about time...

Yeah i know it has been a really really really LONG time!
Alot has happened, and luckily i have taken some pictures! bear with me here, im too busy and tired to proof them all or resize them.. just straight from the camera today!
I like us to get out and to the library often, Kason loves books. He loves to sit down and strum through the pages or eat them... he likes to eat them alot. lol here is Kason hamming it up at the library. he loves getting SUPER close to the camera and open his mouth HUGE like he's eating it lol.
At one of my baby showers Kason got this Thomas the Train toy. Until now he's been to small for it and i had it up in his closet. I finally grabbed it and brought it down and he has loved it ever since!
sorry this picture is blurry but still cute!
Our ward had a fall festival and As activity day leader i had to be there with my girls helping out in the booths we set up and ran. Logan brought Kason over after it started and he enjoyed it alot. He ate cookies and "played" games.
This is Kason as the "Ninja Shepard" lol! At the fall festival they had the kids dress up as characters in the manger scene for our christmas party in a couple weeks. They didn't want to mess up Kason's fohawk so they just tied a strip of fabric around his forehead.. it was super cute!
Kason's walking skills are outstanding and now he pretty much runs everywhere now and is brave and will walk away from us (we watch him no worries!) he usually turns back to see if we are watching.
After the carnival Kason got a good nap in and it wasn't raining so we met up with my friend Brooke and her daughter Breanna and went to a local park. It was getting dark but it wasn't freezing out or anything so we hurried up and got there so the kids could play
see it wasnt TOO dark or anything.. i hate how early it gets now..
And this is proof i have a friend! this is Brooke! see she is real!
Kason and Breanna going down the slide.. love kason's style!
Hello there kiddos!
Kason kept putting his face between the bars and laughing!
This boy loves to climb!
HELLO KASON!
He loves the swirly slide, but in the bend he would end up flipping and rolling down so Brooke would have to help (notice the hands)
When Kason gets tired he will lay down whever he is and rub his head into a blanket, pillow, our legs etc. etc.Kason just chillin on the blanket.
I love his big eyes!
I was looking through Craiglist one day and i found these for 5 bucks! and i offered 3 and she said YES! how cute? they are pretty much new hardly worn, or at least it sure doesn't look at way. They are a bit big, but he loves to play with them and when he stomps around in them its so funny and cute!Cute huh! foggie boots!
And finally i got to go see TWILIGHT!! and i have to say it was GOOD! i liked it alot, a few things bugged me in it, but they were minor.
This is just part of the group. In the picture from left to right (top row) Grandma Della, Aunt Jean, Amy, Mom, Me (bottom row) Aunt Erlean, Aunt Patty. We had 12 people in our group- missing from the picture is my aunt Cathy and her SIL Holly, My cousin Tommie (she took the picture), Carrie, and Logan! yes he went and he liked it too!
My mom and her girls!
Thanks giving was great. Logan has always played Turkey bowl (football) in Shelton since he was like 12? anywho so we headed on out to shelton to play (kason and i watched)
Kason all already to go! Logan had fun. He scored 4 touchdowns and Kason took a nap! I got to read more of book so it was all very wonderful! We then went to my Grandpa and Grandma McGuire's and had a yummy dinner and enjoyed being with family. Logan and eric checking out the black friday ads. It wasn't too long until we had a line of us going through the ads... the papers were passed from eric through about 7 people to matthew!
This is Maegan as you all know, my adorable sweet niece!
Maegan and Kason. Too bad i didn't take a picture of his cute outfit.. i will soon! :)
I have a few pictures of my grandma but she would kill me if i posted them, she was lying on the ground while maegan gave her a back rub.
Logan and I did the crazy up at 4:30am shopping on Black Friday. We scored though. And im happy to say all is packed and already done for christmas! go me!!
So its happened. Kason has figured out how to open the gate.. well just one. the Wooden Pressure gate. He figured out how to push his knee up to pop it up, then climb over it. He then did the following:
He has also gotten into taking off his socks.. i find them everywhere!
I must have only gotten video of it, but he has soda cans everywhere! and was trying to drink out of each of them! it was pretty funny and cute. i will upload video soon.How cute is he! He has been more and more personality these days.. didnt think he could get more! he is STUBBORN and im not surprised you all know me and how stubborn i am (yes i admit it) and logan is stubborn too.. so our kids are doomed! lol He is usually happy and loved to explore and get into everything!This is his new smile.. it has to be a McGee thing because i have pictures of Logan from when he was really little and he was doing that same smile, and there are pictures of his cousins doing it too!
If you look in the background of the last picture you can see my lastest finished project. I bought the fabric at Ikea back in March and FINALLY made them!! they are fun and funky tree curtians!! :) yay! i love them.
well thats all for now.. i will have more up soon!

Painting Fun and new little one

On Tuesday I had Brinnon and Samantha over while Adam and Carrie went out to dinner for their 8th anniversary! CONGRATS GUYS! :)
We played and played and then Brinnon helped me make dinner and then we painted. Brinnon did great keeping it all on the paper, while Kason kept it on the paper, then took the paper and rubbed it all over the top of his Head like a blanket! lol my crazy child. Then Brinnon wanted to be painted too, so we painted faces. here are some pictures to enjoy.
This is Kason towards the middle of our painting fun.
and Brinnon after I painted his nose and that heart, he did the rest.



Samantha just chilled the whole time, such a beautiful easy child!
myself after Brinnon painted my face. pretty stylish huh?
and Kason at the end of it all.
Kason's try at hair dying.. getting better!of course we had to take a bath... the water was purple by the end of the bath! lol
I love that Kason is getting older because now he plays very well with others. him and Brinnon played with all the toys in the bath together so well it was nice :)

OH and i wanted to share with you a new little one in our house
This is Oliver! I watch him a few hours a day while his momma works and his daddy is at some classes for college. He is such a happy easy going baby! he loves the swing, our playpen with the mobile and being held and cuddles! its fun to have a little one in the house again and Kason does SO well with him too! its nice! yay!

Bath Time

Kason loves to take baths, and for his birthday he got alot of toys for the bath! So i figured we needed pictures.. last time i got pictures of him in the bath he was 2 weeks old! crazyi love this shot with the water running and all his toys and a big ol smile!so we have a stupid tub that doesn't plug so we have to run the water the whole time!!i love this picture his smile!!
So my camera has the option of color selection. I thought its cool. I guess abit of his hair is orange! lol

Kason's Surgery

So on Monday (november 3) Kason had surgery to put tubes in his ears because he has had so many problems with his ears. We hope the best from this surgery!
Everything went well and Kason was a champ! Logan has monday's off and i got it off and we spent the day relaxing after the surgery.Kason before we left at 7am. He got to bring his blanket and pick a toy and he was attached to this puppy that our friends Jess and Geoff got his for his B-day
Logan and Kason outside the surgery center.
Kason in his studly medical gown!
Before he got medicated
showing off the diaper!!
Kason after they give him a "cocktail" of drugs before he went into surgery
he was freaking funny to watch because it was like he was drunk lol.. he could not walk straight or stand up. He kept poking me in slow motion it was funny.
here is a video of him trying to walk. LOL
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after they took him we went out to the waiting room and about 10 minutes later the doctor came out and told us he was great and everything was done!! I got to go back there shortly after. he was waking up from the meds and was screaming but after a few minutes he calmed down. We went home and he napped for a while and the rest of the day was like normal!
so far everything is great and i'm super happy we made the decision to go ahead and have this surgery.

play dough

So growing up my mom made play dough. She hated the smell of the store bought stuff, yeah the smell lol. love you mom! i dont think i even realized you could buy that stuff until i was older!
While working at Cst we always made play dough for the kiddos. There are TONS of different kinds you can make i.e.-kool-aid, peanut butter, etc. etc. etc. well experimenting with all those kinds i have come to one conclusion.. Mamma knows best! My mom's so far has been the best in texture, not being sticky, lasting, etc. etc.
So on my "nothing to do Saturday" kason and i stayed in jammies all day and watched movies and MADE PLAY DOUGH!!
SO here is the recipe-
-ingredients-
2 1/2 Cups Flour
1TBS alum (or cream of tarter)
1/2 Cup salt
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2Cups boiling water
2TBS oil
Food Coloring
Here is the stuff you need
step one- mix all dry ingredients (the first three) in a large mixing bowl
Step two- pour your water, oil, and food coloring in a sauce pan on high heat until it boils. (i waited to put my food coloring until it was all mixed because i wanted different colors and i have a paste food coloring)
Step Three- once it boils pour into flour mix and mix with a spoon, then kneed together while it is still warm/hot. I added my coloring after it was all kneeded.
end result-
A toddler who doesnt know what the heck his mommy just gave him
and something kason thinks he should eat (its harmless)
And a mommy who has way to much creativity built up. (this is a monster)
and this is me on a beach (i didnt have sand color so i used green.. grass?)
when done put in ziplocks and label. I put the date i made it and then the date it should be thrown out.. about 2-3 weeks.
enjoy!

young @ heart

So I picked up movies at blockbuster today and i saw a movie "young@heart" and thought it looked funny.. i thought it was a movie about elderly people in a choir doing modern songs... well i wasn't far off, but instead of a movie its a documentary and it was really good. if you watch this, have a few tissue's at hand. Its super super good and i really want to show this following clip.

once you watch the movie you will understand why i am showing this clip. I cried. I cried alot during this part because it was so meaningful.
I am not a documentary fan, but i watched this one and was inspired. really watch it.
They are a real choir that started back in the 80's with classic music and one day during a performance one of them got up and sang a loud punkish song and everyone loved it so since then they sing punk, rock, classic, FUN songs and its awesome. They have sang songs from The Clash, The beatles, Cold Play, James Brown, Sting, etc. etc. etc.
and i am putting this clip up because its just awesome and made me laugh.
CLICK ME CLICK ME

move it move it move it!

So yesterday was a great day.
i love halloween so i was excited for Kason to dress up, light the pumpkins, and have fun.
Well it got EVEN BETTER!! last week Clara and Derek bought me a present but i didn't know what it was and wouldn't know until my last day with them, well Clara really can't keep surprises to her self lol and so she had me open it yesterday.. and low and behold guess what was in the Amazon box??Pretty huh? Its a PINK (yes PINK!) Cannon Powershot SD1100 IS and it is BEAUTIFUL! now you ask why give me a camera? Well they wanted to get me something to say thanks and all that wonderfulness, because ya know im the best nanny ever! lol come on you know it! hee hee just kidding who.. and why give me a camera when i already have a really nice one that i LOVE? well because that camera is BIG and i love it but its hard to take places and lug around like the fair, bowling, camping, etc. etc. etc. so i usually borrow Clara and Derek's extra and so i was so excited that the gave me this camera! also it takes VIDEO! which im excited about because i like taking video's of Kason, pictures are nice but what about first steps, words, etc. etc. so im excited!! :)
speaking of video's.. here is one of Kason walking!

Halloween went very well. I got off early and Kason and I came home and saw Logan for a few minutes before he had to go off to work. Then Kason and i chilled for a bit, ran to the store to get last minute candy for our few trick or treaters, and then i had a job interview that i pray i get. Its for a sweet 6week baby boy. its part time but i would be able to watch him in my own home and hopefully get another job watching a kid before and after school to help out with the pay. im excited and i really like the parents they seem so nice so i hope it all works out well.

After that we went over to the Trunk-or-Treat at our church. It was fun and Kason got too much Candy but of course he liked it.

Then we ran over to Logan's Dad and Step mom's house and chatted for a bit and visited. They have been gone for over 4months in California for the Shipyard. So its nice to have them back.

Then we ran over to Papa Murphy's picked up pizza and yummy cheesy bread and came home. We let Kason stay up late, eating cheesy bread and some candy he loved it and it was great just hanging out all three of us. I think Kason went to bed at 11pm! yeah he is in bed by 8pm but he did great and loved playing with Daddy. and it was awesome because he slept in until 10:30am this morning! yeah it has been a long time since i slept in and today we have NO PLANS! yay so we have been just chillin and relaxing together, kason and i, logan is at work :( anywho well here are some pictures of last night, they are straight from the camera so if you click on them they will be HUGE and also the lighting it not the best, sorry.
Clara found this baby devil binky at the store and had to get it for Kason, super cute huh?
Me and Kason at the Trunk or Treat.. just look at him eye the candy! lol he sucked on that the whole time... it was a closed packaged twizler.. man he loved it.
Kason stole a sucker from me! lol
Papa McGee feeding Kason Chocolate. Since they have been gone for 4 months Kason doesn't know them a whole lot so Alan thought it would be great to bribe Kason with Chocolate.
Kason at the end of the night playing with Logan's hat. he loves his daddy's hat and puts it on and crawls around the house with it, super cute!

pumpkin seeds

do you like pumpkin seeds? we do. growing up my mom always soaked them in salt water and then baked them and put more salt on... well the other day i was looking around on allrecipes and found a recipe for spiced pumpkin seeds.. so when we carved our pumpkins i clean them all out.. TOOK FOREVER and then i went ahead and soaked them in saltwater over night, well it ended up being for two nights lol because we got so busy!! then i mixed it all up and baked it! can you say YUMMA?!looks good huh? (pssstt. i love my lense lol)
here is the recipe.
spiced pumpkin seeds

ingredients

• 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds
  

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (135 degrees C).
2. Combine the margarine, salt, garlic salt, Worcestershire sauce and pumpkin seeds. Mix thoroughly and place in shallow baking dish.
3. Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

NOTE-i added Johnny's Seasons (seasoning salt) and NO salt because i soaked it in salt water and it was REALLY YUMMY!!
enjoy

tagged

hola amigos!
i was tagged by my sister. its an easy one. go to your 4th folder and then get your 4th picture and post it... funny thing is i had to go to my 4th folder, then the 4th folder in that then the 4th picture! lol gotta love it :) it either means i have WAY to many pictures or i am super organized with folders.. i go with the organized optionhere is my picture.. apparently Kason was not happy at that moment. this is from when all us girls got together at my sisters house and made cookies for christmas.. december 1st 2007 this was taken.. look at how little Kason was! and Hannah!!
i tag Traci, Brooke, and Amy F.

carvin time!

I love to carve pumpkins, but by the time i am almost done, im not such a big fan. good thing its only once a year right? lol
Logan has been off hunting and usually would get back tomorrow but he was nice enough to come home night and carve pumpkins with me. He isn't the biggest pumpkin carving fan, infact he really didn't want to do it, but he did because he knew i wanted him to. love that man!
Oh! also the other day Adam came over and we were messing around with my lens which is a cannon 50mm (which i got 4 years ago and NEVER worked with my camera) well guess what? it works now! crazy huh!?? so i used it tonight and I LOVE IT because it allows so much more light in and with our apartment thats a HUGE plus!!
Kason after he freed him self from his costume. yes we put him in it already.. logan is working halloween so i thought we would get him all dressed up so he could see him walk around with the monkey tail! too bad i didnt get pictures! lol
we cut open the top of Kason's pumpkin and let him dig in, which i was thinking he would LOVE and get all messy.. yeah nope.. this was his reaction... (look below)
He pulled his hand out quick and crawled away, FAST! lol he wanted nothing to do with that pumpkin.
i realized that i have not gotten any pictures of him walking, besides that video i posted a bit ago. so i snapped a couple today.. check out our baby!
(lid is on) Kason saw Logan's coke bottle and picked it up and tried to drink it like a sippy cup! lol
our finished products.. can you tell which one logan did? (hint its the spongebob lol) for someone not wanting to carve he did an amazing job, blew me out of the water.. seriously he did AWESOME! i carved an owl (yes my pumpkin is white and i LOVE it) and i carved a jack-o-lantern face for Kason's because by the time i finished my owl i was so ready to be done.
OH.. the other day while i was at the store i saw this...
and had to get it for logan. Its a Jones Soda with John McCain on it and the flavor of the soda is "pure McCain" (they use sugar cane in the soda) so its funny. logan got a good laugh from it. :)