Adventures of Toof Janitor, Baby Factory, and Our Spawn

Ninjas in Training

2009-11-04T16:51:00.004-05:00

This year for Halloween the Fairhurst family decided we would all dress up as ninjas. This was a natural choice for our family, we spend a lot of time wrestling and ninja fighting. As fun as this all sounds, representing ninjas is a serious business. I love my kids, but I can't have them defacing the good name of ninjahood. Rigorous training for this event was necessary. Here is some film of one of our training sessions. The kids did well and we had a lot of fun with our weekend of trick (trunk) or treatin'. HIIIII YAAAAA

pee-wee in HD

2009-09-12T17:51:00.004-04:00

So Ashton joined a pee-wee flag football team at the end of this summer. Today was his first game. I had so much fun watching him. My new camera has HD video capabilities so I tried it out so that Kev wouldn't miss it completely. (he had to work today and I know was bummed). Ashton played center for most of the game. He played the whole game and it was about 85 degrees. Chloe and Ashy were so hot we had to go for some victory icecream after. Check out one of Ashton's big plays. Oh and pardon my screaming. This is my first mommy football game and I have no control, something for me to work on next game.

preschool for Chloe

2009-09-09T16:21:00.004-04:00

So today was chloe's first day of prescool. I asked her was she learned she said she didn't know. Her teacher told me that when they looked for the letters to spell their names Chloe looked for 'A'. I have a sneaky feeling that she spells her name A-S-H-T-O-N. Her teacher told me that during circle time she sarcasticly shared that her favorite thing to eat is food, her favorite thing to play with is toys, and her not favorite is to play outside when Jack Jack is out. (he is a dog). Her teacher who know Kevin said that she sounded just like her dad with her serious sarcasim.

She is so happy to have some school stories to swap with Ashton now. Oh I got her to smile pretty by asking her if she liked ice cream. I knew her reaction would be nice. Then she asked me for 5 minutes straight if we could have ice cream today. I kept telling her no. Lucky her though she got to make peach cobbler and eat it with ice cream at preschool today.

Happy Birthday Baby

2009-09-09T16:05:00.002-04:00

Yesterday was a little crazy with the starting of school. We still found time to celebrate little Oli's birthday. She had a small party. Her friends Ajah, and Grace came. (Chloe was disappointed that it wasn't Gracie). She is our first child to really go for it with the cake. Oli had a wonderful time, and was ready for bed by the end.

First day of school.

2009-09-08T18:29:00.002-04:00

It was Ashtons first day of Kindergarden today. He was super excited about riding the Kindergarden bus home. They have a bus for only little guys that takes them home at noon. He told me he had lots of friends in his class and that they got to play 2 times. Later we heard him saying some new words that I won't repeat. He had no clue what they meant. We had the "some kids say things at school that we don't" discussion. Yippee I'm so excited for kindergarden.

Oh the wonderful things you can do

2009-08-28T21:39:00.003-04:00

I'm still totally addicted to using freezer stencils. I"m slowly putting together a bird themed room for Oli. Here are the curtains that I just finished.

5 things I love about Washington

2009-08-28T21:33:00.001-04:00

The location (we are so much closer to friends and family).

It is absolutely beautiful here.

There is a ton to do. Especially all the hiking and fishing.

We are addicted to the U-pick farms. Nothing like fresh peaches, apples, strawberries and raspberries.

The neighborhood. Really there is nothing like sharing the hood with a few llama and deer not to mention the occasional moose.

freezer stencil explanation

2009-07-23T17:35:00.002-04:00

I wish I had taken more photo's of the other shirts I made, but if you get on Flickr and type in freezer stencil shirts you can see tons of examples. Basically what you do is buy freezer paper ( the kind that is waxy on only one side). You find a graphic you like and trace it on to the paper, or you can make your own drawing on the freezer paper. (B&W is best) Then using an exacto knife, cut it out. Here is the cool part. Iron your stencil on your shirt. Waxy, shinny side down. It will stick. then paint over the top with fabric paint. Wait until it dries, or hair dry it if your impatient like me and then remove the stencil. Taa Daaa. you made your own awesome shirt. You can do this with bags, hats, burp cloths, pillows, really the ideas are limitless. Last tip, if you have a Cricket scrap book machine, or vinyl cutting machine you can skip all the steps and just have the machine cut the freezer paper for you. Google it, there are better tutorials out there. check these
http://www.flickr.com/photos/creativekismet/409377921/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12036939@N00/2396493870/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monique_moki/471696588/
Disclaimer; this is a highly addictive activity with very gratifying results, it took me a good 2weeks to stop trying to put everything I saw on to a shirt.

Hello Seattle

2009-07-21T23:07:00.003-04:00

We took a trip to Seattle this last week. It was crazy fun. My brother and sister were able to come, and it was nice getting to hang out with them. We spent a bit of time downtown, seeing all the sites. We were fortunate enough to meet the Pikes place market doughnut wolverine, and witness mass baptisms in Puget Sound. (where the temp never reaches over 52 degrees, can I get a amen) the only thing we wish is that it was a little longer.

Manito Park

2009-07-21T22:51:00.003-04:00

This park we found is amazing. I just thought I would share a few pics.

Freezer stencil shirts

2009-07-21T22:46:00.002-04:00

I saw this on a craft blog a while ago. We tried it for Young women camp shirts and it turned out awesome, and I was hooked. I made a shirt for everyone in my fam. I also made shirts for my family that was in town. Here is Ashton and Chloe's. He-man and She-ra if you can't tell. The shirts were on sale for 2$.

The falls

2009-07-03T00:20:00.002-04:00

One last photo of the Falls I can't remember the name of them but it was gorgeous.

priest Lake

2009-07-02T23:55:00.003-04:00

One of the things I love about where we live is how accessible the wilderness is, and how many cool things there are to do. Recently we went with some friends to stay at a cabin on Priest lake. We swam a lot, fished, and played games until we couldn't stay awake.

the photos are as follows. Oli and I hiking to the water falls. The blinding sunrise that woke us up. Oli in Kev's lap. The island beach. Ashton tight-rope walking with his balancing pole.

our yard

2009-06-22T00:13:00.002-04:00

Our yard is beautiful, and I"ve been meaning to post this for a while. Something is always in bloom. My favorite are the trees. click to enlarge them.

watch this grandpa!

2009-06-15T14:17:00.002-04:00

Ashton has been working on this for a while and wanted to show grandpa.

long time no blog

2009-06-15T13:41:00.007-04:00

Sorry, I made it a goal to spend less time on the computer and on crafting. I think I meet my goal a little too well. So here is an update on what we and the kids have been up too.

1 Oli is crawling and can now where pig tails.

2 Chloe is helping give Oli baths and fishing with Dad

3 Ashton graduated preschool, is reading books to Chloe and can go all the way across the monkey bars.

Enjoy

Oli constantly twirls her feet. The faster she twirls the happier she is. Slow twirl equals tired.

Ashton is quit the performer Much more so than the others in his class, (he gets it from his uncle Garrett).

random photos from Vacation

2009-05-15T15:55:00.003-04:00

Grandma was the Baby charmer.

Mesa and I's close up, some friendships never change.

Our Elders all spiffed up, This is my favorite photo. I just don't ever have enough photos of Grandma and Grandpa. p.s. if any siblings need copies of photos of g-ma and g-pa let me know.

colorado Vacation post #3 ITZ

2009-05-15T15:46:00.003-04:00

Its like Chuckee Cheese and Boomers in one, with a buffet. Really, can it get any better. Ashton beat me at air hockey. Chloe hit the jackpot button and ended up with about 1,000 tickets, and Oli took a nap in the stroller. We all went home full, tired and with some awesome prizes. Thanks to Grandpa. (Coolest place ever)

Colorado Vacation post #2 the Zoo

2009-05-15T15:36:00.003-04:00

I rank this zoo as one of my top favorite zoos. The kids had a blast and were able to feed Giraffe and birds. Even Oli got to hold out some bird seed and feed the birds. If only Grandma and Grandpa could have been there

Colorado vacation post #1

2009-05-15T15:25:00.002-04:00

While in Colorado Springs on Vacation we got to go to Garden of the Gods. Its an awesome redrock formation at the base of the Mountain. The kids had a blast climbing around and hiking. The weather was perfect and I wish we could have stayed and hiked around all day long.

I'm 2 now

2009-05-13T21:36:00.002-04:00

It was Chloe's Birthday on May 8th. We were on vacation in Colorado Springs. Oh don't worry though, we are a party where ever we go. We were lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa Fairhurst and even some of Chloe's Florida friends the Johnsons there. Chloe had an awesome time playing at the park and eating cake and icecream. She has been asking for a pink animal flashlight relentlessly since Christmas and was thrilled to finally own one. However one thing has not changed, she still likes to tell people the wrong age. It used to be that she was already 3 and since her birthday she tells people ," I'm 2 now". Here are some pictures

Chloe quotes

2009-04-20T11:58:00.003-04:00

How much do Oli and Chloe look alike? Definitely sisters.

Quote 1- Chloe: Mom, are you sad?

Me: (busy looking for something)

Chloe: No one wants to be around you when your crying....... Are you crying? (whole time she is nudging me with her elbow)

Quote 2: We are all telling each other stories and this is Chloe's: " First I squeezed him in his feelings" she shows us by squeezing her hands around her neck. "Then I hit him in his Heeeeeeaaad, and then he is Deeeeaaad. The end.

Quote 3: She saw Ashton peeing on the grass yesterday. Today... Chloe: Mom I peed on the graaassss. Me: You did? Chloe: Yeah, when I pee on the grass it makes me feel soft. Me: weird.

The gospel according to Ashton and Chloe

2009-04-14T16:51:00.003-04:00

After church on Sundays, I ask my kids what they learned. The answer is almost always the same... we had treats and played. I know that they are taught lessons, they just are not as interested in that part. This Sunday was a little different. When I asked them what they learned, Ashton said he learned that it is ok to eat animals. I asked why it was ok and he said because Jesus made them for us to eat them. I asked who told him that and he said Jesus did. Almost as soon as Ashton was done with his sentence, Chloe piped in and told me that Jesus told her that she needs to eat treats. Since then, I have overheard Chloe bossing Ashton in the name of Jesus. Jesus told me to tell you to get me a drink. Jesus told me to tell you to get me a treat. That Chloe is a real sly one.

Easter Saturday

2009-04-14T16:46:00.003-04:00

I have tried to teach my children a little about Easter this year. I told them there is an Easter Saturday and an Easter Sunday. Easter Saturday was for egg hunts, candy, and friends. Easter Sunday was to learn about Jesus. They didn't seem all that excited about Easter Sunday, but they love Easter Saturday. We had 3 other families over for a bbq and an egg hunt. It was a lot of fun and the kids did great.

Family photos

2009-04-14T16:40:00.003-04:00

We took some family photos before church on Easter. It is very challenging to have our three kiddos sit still for pictures. Sorry for the blurry ones, it is the best we can do at the moment.

what the hail, thats a big fish

2009-04-05T16:16:00.004-04:00

Really this is a double post. We have had the craziest weather lately. It hailed big ice chunks the other day. It was bizarre, so loud and actually painful. Ashton and I ran out in it and He came back with a souvenir, I think I came back with a few new bruises.

Kevin got to go on a very short fishing trip this last Wed. Here are the goods he brought home. Isn't she a beaut. oh and check out my other blog, I"m posting a tutorial on how to make a large wall clock yourself and a canopy for you little girls room.

Oli update

2009-03-26T02:42:00.004-04:00

love getting to know Olivia's personality. She is so happy, so quick to smile. When I am frustrated or tired, I look at her and she just lights up, it make me smile too. She has started eating solid food, and seriously can't get enough. She uh uhs at me if I don't feed her as fast as I can. She is sitting really well and is just starting to roll over. She is 6 months. She was recently sick and was such a good trooper.

I added 2 pics of Chloe. She helped me make Ashton's B-day cake. She got a icing mustache as a reward. Sorry I know the photo is a little blurry. The other one is Chloe after Ashton's party,(so tired).

5 years old and still kickin'

2009-03-25T18:37:00.004-04:00

The much anticipated event of Ashton's birthday came and went this past weekend. He has been asking for months now if it is his birthday. The festivities started with a party at Mcdonald's the day before. A few of his friends met up with him for lunch and cake. Heidi made a spiderman cake (toy is from a previous visit to Mcdonald's) and his friends brought some gifts. Ashton had a great time. The next morning (on his actual birthday), he got up and opened his presents. We bought him He-man gifts (which were difficult to find). He loved his light saber (which I have already been on the wrong end of) and buzz light year swimming outfits he got from his grandparents. He knows now that he is 5 that kindegarden is right around the corner. We really enjoy Ashton and it has been fun watching him grow.

chloe's bedroom

2009-03-18T02:13:00.002-04:00

So I am so slow at putting my house together. Ashton's room is done and I have been working on Chloe's room. I needed some current photos of her so we did a little photo shoot. Needless to say it consisted of me following her around while she played. I thought I would share the photos. She has become such a beautiful big girl. It all seems to have happened so fast.

Birthday grinch

2009-03-18T01:23:00.002-04:00

Birthday saga part 1;I almost always have the hardest time coming up with something for Kevin's birthday. I might add that if you know Kevin he absolutely loathes birthday parties for himself, especially surprise ones. Every year he plays detective and tries to ruin his birthday presents. This year I got him good. I planned for us to stay at a water park hotel out in Idaho. I had to come up with some excuse to drive there though. I tried asking him if we could meet some friends for dinner, but he said no deal. As a last ditch effort before busting out the blind fold, I called the girls at his work and had them make up a phony excuse to come out to the office in Idaho. Kevin automatically got suspicious. He called me, furious and told me I better come clean, that the office called and he knew I was throwing a surprise party ( which made him soooo angry, because I know he hates birthday parties). I have never seen Kevin so angry and so worked up before. I laughed so hard, but never said anything. If he had jump to a wrong conclusion and gotten so worked up, thats his own fault. Half way there, I asked him if he would like to know the surprise. He rolled his eyes and said , "Fine". When I finally broke the news he was so relieved and happy. We had an awesome time with the kids at the water park. Some of our friends got the room next to us and we were even able to play some games that night.

Birthday saga part 2; We got home from the water park hotel today. We all took naps and picked up around the house. We open presents, and would you believe I forgot to take pictures with my camera for the last 2 days. Bummer. Then Kevin and I got a babysitter and went to dinner. After we came home and I had planned for our friends to get together at the church and play Volleyball. So we played until 10.

It has been a crazy past few days and I think Kevin is glad that he has tomorrow off to catch up.

I am so thankful for Kevin he is so much fun and such an amazing Dad. I hope he had the best birthday ever.

Photo Shoot

2009-03-02T01:52:00.003-05:00

We took the opportunity of Sunday Morning to take an updated family photo. I used the timer on my camera. It is so hard to get the kids to even face in the general direction of the camera to capture their faces. Also hard to run and jump in the photo and not look super awkward. Here our our results.

I love Chloe's weird smile and Oli's dopey ears, aren't her cheeks so kissable?

Birthday Girl

2009-02-21T17:03:00.002-05:00

So this post is a little late, but I had wonderful birthday on the 17th. I was able to go walking in the morning all by myself. (my favorite). Then for breakfast we had smoothies. Next I got to open my presents. Boy was I surprised. Kevin is the best person to be married to, on your birthday. With out fail I'm always thrilled with what he gets me.

We went out to lunch as a family. The rest of the day was spent playing with b-day presents. That night I got to go out to the movie with some friends. It was the perfect b-day. ps. Happy birthday Daddy.

Backlash

2009-02-18T17:02:00.005-05:00

Have you ever noticed after you take a trip or go do something real fun when you return home you suffer the backlash. My children turn from civil to savages during the BACKLASH. After we returned home from Boise, we were so excited to have our Aunt Kelli and her fam come visit. Unfortunately, I feel like I may need to apologize, THE backlash was in full force. We had a wonderful time considering we all turned into monsters and Kelli's poor baby girl turned into a puking machine. Kelli and I made some 100 chocolates and everyone ate them selves sick. It is so fun to watch the cousins play and the babies talk to each other. We even got to hear Mike's weird super sensitive gag reflex. ( it is pretty funny to hear). Kevin of course wrestled the kids, and we all got to adore Molly's funny little expressions.

Trip to Boise

2009-02-18T13:46:00.006-05:00

Ashton and Chloe loved playing at Maddy's house.

We managed to get everyone sick. Mission accomplished. Other than feeling sick we were able to have a fun time. Leslie and I had a fun time checking out all the crafty stores in the area. Hunter and Cooper were so sweet with the kids even though they were feeling so sick. We had fun playing games each night, and some how I missed winning every game by a single point. Boooo. We were able to catch up with some of our good friends the Bernards and the Robisons. We had a grand time, thank you Lott family.

New Hero Status

2009-02-08T14:09:00.003-05:00

I have always considered myself courageous. I do not back down from a challenge, I enjoy speaking in front of groups, I love horror movies... When I see that others would fear doing something, it makes me want to do it anymore. That being said, I do have two weaknesses. One, many know about. I hate when my tongue touches paper or wood. I tried playing the clarinet when I was in 4th grade but could not handle the reid. If I have to seal an envelope, I have to build up a pile of saliva on the tip of my tongue and basically spit it on. My second kryptonite is less obvious. I hate puking. I will do anything to avoid vomitting. This week Chloe got sick first. Wednesday night she puked in my lap. If I see or smell puke, I automatically get sick to my stomach. By the next morning, she was all better. Friday night, Ashton puked. He was also better by the next morning. Saturday we left for a trip to Boise. During our drive, Oli puked several times. I knew it was coming. The anticipation is the worse part. By that evening (in Boise) my stomach was turning. Someone had told me that it is best to just make yourself puke and get it over with. I have never been able to do that. I did last night. I went to the upstairs bathroom and made myself vomit. I felt much better afterwards and the fear of puking is gone. Now if I could only figure out how to get past paper.

Rock'ntines

2009-02-03T17:49:00.003-05:00

Ashton and I were cutting out hearts to make Valentines. I asked him how he wanted to make them. He told me he wanted to make a guitar. This is the end result

Giggle buddies

2009-01-31T19:48:00.001-05:00

Olivia has really started to interact more with Ashton and Chloe. Ashton loves to make her laugh.

2009-01-28T23:26:00.001-05:00

Kevin has been teaching Ashton to talk smack while they play Wii. Unfortunately it is leeching over into normal life. Today I heard Ashton playing. He says," Yeah, how do you like THAT", followed by " In your FACE". The other day while he was on the phone with my sister she got a IN YOUR FACE, LEAH. It is hard not to laugh and it only fuels the fire.

Chloe's favorite bedtime song is "I love to see the Temple and she wants to sing it instead of Ashtons ever so faithful " I hope they call me on a mission" Chloes favorite part is the last line of the first verse, only she sings it in a mean voice and say "It is MY sacred duty", not yours Ashton, mine. What are we teaching our kids.

What do YOU eat?

2009-01-24T02:46:00.003-05:00

Chloe has started two new habits that are curious. First she wants to know everyones name. People on the street, in the Grocery store, Dr. office, church. She has gotten almost aggressive about it. If the person she asks doesn't answer sometimes she'll say loudly ,"I'm talking to yooooouuu, what is your name" Kinda embarrassing.

Second she has been asking me what things eat. What do sharks eat? How about bears? Secretly, I think she wants to know if anything will eat her. Yesterday she asked me," What do bad guys eat, Mom". I look her straight in the eye and said, "They eat little girls, like you'. She got sad and said," No, no, Mom don't let those bad guys eat me". I told her I was just kidding that bad guys eat pizza and things you can cook fast. (because they are busy doing naughty stuff of course).

She is so silly.

jewelry Blog

2009-01-20T15:45:00.004-05:00

I decided I needed a blog for all my crafting. I have been making alot of jewelry. I love to hear what favorite crafts you are all doing and I love new designs and ideas. So come look and let me know what you think. http://myfavoritethingsjewelry.blogspot.com

Are you ready to RUMBLE!!!

2009-01-13T18:52:00.004-05:00

Ashton like to challenge me to a match or two of wrestling. This time he brought in his secrete weapon...CHLOE. Chloe decided it would be a good idea to go get my boxing gloves. You will notice her power move it to sneak behind me and punch me in the back.

Disappointed

2009-01-08T13:04:00.002-05:00

Yesterday was supposed to be Ashton's pajama day at preschool. He was so excited he wanted to wait outside for our carpool ride, that never came. Ashton's school was cancelled due to unsafe snow amounts on the roofs. He was very disappointed. Chloe has been sick for the last few days. She decided she had enough energy to watch Ashton from the window and fall asleep during lunch.

I caught you

2009-01-02T13:00:00.003-05:00

I love my new camera. I caught Chloe mid-sentence sassing me. I showed her what a ugly face she was making and she said she wanted to do a pretty one, and of course Ashton wanted to contribute.

Hey, thats my leotard

2008-12-29T17:41:00.003-05:00

I thought I would post some photos from Christmas. Oli is getting so big she will be 4 months in a few weeks and is starting to want to sit and lay in her tummy more, p.s. Susan thanks for this outfit it is one of our favorites.

Chloe and Ashton are hugging out of sheer thrill that is Christmas morning and they finally get to open their presents. (Kevin told them if they opened any early they had to give them away, the threat worked well). This last photo they are preforming for us. My mother has been so kind and creative to have kept her favorite outfits of mine and passes them on to Chloe. Yes, that is my leotard and tights. I'm pretty sure my parents have an identical photo of my brother and I on the fireplace.

boogers in my bed

2008-12-29T17:28:00.004-05:00

Today I told Chloe to go down to bed. When I went to check on her she wasn't in her room. (big surprise) I called out, " Chloe were are you"? I heard her tiny voice coming from Ashton's room. She was all tucked into his bed. I told her that she couldn't sleep in Ashton's room, she asked ,"why"? Before I could come up with a reason she said," Mom, cause I'll get boogers in his bed." Hey that sounded good to me, I just went with it and said," Yes" . She quickly went to her room and went to sleep.

Where does her logic come from? Some times things seem obvious to her, and no one eles.

She always keeps me laughing.

back in action

2008-12-27T18:30:00.003-05:00

So over the last few years I have been letting my love for photography slowly fade and be replaced by several other things. One of this years resolutions is to help revive my hobbie, as such I am going to try to post some new photos every week. These are of the Oregon Beach.

Baby blessing and Christmas Eve

2008-12-27T17:59:00.003-05:00

We decided to try to do as much as possible while everyone was here for Christmas. We Blessed Oli Christmas Eve, and then carried on our tradition of white elephant with the Elders. The girls in my family all made a craft, the kids made a gingerbread house, and got to open a gift before bed. It was a busy night. In the morning Kevin made us all Biscuits and gravy, yummmm. We had a wonderful time.

...And it's Chloe by a mile!

2008-12-19T14:04:00.003-05:00

WE made a sled hill in our back yard (we are still snowed in and unable to leave). Here is some video of our kids sledding.

17 inches and counting

2008-12-18T17:18:00.003-05:00

UNBELIEVABLE! I haven't seen this much snow since my childhood in Alaska. It had snowed 17 inches by 10 oclock this morning. It isn't supposed to stop until 3pm. We are all thrilled. It took all of Kevin's energy to shovel a trail to the trampoline, a sled run, our walk way, and our neighbors car out. Ashton and Chloe love playing out in it. I have yet to go out, I've been cleaning and taking care of Oli, since she isn't snow ready yet. School was closed today, we will see if the snow plough makes it to our road by tomorrow. Its doubtful.

Christmas Crafts

2008-12-17T23:18:00.003-05:00

So This is my latest in crafts. I loved these vinyl sayings that my sister-in-law sent. I also made over 200 chocolates with Courtney Claeson yesterday. I can't believe how easy and fun it was, and now I seem like a super treat maker to all my neighbors. Ha Ha I'm fooling everyone. It also snowed 10 inches today. Finally we have some snow to play in. Ashton and Chloe saw the snow falling down and looked at me with big eyes and said," Mom, I can't believe it, Its Christmas"! I had to explain that, snow doesn't = Christmas. Boy was I the Grinch.

How Oli got her laugh back...

2008-12-17T23:03:00.003-05:00

Oli is becoming more aware of social interactions. She is almost ticklish and will follow people with her eyes if they cross her path. But her most recent discovery is laughing. It is really easy to make her laugh (which is great for my self esteem).

on our way home

2008-12-13T17:24:00.004-05:00

On our way home from portland we were able to stop off and see some friends. We had breakfast at a nice lodge with the Bennetts and hiked up to an awesome waterfall.

Portland

2008-12-10T13:50:00.004-05:00

Mt. Hood looked so pretty!

This last weekend we went as a family to Portland for our nephew Bryson's Baptism. We had a wonderful time, unfortunately our camera's battery died half way through our trip. I will say this. If I had seen Portland before moving to Spokane I would probably have pushed to move there. It is so beautiful, and you can live in the forest just a skip away from the city. We went to the children's museum, to Downtown Saturday Market, and of course the main event Bryson's Baptism. We are so proud of Bryson, his baptism was just perfect. It was so nice to hang out with our family. Thanks Randy & Diana for everything. We really had a great time. Oh and I'm sure we will be hearing about how much Ashton misses and loves Kayden daily.

The unprofessional professional

2008-11-26T23:24:00.002-05:00

During breaks off of school, I liked to grow out some facial hair. Now that my income depends on my ability to present and perform treatment to patients in a way that instills confidence, I am not sure if switching up the facial hair is a good idea. I have been debating shaving my head (so I can wear beanies without messing my hair up) but Heidi wants me to grow out the helmet strap if I shave my head. I am afraid that our income will be severely cut if I show up with a shaved head and a thin beard, although we do live near the skinheads (they might approve).

Our little Bossy

2008-11-26T22:58:00.002-05:00

This is my super cute neice Bostyn it was the last photo on my roll but I"m posting it in hopes that her momma will let me know how her roll turned out. I have a sneeky suspicion that they turned out wrong. Either way it is okay if they turned out bad, I"m loosing my skill, I'm not practicing enough. WE love you Bostyn.

our last hike

2008-11-26T22:48:00.002-05:00

We took this hike about a month ago but I'm just now getting the pictures up. This is the mountain behind our house. There are 3 trail heads not a mile from our driveway. All of you who are stuck in the city, eat your heart out. I love where we live.

Princess Ampire

2008-11-26T16:53:00.003-05:00

Chloe wanted me to play dress up -trick-or-treat with her, ( it is my secret way of getting her to help me clean up the play room.) I say trick or treat and she picks up a toy from the floor and says ," oh, here for you". Then we put it in my "candy bag" until most of the toys are off the floor and she is tired of the game. First we dress up though and I asked her what she was dressed up as and she said ," a princess ampire" . odd. I'm unsure if this is the result of a song Ashton learned at school about vampires or the fact that Twilight came out this last week? Who knows. I would love to here from all of you that went to see it and what you thought. I went with a group of girls here on Saturday. I had pretty low expectations but was not overly impressed. It was a fun girls night out.

DIY wall decor

2008-11-20T02:34:00.003-05:00

You have probably seen this on several websites. It took me a long time, due to lack of resources in Spokane Valley, but it is done and I love how much it added to my living room. I would like to publicly thank my sister Leah for the all her help and for giving me the idea. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

I hope my mom doesn't see this

2008-11-15T23:50:00.002-05:00

So this is my newest craft adventure, it is called an Exploding Box. It is a miniture scrapbook. I'm posting it because it was super easy, I already had all the materials and I'm happy with the way it turned out. You can get instructions for it off sugardoodle.net in their craft section. Only problem is it is a surprise for my mom. Hopefully it will get to her before she sees this.

trip to the museum

2008-11-15T23:37:00.003-05:00

Kevin has been working most Saturdays, so Saturday has become just another weekday. I've been trying to make it a fun activity day for the kids. Today we went to to Childrens museum downtown Spokane. For those of you in Florida it was the equivalent of Young at Art. We had a good time. They had lots of fun exhibits the kids loved it.

isn't she lovely

2008-11-15T23:19:00.003-05:00

Olivia has really started cheez'n it up, here are a few pictures.

Neglect O' Lantern

2008-11-10T23:21:00.003-05:00

Ashton's preschool went on a field trip to a pumpkin farm a few weeks ago. He picked out a perfect pumpkin to carve for halloween. We never got around to doing it and then we ended up leaving for Montana. The pumpkin has been sitting in Ashton's room ever since. Tonight for family home evening we finally carved it. We traced their hands and made turkeys out of them. They were mostly interested in the pumpkin "guts". Chloe took a piece of carved pumpkin and said it tasted good. I told her to go ahead and take a bite, she did. She made yum sounds for a little bit and then realized that it was gross. She spit it all over the table which I got to clean up.

She Speaks (kind of)

2008-11-10T12:40:00.002-05:00

Oli is starting to chatter a bit. Mostly coos and grunts. She is also putting on the pounds, finally starting to look like one of our babies. We are all stuck inside due to a nasty cold so it is fun to watch her try to talk to us. She loves the swing we borrowed from Kelli and Mike (sorry about the poo pillow, don't retaliate or you are going down!).

Halloween in Montana

2008-11-04T22:27:00.009-05:00

We spent Halloween in Montana. We had a wonderful time, Kelli and Mike were very kind in allowing us to stay. We love being able to see family more often and let our kids play with their cousins. It was unbelievably warm so we did a little door to door trick-or-treating, then high tailed it over to the church. The kids had a ton of fun and candy. Here are a few pictures.

Surprisingly everyone knew who Chloe was dressed up as. (I thought we would have to tell everyone)

Dorthy and the Cowardly Lion

2008-10-26T01:45:00.004-04:00

We went to our work halloween party dressed as the wizard or oz (see main picture). We had a lot of fun. There was tons of food and a great turn out. I went as the scarecrow, Heidi was the wicked witch, Ashton was the cowardly lion, Chloe was Dorthy, and Oli was the good witch. They gave out prizes for the best costumes at the end of the evening. Asthon won 3rd prize out of the children and I won first prize out of the adult men. On a side note, Chloe spent most of today at an instant care from having her finger slammed in a door. They had to take off the nail and put in 6 stitches. She was a real trooper and did just fine during the party. There is a chance that she will lose the tip of her finger, but we are hoping that it will heal and the finger nail will grow back.

favorite sister?

2008-10-18T19:49:00.002-04:00

Yesterday, I layed Oli on the couch, while I ran in the kitchen. When I turned around I found this. Ashton reading to Oli. I asked him what he was doing he said," Oh I'm reading to Oli, shes my favorite". He loves to have little one-sided conversations with Oli. I imagine she is less bossy and shares alittle more than Chloe.He spends alot less time with Oli due to all her sleeping. Well, I'm glad he understands the importance of reading to small children.

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(Ashton can't really read, his version of the book was much better I'm sure)

All dressed up

2008-10-18T19:39:00.003-04:00

I feel like the grinch. Everyday my kids ask if it is time to put on their costumes and go trick-or-treating, and I reply "Sorry guys its not Halloween yet". Well, the other day I came into the play room and they were both decked out in their costumes, playing pretend trick-or-treating. I laughed and made them sit for a picture. Enjoy .

P.S. I made Chloe's costume. She 's Uniqua from Backyardigan, she was set on it.

Winners of Baby Pick 'em

2008-10-17T18:02:00.003-04:00

We had two winners...Leslie and Katie. Sad that my two other sisters and mother were not able to pick out the kids. Better luck next time. As far as the prize, we really didn't think anyone would get it correct so now we need to come up with something.

Chloe McBossy

2008-10-12T23:05:00.003-04:00

Chloe has combined her mothering skills with her silly little girl skills to come up with some pretty funny bossing conversations.

Conversation#1; We were getting ready to leave the house. Ashton is stammering and walking to the bathroom. Chloe looks up at me and says,"Mom, we can't leave yet" then she runs after Ashton and yells, " ASSHTON, it is alright you can go pee".

Conversation#2; Once again we are getting ready to leave the house and I hear Chloe talking to Ashton she says," Oh. Ashton you have your shoes on good job. Okay. Ashton you can go out to the car but don't drive". I walked up just as she was finishing up her bossing and I asked her "What did you say" she just looked up at me and said "What"?

Conversation#3 I'm in the kitchen and I hear Chloe climbing up on the couch to see Oli. I hear her say,"Hi Oli, what doing. Sleeping? I peeked around the corner in time to see her kiss Oli and then jump of the couch singing out," I SUPER love her".

More Oli

2008-10-09T22:10:00.003-04:00

I just thought I would post some of the photos of Oli so you can see who you think she looks like.

Baby Feet Pick 'em

2008-10-06T15:06:00.001-04:00

Baby Head PIck 'em

2008-10-06T15:02:00.003-04:00

With each child Heidi has taken photos at around 4 weeks. The challenge is to pick which child is which. This post is head shots, the next is feet shots. Number the photos from #1 to #3 starting at the top from left to right. In the next post do the same thing. Those who are correct for all head and feet shot will win a prize. Good luck.

haircut and updated on Oli

2008-10-03T21:12:00.007-04:00

I've been asked to post a picture of haircut I got recently, I must say I like it but I've discovered I have to do it for it to look decent. Next time I"ll get something that requires less energy.

Olivia is an amazing baby. She is a super sleeper and very layed back. She is only waking up once at night and has been sleeping in until 7am. She is plumping up at well over 8 pounds and has grown 2 inch. I'll be doing her first photo shoot soon and will post the photos.

Thanks Misti

2008-09-25T16:51:00.004-04:00

I just thought I would post some photos of the vinyle signs that I've been making. My sister-in-law Misti so nicely provided and has recently started a business of it. Here is a link to her vinly site, she can pretty much do anything.http://www.cottagequotes.blogspot.com/ I'm pretty sure I'm addicted to crafting. Heidi

Lil' Miss Mom

2008-09-18T12:55:00.004-04:00

We were very worried about how Chloe would adapt to having a younger sibling. Our fears seemed to be realized the first few days. She was having a hard time with it, fits, crying, not sleeping well... But once we got past the first few days, Chloe took a surprise turn. She has not only comfortably slipped into the role of big sister, but she also has took on a new role of second-string mom. She is very helpful when it comes to Oli. Last night Oli starting crying, next thing we know Chloe is sprinting down the hall towards Oli's room yelling, "I am coming Oli". She is very soft with her and is always watching over her. It has been a lot of fun watching her with Oli. With that being said, I have to admit that it is a little scary how baby hungry Chloe is. Cute for now, but please grow out of it!

Returning to Abnormality

2008-09-14T22:37:00.007-04:00

Our little family has not really established normality yet. Between moves, children, schooling, jobs, etc. we have yet to settle into life. But even for us, the last few months has been a whirlwind of change. We graduated from school (finally), moved from FL to WA, started a new job, went on a few road trips, and had company every week for a month. Everything seemed to climax with the birth of Oli. It seems as if things will begin to slow down and settle in a little for us. Either way, here are some pictures of the last days.

...And then there were five!

2008-09-09T01:05:00.007-04:00

Olivia Beth Fairhurst (Oli) was born today at 1:24pm. She was 7lb 7oz and 19 inches tall. Everything went just fine and we are very excited to have her with us. Heidi and Oli are resting in the hospital and will come home tomorrow. Ashton and Chloe went crazy when they saw here. They are loving having a brand new baby. We have been very lucky to have Chris (Heidi's mom) helping us with the kids.

PS- GO BRONCOS, way to round off a great day!

Shattered Confidence

2008-09-03T21:25:00.002-04:00

This past weekend we had a house full of company (just like every weekend for the past month). My parents are leaving for a LDS mission and drove around to say goodbye to everyone. My brother and his family drove from Portland to meet them half way. It was a fun visit with plenty of eating and games. During the visit I did some dental work on my nephew, Bryson (second from the left). On Sunday, I took Bryson (with my dad and Randy) to my office. Bryson and I went to the operatory room and left Randy and Fred in the waiting room. During the procedures I joked with my assistant about how I do not know the names of the instruments. The tools used to pull teeth have several different names depending on where you are working and I am still working on what names my office uses. After a filling and an extraction I felt pretty good about the work and sent Bryson to his dad. On the drive home Randy told me about the conversation him and Bryson had while they were waiting for me. Randy asked Bryson, "How did Kevin do?" Bryson replied, "He didn't know what he was doing." It turns out that while I was joking with my assistant, Bryson was hearing everything we were saying. I hear people say to me all day that they hate the dentist (me) but to have your nephew say you don't know what you are doing burns a bit more.

Crafty

2008-09-02T00:41:00.004-04:00

I have been full fledged nesting for some time now getting ready for our babe to be born, I have managed to make a quilt, a purse, multiple set of earings and now a french memo board for Chloe's room (I love it). It was so easy and I think it is super cute. Enjoy the photos of the quilt and Memo boars

Sommmmmer Saaaullllllt in the Air

2008-08-24T17:37:00.002-04:00

I (as well as many of you) was surprised to see that trampolene was an event in the olympics. Ashton was a little bit leary to reveal his trampolene trick in fear of the Chinese stealing his routine. That being said (and with Ashton's permission), here is the grand unveiling of Ashton's trampolene trick (coming to a summer olympics near you).

DJ has new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Buddies"

2008-08-22T22:53:00.004-04:00

When DJ (my brother) was young, he had a friend named Chad. Chad would call and ask for his "teenage mutant ninja buddy". Of course DJ was constantly teased for this. Flashforward to now...Heidi was at a garage sale today and came across this halloween outfit. Ashton loves it! He has been putting it off and on all day. Heidi caught Ashton and Chloe showing off their moves.

She Has A Name

2008-08-17T20:28:00.010-04:00

We were very careful in planning out our first two children. We got pregnant the month we wanted to, we had names chosen, and we had an overall plan for after the birth on how to adjust. It isn't that way this time. Half the time I forget we are having a baby soon. I tried to talk Heidi into getting pregnant earlier so it would be fully covered under our insurance in Florida. On top of that, the last six months have been the busiest and craziest months of our marriage. We would try to choose names and nothing seemed real. Well (with 3 weeks to go), we have finally picked a name. Her name will be Olivia Beth Fairhurst, we will call her "Olli". We got Beth from Heidi's sister's middle name. We are getting very excited for Olli to join us. We still have no idea how we are going to cope with having 3 children and no family near by. Heidi's mom will be here for awhile to help out, maybe we will figure out how to adjust during that time. Anyone wanting to come stay and watch our kids for us are welcome.

Vanishing Act

2008-08-12T22:25:00.003-04:00

This morning I painted all three of the kids' rooms and the living room. During this Chloe came to show me something. She had a crystal light container and powder all over her mouth, hands, and shirt. My eyes must have lit up because Chloe quickly said "Dont spank me". I asked her if she got it on the couch, she said no. So I ran up stairs and there was a little drop on the couch. I sprayed it with a cleaner and then noticed a larger drop on the carpet. When I sprayed that area, a really large area of red appeared. I didn't realize that she had dumped a whole package of crystal lite into the carpet. I quickly soaked the area with every cleaner we had on hand. I tried to scrub it out but it was not coming up. I then called Heidi and told her to buy a carpet cleaner. She did and we tried that. The carpet cleaner was helpful but the carpet was still very much red. Heidi then called our friend, Kim, who has a brother who was a carpet cleaner. Kim told us to first rinse out any cleaners we had used before. We used our upright carpet cleaner with only water in it to do that. After that she told us to mix 1 part ammonium to 3 parts water. Take the mixture and soak the area that needs to be cleaned. Then place a towel over it and iron it. Press directly on the towel with a lot of force until you hear sizzling. The heat brings the dye up into the towel. I did that for a few hours and it came up. The picture above on the left is the after picture.

Sleeping Beauty and the Zombie

2008-08-11T18:46:00.002-04:00

On our way to Walmart, Chloe started dosing off. We try not to let he sleep in the car because she will not take a good nap when we get home. Usually we have Ashton tickle her or call her by name to keep her awake. This time we just filmed it. After filming her head nodding back and forth, Ashton decided he wanted a little attention. You have to watch the whole video for Ashton's transformation into a zombie.

Friends from Florida

2008-08-05T12:19:00.003-04:00

As most of you know we have opened our home to Family and Friends, we didn't realize everyone would come the same weekend J/K. We were lucky to have a party house this weekend. Our kids have just loved having some familiar faces and friends. We hope everyone will come again or just come for the first time.

2008-08-05T12:11:00.002-04:00

Chloe has always been very interested in what I'm doing, just recently she has really been asking to help cook and set the table. I am so thankful for her happy, helpful personality. I know she will be a wonderful Big sister.

Tram"pool"line

2008-08-02T16:55:00.004-04:00

For those who do not know, we are renting a house in Spokane valley. We love the house, it is large with a fun yard. It came with a pool table, hot tub, and a large heated swimming pool. The landlord told us the swimming pool was off limits because it required several repairs. Today we bought a trampoline and I assembled it inside the swimming pool. There is a built on deck so it works out well. Our kids have had a lot of fun with it today and hopefully it will intice them to be outside more often. (Come visit our trampoline anytime Bostyn)

King Pin

2008-07-29T15:55:00.002-04:00

I had today off, so we decided to go bowling. We went bowling in Florida several times but it was pretty expensive ($25+ for one game). We were excited to find out that it would be just over $10 here. Our kids enjoy bowling but get a little impatient waiting for their turn (Ashton stole Heidi's turn several times). Both kids are able to pick up the ball and throw it themselves. I give Chloe's a little extra push (or we would be there all day).

Metallica Try-Outs

2008-07-23T14:35:00.002-04:00

Ashton and Heidi playing Guitar Hero. Ashton loves playing guitar (air, video game, or real). This is some of his favorite moves. Enjoy!

Ride em' Cowboy

2008-07-23T14:16:00.003-04:00

Kevin and the kids were wrestling this last sunday, everytime Ashton watches the video he can't stop laughing. Chloe is starting to get more gutsie, she used to just cry when the boys would wrestle. ( Sound like anyone you know)...... Leeeeah

My Favorite Sister

2008-07-23T00:36:00.003-04:00

I've been thinking a lot lately about my family and wondered, If I had to choose to keep only one of my sisters, which one would I choose? I'd like to say I thought long and hard about this but the answer came immediately....Leslie, of course.

Why (like you really need to ask)? Well, sometimes, when my wife is having a baby or I get food poisoning or my wife gets food poisoning or all of this happens at once, she is right there to help out. She's older than me, so I'll always look young compared to her. She taught me this new game at the family reunion and I've been obsessing about it ever since.

Plus, she is highly intelligent. For instance, I bet she could hack into a blog...maybe even mine...and write a post completely about herself. Well, maybe not that smart, some idiot would probably have to give her the username and password. I would only do that because I know she is completely trustworthy. Man that girl is awesome.

our little mama

2008-07-19T18:48:00.003-04:00

Today I took the kids to a splash park, Chloe and I were sitting on the bench next to another mom. The unknown Mom called across the park " Trent don't ride your bike through there, your going to hit someone". So Chloe stands up on the bench and yells across the park "Trent your going to hit someone..... Trent". She then turns to the mom next to us and says " He's not suppose to ride through there"? I just look at the lady and apologized.

Later when we were in the car I anounced that everyone was taking a nap today, everyone! aka Ashton too. Ashton immediatly said "Mom I don't want to take a nap". Chloe turned to him and said," That is TOOOO BAD Ashton , TOOOOO BAD".
I'm having to check my self about what I say, because little Chloe is turning into little miss in charge.

Washington!

2008-01-15T10:36:00.002-05:00

We have landed in Washington and love it. We live in Spokane Valley and are really close to the mountains. We have gone on a few hikes and seen the lakes. We were really excited about the area until we were evacuated from our home last week. There was a forest fire near our residence. Heidi called me at work to tell me. By the time I drove to the area they had blocked off the entrance to our neighborhood. They would not let me up the mountain to help Heidi and threatened to arrest me. When it was all over Heidi, myself, and the kids were in a friend's house in Coeur d'alene. We were able to reenter our home the next day, but very scary. I miss the hurricanes