Scrapbook-aholic

Hmm.... Have you ever thought that you were addicted when your dinning room table and counter top was covered in scrapbook madness? I have! I admit that I am scrapbook-aholic! Well I have been using the dinning room table for the last year, and I decided I need to get my own space. So my awesome Sister-in-law Amie was searching on ksl classifieds and she found me an awesome scrapbook cabinet! Thank Amie!

My Dinning room mess!


I also take over the front room!


Ta Da! Here is my amazing scrapbook cabinet! I got it at such a good deal! Thanks to my husband's bargaining skills I even got it $100 cheaper than they were asking. It is made out of knotty alder and is white washed. The funny thing was I found a flier about this cabinet from
and expo and I looked it up online and it retails at $2400 and I only got it for $700!

Thanks to my brother Alex, my husband and the other 3 men from my ward
that had to carry it into the house!



Here is the inside peek of my scrapbook world!
The sad thing is that I already have it 2/3rds full!

I love the fact that my Cricut Expression fits perfectly!

I love all the drawers and all the slots to hold 12 x12 paper,

and best of all it has its own flip out table if I ever need to use it!

I LOVE my scrapbook cabinet!

Monkey Mischeif

So my cleaver little boy decided last weekend that he didn't need my help

to wash his hands that he is a big boy and can do it himself! He is growing

up so fast! In these pictures he is actually washing his shoe.

He places his potty stool by the sink.

He grabs onto the counter top and pulls himself up!

Go Muscles!

He is climbing the cabnet.

He balences on his belly and is able to turn on the water.

He turnes of the water

And finally lowers himself back down to safety!

He think that he is so big! He just does it the hard way!

Playing in Legoland

Since we were in California we decided to take Triston to Legoland. Chris and I have never been there before, so we thought it would be fun. We rented a mustang convertible and drove down to Legoland. We got there a little late, but we decided to make the best of it. The first ride that we went on was Safari Trek. It was fun for Triston, because he LOVES to drive a car. The lego animals were pretty cool looking. We then tried to go on a roller coaster that was close by, but they didn't let Triston ride on, because of his height. So we decided to go on a boat ride, but when we got up to the front the ride broke down. We were having much luck!

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We went over to a play town and Chris and Triston took a ride on the Legoland Express. It was kind of lame, but Triston liked it. We let him play for a while, then we decided to go on a couple of more rides. Here are a couple pictures of my silly monkey climbing all over everything!

We know that he loved to drive a car, so we faked his age to 3 years old and let him drive a car around on a race track. He did OK, but he is not very coordinated. He couldn't push the peddle and drive at the same time, but he did make it half way down the race track before time was up. He then got a drivers license which he sat down on a bench and investigated it for a couple of minuets. He is a funny little kid!


We then went and rode on the helicopters which Triston couldn't get enough of. So after I went on it with him, he had to drag his dad to go on it again. He cracks me up, because he couldn't even reach the controller that moved the helicopter up and down and around in a circle. His laughter and smiles were priceless. He was in heaven! We went down to Fun Town Fire Academy and our family won first place in a race of 3 other families. We were awesome! After that Chris took Triston on an airplane ride I am not sure if he liked it, but we made him go on it anyways!

We walked around for a little while and finally came to a place called the "Hideaways." It was a playground with nets to climb, slides to slide down and much more. Luckily it had stairs throughout so I didn't have to climb through anything. Triston had so much fun! He didn't want to leave.

We then went to Mini USA, It was awesome! I always wanted to make a city out Lego's. They had the Golden Gate Bridge, Daytona Raceway, New York City, Las Vegas Strip, Washington D.C. and much more. It thought it was pretty cool! I don't think that Triston enjoyed it as much as I did.

Then we went to a "Build and Test" area and played with Lego's. Triston had fun, but I think Chris had the most fun. He decided to build Triston's name in Lego's. It look cool, but Triston didn't want his picture taken by it. He was not having it!

New at Legoland, or by Legoland is a new marine life aquarium called "Sea Life." It was fun, Triston was about to see a giant lobster, bigger than his head! He was also was able to feel a star fish an a Hermite crab. He had fun looking at all the different kinds of fish. We saw Nemo and his Dad and we saw sing rays and sharks. It was fun look at everything, but we had to go through it fast, because it closed at 8 p.m. We then started heading home and Chris decided to take the top off of the convertible so we drove with it down for a while, it was soooooo cold, so we decided to put it back up before we jumped back onto the freeway. I only wish that we would have gotten there sooner, because I felt like we had to rush everything.

Triston & Mom playing in Disneyland

Chris, Triston and I took a family vacation to Anaheim California in August for another visit to the Magical Kingdom. Chris was able to get tickets for the Blizzcon gaming conference (Creator of World of War craft). So I decided that it wasn't fair for him to go on vacation by himself, so I decided to take Triston back to the Magic Kingdom to see Mickey. We decided to fly this time instead of drive, I don't know what is worse, because traveling with a little kid is some what challenging. You have so much crap that you have to bring.

Anyways we arrived on Thursday and settled in. Chris had to get his ticket for the conference so Triston and I decided to go with him. What a mistake. It was the longest line ever. We stood there for over 2 hours, just for Chris to get his ticket. On Friday Chris went to his conference and Triston and I went to Disneyland.

Me and Triston with Mickey

I decided this year to take Triston to a Character breakfast. We went to Breakfast in the park with Minnie and Friends. He had so much fun with all the characters. We saw Winnie the Pooh and Tigger too! We saw Cinderella's Fairy Godmother, Chip and Dale, Captain Hook, Goofy's son Max and of course Minnie Mouse. Triston had fun dancing with them and touching there noses. He was really cute with them. Definitely worth it!

After breakfast it was time to ride some rides. Triston wasn't to excited to ride the rides, but once we got into the car at Autopia he got excited right away! He couldn't even see over the dash board, but that didn't stop him. He had so much fun driving a car. He had the biggest smile on his face. We went on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster and of course he love to shoot a gun, he didn't do so bad. Of course we had to get the Astro Blaster gun after the ride, and now it is one of his favorite toy.

We went on Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, he loved the bubbles

and looking for Nemo and his friends.

We went over to Critter Country, well Triston decided to take a nap and so I decided to ride The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, thinking that he would wake up when we got on, but he didn't he slept through the whole thing.

Triston missing the action!

Triston slept for a while so I decided to people watch until he woke up. After he woke up I decided to go the the Pirates lair on the island. Triston had a blast going through caves and running across the bridges. I had to hold him us so he could look out of the telescope. He had so much fun!

We went over to Toon Town and drove the cars, went to Goofy's house, Donald boat, Chip and Dales Tree house and Mickey's house. We didn't go on any rides, because it was close to closing time, but we were able to see Mickey again.



I wanted to see some of the show in California Adventures, because we were unable to go to any last year. I took Triston to Play House Disney show. He was a little grumpy, but after it started he got into the show. He loved seeing Mickey and his friends, Handy Manny and his tools and Winnie the Pooh and friends. He was jumping up and down when Handy Manny fixed the bubble machine and bubbles fell down from the ceiling.


Triston Loves Lighting McQueen and Mater, so we decided to go and see them. Triston decided that they needed to be washed. Silly boy!
In California Adventures in a Bugs Life there is several water splash area's that kids can play in. Triston loves to play in water, he had a blast.


We waited in the longest line ever at Toy Story Mania, but it was the funnest. It was 3-D arcades, but they didn't fit on Triston's head, but he still did pretty good shooting at all that targets. I only wish that it was a longer ride.

Triston and I had a blast. I would definitly want to go back just the two of us!

A Day out with Aunt Kate and Shara

My sister Katelyn watched Triston last week and took him

and her daughter Shara to Day Break lake. They had a blast

playing in the water and sand with each other. They play

so well together that they act like brother and sister. I am

so glad that Triston has close cousins to play with.

Triston playing in the lake.

Triston having fun in the sand.

Triston thought it was funny that Aunt Katelyn

buried his legs in the sand, but it didn't last long.

Katelyn Burying Shara.

She didn't mind it as much as Triston,

she only lasted about 2 minutes longer than Triston.

Silly Shara,

she found someones goggles on the beach

and decided to put them on. She is so funny she cracks me up!

The kids took over someones tubes that they

found on the beach.

They had so much fun with them.

Cute little Shara with her tube that is twice her size!

First time at Lagoon

On August 8th Chris' work (Jacobson's construction) had a Lagoon day. It was fun. I have never been to Lagoon since I have been married to Chris, so I haven't been there for probably 10 years. It has changed quite a bit. We ended up not getting there until after 12pm, which wasn't bad, we were just really hungry by the time we got there. Chris missed the exit and we had to back track, but we got there safe and sound. We ended up standing in line for food for about 20 minutes, because they have slow teenagers running the food court. It was very annoying. We finally got to ride some of the rides, but we ran into a problem, Triston freaked out every time we put him on a ride. I don't know what his problem was. The only ride he really liked was the car ride, and the train. I thought that he would have fun going on the carousel, but he cried the whole time. I think that he was very tired. He rode the car, Puff the magic Dragon, Odyssey, carousal and the tiki boat. He tried the helicopter, the little boats, the whales with no success. We brought our swimming suits, but it was to cold to swim. Bummer! Chris ended up going on the Bat, Spider and we both went on the Wicked rollercoster. Chris' work had a catered dinner for us, but we were a little disappointed, it was just hamburgers and hot dogs. It wasn't bad, but if I know that it would have been hamburgers I would have got something different for lunch. All in all we had a good time. Maybe next time we will go when he is a little bit older.

Triston and Daddy posing for a picture! Triston cheesing it!

Triston driving his car! He was so excited that he cuted in front of all the other kids.

The family on the Cho Cho Train, Triston wasn't happy that we got on at first,

but he ended up enjoying it.

On the train watching the looking at the animals!

Dad took Triston on Puff the Magic Dragon. He was pretty scared,

but we made him do it anyways.

Fun in the Sun

My sister-in-law Mindy invited us to go to Oquirrh Lake last week we had so much fun! Triston loved playing in the sand and splashing in the water. We stayed there only for a couple of hours because my sister Katelyn invited us to go see the new Harry Potter movie. We had a very busy day! Here are some pictures of our fun day.

Triston in the Sun! It was so bright out that day.

Playing in the sand!


Fun in the water!