Froggie Heaven

Our frog named Two-dale died last week after living a pretty good life at the Deputy home. Asher and I flushed him down the toilet and said a little prayer for him. I told Asher that Two-dale went to froggie heaven and that he is happy. Now Coronado is all alone in his little froggie fish tank.

A few days after we flushed Two-dale down the toilet Asher woke up early in the morning and came into my room looking a little groggy and asked me "Mom, why does pee and poop go to froggie heaven?" I just busted up laughing! Then he said "Why is that funny Mom?" He had been mulling over that question for a while. What a cutie! He always has a funny comment or question for me. It seems like he never stops!

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving this year at Mike & Sheila's.  I love this time of year when we get to spend quality time with our family and remember all of the things in life that we are thankful for.  It is a tradition at the Deputy house to go around the table and take turns saying what we are thankful for.  It was very touching to hear all of the comments made.  Asher and I decorated a gingerbread house and Oaklie had her very first taste of turkey and sweet potatoes.  I can't wait for Christmas!!!

  

Look at the concentration!  Justin and Christian playing Rock Band.

Gingerbread house before...

... and after!

Oaklie sitting in the bean bag chair reading her new thanksgiving book.

Family picture on Thanksgiving

Halloween

It's been a while since I have posted anything... I was having some technical difficulties with my computer but everything is back in business now.  Our halloween this year was so much fun.  Asher decided that he wanted to be Darth Vader and he wanted Oaklie to be "the little green guy with big ears" (Yoda).  We did trick-or-treat street, the Witch festival (at Gardner Village), and the trunk-or-treat at our church.  Halloween is Asher's favorite time of the year because he LOVES all things scary.  I honestly don't think that he is afraid of anything.  We missed the Scarecrow festival this year because of the Triathlon and Asher was sad because they have a really cool haunted house that he loved last year and he did it over and over and over (even when he was only 2!)  

Asher and Justin after carving pumpkins

The trunk-or-treat

Asher was so sad that he couldn't be Darth Vader for his pre-school Halloween party.  The don't allow "masks" or "weapons" in school so we used our fireman costume as a back up.  I think he looks pretty dang cute!

Going into trick-or-treat street

Asher met a storm trooper at trick-or-treat street and, of course, they had to battle.

The Triathlon

I am so proud of my awesome husband!  He finished his first olympic distance triathlon this weekend in Powell.  This wasn't just his first olympic distance tri, but it was his first tri ever.  Most people start out with the sprint distance but not Justin.  If you are going to do it you might as well go all the way.  Right?  Many thanks to his sister Jesica who instigated the whole thing and who also participated in the event.  One day out of the blue Justin gets off of his butt, buys a bike, swim goggles, and running shoes and decides that he is going to train for a triathlon.  I was a little skeptical at first but he proved that he was serious when he commenced his five month long training program.  He stuck with the training the best he could while working full time and helping me raise our two adorable little munchkins.  I can honestly say that I have never been prouder of my awesome, sexy, triathlete husband!!  It was so much fun to sit and cheer him on.  Plus, I am always looking for a good excuse to go to Lake Powell. 

Justin coming off the swim

Jesica after the LONG run up the boat ramp

Jess looking good on the bike

Justin starting the last leg of the race

Family pic after the race

Lake Powell Baby!

We spent last weekend at my second favorite place in the whole world (fist being Carlsbad)...  Lake Powell baby!  We drove down there on Thursday night and had a great three day weekend hanging out on the boat and watching Justin and Jessica compete in the Lake Powell olympic distance triathlon (more to come).  The weather was beautiful and warm for October.  Everybody got in the water to swim at some point.  Even little Oaklie went for a swim.  It was a well needed vacation for our little family.  

Asher looking cute

Me and Asher on a hike

On the boat in the morning

Jess and Oaklie after the race

Look who's crawling!

Our little Oaklie has been crawling for a little over a week now.  Pretty good considering Asher didn't start crawling until he was nine months old.  She is starting to get into all sorts of stuff and loves to play with everything except her baby toys.  Asher has been really careful to pick up all of his little toys that could be dangerous for Oaklie to put in her mouth.  I honestly don't know how anybody reaches adulthood with all of the hazards there are for babies.  I have to keep a constant eye on her and her little busybody :)

Gardner Villiage

Asher's favorite thing in the whole world is Halloween.  He loves everything scary.  My mom told me that I was like that when I was little so I guess he takes after me.  We went to Gardner Village last week to see all of the Witches at the Which festival they do every year.  Well, mostly I needed to go to the fabric store and Asher was such a good boy I let him get a pony ride and go to the petting zoo.  He is such a cutie and loved every minute of it!  Unfortunately my allergies were going crazy (the horses) so we didn't stay as long as he would have liked.  Oaklie had fun too!

Grand Opening of BittyBASICS and Createdbymom.com chic boutique!

My Friend Whitney McBride and I have been working on starting our own business for the past several months, and are now excited to announce that BittyBASICS is now available to purchase at createdbymom.com- a new online boutique featuring awesome products made by moms. All purchases made during the Grand Opening (October 1-13) will be entered in a drawing to win a $100 shopping spree at the createdbymom.com boutique!!! Also, by using the coupon code "divinemama" at checkout, you can receive 20% off of any one item! So be sure to check out bittybasics at this awesome new site!

A little about BittyBASICS:
Our line of baby products are what every mom is looking for, at a price that every mom can appreciate! We bring fashion and function to you and your bitty babe, making it possible to enjoy the finer things in life- even on a budget! From our nursing covers, "lovey" blankies, burpies, and bibs, to our must have baby bracelets and binky clips, we offer simply the best "chic essentials." All of our products are hand made with love by Whitney and I, and can be seen on our website www.bittybasics.com as well as Quinn Curtis' createdbymom.com Boutique. If you have any questions or comments, please be sure to let us know at bittybasic@gmail.com!

Star Wars

Asher has a small Star Wars obsession right now, carrying around his light saber with him everywhere we go.  He is going to be Darth Vader for halloween and he wants Oaklie to be "the small green guy with big ears".  A few weeks ago he got to meet the Star Wars characters at Pottery Barn Kids with his friend Marshall.  He was fascinated! 

Playing light sabers while waiting in line.

Response to my question "Who wants to meet Darth Vader?"

A little nervous at first...

Asher is in heaven!

My cute kids

I am really enjoying being a mom to two of the cutest kids imaginable.  I love to spend every day with them watching them grow and making great memories with them.  I am truly blessed!

They could be twins!

Going for a jog

Bathtime!

BJ and Caron's Wedding

Yes its true!  My brother got married last Saturday!  I am so happy and excited for him and his new wife.  They are so cute together it's like they were made for each other.  The wedding was in Cedar City where they are going to live.  Caron's sister lives there and has a great yard that was perfect for a small outdoor wedding.  My cute mom Barbara worked so hard to make everything look fabulous and she did a great job.  We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day.  Congratulations Bruce and Caron!! 

The Happy couple

Group photo

Hugging group photo :)

Me and my handsome husband

Me and my handsome son

 

Andrea's Wedding

The cute couple!

Mom, Andrea, Me

It was a sunny day!

Us girls at the luncheon 

My beautiful sister got married earlier this year in the San Diego temple.  We were forced (according to Justin) to take a fun vacation to California for the wedding.  We decided to add on a few extra days so that we could take Asher and 6-week old Oaklie to Disneyland.  We also got to visit my favorite place in the whole world - CARLSBAD!

Oaklie is 6 months old!

It is truly amazing how fast time goes by.  Our little baby is already six months old.  She is so much fun and is one of the happiest babies ever.  Oaklie is always smiling and laughing at everything.  She loves her big brother and especially loves her daddy.  She is not quite as good of a sleeper as Asher was but she is getting better.  I truly long for a good nights sleep... hopefully it will happen soon!  She has SEVEN teeth and is already getting up on her hands and knees ready to crawl.  

Our sweet bundle of joy arrived March 5, 2008.  She is a little angel and we love her to death.  Asher has been a great big brother and loves helping mommy with little Oaklie.  I won Justin over with her name- Oaklie Savannah.  He didn't like it at first but it has grown on him.  Having a girl is so much fun!  I love dressing her up in pink and putting bows on her head.  I think that our little family is finally complete!

Finally

I have finally decided to start my own blog.  I never thought it would happen because I am not a writer.  I love to read my friends blogs and find them very interesting and entertaining.  I am not sure that mine will be that great but I am willing to give it a shot.  I am having a baby sometime in the next few weeks so that might put things on hold for a while.  Hopefully I will recover sooner than I did with my first so that I can resume normal life (or as close to normal as possible). 

 

These are pictures of my guys and of our little family.  They are the most important things in my life.  LOVE THEM!!!  We are excited to be adding a new addition.  She is due March 9 (I am hoping to have her sooner).  Still have not picked a name yet due to the fact that Justin and I can not agree on one.  I won in the end with Asher's name so I am hoping that will happen again.  Justin can be pretty stubborn sometimes so I am crossing my fingers!