olivia liked the shiny eggs Nana bought. She also figured out that if she just threw them down hard enough they would split open. Smart girl! Kevin's parents went home, and we stayed the night because it got too late. We missed Stake Conference (oops), so Olivia has to wait until next week to wear her pretty new dress. I can't wait! Later on we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for a tasty dinner and Easter egg hunt #3!!! Holy loads of candy! We had a wonderful weekend and loved spending time with our great families.

My Little Pony

Olivia wore her first "pony" today. I am not sure if it really counts considering it consisted of about 17 hairs, but hey, she probably won't have much more hair until she is five! Spencer could not stop laughing when I put it in. I am not sure why he got such a kick out of it, but he loved it! He wasn't as happy when I put in the pretty clip, so I took that out after I took the picture. One of these days this little girl will actually pose for the camera so I can get a good picture! Anywho, maybe one day I will get to use my hair styling skills on Miss Oli before she goes to kindergarten!