Turner Tribune

My baby elephant....

2010-07-29T17:00:00.001-07:00

Meet Lucas' baby elephant. He really loves his baby elephant. He gets so excited every few weeks when he remembers he has a baby elephant. Today he said, "Mama take my picture with baby elephant." So I did. This was the result.

After though he said he just wanted a picture of Lukey. He the light of my life....when he doesn't drive me crazy!!

Lately he has been saying some pretty funny things. We have been trying to give him more choices in his day. So we'll say things like, "okay Lucas here are your choices...you can have milk or water with your dinner." Or if he is being naughty throwng a fit we'll say things like, "you have two choices buddy, you can either quit crying and use your words or you can sit in time out". Well, I have been getting stuff ready for girls camp next week and I had some ring pop's in a bag to go along with a lesson. Lucas has been wanting one all week. Everytime I tell him they are for girls camp he throws a big fit and says he wants girls camp. So I finally told him he could have a choice....for some reason that stuck in his head and yesterday he came up to me with the biggest grin ever and said...."mama I want my choices" Confused I said about what. He ran into the kitchen and brought me the bag of ring pops and said, "I want these choices." I about peed my pants! I guess he doesn't quite grasp the concept yet.

6 and now 7....months!

2010-07-29T16:52:00.001-07:00

I am a little behind...Kayleigh is now 7 months old. We haven't had her 6th month well check appointment yet because we were out of town and then she was sick and then the office was full until the second week in August. So i'll have to post the stats later. But here are some cute pictures and things she is doing!

6 months.

She is: Sitting up all by herself
Rolling around like a mad woman
drooling like there's no tomorrow
Babbeling...John swears she says Dada.

7 Months!

She is: eating yummy fruits and veggies

loves rice cereal and oatmeal

cut her first tooth for real this time.

trying to crawl

gets up on all fours like she is doing a pushup.

just as smiley and cute as ever!

We just really love this little girl and we are just so happy to have her in our family.

Yellowstone 2010

2010-07-26T18:09:00.000-07:00

While on the annual Henry's Lake trip we decided that we wanted to spend a day in Yellowstone. It has been several years since we had gone and stopped. Usually we just drive through looking at nature and looking for wildlife. This year we decided to actually go and see some of the places to visit. Our first stop was of course.....Old Faithful. Lucas LOVED it. He thought the "very big balpaino was rupting"....translation.."the very big volcano is erupting." It was so fun to see such pure excitement on his little face. We couldn't even get a picture with him looking at the camera while it was gysering.
It was such a cool thing to see. It is such a powerful form of nature. I felt bad....some of the girls stopped at the restroom and missed it. And Melissa was feeding Amy in the car so she missed it too. Sad :(

This was taken before Old Faithful actually erupted. Lucas thought it was boring. Silly kid.

While there in Yellowstone we did get to see quite a bit of wildlife. Mostly buffalo...which I am not so sure I am fond of after we were stuck in an hour and a half traffic jam caused by them. Let's just say two cranky, sleepy, hungry kids strapped in carseats while we waited our turn to cross through the buffalo herd.....NOT FUN!

We had a little picnic lunch at Old Faithful off in a little wooded area. It was really fun. Lucas and Ethan of course had to sit by each other to eat their sandwiches. They both really liked camping in general.

This is kind of a random photo. But there is a funny story to go along with it. Jill was taking this picture but notice how John is washing Lucas off with a wipey. Well moments before this picture was taken Jill and Maddie leaned over Lucas. Maddie was in the little snugglie on Jill's tummy. Just as they leaned over Maddie puked all over Lucas. Face, arms, legs, hair....it was really gross. Lucas didn't think it was very funny but everyone else laughed.

We also stopped at Yellowstone Lake to stretch our legs and go potty. It was kind of overcast while we were there but it was still so beautiful.

We had such a good time in Yellowstone and hopefully it won't be years before we go back. It was tradition in the Lyons home that we went to Yellowstone almost every year. Except we went up through the Jackson Hole Wy. way. Lots of good times and good memories!

Henry's Lake 2010

2010-07-26T17:41:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we made a trip up to Idaho to visit the family and to be in Burley for Garrett's mission farewell. While we were there we spent a few days in Henry's Lake with the Turner family. We had so much fun. We were there from June 23rd through June 26th. We had such a great time. Wednesday it was just John and I and our kids, Travis and Jill and their kids, and Mom and Dad Turner. Thursday Mike and Melissa came up with baby Amy and Garrett. Also, Colt Turner, John's cousin came up for Thursday night. Also Thursday David and Heather came up. It was so fun to just get to hang out with everyone and visit with each other...since we don't get to get to do that very much.
This was the hat the Kayleigh wore most of the time since it was just a tad chilly for her little head. It looked so stinkin' cute on her.

Of course while we were there we got the opportunity to go fishing. It is one of my favorite things to do while there. This year it was me who brought in the biggest fish...totally a fluke as it was the only fish I caught. And I have to give all the credit to Travis. He's the angler in the family.

What was so fun this trip was to see Lucas and Ethan playing together so well. I think this was the most amount of time they have been together consecutivly. They were like two peas in a pod. Both were pretty much covered in dirt for 3 days. They went out on the boat and caught fish, blew the seeds off of the dandilions, and they chased ground squirrls. It was hilarious.

Kayleigh and Maddie wanted to be apart of the action so Jill fashioned up milk crates for both of them. It was so fun. Kayleigh wasn't quite sitting up by herself so it was nice that she could sit up with the help of the crate. By the time we made it home to Vegas she was sitting up by herself like a champ.

The best part about two rambuncios boys....nap time. They both started on the air mattress but ended up like this. It was too funny.

We had such a great time. It has been several years since we were able to go up with the family. We are so glad that we did. We can't wait until we live a little closer and can go every year.

5 Months old!

2010-05-28T09:42:00.000-07:00

My sweet baby Kayleigh is now 5 months old. I know I say this all the time...but, where does the time go. It does not feel as though it has been 5 whole months since she entered this world.

She is the one of the happiest babies you will ever see. But she drools like crazy! She loves chewing on her middle and pointer finger of her left hand. She still takes a binky or "bliky" as Lucas calls it but she is starting to really only like it when she is sleepy. The rest of the time she screeches and babbles. She is very vocal...kind of like Lucas was when he was a baby.
She is rolling over like crazy. This picture is of her when she was enjoying some floor time. She definately didn't start out facing this direction but after about 20 minutes she wore herself out and ended up like this. So cute.

She is my sweet girl and I love her so much. We are so glad that she is part of our family.

A litte rolly polly bug...

2010-05-26T12:53:00.000-07:00

Kayleigh has discovered her toes. She loves them. She'll lay on the floor holding both of her feet and be as happy as a clam. It is too funny. She is also rolling like crazy. She has figured out how to roll from her tummy to her back whenever she wants and can roll from her back to her tummy too. When we put her on the floor now we have to make sure there is a space big enough for her to roll around int. She tends to only go one direction so her feet end up being a pivot and she rolls in a circle. It is just too funny.

My little monkey....

2010-05-26T12:47:00.000-07:00

Lucas is my little monkey. He reminds me so much of Garrett when he was little. We went to a playgroup at this really fun park in Mountain's Edge that was a wild west theme. It was so fun. In the center of the park they had this spider web cimby thing. Lucas climbed up to the top several times with out any help. I kept asking if he needed mommy to help him and he'd say, "Not yet mommy, not yet" or "I can do it". He had so much fun. It was so high I was a little nervous but he did great.

He is so strong and has a good grip so he loves when parks have these things.

Lucas too...

2010-04-30T17:28:00.000-07:00

I have been posting so much about Kayleigh lately but Lucas is learning and changing so much too. I can't belive how much he is talking. The kid can communicate ANYTHING he wants. My favorite new things are:

*He asks you questions before you can ask him

Example:

Lucas: "Mama, what color is that?"

Mama: "I don't know, what color is that?"

Lucas: "It's red"

Mama: "Oh you are right...it is red"

*He loves to get piggy back rides. He says, "I get on my back"....he has a problem talking in the wrong person...my back=your back, carry you= carry me....etc.

*He is totally obsessed with the movie, "The Princess and the Frog"....he calls it the Froggy movie. He loves Mama Odie and the aligator. He has been jumping onto the couch from the end table and saying, "ha ta lu lah" for Hallelujah....the alligator jumps into the water and says that in the movie.

*He has been very polite to other people.... he says, "excuse me" when he passes by people and has been so good about saying Please and Thank you.

*He LOVES letters. As we drive anywhere he looks out his window and says, "look mama, letters".

*He has a huge imagination. When we were driving home to Idaho a few weeks ago as we would go Lucas would point out the window and say, "look look look...it's a ele-fant" or "look look look it's penguins". They were all trees with funny shapes.

*He is also really enjoying reading. He loves when you read to him. The only dangerous thing is that once you start you end up reading every book on the shelf. After every book he says, "oh that's a good story....let's read another one.". I heart him!

This picture was from our trip to the Leid Children's Museum. He said, "look mama, I a fireman."

With a face like this.....it is a good thing he is cute cause he definately tests my patience! But man, I can't imagine my life without him!

4 months old and counting....

2010-04-30T17:14:00.000-07:00

Kayleigh is now 4 months old. Wow does time fly! She is changng and learning new things everyday. She had her 4 month well check yesterday so I thought I'd post some fun little facts about her appt.

Weight: 12 lbs 6oz (25%)

Height: 23 inches (10%)

Head: 40.5 cm (25%)

As you can see she is not a very long little thing....I think her cousin Angie was like 23 inches a week after birth. She is growing along her own little path on the chart, she is just little :) The nice thing is that she is 4 months and not even close to growing out of her 0-3 months clothes!

She is a super happy smiley little girl. She LOVES to watch Lucas play around her. Lucas can get her laughing. It is one of my favorite things. She is very much a mama's girl.....when she doesn't feel good or is tired. She also has two teeth....well sort of...they just poked through so I don't know if that qualifies as "teeth" yet.
Her new favorite activity is playing under the jungle gym thing. We also have little toys hanging from her carseat....she loves it. She played like this for probably 45 mintues before she fell asleep. She loves reaching and grabbing onto things. She has a really strong grip too so if she gets ahold of your hair or your glasses it takes some help to get her to let go!

We are so blessed to have this sweet little girl in our family! We love her oh so much!

Nellis AFB Softball Tourney

2010-04-27T14:01:00.001-07:00

Terry, John, Larry, Brian, Fred, Dan, Todd, Scotty (Back Row)

Tom, Rich, Lewis, Steve (Front Row)

John and his softball team played in a softball tournament up at Nellis AFB. Their first game started at 8am and the last game ended at 12 midnight....7 games of softball. They ended up in 2nd place. We had so much fun watching games, playing at the playground, hanging out with our softball buddies and eating...it was one VERY long day but it was well worth it! GO TEAM VARIAN!

Cousins....

2010-04-05T16:58:00.001-07:00

Kayleigh got to meet her new cousins this past week and we got to meet our new neices. I only got pictures on my camera of Kayleigh and Angie. The pictures of Maddie are on Jill and G-ma Turner's cameras...so I can't post those until I get them emailed. But here are some pictures of Kayleigh and her cousin Angie Lyons. She is the daughter of my brother Parker and his wife Heather. She is an absolute DOLL and I am so glad that we got to play this week!

Sun Valley Snowboarding Trip

2010-04-05T16:43:00.000-07:00

John and I had the opportunity to go up to Sun Valley and stay for the night. It was a perfect little get away for us. John has been working so hard this year with school and work. He's been to England twice this year for work and had 2 really hard classes. We both needed a break. John found an awesome deal on a one night stay at the Sun Valley Lodge and a lift ticket for $69 (based on double occupancy). We figured we probably won't ever snowboard in Sun Valley for any cheaper so we booked it. Mom was so sweet and took the day off to watch our kids for us. We had a fantastic time. The snow was FAB-U-LOUS!! They had received like 3 inches the day before, 6 inches the night before and it snowed for about 3 hours in the morning while we were there! I would venture to say the BEST snow I've snowboarded on in, EVER!

Sun Valley is an absolutely beautiful place to go. Those mountains are GI-NORMOUS! We would measure everything in Pomerelle runs...Example: That run is at least 4 big lift runs a Pomerelle.

Sun Valley also just got a new gondola to ride up. It was so fast and warm. Somehow it felt wrong to go up the mountain (or at least part of it) while the wind is whipping but not have it blowing in your face! HEAVEN!

It was really pretty to look out of the gondola at the mountains and their absolute wonder and beauty.

I am so glad I got to spend some time with my sweetie. I feel like I never see him anymore and it was wonderful to spend a whole day together, just the two of us!

My happy girl...

2010-03-26T11:50:00.000-07:00

My sweet Kayleigh is such a happy baby. The other day we were having such a great time on the floor. She was just a talking and giggeling! It was so fun! She is blessing our home and our lives in so many ways!

The BUMBO

2010-03-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

I have seen these BUMBO seats at various friends homes for their kids but never bought one for Lucas. Kayleigh has been trying to sit up if you set her in the corner of the couch or something and then ends up face planting into the cushion. I decided to try and find a used one because they are kind of expensive brand new. Luckily my neighbor had one that she sold me cheap! (Thanks again BreighAn). Kayleigh LOVES it! She'll sit in it happy as a clam watching what everyone is doing! I am so glad that I got it. It has made my life much easier.

It's even purple and she looks so cute when she sits in it!

Baby Shower Invitations

2010-03-22T17:47:00.000-07:00

We (the Turner girls) are throwing Melissa a baby shower next week when we are all home. I volunteered to make the invites. They turned out soooo cute! My good friend Rebecca has a Cricket machine that cut out these cute little baby outfits. We had so much fun making them. Our kids played together and we crafted. It was a good day.
Here is a small variety of some of the cards. We made some pink with purple ruffles and some purple with pink ruffles.

Here is one of them closer up....it has a cute little pink rhinestone in the center of the flower!

The inside was really simple...pink or purple paper with the information.

I can't wait until the baby shower. It will be so much fun. I can't wait to get that little baby here and meet her. Melissa is going to be such a cute mama!

Look what I can do now!

2010-03-22T16:57:00.000-07:00

Saturday night after Lucas was in bed and John was at softball I layed Kayleigh on the floor by me to get some tummy time and this is what she did.....Like 4 times in a row! She's getting too big it makes me sad!

Proof!

2010-03-18T18:34:00.000-07:00

For all you non-believers of just how crazy my 2 year old is....here are just a few photos with examples of things he has done in the last month alone....

EXAMPLE 1.
This is Lucas in the garage sitting in the bin that has dog food in it....the blue thing that it is sitting on is a 50 gal drum of water...How did he manage that...no idea but we had dog food everywhere in the garage...thank goodness for the shop vac Mom and Dad got us for Christmas!

EXAMPLE 2.

This is Lucas in the bath tub fully clothed. He asked if he could get in the tub...I said No. So Lucas decided to do it himself. You can't really tell from this picture but he is completely soaked. He only had water running for about 1 mintute before I heard it and already he was drenched.

EXAMPLE 3.

This isn't a very good picture because Lucas was running away...but that is INK! He found a pen and decided to draw all over his legs...Quietness=disaster at our house. This is one of those times that I thought he was being so good....NOPE!

EXAMPLE 4.

These are grocery bags...he emptied the entire cupboard of them all over the kitchen and then started throwing them in the air saying, "Hooray, Hooray, Hooray".

Example 5.

This is our closet...notice the shoes on the ground. Normally they are neatly on the shelves paired up. Notice Lucas at the top of the closet. This is what he does when I am in the shower! Fun stuff!

Terrible Two's

2010-03-11T12:48:00.000-08:00

We have all heard a million times how the terrible two's are...but let me just tell you...If a mom can survive them without killing herself or her two year old....she must be a saint! I am totally struggeling right now with Lucas! He is fantastic some days and sometimes he is a hellion!

Let me just tell you a story:

It was Friday March 5th and John was in England again for the second time in a month for work. I was at home by myself with Lucas and Kayleigh. John had left on Wednesday and wasn't coming back until Sunday. Wednesday and Thursday were okay...we survived with very little drama....whoa....if I only I knew that it was the calm before the storm. Friday Lucas woke up extra early and came into my room. He climbed up and snuggled for a minute before I turned on some cartoons so I could get a little extra sleep. After we went downstairs to eat breakfast...that's when the drama started.

While Lucas was eating breakfast I started working on my lesson for YW on Sunday. I decided to make each girl a little handout to go along with the lesson. I went upstairs got the paper cutter and some ribben and started making the handouts....I had about 6 of them made when Lucas came over with his "Big Truck" and rammed it into my glass of water and spilled the full cup all over the compter desk, completely soaking everythign I had been working on for the previous hour.

Then as I was cleaning that up he played for a little while. I decided that it was time for a nap cause Mommy was TIRED!! Lucas on the other hand, not so much. I told him he had to play quitely in his room...that lasted a whole of about 20 minutes. So I put the child door lock thing on the inside of his door so that I could close my eyes for a minute without worrying about what he was into. About 20 minutes later I heard a very loud BANG BANG BANG....but I was coming out of a much needed nap and thought I might be hearing something. Oh no...it was Lucas using a plastic baseball bat to break off the door lock making a gigantic hole in the back of his door! And the best part is after he escaped he went downstairs and did the same thing to the 3 doors downstairs that he can't open because of child locks!

I obviously took the bat away and hid it...After lunch he went about the living room playing while I returned to work on my lesson. In the two minutes that I didn't pay attention to what he was doing he opened a gallon ziplock bag full of dog food all over the kitchen floor. So while I cleaned that up, he climbed on the counter and dumped a whole box of cereal on the counter! By this point I had just about had it anyway....John called about this time to say "goodnight"...I immediately started crying telling him how much I wished he was home...blah blah blah. He calmed me down and made me feel better.

Things were okay for a little bit and then.....he put my cell phone in my glass of water....yes! It shorted out the screen and so now I can't see if I have any missed calls or texts or anything. This was the LAST STRAW! I called my mom bawling my eyes out. While on the phone with her, Kayleigh started screaming..but it was sort of muffeled...so I went into see what was wrong and saw Lucas sitting on top of her in the swing! My baby was getting squished by her big brother!!

Luckily for me after no nap and a day of mischeif he went to bed early without a peep! It was his only saving grace....

If I survive this kid....it will be a miracle!

Kayleigh is 2 Months Old!!

2010-03-11T12:37:00.000-08:00

Little Miss Kayleigh is two months old...plus a few weeks cause I'm late! I took these picture on February 28th when she was two months old exactly! She is getting so big...and she is such a happy baby with such a sweet personality.

She is finally starting to fit into her carseat....do you remember this? So tiny I had a hard time making sure she was strappped in correctly....
And now...she fits in great! She is not very long but she is growing.

At her two month appointment her stats were:

Height: 21inches

Weight: 10 lbs 2 ozs

Just to refresh your memory at birth she was:

Height: 18.5 inches

Weight: 6lbs 14 ozs.

So as you can see...she is gaining weight really well but she hasn't grown all that much...I think she is going to take after Grandma Turner....very short and tiny! :)

Smiling...

2010-02-28T13:29:00.000-08:00

That's right folks...my baby girl is a smiley little thing. She started smiling a few weeks ago but I just hadn't had time to post some pictures. She just melts my heart when I see this sweet face!! She is most smiley at 4 in the morning when she has just eaten...I wish I kept my camera by my bed for those moments. I just love this little girl!!

Lucas-isms....

2010-02-18T23:07:00.000-08:00

So Lucas is chatter-box...does that suprise anybody? Lately he has been saying some pretty funny things I didn't want to forget them so I am writing them here. Here are some of the phrases we have been hearing lately:

Oh my goodness!
You have happy feet mama?
I can not be-lieve it.
You have whiskers mama?
I have raisin fngners (as Lucas would pronounce it)
Oh no...baby sister is crying.
Ugghh..Tibo..bad dog
Uh.. I don't want it
No mama...I can do it.

Several Conversations have gone like this:

Daddy: Does Mommy have whiskers?
Lucas: No (ha ha ha)
Daddy: Does Kayleigh have whiskers?
Lucas: No (ha ha ha)
Daddy: Does Lucas have whiskers?
Lucas: Um....no
Daddy: Does daddy have whiskers?
Lucas: YES!!!! (very excidedly)

Daddy: Lucas do you have a freckle?
Lucas: yes
Daddy: Where is your freckle?
Lucas: On my Neck! (he is very proud that he has a freckle on his neck!)

He has also been singing the "twinkle star song" alot lately. I'll have to get it on video. It is so stinkin' cute. I really love this kid! He is such a joy...a lot of stress...but so much fun and I can't imagine our lives without him.

Photo shoot...

2010-02-01T15:01:00.000-08:00

John and I have a really good friend who has a hobby with Photography and wanted to practice on Kayleigh since she doesn't get to do new babies very often. Here are some of my favorites.

Kayleigh's blessing

2010-02-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Since our family lives so far away and it is such a long drive we made the decision to bless Kayleigh at our home on a Saturday so that nobody would have to rush home after the blessing. It was really wonderful. Mom and Dad Lyons came down and brought with them Katelyn and Jayne and Mom and Dad Turner came down too. It was just John and the two grandpa's in the blessing circle but it was really neat. John gave our sweet Kayleigh a really beautiful blessing. We feel so blessed to have her in our lives and it such a blessing to have a husband who honors his preisthood and could give our daughter a blessing. After the blessing we changed back into regular clothes and went to Cici's Pizza for lunch. It was so wonderful to be able to have that experiance and it is so wonderful that we could share it with our family. My really good friend Chelsea also came to the blessing.

John holding Kayleigh shortly before he gave her a name and a blessing. He did such a wonderful job and gave her the most beautiful blessing.

The very happy mama and daddy with our sweet little girl.

Our whole family...now a family of Four! Crazy.

Aunt Jayne holding her first neice. She actually held baby Angie first but this is the first niece by a few days.

Aunt Katelyn holding Kayleigh too.

Grandma and Grandpa Lyons

Grandma and Grandpa Turner

My mom with me and my daughter.

John with his Dad and Kayleigh.

The whole Lyons clan that made the trip down for the blessing.

The whole group of us in front of our house after the blessing.

Lucas and Kayleigh...

2010-02-01T12:45:00.000-08:00

Lucas is so excited that he has a new little sister...but he is not real sure about her yet. For the first few days, maybe even week, he wouldn't even go near her. When we would ask if he wanted to hold his baby sister he would say, "no, I don't want it". Finally a few days after we had her home and Grandma had left and it was just us he started to warm up to her a little bit. He started out by watching us change her diaper and saying, "look it's baby sister" and "look look look, mama she has tiny feet." Pretty soon that turned into, "baby sister is so cute". And finally one day while Kayleigh was enjoying some tummy time this is what I turned around to see.

Lucas, after getting his sippy filled, went and layed down by his baby sister and just watched her. He layed next to her for probably 10 mintues before getting up.

He just layed there and didn't say anything, just watched his baby sister in amazement.

Eventually he moved a little closer. This is my favorite picture. It was such a touching moment to see him finally want to see his baby sister. I just stood there and watched wondering what he was thinking and wondering what Kayleigh was thinking. They were both looking straight at each other. It was a really cool moment for a mommy.

Visitors...

2010-02-01T12:32:00.000-08:00

While we were at the hospital Kayleigh had a few visitors that wanted to meet her.

Grandma and Grandpa Lyons came all the way down from Idaho to meet Kayleigh and to watch Lucas so John could stay at the hospital and help me. It was so wonderful to have them there with us.

Aunt Kate came down with them to see us. It was so fun to see Katelyn and to see her holding her first neice for the first time.

We also had a few friends come and visit. This is Brian and Amy. Both of them work with John and play softball with us. It was so sweet of them to come. They brought those cute pink flowers you see behind Amy on the table.

This is my really good friend Stacy who came to visit us after we got home from the hospital. Stacy was so nervous to hold Kayleigh because she was so tiny.
Our neighbors also came to visit. This picture is courtesy of Lucas, thus the weird angle. This is Angie and her boyfriend Bryan. They wanted to come and see our cute new addition.

Kayleigh Anna Turner

2010-02-01T12:17:00.001-08:00

On December 28, 2009 John and I welcomed into our family a new baby daughter. It all started at 4:30 in the morning when we woke up to go the hospital for our scheduled C-section. We had to be at the hospital by 5:30 for the surgery scheduled at 7:30am. We got to the hospital right at 7:30 and were immediately checked into "triage" to get bloodwork done and to start monitoring the baby. The doctor was running a little late so we didn't end up getting moved over to the operating room until close to 8am. Once their the anesthesiologist gave me my epidural and the nurses prepped me for our baby girl to arrive. At 8:37am Kayleigh made her debut at 6 lbs 14 ozs and 18.5 inches long. Everything with the surgery went just as planned and Kayleigh came out beautiful and perfect. After the surgery was finished they took Kayleigh and John to go get cleaned up and ready to meet the world. I was wheeled back in to "triage" to recover until they got a room ready for us. Once the room was ready we moved up to the 4th floor where we stayed for 2 1/2 days. We had wonderful nurses and a great experiance at the hospital. While we were there we had the wonderful honor of getting to know this sweet new spirit while Grandma Lyons watched Lucas.

Here are a couple of pictures from that first day with our baby girl.

This is me the night before we went to bed. I did not get nearly as "HUGE" as I did with Lucas.

Here is John all prepped and ready to go into the OR to witness the birth of our baby girl.

Kayleigh Anna Turner...her first picture! She is perfect and absolutely beautiful.

John had the opportunity to cut her umbilical cord. This was new as he did not get that chance when we had Lucas.
Here she is after she was all cleaned and swaddled up. We are so grateful to welcome this baby girl into our family and so happy that she is healthy!

My Silly boy...

2009-12-21T20:12:00.001-08:00

John got Lucas ready for bed last Wednesday while I was at mutual. When I came home this is what I saw....

Yes...that is Lucas' swimming suit he is wearing OVER his PJ's. Apparently he got his PJ's on and then was playing in his room and found his McQueen "shirt" (as he said) and brought it to daddy exclaiming that he wanted to put them on....so he did. He even slept this way. Silly Boy!

America's Tallest Christmas Tree

2009-12-21T20:05:00.001-08:00

The M Resort is home to America's tallest Christmas tree this year. Luckily for us the M Resort is about a mile from our house. The other day John decided to come home from work a little early so we could go look at it. Lucas loves Christmas trees and we thought he would really love this one too. He did....he kept saying," oooo big christmas tree" or "oooo pretty christmas tree". It was a hit!

This picture is from our house....to show you how close this great big tree really is and how huge it really is.

New "big boy" room

2009-12-21T19:50:00.000-08:00

We finally got Lucas moved over into his new room in preparation for our baby girl to get here. Lucas LOVES his new big boy room and loves sleeping in the "new bed". It is not really a new bed as it was a hand-me-down from a co-worker of John's. It works great and saves so much space because of the drawers under the bed. It also saved money because we didn't have to buy a new dresser either. It has been really nice having Lucas in his new room because I was able to start getting the nursery ready again for a baby.

We had to buy a little stool for him to climb up into his new bed though...it's a little too tall. He has figured out how to get on without the stool but the stool is there just in case. When we first got the bed all set up and he tried to get on and couldn't he said, " Oh no...it too high". He now loves his bed and always at bed time when we tell him it is time to go to bed he gets super excited and says, "my new bed".

To get him more excited about moving to a new bed we found this super cute CARS bedspread to go with it. He likes that he gets to go nigh-night with McQueen.
The only downside....this is usually what his room looks like after naptime. Sometimes he thinks he is too big for naps and says, "i not sleepy mama" and then plays in his room for 2 hours instead of napping and then is totally grouchy the rest of the day....oh how rough it would be to HAVE to take a nap every day :)

Needless to say though the transition to the new room went as seemless as possible...which I am EXTREMELY grateful for!!

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-11-26T18:03:00.000-08:00

THE Turkey. It was deep fried and delicious! I must say it was one of the best Turkey's we have ever had. It was perfectly cooked and so moist and tender. A big thanks to the Taylor's for helping us and letting us use their fryer.

Lucas and John were SO hungry. Here they are with our fantatic feast in front of them. It was just us this year but we had a great time.

Another angle of the food....see that side of the yams that is white...John says that the sweet potatoes are like dessert at dinner and piled LOADS of brown sugar and marshmellows on top of "his" half. I like mine just plain with a little butter and salt and pepper!

One more picture just for fun.

The whole family. Lucas is making the funniest face. Crazy kid!

This year we have so much to be thankful for:

*our jobs

*our family

*our home

*Tibo

*the Gospel

*the Savior

*our wonderful friends

*Freedom

*each other

*the fact that we can put food on the table and clothes on our backs

*softball

*our health

*health insurance

*hospitals and doctors

This list could go on and on! We are so grateful for all of the wonderful things that we have been blessed with. We are so grateful for the Gospel and the joy it brings into our lives every day. This year we have an added something to be grateful for in that we will soon be adding to our little family. It has been a long 8 months but we are so grateful to the doctors and nurses who have been monitoring our little girl to make sure she is growing how she is supposed to.

To all our friends and family--- we love you all and are so grateful to have you in our lives!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T14:17:00.000-08:00

Halloween this year was so much fun for us. We had several activities to attend during this whole week. All the activites were different but fun in their own way. It started out with us carving pumkins on Wednesday night after John got home from work. Lucas would not touch the goopy stuff inside the pumkin. He kept saying, "no...it gross". He also wanted to be held the entire time..."carry you momma carry you"....so that he wouldn't have to be by the guts.

This picture took some serious talking into. He really didn't like the idea of putting your hand inside something that was slimy and gross. Once they were all carved he thought it was fun but not until we were done.

Here are our finished pumkins. A big thanks to Dad who grew these wonderful pumkins in his garden and was kind enough to let us share. Everyone kept asking if they were real because they looked so fresh. I think they turned out kinda fun...classic pumkins.

The next activity took place on Thursday when we went to the ward Trunk or Treat at the church. It was a little different this year because they didn't do the traditional Chili Cook off like they have for the past several years. This year they chose to just do Hot Coco and cookies and cupcakes. It still was really fun but not the same as it usually is. There were several people we didn't know there and it was really fun. Lucas got to dress up in his Halloween costume and go trick or treating. This year was really fun because he really got into it. He had his little bag and would say "trick or treat" at every trunk and then when they'd put candy in his bag he'd say with a HUGE grin..."tank you" He kept calling his treats, "trick or treats". He was telling John all about how he got lots of "trick or treats" from the cars. He looked so cute in his little Red Sox outfit. We got a ton of comments from the Yankee's fans we know but we know a real team when we see one!

The only thing Lucas didn't really like was the black under his eyes. He couldn't figure out why Mommy was drawing on his face. He smudged a lot of it away. Thank goodness for eye liner...that is what John chose to use when he went to the store to find something.
The next activity for the week was an Adult Halloween party that one of John's co-worker's invited us to. It turned out to be so much fun. It was a dress up in costumes party and then there was a Murder Mystery game that took most of the night. We each had a part to play in the mystery. There were 3 rounds and during each round the host would give you a little piece of paper with clues that you were to reveal in coversation with people. John's part was a super nerdy computer programmer who when he talked always went into too much detail. His costume fit that perfectly as he went as Napoleon Dynamite. My character was in internal auditor with a company called Widgets, Inc and no one liked me becasue I was rude and would send my friends at the IRS auditing deptartment after anyone who crossed me. At the end when everyone was trying to figure out who killed the victim...people all thought it was me because I really didn't like the guy who ended up getting "killed".

All in all it was a really fun night. We had a really good time with a lot of our friends and a lot of friends of John's co-workers. I am so glad we went becasue it turned out to be a really fun night.

The last of the week's actvities was a birthday party of one of our softball friends little daughter Devin who was turning 5. It was so much fun. They had rented a bouncy house for their back yard and had so much fun. Lucas and the other kids had so much fun jumping in the bouncy house and all the parents were able to just kind of watch and visit. Then we came home, ordered pizza and waited for trick or treaters to come by. We didn't get nearly as many as we usually get but it was fun to see all of the neighborhood kids dressed up. All in all we had a really great week and I can honestly say that this year was one of my favorites!

Funny Story

2009-09-30T13:58:00.000-07:00

This morning before I started working and getting breakfast ready. I turned to Lucas who was sitting at the counter on a bar stool. He was drinking a cuppy of milk. I say to Lucas,

"Lukey, what do you want for breakfast."

He looks at me very deep in thought, takes a drink of milk, then answers like this,

"ice creeeeeeeam."

Crazy boy...who eats ice cream for breakfast! Man I love this kid!

My sweet boy and the ABC's

2009-09-23T12:53:00.000-07:00

This is my sweet baby boy practicing his ABC's while in the bath tub! LOVE IT!

So I can quit gettng in trouble....

2009-09-16T12:58:00.000-07:00

We would like to formally announce that we are having a BABY!!! And it's a baby GIRL!!! We are due Jan 2nd but due to having to have a C-Section this baby girl will come sometime between Christmas and New Year's.

Now everyone knows for sure!

We are the Champions!

2009-09-03T13:19:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago when the softball season ended John's mens team won their very first championship. The last week of games they split with the team they played which made them tied for first place. The next week they had to have a playoff game....and they won!! It is their first championship since they started playing in this league. Every season they are so close and this year they won!! It was very exciting..Yay Varian.

Here is everyone on the team from the Left to Right:

Back Row: John, Brian, Steve and Ruby, Jared, Eric, Ryan, Dan, Rich L
Front Row: Tom, Roman, Larry, Joe, Rich V.

Missing was Terry who was visiting his grandbaby in London.

Out with old---in with the New

2009-08-27T10:27:00.000-07:00

After almost 7 years of ownership, we traded in John's truck and took advantage of the cash for clunkers program. The truck qualified so we thought we would take a look and see what we could get. We found a great car and went and made the deal. John is having a little bit of a hard time as the truck was the first car he ever purchased. Even Lucas is having a hard time...he looks out the window and says..."where daddy truck?" He hasn't gotten used to the idea.

Part of the reason is that Lucas loves to drive Daddy's truck when he gets home from work.

Here is the final picture with John and his truck. We took this picture in the morning before we left to go pick up the new car....

A brand spankin' new Hyundai Sonata. It is such a fun car and we feel a little spoiled because it is so nice. We really enjoy it and best of all it gets super good gas mileage. We will save so much money just in gas!

Black was not our first choice color but it was the only one in the lot in our price range with the features that we wanted. We are really excited...but I think we will miss the nostalgia of the truck...we had a lot of good memories with that truck.

A shout out to the birthday boy!

2009-08-27T10:20:00.001-07:00

I know I am a little late but I work Mon-Wed so this is my first opportunity to update. Lucas turned 2 on Sunday. I can't believe it has been two years since we held him for the first time. These last few years have been amazing. Watching your child grow and learn has got to be one of the most rewarding things a person can do. That's not to say there aren't days that I want to pull my hair out! But, I love this kid with all of my heart and I am so glad that we are blessed to have him in our family forever.

We had a little party for him with some of our friends from church and softball. Lucas had so much fun and recieved a lot of really fun presents. Here are a couple of pictures.

This is the birthday boy in his cute new outfit that Grandma Lyons got him for his birthday....it was soon covered in red frosting but it looked cute while it was clean.

Here is Lucas blowing out his candles. The wind was blowing a little so it was a bit of a challenge to keep them lit.

We ordered him a "McQueen and Mator" cupcake cake for his party. Notice in the bottom left of the cake it is a bit squished. Ya...that is where his hand when in when he was trying so hard to get to the cake when it was still in the box!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCAS!!

San Diego Trip!

2009-08-15T12:47:00.000-07:00

John and I decided since he was required to take some Vacation time before September that we would go on an actual vacation. Generally speaking we use all of our vacation time to go up to Idaho to visit and hang out with Family. And since we won't be going home for Christmas this year that we would go hang out in Paradise...aka San Diego California. I hadn't been to San Diego since my cousin Maren was married there 16 years ago and it had been about that long for John too. So we packed up and brought Katelyn and Garrett along with us too. We had so much fun.

WARNING!!! LOTS OF PICTURES!!! Here is the breakdown of what we did!

When we first drove there we went straight to the Wild Animal Park. It was really nice and had so many different kinds of plants and trees. We spent about 3 hours there which was enough for us. It was a lot of walking. While were were there we went to the petting zoo part for Lucas. He loved touching the baby deer. Although we had to tell him that he couldn't climb on the deer like he does the dog.

Lucas really enjoyed seeing all of the different kinds of birds. We saw pelicans, flamingos, parrots, and so many more. Everytime Lucas would see them he'd say..."birdee" with a huge grin on his face.

Lucas especially loved the Gorillas. He was so facinated by them. Later he kept saying "koallas" and we were thinking it was because he wanted to go see the Koala Bears....until we saw the Gorillas again later and and he got all excited and pointed at the gorillas and yelling "Koallas".

John always has a toothpick in his mouth. Well, Lucas decided to steal it so he could look like his daddy.

This is on the little train thing we went on to see the giraffes, rhino's, zebras, and elephants at the park. Lucas had fun but it was just a little long for a 2 year old's attention span.

Lucas did enjoy getting his picture taken while sitting atop a bronze Rhino though.

Here's our whole family on the Rhino.....CUTE!

After the Park we went and stayed with my cute cousin and her adorable little girls in San Jacinto California. They were so nice to let us crash there for the first two night. The next day after a good nights sleep we went to the San Diego Zoo. Can I just say that this was my FAVORITE part. I could have spent two days there. LOVED IT!!!

They had this bench at the zoo and Lucas thought it was so cool. I think this picture is adorable. Lucas loved spending time with his uncle "geeret" and aunt Kate and we loved that we had someone else to help us chase him down :).

Lucas did find time while we were there to take a little cat nap. What is funny is about 2 minutes before this picture was taken he leaned his head back to laugh at John and then just fell asleep. Silly boy.

We really enjoyed the elephant habitat too. They had 2 different kinds of elephants to look at and they were all out so we could see them.

We did stay at a hotel for two nights thanks to Katelyn and her employment. She works at the Hampton Inn in Provo and hooked us up with the employee rate for a hotel close to San Diego. The hotel had a really nice pool so we thought it would be fun to go swimming. Lucas LOVES to swim. He is like a little fish.

Aren't they cute!

This was Lucas' favorite part about the pool. He kept saying he was "flyingng". He was not so happy when we told him he had to get out so we could eat some dinner.

Here's my little fish again. He really loves swimming.

The next day we went to Sea World. While we were there John had this super brilliant idea that we should sit on the very front row of the Dolphin show. SPLASH ZONE!!! Ya, let's just say that we got wet in the first 30 seconds and John took Lucas up to the top cause he didn't like getting splashed when he wasn't ready. So Katelyn, Garrett, and I stayed on the front row and got completely drenched by the dolphin. John said he thought it was funny.

We also got to see the sea lions getting fed by people. Lucas really enjoyed this part. He had so much fun watching those sea lions barking at people who had purchased food to feed them.

We of course had to go to the Shamu show. We didn't sit in the splash zone for this show and we all enjoyed it a little better. Lucas thinks the whales are so cool.

We also saw same big sea turtles and some baby turtles. Lucas really like those too.

Here is the group at the Shamu show after it was over. It was really cool to see...kind of cheesy but still pretty cool.

The next day we went to the Padres vs Mets game at PETCO stadium. That was so much fun. The stadium is so family friendly. Lucas even got a button pin that said "First Time to Petco Park" along with a baseball. It was really fun.

Here's the whole gang. Garrett had such a good time. He even almost caught a fly ball. It ended up landing about a row or so in front of us but he was ready and prepared with his mit.

After the game we stopped by the beach for a little while. Lucas loved playing in the "dirt" as he called it. He was so dirty when we were done.

Here's daddy and Lucas at the beach. He wasn't so sure of the waves at first but warmed up to it as long as he could hold his daddy's hand really tight.

Again with the sand. He thought it was funny when he got out of the water to lay down on his tummy in the sand. Ya....good thing we brought dry clothes otherwise it would have been a long ride back to the hotel.

All in all we had a great time. The weather was perfect and we were able to see all of the things we wanted to see. Hopefully we will be able to do it again in the future.

Funny Lucas Videos

2009-05-10T19:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a HILARIOUS video we took of Lucas today. You all know how much baseball we watch in our house. Well, Apparently it has rubbed off on Lucas. Make sure you go potty before you watch...I'd hate for you to pee your pants! :)

Softball

2009-04-26T17:55:00.000-07:00

So as many of you know...softball pretty much runs our life. We have Co-Ed on Friday nights, Mens league on Saturday and then the various tournaments we play in. We pretty much love it. So does Lucas. This last weekend we had the opportunity to go up to Nellis Air Force base to play in a benefit tournament. We were the only civilian team to be invited. It was a lot of fun but a LONG day. We left our house at 6:30 am and returned home at 10pm. Luckily it was only like 85 degrees that day instead of like 95 (which it has been this week). The Varian team played very well. They ended up taking 3rd place after 7 long games. They had to play so many games because they had to work themselves up the loser's bracket due to a loss their second game.

Here is a picture of the team. The two guys in orange shirts were from the sponsering teams. We were a couple of players short so they filled in. The team even won another trophy. It was really cool.

I think Lucas liked being there for another reason. He LOVED playing in the dirt. Basically he played in the dirt for 12 hours. We went through a whole package of wipes trying to keep him at least presentable....it didn't help. If you look at the picture above at his socks or his little but....you can see dirt...EVERYWHERE.

Here is another one---this is how Lucas watched the game when he wasn't playing in the dirt.

This is a little picture I snapped while Lukey and Daddy were playing in the grass between games. I just love these boys!

Happy Easter...plus some.

2009-04-17T11:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter to everyone. Easter this year took on a whole new meaning for our family. With Garrett's cancer diagnosis the reality of the Savior's love has never been more apparent in our lives. As John and I celebrated Easter here in Vegas while G-baby was still in the hospital we took some time to reflect on what Easter really means. It means that we will live again. It means that because the Savior loved us so much he broke the bands of death so that we can be together forever. At this time in our lives that knowledge has brought so much comfort and peace. I am grateful for the knowledge we have of the gospel and the knowledge that Families are Together Forever!

Here is a picture of our little family on Easter morning before church. We missed everyone up home but we had a really great Easter with some friends and some family. We had Emily and Jeremy Monroe with their two cute little girls and some friends from our ward, Jared and Valerie Christensen with their two kids over for dinner. We definately had a full house but it was so much fun.

I wanted to post this picture because it makes me laugh. Every day when John gets home from work Lucas yells, "Dadda....dadda!!! yaaaaaaaa Dadda!" and then he runs to the door so we can meet him. Personally I think he just gets so excited cause daddy lets Lukey "dive" the truck. He holds out his hands like he is holding on the wheel and says, "dive...dadda...dive" and John puts him on his lap and lets him pretend like he is driving. I think it is the highlight of his day.

My little brother...

2009-04-09T23:36:00.000-07:00

As some of you already know my baby brother was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer on monday. It was a really tough thing to swallow because I think of my baby bro as invinceable. He is one of my hero's. The kid's got a heart of gold and a spirit to match. This week has been a very long one but we have truely been blessed by the power of our Heavenly Father's love. Despite the diagnosis our family has banded together to support Garrett in his battle. We have truely felt the power of prayer influencing our lives this week.

Thank you to all of our family and friends for the words of concern and hope. While I have been able to be here this week while we are learning what will be happening as we progress through this battle...I won't be able to stay here in Utah/Idaho. I will be back in Vegas on Saturday. In order to keep connected and to keep everyone else connected we have created a blog. Please feel free to follow Garrett through this long and arduous journey he is on. Please feel free to leave any comments or questions. The blog is: gbabybattleback.blogspot.com

The goings on for the last...oh Month!

2009-04-05T10:40:00.000-07:00

I know, I know...it's been a LONG time since I updated my blog. Well, now this one is going to be LONG!!! I will give a brief update on what our little family has been up to for the last two months.

Melissa got married...in Idaho. So we made the 10 hour trek up for the wedding. We wouldn't have missed it for the world. Melissa looked gorgeous, as always. The wedding was so nice. The temple sealer gave such great advice to them...and to all those who were present. It was really nice to see everyone. We went snowboarding while were there....and I went on all of 4 runs before I started puking right in front of the lodge at Pomerelle. Yep....right there in the front (well, sort of the side by where you buy your tickets) I sat down and lost it...it was super embarrasing. This kid standing there talking to his friends says, "oh yuck!" Yep, that is me...I have to get the flu the day we all decide to go snowboading for the last time of the season. Luckily it was only a 24 hour bug...the bad thing is that I gave it to Jacob, Garrett, and I think Travis. Sorry boys :)

Well as you can imagine a 10 hour drive with a toddler can be an interesting thing....Luckily we went prepared....with the Wiggles. Lucas totally loves the Wiggles. They are this group of 4 guys who have a show on the Disney Channel and it is all fun and music. Well, John stopped at Wal-Mart on his way home from work and purchased a Wiggles DVD. This is a picture of Lucas sitting in his car seat, eating a snack, totally entertained by the Wiggles. We got a good HOUR with nothing but Lucas watching the "Wiggies" as he calles them every time we popped in the DVD.

Also this past couple of months we were able to go to a Chicago Cubs vs Chicago White Sox game out at Cashmen field. It was so much fun. They have Major League week here in Vegas towards the end of Spring Training. This year was so much fun. We were surrounded by all these people who's Chicago accents starting getting thicker and thicker the more beer they drank. Lucas absolutely loved it. He sat on my lap the first 4 innings clapping and cheering, so excited to be watching "ball". This kid loves baseball. Which shouldn't suprise me considering we play 4 games a week of softball and watch baseball on TV several times a week, when the Red Sox play. I have never seen him so happy. All the people around us started watching Lucas more than the game because he was so into the game. If the person made a hit...he'd throw his arms in the air and scream 'Yaaaaay". If the batter struck out he go, "ooohhh man". I wish I had the video for it. If I find it I'll upload it for you all to see. It was hilarious.

We have been trying to get Lucas weened off of his "mi-mi". I think we are getting close. He went to bed last night with out asking for it and went right down. He didn't have it all day for the last week except for bedtime. Hopefully...we can get him off of it. I got to say though, it will be weird not to see it in his mouth when he is sleeping. He always looks so cute.

Early in March John and I went up to Brian Head Ski Resort in Utah to do some Spring Snowboarding. We had so much fun. We went with the Dayhoff's and Brian and Amy. (Some friends of ours from Softball). We went up on a Thursday after work to stay in the Dayhoff's time share. We watched Ruby and Levi on Friday so that Steve and Diana could ski and then they watched Lucas on Saturday so we could snowboard. One downside to the whole trip...THE SUN is really bright in the spring. SUNSCREEN!!! Yep, makes sense right....nope, the thought of sunscreen totally eluded me and this is what we looked like the next day. My face felt like it was on FIRE!! It peeled and I looked like a snake trading skin. Let's just say that next time I will definately take sunscreen. We got teased soooo much at church. Even the stake president was in our ward for something and he even came up and shook our hands and said, "At least you were together." It was totally worth it though. Brian Head will now become an annual trip for the Turner's We had so much fun!

Finally...

2009-02-12T20:20:00.000-08:00

Okay everyone I am finally taking the time to share with you all what has been going on the last month at our house. Where to begin....

Lucas-

Lucas is growing and learning at a rate so fast I am having a hard time keeping up. The kid is waaaay to smart for his own good. His vocabulary this last month went from like 10 words to like 100 words. He basically repeats the last thing you say every time you talk to him. Example:

Mommy- Lukey do you want some Yogurt?

Lucas- Ogert, peeese

My favorite thing that just melts my heart every morning is he says, "Hi Mommy" or "Hi Daddy" or my favorite "Hi Teetee" as soon as he sees us. It is so fun to hear him talking. Today John was playing with him and they were playing with the big lego like blocks and he would pull two blocks apart and John would say, "Uh oh, you broke it" and Lukey would answer back, "uh oh i boke it" and then they would put them back together and John would say, "yeah you fixed it" and Lucas would clap his hands all proud and say, "i fix it". HILARIOUS!! It is so much fun to see him progress.

Another story for today, Lucas learned to climb into the dryer when he helps mommy fold laundry. Here are a couple of pictures. He was having a grand old time just hanging out in there after he dumped all of the clothes on the floor.

The funny thing is later after he had dinner and went to bed I came back upstairs to check on him and this is what I see in the crib:

This Lucas laying on top of the pillow with his blanket bunched on top of him, with his foot hanging out the side of the crib. Oh, and he was snoring! Man I just love this kid!

John-

John is back in school for the semester taking two classes again. He is retaking his upper division Calculous class because his teacher last semester was not very pleasant (that is being kind) and then he is taking a super hard programing class. Which is kind of funny because he was all excited about his programing class because he really enjoys that type of thing but this class requires way more homework and time than he had thought. Good news is he had his first exams this week and he got a 92 on his Calc test and he's not sure on the programing exam but he said he felt like he did really well.

Robyn-

Me...I am going part time at work!! YEAH!! We decided that Lucas is to the point where he needs to have me around more. So my gracious boss is allowing me to work two days at the office and one day from home! That means 3 days of being home with my favorite little guy in the whole world. I am so excited. We are going to go to the park and have so much fun. My house will definately stay alot cleaner and I don't think we'll run out of underwear again :) This is hopefully going to be such a blessing for our family.

Softball starts again tomorrow so I'll try to get a few photo's of us in action. The good news about going part time at work too is that now I will actually have some time to do things like update my blog and keep up on all of my friends.

Long Lost Turner Family....

2009-01-28T20:29:00.000-08:00

Well, I'll make this brief...I HATE BEING AN ACCOUNTANT IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY!!! Enough Said!

Just kidding. Really though being an accountant at year end really sucks. Everything is "Priority" but there are not enough hours in the week to get them all done! Luckily I finally feel like I am catching up. Hopefully by February we'll be golden!

We are good...sorry I have not taken any pictures since my last post. How you ask...LAZY! I took two picture over the entire Christmas break and they were lame. I will need to get pictures from everyone else so I have them.

Life is good at our house when we are all together. School started again for John so two nights a week I don't even see him. And I don't see him the other nights of the week because apparently he is the only one at his work who can problem solve so he gets to work extra time trying to figure out their new machine...which he didn't design but is supposed to know how to make it work! :) We enjoy our Sundays, imensly!!

I'll try to be more proactive now that things are calming down at work and catch you all up on our family's goings on!

Winter Wonderland

2008-12-18T09:31:00.001-08:00

This is the view from in front of our house down the road this morning at 7am. SNOW!!! All in all it ended up dumping about 4 inches at our house. The schools around town were cancelled because Vegas doesn't have any snow removal equipment.
This is a picture of our house. I know to all you Idahoan and Utahans it looks totally puny but this snow storm pretty much shut Vegas down yesterday. The roads were crazy icy and people were slipping all over the place. John and I however....LOVED EVERY SECOND!!
This is Livy and Lucas. Livy is the neighbor accross the street. She and Lucas are only 3 days apart. They had so much fun playing in the snow. I think more than anything they were just so intrigued by this new white stuff that they kept just running around kicking it. Aren't Livy's little boots soooo cute!

Lucas and mommy played in the snow for like over an hour. We had a snowball fight with Dad and the camera. And Livy's big brother Liam came over for a snowball fight too. I haven't had this much fun since I was a kid. It was the most perfect snowball snow. I wish we could have had a snow day today like the schools and played all day long! :)

If you don't believe that we got four inches...this is what was left this morning on the wall by our house after the sun had been out for an hour. I can't wait until we get to Idaho and can play in the snow again...cause by the time I get home I am sure this snow will be all gone.

SNOW!!!! In Vegas!!!

2008-12-17T14:28:00.000-08:00

This is from outside my office (well my Boss's office) window. It is SNOWING in VEGAS!! I love it. I am so excited. It has been snowing for like 3 hours and now it is sticking to the ground!! Isn't it glorious beautiful snow!

Lucas Hugs

2008-12-14T18:46:00.000-08:00

Lucas today decided that he wanted to start giving really good hugs...All the time. This is Lucas hugging his daddy...I dont' think you can hear it very well but he goes "aauugghhh" when he gives hugs like he is squeezing sooooo hard.

Playing

2008-12-07T21:27:00.000-08:00

Lucas LOVES to play. Today was no exception. He decided he wanted to play in the cupboards in the kitchen and this is what we came in to find:

He was having himself a wonderful time. Throwing the bags like he was sitting in a big pile of leaves. John and I had to take a picture. It was just too funny.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-12-07T20:50:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am only 2 weeks late but I guess it is better late than never. Mom and Dad and Katelyn and Garrett all came down to spend Thanksgiving with us. We had a great time. The food turned out wonderful and we had so much fun spending some time with everyone. Here are a couple of pictures.

After Thanksgiving and some Black Friday shopping we all went Bowling at the South Point. We had a lot of fun. Notice that my score (R) was higher than John's (J boy)! That's right...I beat John bowling...It is like the only thing that I can beat him at. We really did have a lot of fun. The place was packed but it was really fun.

Me and my honey in the back of dad's car on our way to go bowling. Isn't he just freakin' hot! I think so. I just really love him.

The big Pow-Wow

2008-11-08T22:11:00.001-08:00

John has a friend who works with him who is Native American and he goes to POW-WOW's and dances in all of the traditional Indian attire. They had a pow-wow here in Vegas that they invited us to. We decided to go and see Rich and his kids dance. It was really really cool. There were lots of dancers and Rich was explaining to us what all of the dances met and what all of the clothes meant. He was explaining the difference between Northern and Southern styles of dancing...etc. We had a really good time. Lucas had a lot of fun because John (Rich's son) was teaching him how to dance. It was really cute to see Lucas bouncing up and down to the beat of the drum.

This is Rich and John dancing in an exhibition dance for all the men. It was really fun to watch. Later in the evening Rich danced in a War dance with about 10 other men. It was really cool to see them all in their colorful clothing and with their bells and stuff dinging at the same time as the war drums. We really did have a great time.

This is Rich. He was kind enough to let us get a picture of him with Lucas and John. Lucas thought the bells around his legs were so cool but couldn't figure out how he made noise when he walked.

Doggy Door

2008-11-08T22:02:00.000-08:00

Well Lucas' new favorite thing to do is to climb out the doggy door to go outside and play. Usually we catch him before he can actually get out. Well, the other night he was too speedy and climbed all the way through before John could get him. The slider was locked so it took John a minute to get it open....Lucas thought he was so smart because he was outside and Daddy couldn't get to him. He ran away as soon as John got the door open. He didn't want to come back inside. Here are a couple of pictures from the first few times he climed through.

My kid is CRAZY!!

Turner Family Pictures

2008-11-07T16:15:00.000-08:00

I have been meaning to post these pictures for the last few weeks. When we went home to Idaho in October for David and Jason's mission reports we also had some family pictures. They turned out really great. Here are a couple of my favorites.

This is Travis and Jill and Ethan. John's Brother and his wife and their little guy.

This is my absolute favorite picture of Lucas! It turned out great. I love how his little hands are clasped. He did this all on his own. He loves getting his picture taken!

This is all of the kids in the family playing peak-a-boo for the camera!

These are all of the kids in John's family. Starting from the oldest to youngest-- John, Travis, Melissa, David and Jason, Megan, and Jacob. What a good lookin' family.

Here's the whole gang together! All of us...except for Mike and Garrett who haven't officially joined are family yet....but they will soon and then we'll have to get new pictures...at the wedding:)

Happy Halloween!!

2008-10-29T12:14:00.000-07:00

So I am not really a big fan of Halloween. I am a big wimp and scary costumes give me nightmares! I know...Just ask John! Well now that we have a little guy to dress up it has been a little more exciting. Well- John's company has an annual picknick/Halloween party around this time of the year. They do costume contests and give out gift cards. John and I initially wanted to go as Robin Hood and Little John and make Lucas a little merry men...But I ran out of time and couldn't make the costumes...and I am too cheap to purchase it for one maybe two nights. So in talking with Melissa (my sister in law) she suggested that we go as Prince and Princess and have Lucas be the Frog Prince...you know Lucas is the before and John is the after. Super cute Idea right. Well, it turned out to be great. I was just going to purchase a frog costume for Lucas but after calling about 7 places and no one having a frog costume for a 1 year old I decided to make it. It turned out really cute.

The picnic was at a place called the Springs Preserve. It is this little educational preserve thing that kids go to in elementary school and stuff. It was actually pretty cool. We walked around for while afterwords and looked at all of the vegtables and things that grow here the Vegas climate. Lucas LOVED it. He sat and played in dirt, ran around, got poked by a cactus. He had a blast!

This is me and Lukey in our costumes. It is not a very good picture of my costume but my sister in law had this great dress that I borrowing. She wore it to a dance in High School. It was the perfect princess dress. Actually- while we were walking around the preserve they do this trick or treat thing there. There were all of these cute little kids in costumes all over the place. Well this cute little girl comes and tugs on my dress and says so sweetly, "You're a princess". It was so cute. She was so excited to see a "real princess".

Here is John and Lukey in their costumes. It took forever but John let me talk him into wearing the crown. I am glad that he did because he looks great!

Here are a couple of our friends who dressed up as well:

This is Steve and Diana and their cute kids Levi and Ruby.

This is Tyler and Jackie or should I say Jane and Tarzan.

This is Beth and Terry. I think their costumes were really cool. It was super realistic.

We had a great time this year at the company picnic. Tonight is our ward Trunk or Treat so we get to dress up again...it should be fun. I'll try to take a picture of our whole family together and post it tomorrow.

Long overdue post!

2008-10-21T20:23:00.000-07:00

Well I have officially been repremanded for not updating my blog in over 4 weeks. The funny thing is usually I don't update it because there is not much that has happened since I last posted...however, that is not the case with this month because I feel a lot has happened to our little family these last few weeks. I'll start from the beginning.

SPIDER!!!

For those of you who don't know. I live in Las Vegas. A 100% total desert. Well apparently I live an a particular area of Las Vegas where there is a lare population of Sun Spiders. Now, I get my house spayed every month for pest control and have yet to see one....until now! It was about 9pm, Lucas was fast asleep and I had curled up on the recliner to watch some TV. Out of the corner of my eye I see something running across the floor of my living room...it looked kinda like a mouse out of the corner of my eye. We I get up and go over to see what it is and this is what I see! YEP a GINOURMOUS SUN SPIDER! He was at least 2 inches around and about and inch off the floor as he was running! Totally freaked me out. Lucas is running all over and the thought that that giant spider could have bitten him just scares me to death. Needless to say I couldn't kill it...I was too scared to get close to it. So I called John at work and made him come home. He gets home and sees it through the bowl and says, "ya big baby it's not that big." Until he lifts up the bowl and sees the stupid thing full on! Then he says,"Ok, you may be right...that thing is totally freaky" So he goes in the kitchen and gets a cookie sheet and moves the bowl and smacks it with the cookie sheet so it stuns it. Then he scooped it up with the bowl and threw it in the toilet so we could flush him. I am still having nightmares to this day!! I called the pest people and told them to come out ASAP and spray my whole house. They were very good and came the next morning after I called.

Doggie Door!

We finally got a doggie door for Tibo. Well, our cute little Asian neighbor Charlie got Tibo a doggie door. She said she noticed we didn't have a door for our dog and she wanted to buy one for us. She said that dogs are like her grandchildren and she loves them so much that she would do anything for them. So she asks us to measure our door and a couple of days later she comes with this! Tibo loves it. He can sleep on the couch and then go out a go potty with out having to tell anyone to let him out! I like it too!

Lucas really enjoyes the door too. He thinks it is a great place to put his toys, remotes, shoes, etc when he is done playing with them. He also learned that he too fits through that little door. We have to be very watchful of what he puts out there. We couln't find the remotes one day and John says,"Did you check outside?" Nope but sure enough there it was sitting ont he patio just outside the doggie door! Way to go Lucas!

Lucas has learned what a Telephone is. He knows that it is something that you hold up to your ear and talk...but what he doesn't know is that not everything can be a phone. Example one--a dinner bowl can not be used as a telephone. He does this with just about everything. The remotes, shoes, random toys, books, you name it he thinks you talk into it. Silly boy!

This last picture is just a super cute picture of my favorite boy! I just love him!!

Look what I can do now!!

2008-09-07T20:30:00.000-07:00

Lucas would like to share with you all what he has been mastering all week long!

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-04T20:14:00.000-07:00

John and I decided to take advantage of our three day weekend with no work and no school. So it all started on Saturday when we went over to our friend Brian's house to go swimming in the pool. Lucas loves to swim but he has never been in a "real" pool. So it was so fun to see him having so much fun. This is a picture of Daddy and Lucas after they just got in the pool. Lucas wanted to be held close but after a few minutes he stretched out to get a tennis ball and throw it at mama!I was sitting on this little rafty thing and I decided to put Lucas on there with me. He thought it was hilarious that we could float around the pool and splash Daddy. There is this little hole where my feet are and he kept leaning forward to splash John with the water. John would go under water and pop his head up through the littl hole and Lucas would just laugh laugh laugh so loud. It was so much fun.
However, swimming for several hours takes its toll on a 1 year old. This was Lucas in the car on the ride home. By the way... that little yellow blanket thing is his "hug me" he will not leave his crib without it and heaven forbid we leave it at home...won't happen :) He loves his little hug me. He like to grab it and hug it and then put his face in it. It is his FAVORITE thing ever. He does however also have a blanky. If he doesn't have the hug me cause it's being washed or it is in the other room...he better have his blanky. The blanky is courtesy of his favorite Auntie Karlee who made it for him.

Monday we went on a little hike up in Red Rock Canyon. I think the hike was called Ice Box Canyon. It was so much fun. Lucas had so much fun! Tibo went too but he was a little out of shape...he kept trying to rest in the shade. After we went on a hike we ate a little picnic lunch in our car on the way home :)This is Tibo after the hike. He was exhausted! We'll definately have to take him on more walks now that it is cooling down outside! He loves hiking though so we will have to go up there to Red Rock more often this fall.

My baby is 1 years old!!

2008-08-25T20:13:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it! My baby is ONE!! That's right folks, John and I have survived our first year of parenthood. I know, hard to believe that time goes by that quickly! But we made it this far...only about an eternity more to go :) While we were home in Idaho we had a little joint party for Lucas and Ethan. It was so much fun watching them eat their cake. Ethan was a bit more conservative. Lucas started of slow but once he got a bite or two there was no stopping him. Please note the freakin' adorable cake that Jilly-bean made for the boys. I am glad she did it because mine would have come in a box from Albertson's!

Here are a couple of close up's of Lucas's messy face. Needless to say after eating more sugar in one sitting than he has ever eaten before he was a mess. He was happy as a clam but covered in sugar from head to toe...including his eyebrows. Gotta love that green frosting!

VACATION!!

2008-08-25T19:44:00.000-07:00

So John and I finally took a vacation! After John working 12 hour days for 23 days in a row...we finally jumped on an airplane and flew home to Idaho. We had so much fun. I wish we were able to stay longer than we were. It was Lucas' first airplane ride. We didn't take any pictures on the airplane but this one is really cute from the airport. John bought a smoothie and I think Lucas drank most of it. Since learing how to drink from a straw it seems it is all he wants to do. Silly boy:)

While we were home we took in the festivities of the Cassia County Fair and Rodeo. We, of course, had to hit the parade. Which I must say is the same as it has been for the last 11 years of my life :) I loved every single second of it.

This is the Turner Clan watching the parade from the same spot they always watch the parade.

While we were home Lucas and Ethan played. Ethan has a little bubble and Lucas (like his mama) has no bubble. So it took a little while to find an activity that they both enjoyed at the same time. This is what we call "making a mess at Grandma Turners." They found this drawer the John's mom has filled with tupperware lids. They took turns digging through the drawer to find the lids they thought were cool and then they sat on the floor and played with them.

Here are the two cousins again posing for the camera. Lucas is such a cheeseball...I am sure that Ethan was just like, "i don't know him!"

Also while were in town we had the annual Frost family reunion. That is Grandma Lorna's side of the family. They had a little train going while were there so we put Lucas and Ethan on it. Ethan thought it was great. It took a little while for Lucas to warm up to the idea though. Once it got going he had a blast.

These pictures our of our little fish swimming in the pool that grandma bought for him. Well, she bought it for Caleb too but he didn't like the water as much. Lucas had so much fun. We had to take him out because he was turning purple. The little fountain that squirted up he thought was the funniest thing of all time. He just sat in the pool and would run his hands through the water. We had so much fun watching him. We had such a good time in Idaho. We really miss the slower paced lifestyle. No body to flip you off if you aren't in the middle of the intersection when the light turns green, and not a lot of cars on the road to begin with!! Someday we will return to the land of green..but not today :)

11 months and look what I can do!!

2008-07-26T10:52:00.000-07:00

So Saturday after the pioneer day celebration I was pretty tired so John offered to clean up the kitchen and watch Lucas for a little while so I could lay down for a minute. Then within a few mintues John comes over and says, "you have to come look at your son." I jump up and run into the kitchen to find this:

So after empting almost the entire contents of the island cabinet he decides he is not finished until he get every last lid out of the cupboard. So he had to climb in to reach the last one. Then, once there he kind of liked it. After playing with the lid inside the cupboard he thought he should pick everything back up and put it away...from inside the cupboard.

Then he got board with that and left a big mess of pots on the kitchen floor! John and I had to have been standing there watching him for like 20 minutes. He'd poke his head out and pull something in with him...then he'd push it back out and grab something else. It was hilarious!

Zion National Park--4th of July

2008-07-06T11:42:00.000-07:00

John and I decided that since we couldn't go home for 4th of July we were going to do something fun anyway. We packed up late Thursday night and then first thing Friday morning we jumped in the car and drove to Zion National Park. We had so much fun. We were only able to stay for one night due to church responsibilities but it was worth it. It was like 100 degrees the first night and so we slept Lucas in just his diaper and John and I slept on top of the sleeping bags. The second day was much better as it was only in the upper 80's with occasional cloud cover. We went on several of the hikes. Some great friends of our let us borrow their backback to carry Lucas in. I think John and I are going to invest in one. It worked great and Lucas had a blast. The only downside is that we couldn't take Tibo along because there is only one trail that dogs are allowed on and we didn't think it would be fair to him to leave him at camp, nor did we think it would be fair to the other campers as Tibo tends to bark alot when he sees thing going on.

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip.

Lucas found hiking ver relaxing. This is a picture of him sleeping on our about 1 mile round trip hike. We went on 3 different lenghth hike and about half way through each of them, he fell asleep!

This is our cute family on our hike up to the top of the 3 Emerald Lakes. A great hike. The weather was wonderful. Lucas fell asleep just as we started coming down the mountain.

This is Lucas having his first french fry. We ate Lunch at the Zion Lodge so we didn't have to carry a cooler hiking.

Daddy and Lucas on our last hike of the trip.

Lucas again fell asleep about half way through that final hike!

On our way out of the final hike off to the side of the road was this deer. Just eating away at this little tree. There were two deer but this was the last picture on our memory card. Good thing the trip was over!

5 Years

2008-06-21T18:34:00.001-07:00

John and I celebrated our 5 Year Anniversary on May 30th. I just want to take a minute to say how grateful I am to have been married to such a wonderful man for the last 5 years. He is such a great father to our son and a great example to all those around him. I can't believe how fast time flies. John is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. Without him I know I would not be as happy as I am now. I love him so much and want him to know that I appreciate all the hard work he does to provide for our family and that I am so proud of him for all that he does.

Summer Time is Here!!

2008-06-21T18:07:00.000-07:00

Well now that summer has officially arrived in Las Vegas, I should probably take the time to update everyone on how the Turner clan is doing. When I say summer has arrived, I mean that Summer arrived weeks ago on the first day of 100+ temps. We have been above 100 now for almost 2 weeks, give or take a day. We have been doing lots of things. Here is a little of what we have been doing.

We went out to Lake Mead with some friends of ours who have a jet ski. We had so much fun riding that thing. There were not that many people out on the lake so we had a pretty easy time going where ever on the lake that we wanted to go. Of Course Lucas came too, not on the jet ski though.

While were out there I snapped this picture of John and Lucas. Let's just say this is my new favorite picture of my boys. It shows their matching personalities perfectly!

Our friends, Shawn and Nichole have a little boy, Dillon who is 2 weeks younger than Lucas. Although, from this picture you would think that Dillon was older than Lucas. Lucas is this short little guy next to his buddy. We'll see how long Dillon stays taller than Lucas when they get older.

We also hit the races. Every Saturday night out at the race track they do races. Not big Nascar races, but short track races. We watched this little 12 or 13 years olds race in little cars. They are proably not much more powerful than a go cart but they sure could race those things. Who knows, maybe we watched the next Dale Earnhardt race. It was very loud but Lucas had so much fun. He sat there so intently watching the cars rush by. I think it cost 10 bucks a person to get in and then they had $1 hot dogs and sodas. Lots of fun for really cheap.

John and I had our 5 year anniversary. Yep we have been married for 5 years. So for our anniversary we decided to go to Arizona for a Diamondbacks game. We left Lucas with a friend for the weekend and drove down for the game. We had so much fun. That stadium is one of the most amazing places I have ever been. In about the 3rd Inning it cooled down enough outside so they opened the roof. Right there in the middle of the game the roof started to open. Soooo Cool. We will definately be back for more games and we'll take Lucas next time.

Lucas has grown so many teeth these last few weeks. He is up to 2 molars, 4 top front teeth, and 3 bottom front teeth. So we decided that we should start teaching him how to feed himself things that he won't choke on. This is his first time doing so, it was spagetti. He ate all of the noodles, but I don't think a single drop of sauce made it to his stomach. Needless to say, we put him in the bath immediatly following this yummy dinner.

Updated Pictures

2008-05-04T21:29:00.000-07:00

Lucas is standing now. Well, pretty much pulling himself up on anything...the wall, the couch, the baby gate, you name it. Not only that but he is into EVERYTHING. His favorite thing to get into is the cupboards of the entertainment system. He crawls over and pulls open the cupboard and then opens the drawer and empties the contents all over my living room. I then go and pick everything up and then Lucas crawls back over and empties it again. It's a fun game.

Our little family went on a hike a few weeks ago. It was nice outside and since it was stake conference we thought it would be fun to drive up to Mount Charlston and go for a hike. We had so much fun. Tibo loved it. There was still a little bit of snow and it took 15 minutes just to get Tibo to come out of it. He was having so much fun playing fetch in the snow with John. It was such a fun afternoon. We packed a little picnic lunch and stayed up there for a couple of hours.

John and his company finally got their first Gold Medal in Corporate Challenge. They took the gold in Kickball...yes Kickball...you know where you kick the four-square ball and then run around the bases. You know,the game you played when you were in 3rd grade. Well they hung in there and won all of their games. It was so much fun to watch these big bad adults having a blast playing kick ball.

Lucas has started eating finger foods. This was his first time having a little biter bisquit. He loves them but they make a huge mess. I took this picture and couldn't help but post it. It is just too cute.

Crawling!!!

2008-04-13T19:46:00.001-07:00

So Lucas has entered a stage in his life that I have been somewhat dreading. He is crawling. He went from trying so hard to being able to crawl all the way across the room while Mommy wasn't looking in two days. Crazy. Apparently it is one of those things that once you figure it out...you run with it!!

It has been so much fun to see him progress. And now that he is doing it is do much fun to see how happy he is that he can move around. Although, now I need to baby proof my house. He has already learned that he can pull each DVD out one by one off of the shelf. I guess that means I need to move them higher :)

Wish me luck as we try to survive the mobility :)

Corporate Challenge

2008-04-06T17:31:00.000-07:00

John and the company he is working for are participating in the Corporate Challenge. Basically, it is a competition that companies of similar sizes compete against each other in a variety of events. The events are anything from things like Soccer, Basketball, softball, etc to things like archery, chess, range shooting. They even have events like the "Biggest Loser" and a walk race. It just started a couple of weeks ago and it has been so much fun to watch. It is really cool because John is gaining friendships with the people he works with.

John so far has competed in two events. Last weekend he competed in the Raquetball singles competition. He did great and took home the Silver. It was a very long day...I think he had 5 games over like a 4 hour period. Well, all this week they competed in the Softball competition. They made it all the way to the championship round and then lost. So they took home the silver. It was so much fun though watching everyone have such a great time. There was laughing and joking around. Here are a couple of pictures from the championship game.

We have been taking Lucas to all of the games and he seems to make friends at each game. The little girl is a guy John works with daughter Bella. She absolutely loves Lucas. Every single game that we go to she runs up to Lucas and gives him a little kiss on the head and then says Hi to him. The boy in the other picture is the son of another guy who John works with. He and Lucas played Pick-a-boo the entire game and they were both just laughing....It was so much fun to watch.

Lucas is also trying so hard to crawl. He gets up on all fours and then moves backwards. He's stuck in reverse. He hasn't quite figured out how to move forward yet. But I have a feeling that with in the next week or so I am going to have a very mobile baby on my hands. I don't know what I am going to do at that point.

Easter Season

2008-03-26T21:38:00.000-07:00

My goal for the last few months has been to update our family blog. So the month is almost over and I am doing it...barely but I am.

This Easter season has been so wonderful. We were able to spend the last week with my family here in Vegas and then John's family up in Heber City. Easter is a great time to reflect back and spend time with family. Easter is a great time when we get the opportunity to think of the Savior and all that he has done for us. I know that John and I have been truly blessed and we have such a strong testimony that the Savior Lives and that we will live again...together with our families. I am so grateful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am so thankful for the knowledge I have and for the testimony that I have gained.

Here are a few pictures from our easter break in Heber. As you can see, Lucas has two new teeth. He had so much fun with everyone and it was especially fun to see Lucas and Ethan interact with each other. I think we spent more time watching them play than we did anything else.

We also had the opportunity to go up to Park City and go up to the Olympic Park. Unfortunately it was closed for a private event but we had so much fun up there having a little snowball fight.

This last picture is the sunset on Easter at the house we were staying at in Heber. It was so beautiful. What a difference clean and crisp air makes on a sunset :)

What's new?

2008-02-18T20:28:00.000-08:00

Well I realize that I told everyone that my goal for the year was to keep everyone up to date as to what is going on in our family more regularly! I think that twice in one month is not too bad....Rationalization complete!

Well here at the Turner household things are going pretty smoothly. We finally finished painting. The kitchen was the last thing to paint and we finished it this afternoon. Thank goodness for a three day weekend. Now is the fun part of putting everything back together, yuck.

John was just recently called to be the second counselor in the Elders Quorem Presidency. Yesterday the entire presidency had to speak in sacrament meeting. John did great. He did it on an article in the Ensign from this month about living a balanced life. It's funny how the Lord always has you speak on the things you need the most. With school, work and family it is hard to fit in all the things in life you really need like prayer and scripture study. John read some great insights from several apostles and things. After his talk he told me he was greatful to have been given the opportunity to speak on this topic. Hopefully we can all do better in that catagory.

I just got a promotion at work!! Yay for me! Actually I am really excited. I was just bumped into the accounting department at a Senior Property Accountant. I work for a Developer/Property Management company. For the last 2 years I have been the CFO's assistant/bookkeeper for several of the properties. Now I am leaving behing Bob (he's the CFO) and moving over into a little cube as a Senior property accountant. I am most excited about the word "Senior" it makes me feel all special.

Lucas is doing great! He started with a great new babysitter. Her name is Karla. Her husband works with me. John and I joke around that we hit the Grandma Jackpot with Karla. She is quickly becoming Lucas' serogate grandma! :) He loves her. She watches him 4 days a week. Just him---no other babies. I love it. Here are a couple of pictures since I last posted.

5 Months Old

2008-01-22T20:22:00.000-08:00

Well---As you can see from this blog I am a pretty busy little mama! End of the year accounting stuff really sucks all the time. Anyway- Lucas is now 5 months old. I have no idea where the time went. It honestly feels like just the other day we were bringing him home from the hospital. Man I just really love him. He is such a joy in our lives and I can't believe how fast he is growing and changing.

Things that have happened since November....

1. Lucas has two new teeth-- the bottom two front teeth. I have pretty much stopped breast feeding, lets just say "OUCH"!

2. Lucas started eating solid foods. He really loves his carrots but peas are in a close second. The only thing he doesn't like about it is that he can't get it in his mouth as quickly as he would like. But he is a great eater!!

3. Lucas is sitting up!! He hates to be on his back. He really loves tummy time but would rather be sitting up looking around.

4. Tibo and Lucas have become great friends already. I wish we had a camera out the other day. Lucas was laying on his blanket on the floor in the living room when Tibo decided that he wanted to play with him. So Tibo plopped himself right down next to Lucas and put his nose really close to Lucas' face. Lucas immediately started laughing and grabbing at the dogs ears. They kept this going for about 10 min and Tibo just layed there while Lucas grabbed and giggled. It was the cutest thing ever.

5. Lucas has topped 15lbs!! He is super short for his age but pretty "round" you could say. He is doing great and growing more and more every day.

6. School started back up for John. He is one crazy man- he is taking three classes and a lab this semester. However, one of the classes he is taking is Ethics for Engineers...he thinks it should be very interesting since he has seen first hand some of the things Engineers are facing.

7. We painted our downstairs. Finally my house feels like an actual home rather than just a place that we live. We have spent the last 4 1/2 years living in white painted apartments and now that we have painted...it feels so warm and homey :)

My new year's resolution is to keep the family updated more with pictures and stories of Lucas...so here's the start and we'll see how it goes.

2007-11-15T19:26:00.000-08:00

It was about time to add some pictures of Lucas. It amazing how fast babies grow and change. I feel like every morning I need to take a good look at my baby and enjoy him exactly as he looks and acts right then because tomorrow he will be a little older and a little different. Someone told me before I even had lucas that I needed to enjoy every second and appreciate it because he would grow faster than I think...boy were they right. Watching my little boy grow and change is one of the highlights of my day!! He is so much fun to just stare at.

Three months is coming up and on Saturday we will be getting some portraits taken of him. We will see how all goes in trying to get him to smile when he is supposed to. I hear the place we are taking him to is really great! We shall see.

This is picture of Luke playing in his little bouncy seat thing. He really loves to play in it because he can make the music start all by himself. This picture was taken the first time we put him in it. I don't think he knew what was going on.

What a little cutie is he!! His beautiful baby blues are gonna stay that way it seems. He gets that from his Aunt Jaynie and his Great Grandma Lyons...not from me or Daddy.

Lucas just really likes to "chill". This is him just kickin' back in the recliner with his boppy pillow.

This is my new FAVORITE picture! He is such a happy boy and I love to make him smile! He just gets a giggeling and it makes me so happy! :)

I have decided that I absolutely love being a mama and I can't believe why anybody would not want to be! It is such a joy every moment you see your little one looking at you. Especially when I haven't seen him all day and as soon as he sees me he gets a big cheesy grin because he is happy to see me!!

Baby talk

2007-11-13T08:41:00.000-08:00

It has been over a week since I posted anything so maybe I should get on the ball. Lucas has learned how to talk...no not really talk.....but he LOVES the sound of his own voice! He will oooo and ahhhh and babble for 20 mintues straight. He talkes when he is on the changing table, or when he's in the car or in his swing, it doen't matter to him. He will just keep his little self entertained.

This has become quite the blessing for his mama!! Working full time and then still finding time to get stuff done has become quite the challenge for me. So Lucas often times gets propped up on a Boppy pillow next to mama on the bed while she folds laundry. He will just sit there and talk to me like he's telling stories.

John jokes around that if he talks this much now, he'll never shut up when he actually can talk. Something he says DEFINATELY came from me! :) There is definately no denying that I am the talker in the family. It has been so much fun to listen and watch him. Stay tuned for a video. I am working on how to convert the video into a smaller format so it is postable.

Snotty noses and poopy diapers!

2007-11-04T21:31:00.000-08:00

Being a new mom, I have definately dealt with things I have never before dealt with. Lucas has a cold, and while he is fine, I am not so sure I can handle much more. I didn't know something so small could produce so much snot! This kid has a booger in his nose all the time. We have developed a talent for the "snot sucker" as we call it. The bulb thing they give you at the hospital. Lucas hates it when we stick it in his nose, but he is breathing much better.

Lucas had the biggest poopy diaper today...it was a blowout up the back. It got all over his pants and his onesie and his socks and the changing table, and the blanket. It was the most awkward thing ever to change. He got it all over the changing table, so I was trying to not get any on his hands or his back (which I had already cleaned off). Needless to say it took way more than just one wipey. He just layed their and smiled away while I was not having much fun at all!

Oh the joys of a little baby. It is a really good thing I love him so much...cause if he wasn't mine and definately would have handed him off to someone else! :)

Happy Halloween!

2007-10-27T22:09:00.000-07:00

Well Lucas celebrated his first Halloween yesterday. We went to our ward Halloween party. It was so much fun. We had a chili taste test and then had trunk or treating. It was so much fun. Lucas was a little cow...(thanks to the super cute costume his Aunt Catherine sent him). I don't think that Lucas realized that he was having fun...but I did.

We also carved pumkins with one of our friends. I haven't carved a pumkin since high school. We had so much fun. We went with an easy pumkin but it was so much fun anyway.

Lucas Blessing

2007-10-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

I always wondered how new mom's felt on the day of thier baby's blessing...Now I know. It is a wonderful feeling. Lucas was blessed on October 14th up in Idaho by John. It was lots of fun. Lucas had so much fun playing with his Aunts and Uncles. We loved it. Here is a picture of him in his blessing outfit.

We had so much fun in Idaho becuase Travis and Jill also had a baby and they blessed him on the same day as Lucas. Lucas and Ethan are going to be best friends, I hope :)

Here are a couple more pictures of Lucas while we were up in Idaho.

Time that Flies!!

2007-10-25T11:01:00.000-07:00

Time is something that a new mom is very aware of....or should I say lack of time. I officially went back to work last week and am learning how to run a house, buy groceries, work, keep a husband happy, keep a baby happy and clean, and still find time to sleep. It is defiantely a challenge. I fully understand now how my mom feels. I can only imagine how much time shrinks the more children you have. While I am not complaining...I would like to take a nice bath every now and again.

John is great but let's face it...full time work and full time school ain't the best schedule either. Somehow we are making it work. I feed Lucas while John showers, then John gets Luke ready while I shower and out the door by 7am....(well, planned out the door anyway!). It is crazy how a family must work together in order to make everyones lives a little easier. I couldn't do it by myself and John would go crazy if he didn't have dinner ready when he gets home from class at 11pm.

I have never been more aware of how little time there is in a day until now. But I am learning to deal with it. If the dishes have to stay in the sink another day in order to get some play time in with Luke, than so be it.....If we live out of laundry basket's and the dryer, it's okay. Some things in life are more important than a spotless house and folded laundry.

Welcome to the Turner Tribune!

2007-10-05T21:09:00.000-07:00

Well, I guess John and I can finally say that we are "up" with the new things available on the internet. Okay, I know we are a little behind the times, but at least we aren't too far behind :)

Our little family recently got a little bigger. Lucas Roger was added to our family on August 23rd. He is so stinkin' cute that we absolutely love to show him off! He was born at 10am on a Thursday. We entered St. Rose Hospital at noon on Wednesday August 22nd and spent the night waiting for him to decide to enter this world. Then after pushing for 3 1/2 hours he decided that he would have to be forced to come and I was moved into the OR for a C-section. He was 8lbs 11 oz and 19.5 inches long. He looks so much like a Turner.

He is now 6 weeks old and it is just starting to get fun. His cute little personality is really coming out. He has been so wonderful. He sleeps like5-7 hours at a time at night and then wakes to feed and then goes right back to sleep. I have no idea what I did to deserve such a great baby! He is such a mama's boy. Poor John. Lucas will be screaming and John will try everything to get him to calm down and as soon as he hands him to me he stops crying and calms right down :) What can I say, I just have the magic touch. He is growing so fast and getting so long. It is just so much fun watching how he changes every day.

As for John...he is working full time at a new position at his company. He was just promoted this week to be and Engineering Technition/Jr Engineer. He really likes it but he has a lot of pressure as they are trying to get a new machine out next week and it still has a lot of work to do. He is also going to school full time at UNLV trying to get his Engineering degree. Life changed really quickly for John. He got a promotion, had a child, and went back to school all within like 3 days! It is a little stressful at times but things are going pretty well.

And me...well, I am just enjoying being a new mama. I really love it and I am not super excited to be going back to work. Hopefully it won't be forever. I miss work and the people I work with but I think I will miss Lucas while I am there! Things should be pretty exciting when I don't have enough hours in the day to work, clean, cook and be a mama...we'll see how it goes. I'll keep ya posted.