The Forbush Family

Family Picture

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Christmas Tree cutting in November 2011

Some of our favorites for the year!

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More photos

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Kira Anne Forbush - Born November 9, 2010. 7 lbs 10 oz and 19 in

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Day before the baby is due!

Owen's 1st ride on the Ferris Wheel! So now he is "Tall already" for anything that he might not be old enough or big enough for!

Sydney's First Day of Preschool

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Owen had to have a back pack on too! Sydney was so excited and has loved going to preschool!

A few pictures from our summer.

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Home Sick

2010-07-04T12:13:00.000-07:00

The kids are sick today so we are home while Dad is at church. The computer is up and running again, so maybe I'll be able to figure out how to get pictures on it. Time will tell.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-21T13:57:00.001-08:00

Fun Day

2009-01-25T20:50:00.000-08:00

Well it's Brent again. I am really trying to think of a method where I can be consistent and post once a week (or at least twice a month). That way all of our family and friends can have a regular update because we are not good at anything else. So here goes our update.

We had a blast for Christmas. Jay and Jill (Suzanne's younger sister and Husband) came into town for an early christmas holiday. It was fun to spend some time with them and that day we even got Sydney to ride the Ferris Wheel in the Scheels store. (Mind you she was scared of it the first time.)

Then everytime we went back to the store she would want to ride it again. At the store they also sell like 100 different varieties of fudge and we all bought a bunch to share together which was delicious.

Suzanne and I celebrated birthdays. We had some friends over on my birthday for a game night and celebrated conjointly at that time. It was a blast. But Sydney could not be left out of the fun. So she stayed up till 11 pm. (Mind you she still woke up at 6 am the next morning) But it was a lot of friends. It was good to see some that we have not seen in years and it was the first time since moving back.

Christmas was a blast! Sydney loved every minute of it. She could not wait for Santa to get here. There were a lot of gifts and things to do but it was an enjoyable day. Pictures have been included below.

New Years Eve was another game night of friends and fun. (Lori and Scott were in town for the Christmas break)

Sydney is getting older and stronger, smarter, and quicker everyday. She loves to ask questions but she is scared of loud noises. She is loving senior nursery thus far. We had friends over for dinner tonight and she was the life of the party. She was running around the house yelling and playing and giving everyone a good laugh.

Owen is as big as ever. He is loving his food. I gave him noodles yesterday which on his plate of cheerios and noodles, he would push the cheerios around to fish out the noodles. He is not sleeping through the night right now (wakes up once of twice) but at eight months we have got to stop those bad habits. He has started army crawling and can really move that way.

Suzanne and I are sunbeam teachers and I just got called as a Stake Auditor in addition to sunbeams. It will be interesting considering that is my day job as well.

No news on the house. We switched realtors in Dec (which did not go over well with our other realtor - she took it very personally and hard but come on - no movement on my house I have got to change) . Currently, we put it up on the market for sale and lease with the new realtor, had a few bites but nothing too serious. So if anyone is looking for a house for rent in the Austin area, keep our house in mind.

We love you all - and miss all of our Hutto Friends dearly.

Take a look at the pictures.

Pictures again

2009-01-25T20:40:00.000-08:00

A couple of cute pictures of Owen. His personality is really starting to shine through now.

This is Owen, he is pretty angrey that more food is not coming his way quick enough.
Owen and his crawling stage. He lifts himself up on his arms and toes and pushes himself around.
Sydney went to school on friday before the start of school after christmas break with Grammy Kitchen and of course she had to play school by coloring, writing and learning her alphabet.
Owen, Mommy, and Sydney went and spent the afternoon on the last Friday before the end of Christmas break at Grammy Kitchen's classroom. Owen is chilling on the floor having fun.

This is Sydney's second ride on the Ferris wheel with Daddy and cousin Ryan.
Another cute picture of Owen going crazy over something.

Just a good updated picture of Owen playing with his christmas blocks.

Sydney way too excited on the morning of Christmas opening her presents.

Sydney after having just woken up on Christmas (second picture taken by our brand new camera.)

So I bought Suzanne and I's birthday cake from Coldstone Creamery (red velvet and cake batter ice cream cake.) So I called a couple days prior and said the inscription should be "Happy Birthday Brent & Suzanne." I picked it up on monday and it reads "Happy Brent and Suzanne." Gave me a good laugh. The cake was still delicious though.
Just a very cute picture of Sydney and Grammy Kitchen.

Grandma Forbush made this cute apron for Sydney which she has been wearing around and loves to put on and help "make things."

Sydney and Grandpa Forbush working setting up the Christmas tree together. Sydney had a blast and was so careful with all of the ornaments.

Before The Bodily Family left, we went for a hike out at the Moon Rocks. This is Daddy and Sydney after our playing around the rocks.

Lori and Scott gave us a bed frame which is for a full bed. We set it up and it is Sydney's bed which she loves.

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Pictures, Pictures and more pictures

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CHUNKER OWEN. Just cannot wait any longer for more of his rice cereal. (Funny thought because this highchair dwarfs him compared to when Sydney sits in it.)

Sydney and Owen both like to play with Owen's new bouncer. Owen loves to lay on his stomach and sit in his bouncer. NOT ON HIS BACK!! We hear that almost right away.

Owen eating more of his rice cereal. You can see how happy eating rice cereal makes him. Either that or daddy is making funny faces.
Sydney has taken on a strong love for both Grandmas and that was one of our deciding factors in returning closer to home. (though we are really close since we are living in Grandma Forbush's house till our's sells). Sydney immediately looks for Grandma every morning and Grandma is usually exercising. But when Grandma gets back, Sydney yells out a big "GRANDMA!"

See I was not kidding that Owen is big. This is a pretty recent picture and he has kept growing.

Owen and Sydney. Sydney loves to try and hold him though he is way too heavy for her. (You try holding something that weighs just as much as you do - or pretty darn close at least)

In addition to loving have Grandma around all day, Sydney has grown the same kind of love for popcorn that her Grandma forbush has. She wants it every Sunday night.

Sydney and see snow for that first time that she will probably actually remember seeing snow. She is so smart nowadays that I cannot even let her see her christmas presents otherwise she remembers what she is getting.

No News & No Luck

2008-12-01T21:13:00.000-08:00

Hi, its Brent!! I thought that I would help Suzanne with posting since we have not posted in a while and we thought it would be a good idea to update you all on our going abouts (or as much as we can that is for sure.) Well many of you are keenly aware that we are in the process of selling our house (or at least trying to). Well we had a couple that is friends of one of our neighbors down in Austin. The Couple, I guess, was supposedly very interested and was trying to work out details on what to do and how to do. They were even considering trying to rent our house. Well, it had been a waiting game for a short couple weeks because the couple supposedly had a son go into the hospital. Well yesterday, we got news that it appears that the couple is out of the market for whatever reason.

So we are kind of back to square one. I am not too pleased with our realtor right now because on top of the above, I just found out that the builder finally starting building new homes and one just like ours just became available and it has a lot more upgrades and they are only asking about 7K more than what we paid. The lady had 4-5 months to push the home with no new home inventory from the builder, now we might get squeezed by the builder out of competition. Now I am hoping not many other incentives that we cannot compete with but who knows, we shall see.

The new job is going great. As great as can be. We lost a few of the clients that we were expecting to take on when I got here. Mostly due to us dropping the ball on our end, but we have picked up some clients on other fronts to at least pick up the slack.

As far as kids go, they are still crazy and wild (especially Sydney). She is so funny, because she is so polite in her disobedience. We ask her to please eat some vegetables and she replies ever so nonchanlantly "No thank you." It is pretty cute and pretty darn funny.

Owen is a chunker. And when I say chunker, you better believe it. He is just over 5 months now (almost 6) and he has easily surpassed the 20 lbs barrier. So much so, that carrying him in the arms for more than 20 mins wears you because he is just so big and heavy. But he laughs a lot and is super ticklish. He is a lot of fun and gets stronger and smarter every day. Here are some pictures and I will upload and do more when I have a chance. A little out of order, but hey they work.

Sierra and Sydney. - The Houston Forbush Family came to our place in Austin to escape the ravages of Hurricane Ike in September. Luckily, we were dry as a desert and they place withstood the damage and got most utilities back up pretty quickly.

Sydney loves this cheapo sunglasses from Michaels. She wears them when we get in the car. Even funnier when it is really bright outside, she says "It's dark - I want my sunglasses." We are working on trying to get here to say, "It's bright!"

Megan Dayton, Sydney, and Bronwin Belanger (her friends) at our's and Zeb & Denise Petterborgs going away party in Hutto. Sydney is sure going to miss those friends she made.

Hurricane Ike

2008-09-14T21:16:00.003-07:00

Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that we are fine and the hurricane was not close enough to us to bother us at all. At one point we were going to get 2-6 inches of rain but in the end all we got was some wind, and even that wasn't bad.

Most Recent Family Photo

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Sydney fell asleep while on a lake, in a canoe!

Adventurous and Full of Energy!

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Just Sydney being her silly self!

Sydney loves this rocking horse we got from a family that was moving out of our ward.

My favorite face that Owen makes.

bats

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more pictures

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A few pictures

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OWEN (TBD) FORBUSH has Arrived!

2008-06-10T19:22:00.003-07:00

Many of you have received the emails I sent out last night. Ranging from anywhere to 3:30 am to 8 am. Baby Owen arrived this morning at 2:32 am to loving mom and dad. We had only arrived at the hospital at 1:30 am. Though Suzanne was having some contractions from like 10:30 pm on. It was kind of nice because she was to be induced at 6 am. So it came before.

Also because Suzanne was so far along and it went so quickly she was unable to receive an epidural. But nonetheless Mommy and little Baby Owen are doing just wonderfully resting in the hospital.

Here are some pictures for your enjoyment.

This picture you can tell - THE BOY HAS GOT SOME LUNGS! Good thing we were the only ones in Labor & Delivery at 2 am or this boy would have woken the whole block up. You can also see his weight pretty clearly. 9 lbs 7 oz. Coming in at a length of 20.5 inches.

What a great picture! Squeezed baby face!

This is Brent, Sydney and Owen. Sydney wanted to hold Own while sitting on Daddy's lap. Then she started thumping Owen's head or brushing it and saying Sssh Sssh!! A lot. Funny thing is - seems like Owen got all his screams and cries out at delivery (See picture above). He has been gentle, quiet and sleeping a lot since then. He was sleeping when Sydney was shushing him too.

Mom, Dad, and Baby Owen shortly after delivery. What a super trooper! No epidural from Suzanne and it looks like she is perfectly ok.!

Dad, Sydney and Owen enjoy some bonding time.

Some recent pictures.

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(Grandma Forbush & Sydney)

Our last family picture before our new addition comes (hopefully on Tuesday)!!

While I was cleaning out and updating a 72-hour kit Sydney discovered a whistle in the kit! We hid it (back in the kit) as soon as she was in bed!!

Sydney loves glasses. I found an old pair of my glasses and took the lenses out. She loves to wear them and be like Mommy!

Recent BBQ's

2008-06-09T20:16:00.005-07:00

We had a BBQ with a few of our neighbors for Memorial Day. It was originally a block party, but it ended up being just 3 houses. Sydney rode/carried her bike next door and then enjoyed riding scooters with Bob & Irene.

We had a pool party/birthday celebration for Sydney and one of her friends that has a birthday a few days after hers. Basically it was an excuse to BBQ and enjoy some time at the pool with friends. The kids enjoyed the chips the most.

Sydney & Mom

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Sydney turned 2!!!

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Sydney playing with her birthday presents- an Elmo backpack that she picked out herself and dragged all the way to the front of the store, and a great tool set! She loves to help with the tools whenever we are working on house projects so we found her some tools of her own! She loves them!

(She is putting her backpack in "her" cupboard- that is where she puts a lot of treasures!)

(In a new outfit from Grammy & Grandpy.)

Sydney had a great birthday on the 18th of May! She loved opening presents but enjoyed blowing out her candles even more. We had to light them a few times so she could blow them out again! And she successfully blew them out by herself!

Mother's Day

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Brent cooked a delicious meal for Mother's Day! We had fried rice and General Tso's chicken. He even prepared yummy vegetables to go with it! It was delicious! And Sydney loved that her Daddy was wearing Mommy's apron.

Just Sydney being cute!

2008-06-09T19:32:00.001-07:00

Sydney discovered the joy of eating cheetos!

Sydney is doing better!

2008-04-21T22:15:00.001-07:00

Sydney is now feeling much better- it was about a week of not feeling well but now she is more of her happy self. And she is sleeping better too! Hooray! She still wakes up once around midnight most nights but she is waking up around 6:00 am instead of 5am for the day so that is an improvement! I am starting to get worried/apprehensive/nervous about this baby coming soon. So I have made the goal to do one thing everyday that will help me prepare for either the labor or getting things ready for when they baby is home with us. I sorted through Sydney's old clothes on Saturday and pulled out anything that would work for a boy- and besides a few burp cloths/cloth diapers we have a few white or mostly white onsies and some white socks. I didn't realize how much stuff really was gender specific. So now I have a starting point and am going to work on getting a few things for each age range and at least a box of diapers before this baby comes.

Sydney now likes to sit and look at books on her own!! It is adorable! She loves to read books and play outside. It is starting to really heat up here so we will have to start going to the swimming pool in our neighborhood. And we have started potty training Sydney. We got her a special stool and smaller seat that goes on the toilet and she loves it.

Her favorite food right now is probably popsicles- and that would be anything that is frozen- yogurt, fruit, and actual popsicles. She calls them popcorn. She will sit on the rug in the kitchen and wait for me to get her one. For some reason she loves to sit on that rug and if it has any thing on it that shouldn't be there she will sit there and pick it off- so I try and shake it out regularly. And she loves to look at pictures of people, especially the family calender we got for Christmas! She loves to look at it and name or have us name everyone who is on each page.

The past few months have been busy. For Christmas Brent was able to get 2 weeks off from work so we went to Sparks Nevada to spend the holidays with family. In March we flew to Utah for Grandpa Young's funeral (my mom's dad), had a little over a week at home in Texas and then flew back to Utah for my sister Jill's wedding and stayed a few extra days for our last vacation before our little boy joins us in June (he still doesn't have a name). Then we got back and Sydney got sick. So after last week things are finally settling back to normal. Sydney even liked nursery this past week. She normally would cling to us like glue and not want to go, and sometimes would cry even with us in nursery with her. Hopefully next Sunday will be even better and I might be able to sneak out and listen to some of the lessons instead of getting to play in nursery. Brent has been filling in for either the Primary pianist or the chorister lately so he hasn't made it to class either, but he enjoys being in Primary so he doesn't mind.

Here are a few pictures that we have taken recently:

Sydney loved these little chairs at her Great-Grandma & Grandpa Forbushes house!

Brent and his Grandma Forbush mending his torn jeans- with duct tape! He tore his only pair of jeans while in Utah and mended them just in case he had to wear them- the few days we had left he wore shorts, fortunately it wasn't too cold.

Brent, his Grandpa Forbush and Sydney.

Eastering with some of the Young clan. Our family tradition is to go out in the middle of nowhere (in former years we went to the West side of Utah lake, but it is now private property and becoming very developed) and celebrate the Saturday before Easter Sunday. We circle the wagons, just our chairs really, and enjoy lunch, a lot of junk food, Grandma's famous Peanut Butter Easter Eggs (and marshmallow eggs for those who like them). We hide Easter Eggs among the sage brush that have been filled with treats and money, and let the little kids have an Easter Egg hunt. And we roll colored eggs down a very rocky hill and see whose can make it the farthest without breaking, and then some of the kids throw the eggs at each other- it gets a little ugly sometimes. Those who are interested can also ride four-wheelers and have a little target practice, not at the same time though.

Some of the group going for a hike up a rather steep hill. Even Sydney wanted to do it- she made it pretty far and then Brent carried her on his shoulders.

Sydney rolling an egg down the hill.
The Easter Egg Hunt! Sydney would pick up an egg and shake it and if it didn't make a noise she would put it back. Brent had to open a few to show her that even if it didn't make a noise it still had something yummy in it.

Enjoying some chocolate while opening the eggs!
Erika (my twin) & I with Sydney & Katie (Erika's youngest)

"Sisters, Sisters, there were never such devoted sisters"
The Happy Couple!!

Jill & Jay with Kylee & Haley holding up Jill's train so it didn't drag along the ground.
The Grandkids minus Megan, Katie & Lauren (wrapped up somewhere since it was a bit cold).

Some older pictures

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Just Sydney being cute. Her hair now stays up in 2 pig tails! (I cut her bangs around Valentine's Day.)

A few pictures from Grandpa Young's funeral.

Sydney loves babies! She has two dolls that are her babies and she was holding them, reading them stories, shushing them and I think even singing to them! This was just a phase though- she previously was in a phase where she would twirl one of them around by her hair and the other she didn't care for as much. Now she has to sleep with them and for at least one of them had to come with us anytime we went for a walk or in the car!

Having fun with a big box! This entertained her for days! She colored it and kept treasures in it (like her copy of The Book of Mormon, bubbles, crayons, and anything she wanted to keep close)!

Posing for the camera!

The Forbush Clan

Sydney playing with her cousin Sierra.

Sydney opening her Christmas Eve present (PJ's- a Forbush family tradition).

She was so excited!

Sydney enjoying popcorn and a a rootbeer freeze with her dad!

Finally an update!

2008-04-07T07:33:00.002-07:00

Sydney has been sick the past week and it has been rough on all of us I think. She had a really high fever on Sunday and we took her to the doctor on Monday and they did a few tests but everything came back normal so they didn't know what was wrong with her either and just said to keep her comfortable with Tylenol or Motrin to manage her fever. She no longer has a fever but is very irritable still. We changed her bed into a toddler bed and she was okay with it but then if she woke up in the middle of the night she couldn't get back to sleep, so today it got changed back into a crib. So we shall see how today and the next few days go.

2007-11-10T20:20:00.000-08:00

Halloween

Sydney's cute ladybug costume! She had fun walking around the neighborhood with some friends. She didn't really get the whole trick-or-treating thing and was too shy to walk up to most of the houses. She would get halfway to the door and freeze. If no one had answered the door yet she would usually go all the way to the porch, but there were too many strangers for her to handle. We just went around our block and then headed to the church building for a trunk-or-treat.

2007-11-10T20:12:00.000-08:00

Uh-Oh

Sydney somehow got a mini bag of M&M's on the way to the church and sucked all the chocolate out of the bag. By the time we got to the church and Brent tried to safely get her out of the car without getting smeared with chocolate she had eaten all of the M&M's and had even put the bag in her mouth! We quickly got the bag out and got her cleaned off. And miraculously she only had a few dots of chocolate on her dress which all came out in the wash! Hooray!

Just a family picture at the truck-or-treat. Brent was a BYU fan, Sydney a ladybug and I was a coygirl- unfortunately my belt buckel didn't make it into the picture!

"Family Day at the Park"

2007-11-10T20:03:00.000-08:00

The city had a "Family Day at the Park" and brought hula hoops and jump ropes, as well as a few other things for the kids to play with. It was fun. Sydney was watching the other kids hula hoop and wanted to try.

2007-09-23T21:54:00.000-07:00

Sydney loves to read books before bedtime and nap time. I usually pick out a few and let her choose which one she wants to read. Sometimes she really has a hard time deciding and looks at each book and pauses at each one, but those days are rare lately. Her favorite book right now is The Book of Mormon Stories. We are on our second time through it in less than 2 weeks and she is just starting to let me read other books to her. I still let her pick every time, but she doesn't labor over the decision at all! She takes on look at the other book and either grabs and and drops it to the floor or pushes it away from her. She then grabs the one she really wants to read (The Book of Mormon Stories), gets into position in the chair and helps me open it. And if I am reading too slow she helps me turn the pages. If I try to read a different book to her she helps turn the pages as fast as she can or just forces it closed. At least she likes a good one! I checked out The New Testament Stories from our ward library to see if she would like that one as well. That's our funny girl!!

2007-09-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

Sydney moved my step stool, which is one of her favorite places to sit, from the kitchen to the side of the couch and climbed right up. I don't know why she does things sometimes!

While Brent was out home teaching this afternoon, Sydney and I watched/listened to a recording of Music & The Spoken Word. I had watched it while Sydney was napping and thought she might enjoy it because is had children singing. And sure enough she loved it! With her sippy cup and animal crackers she climbed right into her chair and soaked it all in. Once it got to the part where the children sang she was done, but it was nice while it lasted!

Hats

2007-09-23T21:27:00.000-07:00

Sydney loves to put things on her head. Most days she sticks to her actual hat, an old ice cream bucket, or her dad's bike helmet, but today it was her lunch bowl. Fortunately she dumped the food out first!

Our Little Climber!!

2007-09-23T21:08:00.000-07:00

Sydney has been getting better at climbing lately. She has been climbing onto the couch for a few weeks and she likes to climb out of our neighborhood pool the hard way, up the side, instead of walking up the sloped part. This past Wednesday she made her most daring move of all! In a matter of minutes she figured out how to open the drawers under the TV, empty the middle row of CDs and use the drawer as a step! The next day she decided it would be fun to use an old ice cream bucket as a step to reach and see higher in the kitchen. She puts it upside down next to the cupboards and pulls herself on top of the bucket, then she decided to use boxes and open the doors to the cupboards and peer over the top of the door. Cute, but scary at the same time!

Sorry for the blurry picture but I just couldn't leave it out.

As soon as she saw that I had the camera she started to climb down. It makes taking pictures very hard when she is fascinated with the camera!

Here is a cute video of her getting down- she is so smart!

2007-09-23T21:06:00.000-07:00

We had some delicious corn-on-the-cob a few weeks ago and Sydney dug right in! She loved it and quickly figured out how to eat it just like Mommy! She was so cute that we quickly grabbed the camera and Brent took a picture, that's when Sydney said "cheese" for the first time!! We didn't even prompt her to do it, she just said it when she saw the camera! Of course we then said it over and over again and she would repeat it each time. The picture of her squinting is in the middle of her "cheese."

Cheese!

Enjoying graham crackers and frosting for the first time with Dad!! She had to eat it just like he would, take a graham cracker and scrap it along the frosting!

2007-09-23T20:48:00.000-07:00

Sydney tried dipping graham crackers in milk and she loved it!!

We had hamburgers one night and I held mine out to Sydney so she could try a bite and she decided that she had to hold it by herself and claimed it as her own. Brent had to put it back together a few times because the meat would slip out but she thoroughly enjoyed it- especially the ketchup- it is one of her favorite things now- she even tried dipping green beans in it (green beans are her favorite veggie).

Her big cheesy grin!! She likes to smile for the camera!

2007-09-23T20:17:00.000-07:00

Sydney's Favorite thing is the phone, as long as no one is talking back on it. She loves to carry it around and push buttons and talk with it up to her ear just like Mommy & Daddy! As soon as we actually call someone on it though she goes as quiet as a mouse and doesn't say much.

2007-09-15T13:46:00.000-07:00

July 6, 2007

Mom & Sydney in July

Happy Birthday!!

2007-05-22T14:56:00.000-07:00

I made Sydney this butterfly cake for her birthday- I didn't realize until posting the pictures that I put the number 1 on her cake backwards. Oops.

Sydney didn't care to blow the candle out, she wanted to touch it instead.

Sydney loved the frosting and the ice cream the best- mostly the ice cream!! She wasn't really interested in the cake itself.

Sydney with her birthday hat on! She didn't like it one bit and barely let it on long enough for a picture.

2007-05-22T14:48:00.000-07:00

Sydney discovered the pots & pans!

Sydney wanted to eat the potato soup Brent & I were eating for dinner, so she helped herself to a spoon! (She loved the soup!)

Sydney loves to help us empty the dishwasher!

2007-05-22T14:45:00.001-07:00

Sydney's first time swimming!! At first she was a little scared- but she warmed up to the water pretty fast- she loves it now!

2007-03-14T09:56:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to share my weeding experience with everyone. Yesterday while Sydney was taking her morning nap I worked on weeding our front yard. In an hour and a half, I almost finished weeding in front of our fence (it is in the picture below- I did the dead looking part). Our lawn is starting to get green, but most of the green you see is from the weeds. By the time Sydney woke up (I brought her outside so I could put the bag of weeds away) I had finished a section that started about 5.5 feet wide and ended about 7 feet wide and 33 feet long. (I had to make the area wider as I went to pave the way for my garbage bag!) Just out of curiosity I weighed the bag- 15 lbs!!! I probably looked kinda funny too- it was a warm morning and I was outside in long pants and a long sleeve shirt, with a hat on and bright orange gardening gloves- with wet knees because it had rained the night before! I hope you have a nice mental image of that!

Sydney loved being outside!!

I brought Sydney outside with me while I did some weeding and she didn't stay on the blanket for very long- she pulled grass up by the handfuls, but she liked the leaves the best.
She will only keep her hat on if we are in the sun and I have a hat on also, otherwise she pulls it right off!

Sydney has been making fishy lips for a long time and we finally got a picture of it!! It is the funniest thing to see! Sometimes she will only do it once, and other days she does it over and over again.

2007-02-26T19:48:00.000-08:00

Sydney playing peek-a-boo!

She likes to pull everything off of the top of the table. She has just started to pull herself up with things, she only gets as high as her knees right now!

I keep some of Sydney's toys in this end-table. She hasn't figured out how to open it yet, I have to get it started for her and then she will push the door out of the way and commence with the emptying! And she loves to play peek-a-boo around it! She finally rolled 3 times in a row a few days ago! She has just realized that by rolling around and turning herself a little she can reach more things. (pictures taken 2/7/07)

2007-02-26T19:46:00.000-08:00

She really wants to get the book off the table.

She has started moving- she isn't crawling yet. She leans forward on her hands has started to reach for things, but one leg gets in the way. But she is figuring it out! And as soon as she gets what she was reaching for she rolls right onto her back to play with it!

She has started jabbering, especially at night. Now if she is mad, she talks (yells) and cries instead of just crying. She is really a funny kid. (pictures taken 2/7 and 2/21)

2007-02-26T19:40:00.000-08:00

Sydney's new bed with the blanket Grandma made for her.

And don't worry- the side goes up, and I only put it down for the picture, plus she can't get to a sitting position by herself yet, almost, but not yet. (pictures taken 2/5)

SYDNEY

2007-01-31T15:40:00.000-08:00

Sydney still loves water bottles- empty or full.

And she loves to eat- today was a particularly messy one.

January's Ice Storm

2007-01-31T15:33:00.000-08:00

The ice storm was quite an adventure. Brent's car was completely iced over, most of the roads were closed (the office Brent works in was closed for 3 days- so everyone had to work from home). We had big iscles hanging from our house. The windows, sidewalks and plants were all coated with ice.

Pictures from the ice storm

2007-01-31T15:32:00.000-08:00

Sydney & Grandpa Young

2007-01-31T15:31:00.001-08:00

Liz & Sydney

2007-01-31T15:30:00.000-08:00

Beautiful Sydney!

2006-09-24T13:40:00.000-07:00

Books

2006-09-24T13:14:00.000-07:00

Sydney loves books!! She used to be content to let me hold them and read to her, but now she likes to have at least one hand on the book. And she loves to help turn the page, but she usually turns them the wrong way!

Sydney sucking her thumb!

2006-09-22T17:41:00.000-07:00

2006-09-22T17:40:00.000-07:00

Sydney found her toes one day while she was having her diaper changed, and grabbed them later that day while in her chair, but hasn't much since then.

2006-09-18T22:08:00.000-07:00

Sydney in a new dress & her first pair of tights. She is in her 3-6 month clothes now!

2006-09-18T21:25:00.000-07:00

Sydney loves to lay on her side, especially when sleeping!

Sydney's 1st trip to Sparks, NV

2006-09-18T14:36:00.000-07:00

Grandma & Sydney

2006-09-18T14:06:00.000-07:00

They were all a little distracted by the TV, especially Sydney.

2006-09-18T13:35:00.000-07:00

Sydney with her Grandma Forbush.

hair

2006-02-08T20:34:00.000-08:00

I just got my hair trimmed, same basic style, I just had about 2 inches cut off.

Pregnancy Update

2006-02-08T20:24:00.000-08:00

Just an update on my growing belly! Not a very flattering picture, but that is me.

2005-05-09T22:11:00.000-07:00

Liz & Dad swapped skiis- and boots! Dad has some new bindings and wanted Liz to try them. It was more like ice skating than skiing that day.

2005-05-09T22:09:00.000-07:00

The snow was icy, but we still had fun!

2005-05-09T22:08:00.001-07:00

Doesn't Liz look great!!

2005-05-09T22:08:00.000-07:00

Dad on the icy snow at Tahoe Meadows.

2005-05-09T22:05:00.000-07:00

Dad's memorable skiing attire!

2005-05-09T22:04:00.000-07:00

Before crosscountry skiing...

2005-05-09T22:02:00.000-07:00

Liz & Haley swinging at Thanksgiving.

2005-05-09T22:00:00.000-07:00

Haley helping Brent- supervised by Annette, the master at reading Snow White!

2005-05-09T21:59:00.000-07:00

Brent trying to read Snow White to Haley.

2005-05-09T21:58:00.000-07:00

Haley found a purse...

2005-05-09T21:57:00.001-07:00

The family watching Jill unwrap her presents!

2005-05-09T21:57:00.000-07:00

New clothes!!

2005-05-09T21:56:00.000-07:00

Still helping!

2005-05-09T21:55:00.000-07:00

Haley loved helping Jill with her birthday presents!

2005-05-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

Grandpa & Haley napping!

2005-05-09T21:32:00.000-07:00

Entertaining Haley last October.

2005-04-16T12:27:00.002-07:00

The Easter Egg Hunt!

2005-04-16T12:27:00.001-07:00

Kylee really liked the candy!

2005-04-16T12:27:00.000-07:00

Kylee & Brian playing at Grandma Young's house.

2005-04-16T12:16:00.000-07:00

Haley loved the dirt. We had fun digging!

2005-04-16T12:15:00.000-07:00

The boys just relaxing by the fire.

2005-04-16T12:13:00.000-07:00

Liz running her first 5 mile race!

2005-04-16T12:00:00.000-07:00

Paul & Jill got a little muddy on the four-wheeler.

2005-04-16T11:59:00.000-07:00

Haley loves babies!

2005-04-16T11:58:00.000-07:00

Haley emptying her eggs.

2005-04-16T11:57:00.000-07:00

After the race. It was a hot day in Moab.

2005-04-16T11:56:00.000-07:00

Liz's finish line!

2005-04-16T11:53:00.000-07:00

Liz running her first 5 mile race!
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