The Welly's

We are lazy.

2009-04-05T02:34:00.001-07:00

Sorry we havebeen so lazy with this. We are getting a desktop computer soon so I will be able to update this on a regular basis. So much has happened recently and I am excited to sahre it with all of you. Talk to you soon.

2009-01-11T23:43:00.002-07:00

So our laundry room was a mess and Matt couldn't take it anymore so he built some shelves to help me. There were so many things in the room it covered the entire living room. Now our laundry room serves three different functions. Thanks honey you did a wonderful job. I also got rid of alot of junk. It is good organize things even if it is a pain the butt!!!

2009-01-11T23:16:00.002-07:00

One of the major gifts that we got for the kids was a bigger trampline. My dad bought Austin a small tramplone for the kids two year ago but now the kids are getting older and so Matt and I bought a bigger one. The kids helped Matt put it together and we took out all the gifts and played with them. Look at them work hard for their daddy.

Newitts Christmas

2009-01-11T22:56:00.002-07:00

So the tree was so pretty and for some reason I can't get the picture to turn. Well we opended presents and ate a wonderful dinner.
The highlights of the presents was a carpet shampooer, shoes, clothes, and lots of toys. We are very blessed to have both families so near to us.

What did Santa Bring?

2009-01-11T22:15:00.002-07:00

Okay so here we go. For the first time in seven years we came home for Christmas. The kids were able to walk down stairs and see everything. Matt made pancakes, eggs and sausage for everyone. We were able to see all the gifts from everyone. . Orrin got a rocking horse from the Wellys and other fun toys.

So Megan got her mermaid and princess shoes, Austin got his Lego Indiana Jones video games and his sword, and Orrin got a lawn mower. The kids got Matt a box of Moon Pies. He enjoyed the box. Merry Christmas.

Austin Opening up Presents

2009-01-11T21:46:00.003-07:00

Austin was another child that was excited to open up gifts. He was able to get a Batman toy, Leap Frog pen. This thing is very cool. He takes this pen and reads books. He really likes to use it. There were lots of books to choose from as well. The last thing that I was excited to see was the dinosaur. These suckers were fun to play with at Target and we paly with it every day. I thought Megan would be scared of it but guess again. The dinosaur came with a bone and she love to put it in his mouth. Austin and Orrin play so much.

Orrin was sleeping so he didn't open. Matt ended up getting his gun, ( he has wanted this gun for four years) and the new guitar hero (Aerosmith). I received new bed sheets (1000 thread count), silverware(I had literally 5 spoons left), and of course lots of fabric stuff. We are very blessed family.

Megan opening up presents

2009-01-11T21:25:00.003-07:00

Megan was so excited to open presents. I know she wanted to start the whole computer thing. When we were at the Jones home Megan found Taylor's princess computer she would not let it go. So What a great signal to get her for Christmas. She loves it. The other thing I was excited for her to open was her dolls house. Taylor has been giving little houses to Megan and boy she was in heaven. So Debbie said that she had it taken care of. She also received baby dolls. So Megan was quite excited about her Christmas. So what do 2 year olds want to? Open it up and play. Thank goodness for Brooke and helping her open up her babies. Taylor also wanted to play since she was awake. The three grand daughters playing with babies. I thought it was really cute.

Christmas Socks

2009-01-11T21:11:00.004-07:00

So my sweet sister in law Jackie went and bought these socks for all the girls. I thought they were funny looking which was the whole reason to have them. My mom used to buy me these socks for the holidays so I was happy to wear them. Debbies were different because she is the Grandma. I think Sarah or Niki wanted to take a picture of all the socks. Don't they look pretty hun? This should be a tradition every year.

Christmas Eve program & opening up stockings

2009-01-11T20:55:00.003-07:00

Every year the Wellys have some type of a program to spend time together. Usually every family has ten min. to spend so there is a variety.That has always been stressful because trying to come up with something for small and big kids can be difficult. So yeah Debbie took the ranes and got the kids seated on a blanket and read a story about the meaning of the candy cane. I loved the story and then each child got a treat. Then Chuck wanted to tell the story from the Bible about baby Jesus being born and how grateful that he lived her on earth. The kids weren't all into that but I enjoyed hearing the stroy again. It is a story that I never get tired of. Debbie did something different with the stockings. All the kids got a new magnidudles. I think that is was it was. They enjoyed what ever it was. It kept them busy for a little while.

Christmas Eve

2009-01-11T20:48:00.002-07:00

I love going to the Wellys for Christmas Eve dinner the food it always so ymmy. Debbie is such a great cook. I think every once in a while that I was a bettter cook (Matt would probably agree). She always has these great bottled sodas with jut great food. Tyler and Erica the stil newlyweds were there with the family gathering. It was fun to see them while we were there. Debbie really our did herself with all the treat and cookies and we are of course.

Sleeping at Grandma's house

2009-01-11T20:21:00.002-07:00

For the Burris Family Christmas Party the kids got into the costumes that Grandma has in her toy room. Megan got a little into the princess dress. She wouldn't even take the the crown off. She even wanted to wear the shoes in the bed. I thought that was kind of funny. The party was fun. We got to see many of the Burris family. It was great to see Bill and Becky and their daughters. The Brimhalls were also so cute in their Christmas shirts. It was great seeing all to see all of them.

Megan's Preschool Christmas Party

2009-01-11T20:07:00.002-07:00

So Heidi and Sherry, Megan's preschool teacher were also very smart in their party not giving the kids tons of candy. As I went to pick Megan up I noticed they had Santa show up there. Megan was so scared to go by Santa until I got there. Then she decided to give Santa a try. So this whole time Megan has been asking for Princess stuff. So When Santa asked Megan what she wanted Megan stated, "I want a mermaid." Yes I was shocked. Did Megan even know what a Mermaid was? I asked her, "Do you even know what a mermaid looks like and where they live?" Her statement was, " yes they have fins and live in the water." Again I was very shocked and figuring out very fast that I needed to find one very quick. Then Santa asked if there was anything else she wanted. She stated that she wanted another baby. I told her that she already had many of them and then she said, "Yeah my baby and blanket in here in many backpack. Do you want to see it?" She pulls around her backpack to open it up to show Santa. She says, "it is righ there." I was laughing and just wanted to get going. After Megan saying Merry Christmas to Santa and getting her into the car. She stated, "Mommy I like that Santa. That was Mr. Aaron." She knew the entire time that it was Mr. Aaron helping Santa out. I told her that Mr. Aaron was one of Santa special helpers. She was very happy to know that.

Austin's class Christmas party

2009-01-11T19:51:00.002-07:00

Austin's preschool class had a special Christmas party. The teachers to have the kids watch the Polar Express. They wasnted everything to be like the movie so they had the kids wear their pjs, and they drank hot cholocate and ate popcorn. The teachers printed out their golden ticket and and punched holes in it with differnt words. At the end they had a Santa Claus come into the classroom and Santa gave each child a bell. Along with a book. The kids were so exctied to see Santa and just their facial expression was amazement. Austin enjoyed telling Santa that he want Lego Indiana Jones video game. Since his cousins had that video game he wanted to play that game more often. Needless to say it was a fun party not filled with tons of candy!!! Yeah!!

Gingerbread house

2008-12-13T11:00:00.005-07:00

So my parents bought all of my brothers a bingerbread house. My kids were not feeling great that night so we decided to take it home and do it family homw evening. The kids had been asking THE WHOLE day on when we were going to make it. When Matt got homw boy were they spazing. Orrin actually stayed up to eat all the candy that fell on the floor. Megan and Austin decorated the roof and Matt the decorator in out family wanted to outline the windows and doors. He did a great job. Megan wanted all the stars and she took her time with it. I was impressed with Austin that he took his time. So here is the gingerbread house. Mom and dad thanks for the house it was lot of fun.

Preschool Thanksgiving party

2008-11-27T19:12:00.003-07:00

Austin's preschool class did a Thanksgiving dinner. His teachers were really on top of it by having the children make the decorations and costumes. The parents brought in most of the food and the kids were excited to eat food for their snack time. Austin opted to be the indian rather than the pilgrim. He liked the feathers. He is the oldest in his class so most of the children watch what he does nad for the most part the class room was filled with indians. When he decided to put the pilgrims costume on the other kids did so after. I hope everyone had fun.

Matt's creative outlet

2008-11-27T18:58:00.003-07:00

So last year I saw Sara Phipps making these adorable yarn hats. She told me that Walmart and Joann sold these circular hoops with knobs on them. Matt found them and bought it for me. This year he has gotten into making them. He made one or two them for each one of our children. He like to do them. He has made 10 of them. Kuddos to my honey for being creative and making comething cute.

Doing my aprons

2008-11-27T18:49:00.002-07:00

I have some what of an excuse in why I haven't been blogging. I have sewing a lot. I got a juob at Buckle. I am an alterations person who hems up the pants. I also have been sewing aprons, quilos, and diaper bags. I have been selling them at craft shows. So I have been quite busy with thread and fabric. Since finishing the Twilight series I needed another obsession and boy did I find that. My laudry room is filled with craft things now. I have found out that I haven't want to shop but more make. Sharon Elberry is awesome and very inspiring person to make things. She got me to want to make things for myself. Hopefully now I can save some money. Thank all of you who donated fabric to my obession. I have had fun. Here some of the ones I made.

Pumpkin carving

2008-11-27T18:40:00.002-07:00

So my dad gave us this pumpkin and so that night we decided to carve it. As a child that was the fun to see what came out. Matt got really creative and printed out a face and traced that onto the pumpkin. Instead of using a knife the enitre time he used this drill. It ended up way cute but it took a while. When opening up the pumpkin to get the seeds all out my kids didn't not like the idea of putting their hands in there. Matt was getting frustrated because no one wanted to participate. So yes I went and did it. I got out most of the seeds. I wanted to take pictures non the less of them doing it. So I ended up taking Orrin's pacifier and putting it into the pumpkin to just get him near the pumpkin. Megan with her chefs hat finally did that as well. Austin was the last and he didn't like it at all.

Halloween

2008-11-27T18:26:00.002-07:00

Okay so aI got a lot of crap for doing this more often and so here it goes. We stayed here for Halloween and went to the trunck or treat at the church building. They had some good chili and corn bread. Austin had fun going from one to another car with Porter. Austin was Spiderman. He wanted to put on his mask but Megan kept on screaming when the mask was put on. So Austin got frustrated for a while didn't want to be spiderman then I found out that trunk or treat couldn't have masks. Yes that worked out. Megan was Cinderella. That really suprised me beause she was Dora at her school party. She doesn't liek to dress up but that night she went into her dress up clothes and old me she wanted to be Cinderella. She liked the necklaces, her princess shoes, and best of all putting on make up. That just isn't Megan to want to do this stuff so I think her girly side is coming out. Orrin ended up being an ASU football player. He was so cute!!! After trunck or treat we went over to the Farabee and tried to have fun there. There were a lot of fun familes over there. However with my children these days they make a fun place so miserable. There were super heros everywhere with masks on and doggies so Megan would not get off of me. She is also scared of dogs. Orrin got really tired very early and wanted to also be held. So even though a lot of fun people were there I wanted to get out of there. Austin is fun now and likes dogs and hanging around people now. YEA!!! So thanks Farabees for the invitation the food was great!!!! The kids have fun dressing up and getting candy. Megan kept on getting more and more excited when she received more candy. Her eyes popped out some of the times. Orrin had no idea, next wil be a lot more fun.

Anniversary weekend

2008-10-19T21:21:00.002-07:00

Matt and I got married October 13, 2001. So since Matt needed to work so we decided to celebrate on Saturday. My parents took our three children for the overnight. So Matt surprised me by taking me by Purity Salon and giving me a new hair due, a massage, and then going to get a pedicure and manicure next to Purity. I was over whelmed with all the fun. It was all about me day. So after he picked me up we went out for the rest of the day. Boy it was fun. We went to the mall and window shopped. We tried on some things and I did my own runway how with Coach purses. It was so fun!!! Upon going to a movie. Yes we were able to do that and stay out as lond as we wanted. Upon finding that Twilight was selling there tickets early. Yes girls that is right. They are selling now. Yes I am that excited about that. So I got my ticket. So go and get yours now!!! Anyways 7 awesome years down and forver to come.

Halloween House

2008-10-12T21:39:00.003-07:00

So my parents gave my family a gingerbread Halloween house. Austin and Megan wanted to make it. So the good daddy that MAtt is he helped them make it. It is funny the pictures on the box make it looks so easy to do then when making it the frosting never stays in place. It was still fun to see the kids look at the candy that was supposed to go onto the house put in their mouths. I like how it came out.

October 11th

2008-10-12T21:27:00.004-07:00

This is Austin's Birthday!!!! Matt and I decided to give a party to Austin since he turned five years. We asked our good friends Matt and Melissa Long to get their brother in law bounce house. He was wonderful in letting us rent it for free. The kids absolutely loved using it. If any one is even considering using one for a party- completely awesome idea. We had 12 kids there playing and of course I attempted to play some other games. I put on a scavenger hunt. The kids went all over the house to about 7-8 places to find the pictures. The search ended in the backyard. I made them skip, run, clap their hands, and other guffy things to make them look funny. Thanks to Ashley Kasperson for helping me with the pictures and printing them out. The other idea I had was a water balloon relay. Of course that didn't work very well. So after running around the bounce house four to five times we threw them down and got a little wet. So the rest of the time was spent in the bounce house.

During the party our dryer acted up and stopped working. Thank goodness I had Chuck and my dad coming down to see Austin as well. After taking out the dryer from our laundry room Matt took it apart. I was amazed how good Matt was to take things apart. I am not that confident to do such a thing. A cord ended up getting down in the lint trap and screwed up the wheel. It took Matt six hours to get everything back in working order. After the party Matt's parents and sister came over to celebrate and eat lunch with us. Austin is really into Diego and so they bought many Diego things. Austin seemed like he was on cloud nine. He also got a cool bike. That was fun to see them. We enjoyed everyone's company. A little later my parents came over to help pick up and have fun. They gave him a lego batman for the Wii. We thank everyone for coming and hoped everyone had fun.

Austin's Birthday at the Newitts

2008-10-12T20:35:00.004-07:00

Well for General Conference we went to my parent's house. I try every General Conference to hear each speakers but I end up sleeping or taking care of my kids. Does any one else do the same thing? I was able to go to the Womens Broadcast with my mom and Sister in laws. That was a treat to listen to speakers and feel the spirit. I did miss President Hinckley and his funny comments as well. President Monson has a different way of talking. He is very sincere and quiet speaker. Well so since my brothers we busy and couldn't be with us on Austin's birthday we decided to celebrate then. We went early in the morning and stayed the day. My kids love going there. They go on bike rides, play baseball in the backyard, do puzzles, and of course get as mauch candy as possible. So Austin got his Halloween costume Spiderman from my parents. Megan has a hard time with scary things espacially masks so we will see if she will stand besides Austin when he puts his costume on. Austin also got Power Rangers from Tate, Hotwheels track from Kyle and Amy, and a Batman Shirt from Craig with some stickers. We all had fun seeing the family. We get together once a month at my parents to see each other.

My wife is crazy

2008-10-09T21:03:00.007-07:00

Ok MAtt here again just thought I would post this for you all. I know you all have read, are reading or have heard of the Twilight book by Stephenie Meyer. My wife is crazy about these books, not just because she knows Stephenie, but because she was engrossed in these books. Can you say I have never seen someone read a book so quick. Just to give you an idea, I bought her the last (4th) book the day it came out in Utah. She started reading it thursday night, we drove home friday. She finished the book saturday morning. I know driving you have a lot of time but it was crazy because she made me drive with the light on so she could read. She even is making me a tee-shirt the says also one that says how crazy is this woman. Here is a hint

So for all you wives out there that haven't gotten in to this or that are just getting started please don't put your husbands through this. But hey who am I to tell you not to fall in love with a vampire or a werewolf. Even worse a friend of ours went to Forks WA and took several pictures and she freaked when she saw this It is the Cullen house ( I guess that is where Edward lived), Bellas truck, and a note from the Cullen family! WOOPIE!! Can you hear my excitement.

Well enough of my blabbering remember the movie comes out November 21st. Don't plan on doing anything that night.

Enjoy!

2008-10-05T02:06:00.003-07:00

Hey guys Matt here, I don't do many posts just the behind the scenes stuff trying to make things look good. I wanted to post this for all to try to get the answer first, there may be something in it for that person. Remember to turn up your speakers for some sweet Halloween music!

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Austin's first day

2008-10-04T21:45:00.001-07:00

Austin's preschool started late because of little formalities dealing with the licensing. He is going to Santa Cruz Elementary School in their preschool class. He is in a speech therapy class to help him out but he is a great student and loved by his teachers!

My birthday

2008-10-04T21:02:00.004-07:00

So in August I turned 29. Not yet 30 but of course soon to come. I had a really good birthday. As some of you know I have been in a sewing mood. My friends April Smith started a girls clothing line and asked if I would sew for her. I took the chance and ran with it. I had a lot of fun trying something that I dabbled with here and there. One of the things that I was borrowing was a surger and then a sewing machine. So my mother bought me my awesome surger and my mother in law bought me my wonderful sewing machine. I have been sewing lot of different things. I also got many other gifts that were wonderful. My sweet husband bought me my medicine cabinet for our bathroom. Yeah!!! I now have my bathroom that is organized. Loving that!!

Megan's first day of school

2008-10-04T20:51:00.003-07:00

Yes Megan I know it is crazy but Megan is going to Shinning Star Preschool at Heidi Buckmisters. She goes there twice a week and boy does she love it. On her first day of school she wanted her dad to take her to the door. She is a daddy's girl. I like that she has fun playing and learning away from me. When Austin goes to school she wants to go as well. Not all the time is that possible and boy is she bummed. I am trying to get her away from her taking her blanket and sippy cup. So far I have gotten her to put them in her back pack. Thanks Heidi and Sherry for making it fun for her.

The raft ride

2008-10-04T19:40:00.002-07:00

This was my parents favorite ride. They went down it a least couple of times. When we were in line waiting to go on the ride I was noticing all the people were wet! So I was wondering when we got the ride when we would get wet. Not until the end did we get drentched. The second time around Matt got it pretty bad. We had a lot of fun at Lagoon!!

Some fun Pictures

2008-10-04T19:16:00.002-07:00

Here are some pictures of the kids having fun at Lagoon. I think these are the best. So a year or so the Wellys went to Lagoon and Matt thru the ball at Speedball. So he threw the ball and how fast did he throw this time? I think the air planes was the favorite with Megan and Austin. Orrin definitlely liked the boats and ringing the bell.

Our Trip to Lagoon

2008-10-01T17:58:00.002-07:00

When we entered into Lagoon there was a Care Bear display. Now if you know Megan she is in love with Care Bears. When she saw the BIG purple Care Bear she wanted in so BAD!!!!! So when any two year old wants something they will whine and cry until they really get what they want. So Matt and I saw how bad she wanted it we played the game and yes she got her BIG Care Bear. The funny part was it was so big that she didn't want one that was so big. I thought she was kidding but after an hour with the big Care Bear she asked for a smaller one. So we ended up getting her two smaller ones. She was very happy for the moment.

Saying goodbye to the cabin

2008-10-01T13:56:00.004-07:00

The Newitt family
Gandma and grandpa with their grand kids.

So we had fun at the cabin and hope that maybe someday we can go to another cabinand stay there. It was a good experience and made me thank all of our modern day luxuries. We saw lots of deer running all over. We also saw a lot of dead forrest from these red bugs that eat trees and kill them. Very sad to see brown trees all over the place.

The relay races

2008-10-01T13:38:00.004-07:00

Craig was cramming baby food down during the relay race. Since he fed this to Donovan he thought he could choked it down. Yeah he couldn't.
The boys and trying to ban togther to beat the fabulous girls.
Laura was the chosen to choke down the baby food. She was about to this with quite ease. She dominated Craig.
Sandra chugged down a Dr. Pepper. She did awesome!!!
My parents and Craig and Sandra doing a race. Just take a gues who won this race?

The last fun thing that we did together at the cabin besides clean was doing a fun relay races. Guys vs. Girls of course. The first one was to chew gum, say a chant, eating baby food, chewing crakers and whistle, drinking Dr. Pepper. Just take a guess on who won? The loser did the dishes and clean up the most in the cabin. Take a guess who one?

The scavenger hunt

2008-10-01T13:22:00.003-07:00

The next morning was about the scavenger hunt for the kids. Kaydee found the map that Craig created. They went around the cabin and the search for the treasure high and low. Austin found the chest and opened it up to find a lot of jewlery, fruit snacks, candy for everyone to enjoy. They talked about the scavenger hunt for quite a while.

The weene Roast

2008-10-01T11:23:00.002-07:00

We found out how quick the sun went down to have enough light to do our weene roast and smores. The kids liked taking the hot dog and putting them on the hot dog sticks. Some of them like the fire pit more than others. Of course Megan wouldn't eat it but she liked cooking it. The scmores she couldn't get enough of. Austin did really well with the hot dogs, and Orrin was just scared of the fire and wouldn't go near it. He wanted to go walking everywhere possible. Every thrid step he would fall. He was getting a little frustrated. The men had their broats and all smores that they stomach. After all the food. We had our skits and had fun laughing at each other. At night we played cards by latern. It was a long night. But all fun.

The Horse Shoe game

2008-10-01T10:37:00.002-07:00

Playing Horse Shoes. Kyle put up the game and there was a couple of ringers and way more than one game. Kyle was really good at the ringers. Matt was really having a good streak for a while. Look how graceful they are flinging those horse shoes. Such style. Tate and Austin found different flowers and gave them to the mommies.

2008-10-01T10:05:00.002-07:00

Just getting adjusted to the cabing and exploring all the fun around. The was a tire swing that ll the kids enjoyed. My parents also swung the kids around and also took them on hikes. We found the fire pit to do the weene roast and smores on. During the day it was a nice 75 degrees outside. Since here in Maricopa there isn't a lot of trees or places to hike Austin and Megan had a blast hiking and swinging and just being outside.

Diane and Jaylee Cabin

2008-10-01T09:52:00.002-07:00

Another fun point to our vacation was going to Diane and Jaylee's cabin. It don't remember where the cabing was located but it was at least a 45 minute drive from Spanish Fork. There was no electricity and there was an out house. So for us to cook there was a generator. The out house was nice and big. The cabin was old but very functional and fun!!! It made me really appreciated what wonders electricity is and how much a take energy for granted. There were many things we did there and had a lot of fun with. My mom had the whole day and a half planned with family tee shirts, Scavenger hunt, weene roast, family skits, relay races, hikes. All the fun things I did when on vacation. Austin asked, "Where is the tv." I was actually embarrest because there was so much to do there outside. I think the hardest part was trying to get Orring to walk because there was so side walk to level walk to walk on unless being inside. That was really boring to be inside so I carried him around a lot!!!!

My cute little guy

2008-10-01T09:25:00.002-07:00

Craig, Sandra, my mom, my grandma, Matt, and I played card games at night and all the kids were able to go to sleep besides Orrin. I wasn't able to play until we brought up the play pen and put snacks and his blanket in there. He sat in there and watched tv and ate. Every once in a while he would stand up and make some noise just to tell us that he was still awake. I think he finally fell asleep at midnight. I thought he was so cute for being such a stinker and stying awake for so long.

Golfing with deer around

2008-10-01T09:15:00.002-07:00

When going glofing in Arizona we don't the luxury of seeing real wild life like this there. But since the boys got to go golfing Matt liked taking the camera to take pictures of deer who decided to watch them golf. My brother Kyle and dad usually won. Matt did pretty well. The scenery was beautiful so no wonder why they enjoyed going so often.

Newitt's get together

2008-10-01T08:18:00.005-07:00

My niece Kaydee is getting her bracelet and is exctied for show Megan to go get hers.
My nephew Tate is fishing for his toy for and is exctied for his little dinosaur
Megan getting her bubbles another fun thing Diane provided for the kids
My parents with my Aunt Diane and my Uncle Duane. Non of them like their pciture taken.
Glades is the place for milk shakes, hambergers, and of course fries with fry sauce!!

The fishing pond the my counsin did for the little kids
Matt the expert fisher helping the kids see their treasure at the end of the string.
Austin was able to get a fun toy after standing in line.
Megan was a little scared of fishing but liked the bracelet that she got afterward.
Orrin wanted to go so Austin went fishing for him to get a toy.

Megan didn't get to hang on the the big kids swing so to the baby swing she went high and higher! She really liked this swing!
This little kids swing was being occupied for a long time. Orrin really liked it when it was his turn.

My brother Christian, Laura, Craig, standing by the trash cans talking to cousins. Austin getting on the big kids swing. My brother Kyle was swinging kids for quite a while.
My dad sitting by the big tree watching all the kids rung around.

So my dad grew up in Spanish Fork, UT and he still has two brothers and a sister that live in Utah and his oldest sister Diane still lives in Spanish Fork. I has been a treat to see her and her family. My cousins are all older than I am becuase my dad is the baby of the family. My Aunt Diane is likes get togethers and she has a yard and all the fixing for a fun time. My uncle Jay's family did a fish pond and other games that the children wanted to do and they all had a great time. It was good to see my cousins and see their lives different and changed from their children and jobs. After all the bubbles, silly sting, food, Matt let me go to Glades. I loved going to Glades because of their yummy food. We took the food and usually went to see the nearest baseball game or just go to the park and play. Now I was just excited to get their milk shakes. It was a really fun time with Newitt family. I would enjoy it next year!!!

While in Utah

2008-10-01T07:54:00.006-07:00

Megan is scared of any animals with four legs and Ross and Pam has many animals so needless to say she was on my dad's lap for quite a while.
Austin , my mom, Uncle Ross, and Steven sitting and talking at Grandma's house.
Megan and Austin sleeping together. She didn't want to sleep in the port a crib so we let her sleep with her brother. She slept better with him than by herself.

My Aunt Pam with her grand baby Marin.

While we were in Utah we stayed with my
Grandma Welch while Christian and his family stayed with my Ross and Pam in Alpine. The plan we to let the guys go golfing a couple of times. They used to go every day which didn't bother them but that didn't fly with with the women. So we allowed them to go three times. We love going to Utah because we could go outside any part of the day and guess what I wasn't super hot and the kids got tired easier. Boy that was a blessing beause there is a certain part of the day that the kids aren't able to go outside because of how hot it is outside. There was a park right across the street from my Grandma's house. So needless to say we went there a lot. Orrin loved goingdown the slide and the other kids liked playing tag around the jungle gym. This was also the first time I let Megan sleep somewhere other than a play pen or crib. We liked going over to Ross and Pam which has four floors.

Our Utah Trip

2008-10-01T07:24:00.006-07:00

Austin liked going up and down the slides. He chased Tate around the park.
Austin went across the monkey bars with help from my dad. He said, "Boy mom that was hard work. Good thing I am a big boy."
Megan liked climbing up the rock wall and tried climbing up the ladder. My brother Kyle is helping her this time. Boy is it ever easier when they had help.
Orrin fell down so much that he liked plaing with the rubber chips and bouncing on them.
Matt helping Megan across the monkey bars and having difficulty telling her to go to the next bar.

Craig and Donovan at the splash pad enjoying the water and the cool air.
The park was near by the mountains, it was beautiful scenery.
We ate an awesome lunch there. Every one was stuffed!

Orrin is my adventurer and pushes his limits all the time. He loved going down the slides.

Sorry it has been so long since I got onto the blog. There has been that has happened since Matt's birthday. So here we go. Well after July was over we the Newitts decided to go to Utah for a family vacation. No we didn't fly we drove. We stopped in Kanab. This stop is a tradition with our family. We always go to certain places to get gas and milk shakes but this time was a little different because we all have more kids to take care of. So this time around we stopped at many parks to let the kids run to get all their energies out. This park that we stopped at seemed really new. The playground used this rubber and they cut them into chips that if a child went too fast on the slide that it cushioned their fall. Tate my nephew foudn that out when he slipped and said, "That was fun, we need to get this stuff." We really liked the splash pad their as well. We had lunch there and played for a while.

Matt's brithday

2008-07-22T13:00:00.003-07:00

Sunday was Matt's birthday. Matt's parents came down for the occassion and went to church with us. After church we went home to start the party. The Jones family came over and we had BBQ beef, watermelon, baked beans, chips, and corn. Boy was it good to eat. Matt ended up gettng Rockband for the Wii. So we set it up and played for a while. Chuck was great on the drums with Hunter and Austin. Debbie did great as well. Sarah and Taylor did some good singing. Of course Matt played on the bass. At the end of the party Sarah found hair on the ground. Yes, Megan found the sicssors and cut the ends. She then went to Conner's hair and gave it a little trim. I was embarrest!!! Thanks to Chuck and Debbie for coming down and the Jones's for celebrating Matt's 31st.

Birthdays in July

2008-07-22T12:50:00.002-07:00

We have lots of Birthdays in July. We celebrated all of them on Kyle's birthday, Saturday. It was fun. My mom's birthday was on the 17th, so all the girls went out for lunch on her birthday to the Rainforrest Cafe. We then went to do a little shopping and found some presents for Kyle's birthday. We had a fun time getting together. Friday, I took the kids over to Matt's work to surprise him with some treats. It was fun trying to surprise him and then took him to McDonalds for the kids to run around, Matt and Melissa Long came with us to join in on the fun!!! Saturday was the party and we all had fun but after a while the kids were acting so tired so thanks to all that was there and Matt's fun presents. Sorry I didn't have the camera with me.

4th of July

2008-07-22T12:18:00.003-07:00

Well I know this is late but I left my camera at Chuck and Debbie's house and they were sweet enough to bring it to me. So Matt had the weekend off from work so we decided to go up to Cottonwood for a visit. Austin, Megan, and Orrin all went swimming with daddy and aunt Niki. Aunt Niki is a very good swimmer and she showed Austin how to swim. Thanks Aunt Niki. We made 4th of July tee shirts with sponges, stintcles and paint. The kids had a fun time. Chuck had pick a whole of of Apricots and we canned them. The Badgers and Jones were there for the celebration as well. The Badgers had never been to Sedona so since it was literally a 45 min. drive there we decided to take the drive and let Chuck and Debbie have a quiet house for a while. Chuck was the main cook for both Friday and Saturday and boy it was all good!! We went up Mingus mountain to watch the fireworks and we waited a while but once the fireworks got started the kids thought that it was lasting too long. Saturday was all about the boys going golfing. It was nice that the rain was there. We never get to see the rain so boy that was a nice treat for us. We had a lot of fun with Grandma and Grandpa Welly, the Jones, the Wellys, and the Badgers. Thanks to everyone.

Cholocate Chip Pancake

2008-06-22T20:46:00.002-07:00

Matt got up Friday morning to make me and kids a treat. The kids love when Matt make them pancakes. Well Matt had put a surprise in these pancakes and he wanted to see if the kids would like them. So Austin had a bite and liked it a little bit. Megan liked it a little bit more. But my little man Orrin loved them. Matt put cholocate chips in the pancakes. I couldn't believe how many he put in his mouth. Matt took some shots.

Pizza night

2008-06-22T20:35:00.003-07:00

Well we had the chance to watch the Jones kids Tuesday night while Steve and Sarah went to the Diamondbacks game. We played outside in the pool, ran thru the sprinklers, and played in the sand box. We then made pizza's. I thought it would be fun if they made their own. They had fun putting the pizza sauce on the crust. Some had way more pizza sauce than others and it was fun to see where they put the cheese hills and the pepporoni as well. All of them thought about opening up a store because they were so good pizza makers. I of course agreed with them. Some put their initials on them and they were all so proud of them selves. It was a fun but tiring night. We hope they had fun.

Our little pool

2008-06-22T20:26:00.003-07:00

My dad bought this pool for the kids. Since I was very lazy to get the pumper I blew up this little pool. The kids have enjoyed it a lot. The slide broke the first day we used it but other than that it has been a pretty fun thing for the kids to play with. Orrin likes to splash Austin and Megan but doesn't like to actually be into the pool. Orrin is still loves the sand box when ever he gets the chance.I am thinking of getting another pool are there any out there that are better than others? Does any one have any suggestions? Thanks

Father's Day

2008-06-15T22:55:00.003-07:00

Well for Father's Day I got up and made breakfast for everyone. The kids and I let Matt open his gifts and off we went to my parent's house. Matt was nice enough to spend his day with my family. We were celebrating my brother Craig's birthday as well. The kids really enjoy going to Grandpa and Grandma Newitt's house. They are very spoiled there which might be the reason. My dad BBQ steaks which is another reason we went there besides the company. My dad does good BBQing with steaks! I felt fortunate that for the last two days I have been able to eat steaks, lucky girl I do know. My brother Christian brought over the Wii Fit and boy it is hard doing some of those games. They really do make you excersise.I failed at the hola hoop twice. I need to practice some more!! Everyone else did fairly well besides myself. Craig ended up getting a Wii fit for his birthday. That makes me think about getting one just so I don't make a fool of myself again!!!! Well I love my dad and I am thankful for him and all that he does for my family. I love Matt and I hope all fathers had a fun day!!! Happy birthday Craig!!!

A night with the Longs

2008-06-15T22:32:00.002-07:00

We were invited to a BBQ with a friend that Matt works with, Matt Long. He was fixing us steaks and ribs, who would say no to that. He had a little BBQer so I knew it would take some time. He had bought a blow up pool and they had some other fun things to play with in the backyard. The kids had fun. There were a lot of flies out so he introduced us to the fly tape. I had never heard of this stuff but boy did it work. It is tape that you stick to the top of a ceiling and then unravel it and flies fly right in to it. So we will be getting some of it. Anyway the kids got into the swimming pool for a little while and after a while they wanted to get out. So as a stupid mother did I got them out of their suits and put their clothes on. There were more kids on their way to the Long's house so we thought okay we can always put them back on when Megan goes outside and jumps right into the pool with everything on. Megan likes to make life interesting for us. So we got her out of her clothes and into some dry clothes. I also forgot to bring swimmers so I used regular diapers. I was changing Orrin and all the stuffing to the diaper starting seeping out, yeah it grossed me out for some reason. It is hard to clean up. Megan did the same thing. It is worth buying those swimmer diapers, less clean up. Matt and Melissa are very cool people. The kids loved playing with their kids. Megan liked their Nemo hamper. She tried getting in herself and missed miserably. So Matt helped her and she liked being in there for some reason. Thanks for having us it was way fun. Thanks for the Cheeriors.

The long jumper

2008-06-15T22:19:00.004-07:00

We were on our way over to Matt Long's house for a BBQ when Matt wanted to turn back to get the marinated meat for the BBQ. Now instead of traveling all the way back and making turn after turn just to get to our house, Matt decided to jump the canal in back on our house. I thought why not it would take us longer to drive and this way he can get some excersise and impress me. So he got as far as he could get before getting into the water and jumped. He did pretty well. But on the way back I would have to say he just about slipped. I think he was sweating it pretty bad. I was impressed because it was a far jump to make. Go my long jumper.

Fire Ladder Truck

2008-06-15T21:59:00.003-07:00

We had just found out on Friday that we were unable to go into town and Megan and Austin were pretty sad so I asked them what they wanted to do in the afternoon in Maricopa. The first words from Austin's mouth was fire truck. Then Austin said the ladder truck. So right after he told be I called up a friend who is a chief and was based at the ladder truck that day. What luck!!!! So we invited some friends to come along. It was really nice of the firemen to let the kids squirt the hose, try their equipment on, and sit in the fire truck and honk the horn. I think the best part was when they took the ladder and put the hose thru and squirted the water and got the kids wet. I didn't expect that to happen but they are very cool to have done that for the kids. My kids are very odd they don't like splash pads or really getting wet unless we are in our backyard or if Matt is with us. The Buckmister and Badgers kids both went for getting wet and cooling down. No way no mine they rather stay dry and sweat. There were so many flies around Orrin that I felt bad not letting him get out and walk around. Megan did have fun walking up and down the curb where some water was she is sometimes in her own little world. We had fun, thanks for all that came and to the firemen who are very cool!!!!

Rice Krispies

2008-06-15T21:43:00.002-07:00

Well when I was calling women to remind them to come to the Enchrichment mtg Orrin decided to get into the pantry and took out the Rice Krispies cereal and he can now take the bag out and dump it. Which is exactly what he did. Yes the entire bag was on the ground in seconds. Megan and Austin ran over to the big pile and basically slipped and fell on their butts. It is almost like soap being on the floor and slipping and falling over again. The only difference was they could eat it. They had a fun time. They played until Matt got home and he was wondering why all the kids were still awake. He got home LATE. Oops! The next morning Megan found some pieces on the ground and wanted to help mommy by vacuuming it up. She likes to use my little vacuum.

Saturday with dad

2008-06-01T21:17:00.003-07:00

When Dad got home and we were wondering what should we do? I decided to go out in the back yard and turn on the sprinklers and let the kids run around. Megan wouldn't get into the water until she was completely naked. Orrin liked the soccer ball and picking it up. Austin and Matt were playing soccer. Matt had told Austin to watch out for the edgers so he wouldn't scrape. his foot. So what does Matt end up doing? Yes he ended up braking his toe. It still hurts him today. Not a good thing. They had fun playing and eating popsicles. We are lucky to have real grass in our backyard.

School is over

2008-06-01T20:55:00.003-07:00

Santa Rosa Preschool is over. Austin has been in Ms. Sipple's class and he really liked going to school because of his teacher. Austin started this school year going to Shinning Star Preschool over at Heidi Buckmister's house. He really liked going to her house and playing with all the kids. When had been planning on taking Austin to a school for his for Speech Therapy. Santa Rosa Elementary has the best program in Maricopa. We finally got the phone call and that is how he ended up in the program. We said by to Shinning Star Preschool. Austin has grown a lot going to preschool. Ms. Sipple won't be returning to the school and we are sad to see her go. Austin was very sad the last day because he knew he wouldn't see her. He wanted to make her something with her and his name. So we colored over a coffee cup. It looked really cute. We are proud of Austin for going to school. The graduation was another story. Austin was sad for most of the ceremony. He wouldn't stand up and sing any songs.. He sat next to Ms. Sipple for all the songs. He was feeling sad until Matt showed up and he needed to walked across the stage to receive his diploma. When it was his turn Matt was right there and when Austin saw his teacher he jumped up in the air and said, "Dad I did it." Then went for his paper. He was so scared. Every one laughed. We are proud of Austin and are excited for next year in Preschool at Santa Rosa.

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-06-01T20:48:00.002-07:00

We were able to see the Wellys this weekend. Niki's birthday was that weekend and it was a good reason to get our toesies done. The boys had their father's day over night. Chris and Jackie's family was also down for a basketball tournament for Christopher. It was fun to see them. We got to see Aaron and Jayme's family. It was a fun Sunday. We got to swim at Glenwild with the Badgers and Jones family. The water was super cold but the kids seemed to enjoy. Thanks for the fun weekend. So I am the picture taker and I forgot the camera.

2008-05-18T17:23:00.001-07:00

Orrin's birthday in Cottonwood

2008-05-18T14:54:00.006-07:00

So we were able to celebrate Orrin's birthday on Saturday. Matt went and bought this small cake for Orrin. It was the cutest cake for the little guy. He liked to put his fingers into cake and lick his fingers. Dad then taught him the ropes and put Orrin's hand in to the cake and his liked it for a little while. Our little guy is walking now. He takes his time but he likes to walk now. Yea!!! He was getting a little heavy to carry around all the time. We opened up presents, they were all wonderful. It was fun to be around the Welly family for the occassion. Thank you to Debbie and Chuck for being wonderful grandparents to our kids.

The birthday weekend.

2008-05-18T14:36:00.003-07:00

Mother's Day weekend was a busy one. We had two birthday parties and Mother's Day to celebrate. Grandma Burris's birthday was the day before Mother's Day and Debbie wanted to have a party for her. We were glad to be there. She is such a nice Grandma to our family. The Brimhall famile and Burris family were able to come as well. It was nice to see Aaron, Jayme and their family there. We hadn't seen their family for a couple of weeks since their move to Safford, AZ. It was nice to be around Sarah and her kids. Nate, Niki and their boys are always fun to be around with. There was a present there that was given to Grandma that was so precious from Emily. She took Grandma's wedding pictures and made a scrapebook for her. How nice was that. It looked so awesome. Emily can help me out with ideas any time. She is very talented like her mom. We hope Grandma Burris had a great birthday. We love her.

Look who turned 1

2008-05-18T14:18:00.003-07:00

We celebrated Orrin's birthday on the Newitt's side the first Sunday in May. Iy was cute to see Orrin try to open up presents. Of course Megan and Austin wanted to help show him how to rip the paper. Tate, Kaydee, and Donovan were very good and watched Orrin try to open. It is always interesting to see what a one year old will do when blowing out their first candle. Orrin thought it was neat enough to touch. Of course he found out that it hurts to touch it with his finger the hard way. Matt hurried blew the candle out. Thank you to all the Newitt family for being there. It is always fun to see everyone.

Watching Toy Story

2008-04-27T18:16:00.002-07:00

Our kids have been watching movies up in the loft for the past few weeks. Toy Story is the favorite movie for the past week. We recently got some new ones. Matt and I have loved that little time to ourselves. Does any other family do this?

The morning with Amy

2008-04-27T16:58:00.002-07:00

On Saturday the kids and I went up to spend some time with Amy (Kyle's fiance). We went to the Paradise Valley Mall to do some birthday shopping. I was thinking it would be okay to take the kids to a couple of shops and then let them play. After shopping a little it got to be lunch time and Austin and Megan wanted to go on the Carousel. I thought it would be fun and Amy was great to stay with Orrin. So as Megan drew closer to the plasitic animals she freaked out. She would not get on any animal whether it moved or not. That really surprised me that she acted that way. Austin wanted to get on one that went up and down. They switched their personalities on me when I didn't expect it. Megan and I ventured to the princess carriage and she had so still. She liked turning around and waving hi to Amy and Orrin. After the ride was done She carefully got out of the carriage and said, "Wow, mommy!" I asked her if she wanted go again and she said, "NO WAY!!" The last store we hit was JCPennys, there was a great sale going on and boy I wanted to check out clothes for the kids. In the center of the walk way by the kids section was a hop scotch, that entertained Megan and Austin for a while. I took my chance and checked out the boys clothes. Right after picking out my selection I turned around and what do you think happened? Yes they split on me. Orrin wanted out of the stroller and I started finding Megan's shoes. When catching up to her she said laughing, "You caught me mommy, now let me go." I took her to purchasing yelled for Austin and left the store. I got a work out just from running to find Megan. Thank you Amy for spending some time with us! We had fun.

Austin's field day

2008-04-27T16:38:00.003-07:00

On Thursday Santa Rosa had their field day and Austin's group got to wear a light blue color. I brought Megan and Orrin with me in the double stroller trying to keep them occupied. Austin's class had many activities to participate in. Some of the activities were tug of war, taking off your shoes and racing to back to your shoes and putting them on, balancing a tiny ball on a spoon, bean bag jump, and last tossing a frizzbee through a whole. There were tons of kids out there but I think they al had fun. Megan kept on saying, "Go Austie, GO!" She clapped when he did a good job. Orrin even clapped ever so often. Great Job Austin, you made us proud.

Orrin's Ribs

2008-04-20T14:57:00.002-07:00

We went to Lucilles for Chucks birthday on Tuesday and had a great feast. As we were going trhu the courses Orrin picked up a pork rib and stuffing himself with it. I thought okay he likes the taste of this meat. I cut some off the rib and placed the pieces in front of him. He ignored it and went right back to the bone. He went to town with this rib. We thought it was funny so I put another rib in his other hand and he loved that. He went from one to the other. We hope that Chuck had a great birthday. Thanks to Jayme for taking these pictures.

The sand box complete

2008-04-20T14:37:00.003-07:00

Well on Friday afternoon the sand for our sandbox came and at first Matt and I thought that we didn't get enough for the job. But little by little Matt and Austin packed the wheel barrow and the little turned out to be a lot more. I think we have more than we need. Austin was a big helper for dad. He likes to help him out in the yard. Orrin came crawling out to the sand box and I put him in and the little man loved it. He sat outside for over an hour. I think he got a little hungry so some headed to his mouth. We hope to see many sand castles in years to come.

A colorful Megan

2008-04-20T13:54:00.003-07:00

I was getting some chores taken care of when I heard nothing upstairs. That scared me and I went upstairs to see my little Megan drawing all over herself. Of course I start freaking out because we had to get to an outing whenin the hour. She thought she looked beautiful and with giggles and smailes she one by one put the markers away. I hope the marking come off her clothes as well. Sorry the pictures are side ways. Just tilt your head a little.

Are you a Procrastinator

2008-04-14T16:59:00.002-07:00

My sister in law Niki tagged me with this question. I really didn't understand what "tagged" meant until now ofr some reason. The blondness is really coming out now. Am I a procrastinator? With some things I am. With birthday, anniversaries, holidays I am not one. I like to know what is going on so I am ready for it. In terms of dinner, yes. I think that is the last thingI want to do at the end of my day.

My two little kids

2008-04-13T15:42:00.003-07:00

Every once in a while I can get these 2 to sleep at the same time. On Thursday was one of those days that when they woke up they were smiling and happy. Hurray!!!

Here are all the boys

2008-04-13T14:47:00.002-07:00

Outside in the back Austin, Orrin, and dad swinging on the swing set. Austin's new thing is going to to ends on the swing set and getting on the bar and flipping around. He just can't get enough of doing that. Orrin likes to get on any swing for long periods of time especially if he get a popsicle. Orrin loves to try to get on the big swing and misses ever time to stand against it.

Megan and ABC

2008-04-13T14:30:00.006-07:00

Megan is a smart girl. She really likes letters. She started learning her letters from the Leap Frog. There are refrigerator magnets that you put in this box and it tell you what the letter is. She did that so much that it started clicking and she know her ABCs. I bought a ABC puzzle that she likes to do. She can put them all back where they belong. She knows the colors of each one. So yeah fun. She is sweet especially when she helps out Austin on the letters. He get a little confused with some of them.

We recently just bought the three letter words that Leap Frog has and when I went shopping with the kids on Tuesday at Walmart. We went by the product and Megan picked it up and started playing with the letters. She pushed the C and A and T. It tells you what the word is and then Megan said "cat" I thought wow. I put it back because I didn't want to get it the magnets yet and she didn't like that idea. She kept on saying, "I want my cat, I want my cat!!!!" I went to the register to purchase the rest of the items and she wanted out of the cart. First mistake was getting her out of the cart. I did anyway and she threw a fit and layed on the dirty nasty floor. When I was finished I asked her if she wanted to get chicken and go see daddy. She instantly stopped jumped up and said, "see daddy and eat nummies!!" "Yes." Everyone that was standing around her to see if she was hurting were surprised and stumped that she changed her attiutde so easily. She did get her "cat" and it is on the refrigerator and loves it.

The Sandbox and Garden box

2008-04-13T14:19:00.003-07:00

Megan received a fun turtle sandbox for her birthday but we realized that most likely it wouldn't fit them for so long Mat and I decided to make a big sandbox. We liked the idea so much that we borrowed Steve's truck (thanks for the use of the truck) to buy the lumber. On Friday Matt's day off he made the sand box. Now all we need is the sand. There is dirt in there for now. He also made me a garden box. It is quite big so hopefully we can grow some veggies!!! Sorry no pictures of the garden box. I will show you it when somethings grows. He worked so hard on those things.

The Welly Family

2008-04-05T00:13:00.002-07:00

Here are our precious kids Austin, Megan, and Orrin. They are literally growing likfe weeds. They are fun, amazing, and into everthing. We live in AZ and love owning our home with a backyard. YEA.

Las Vegas Wedding!!!!

2008-04-04T23:17:00.000-07:00

Matt and I had a wonderful opportunity of going to Las Vegas for a wedding. A highlight of the trip was the children were with my parents so we didn't change a diaper all weekend. That was a treat in itself (I have 2 in diapers). We had a lot of fun driving with Nate and Niki to and from Las Vegas. Niki and I got to really catch up with what was going on in each others lives. Matt and I had the priviledge of staying with Chris and Jackie for the weekend and we had so much fun. I got to be as helpful as I wanted. Brooke and I got to spend some time with her hair and nails. The wedding was sunny, windy and very beautiful. We had fun spending time with each other.

Later that night we caught up with Brad Balentine, old softball buddie that the boys played with for years. Brad is the GM of Lambardis, a restraunt in the Planet Hollywood casino. He gave us a fabulous spread of food that we were stuffed. He also hooked us up with some VIP tickets to comedy club. Matt was the lucky one to be picked to participate with one of the acts. He ended up wearing a mask of a women with gray long hair. It was great fun to see him up there. Thanks Brad! We had so much fun in Vegas and can't wait to get back. Thanks to Nate and Niki for driving and my parents for watching our kids.

Easter Egg Hunt in Cottonwood

2008-04-04T23:00:00.000-07:00

We went on an Easter egg hunt in Cottonwood. The hospital sponsored the event for all the employees families so we were lucky to go. Austin for once wasn't scared of the Easter bunny and even took a picture with him. Austin and Megan liked picking up the eggs and boys were there enough eggs to go around for all the children. They also had crafts and games for the kids to do as an added bonus. The hunt was fun to go to.

Look at our 2 year old

2008-04-04T22:21:00.000-07:00

Look who has turned 2 on March 29th but Megan. The week before we celebrated on the Welly side. Chuck and Debbie were great to come down to be with our Megan. We started the party out with kid games in the backyard. Matt ended up turning on the sprinklers and some of the kids ran thru. She opended up some wonderful gifts and I think some of her favorites were the play high chair, crib, and stroller for her babies and her Care Bears. Matt ended up making her cake and he enjoyed making the two layers. She had a lot of fun being around her family and Grandparents.