The Allred's

We ARE still living!

2011-05-31T09:45:00.000-07:00

I'm getting really annoyed with my blog lately. I've been trying for weeks to do a new post with pictures and it isn't letting me load my pictures. So I guess you guys get a long boring post without pictures. SORRY! I just wanted to catch everyone up a bit on what's been happening with us the last few weeks.
CRUISE: Shawn and I went on a Cruise for our 5 year anniversary. It was a short 3 night cruise to Ensenada, Mexico. But we still had a blast! We were surprised how good the food was. And the entertainment was amazing. There was always something going on to keep you entertained which I loved. I got a little sea sick one night, but other than that we were both fine. I didn't know you would feel it rocking that much with a boat being that big. The second night was the worst! I felt like I was drunk. (not that I would know what it's like :)) It was rocking like crazy. The weather was really nice. I was so ready for warm weather. Ensenada was fun, and I didn't feel scared being in Mexico. Eveyone thought we were crazy going to Mexico with all the shootings and other things going on there. But I figured a Cruise ship wouldn't take you anywhere dangerous. We did a tour to the famous Blow Hole. It was pretty cool. Then we went shopping, had some tacos, Pina Coladas, and toured the Convention Center. I was sad for it to be over, but was really excited to see Brynlee. My mom came and got us from the airport and when I was coming down the escalator and saw Brynlee and started crying. HAHA I had never been away from her that long and I really missed her. She was really happy to see us too! :) Thanks again to the Grandmas for taking care of Brynlee for us. The next Cruise I want to go on is either an Alaskan or Bahamas. Yes I'm already thinking about another one. :)
RANDOM: We have already gone camping two times. We went the week before Memorial Day with our good friends and went this last weekend with Shawn's family. We went to Mackay Reservoir with the Drakes. The weather was really nice. We got lucky. The hubbys fished most of the day Saturday and us girls took care of the babies. It was a lot of fun. Brynlee and Carter are really close in age so that made it fun. Memorial weekend the weather wasn't so nice. We had one perfect day and then rain, wind, and it was freezing the rest of the time. I've been camping in alot worse, so it actually wasn't too bad. Brynlee was in heaven. She LOVES camping. I was ready to be home and finally be able to take a shower!!! This coming weekend is my mom's side family reunion in Park City, UT. We're excited for that as well. I haven't seen a lot of them since our last reunion 2 years ago. We are staying in a really nice condo. I'm really excited to do the zip line, alpine slide, and the alpine coaster! I'm sure we'll fit some shopping in also. :) Hopefully I will be able to put those pictures on here! Then i'm hoping we will get to stay home a couple weekends after that. I am training to run a 5K in September for my Nephews diabetes walk. You can either walk it or run it. This year I want to run it. This will be a huge accomplishment for me. I can't run longer than like 3 minutes right now. It's sad. But I'm determined to do it. I just keep telling myself it's only 3 miles. There is a thing on the internet called the couch to 5k running plan so i'm following that. Because that's literally what i'm doing! HaHa I exercise as often as I can, but I never run. So wish me luck, and I will let you know how I do.
BRYNLEE: She is doing great and getting so big. :( She says alot or words, signs alot, and knows alot of animal noises. She is at the stage of repeating what you say, so we have to watch what we say around her now. She loves dogs. She will see a dog and take off after it. She getting pretty good at the whole running thing too. She's pretty fast. She's obsessed with babies. That's the first thing she asks for when she wakes up. Which will be fun because we just found out she is going to be a big sister.....................JUST KIDDING!!!!! HAHA I figure all my other friends are either pregnant or just had babies so why not me? :) I'm selfish though, and i'm not ready yet. We are thinking of trying soon though, so I will let you know. Also, Brynlee is finally sleeping through the night. WAHOO! I never thought this day would come. She loves to read you books and tell stories. I just pretend I know what she's saying. She is hilarious and makes me laugh several times a day. I love this age and wish babies would pop out at this age. I love her so much and i'm so lucky to be her mom.
I think that's pretty much it with us. Hopefully I can figure out why it's not uploading my pictures and get some on here soon. Sorry it was so long!

I'm a Slacker!

2011-04-07T08:23:00.001-07:00

I know I haven't posted something in forever! Sorry! But we haven't really done anything exciting to really post about. We are still doing the usual. This week is Spring break so I had the week off. It was kind of nice to just have it be Brynlee and I. All I can say is this has been the WORST Spring break ever. It has rained or snowed the whole week! I'm so sick of it. I'm ready for nice weather. Last Friday was the only nice day we had so we spent most of the day outside doing yardwork.

Shawn is still working on our basement but it's getting close to being done. yay! We are going to have a guy come texture it for us hopefully sometime next week and then we can start painting. I know we only have 3 in our family but it will be so nice to have the extra room. Brynlee will also have her own playroom so her toys won't be scattered all over my living room.....okay i'm sure some still will, but it will help! Shawn has worked so hard on it and i'm so thankful I have a husband that knows how to do that stuff. He seriously saved us like 10,000 dollars. So if anyone wants to come stay with us we will have room now! :)

Brynlee is doing great. She is so much fun and has the funniest personality. She seems to learn things quickly and i'm so happy about that. I like to think she's pretty smart. :) She makes me laugh everyday. She's at the age where she knows you're laughing at her so she keeps doing whatever is making you laugh. She loves to give you tickles. The other day she went up to a random lady in walmart and gave her tickles. I got a good laugh! She can finally somewhat tell me what she wants now instead of going to the fridge or pantry and just screaming. That drove me nuts! She signs eat if she's hungry, or water if she wants a drink. It makes things much more peaceful around here. I take her in on the 19th for a checkup. I'm anxious to see where she's at. So I will keep you posted. Shawn and I also leave the 29th on our cruise. We will be back on May 2nd. We decided to go for our 5 year anniversary. Shawn has never been on a cruise and I went when I was 3 so I can say I've never been on one either. We're both really excited, but i'm going to be sad to leave Brynlee that long. I'm a baby when it comes to leaving her. Which is why we're only going for 3 nights. I'm sure my mom and Shawn's mom will want us to be back anyway. :) That's pretty much it with us. I told you we haven't done much. We're pretty boring! Here are the most recent pictures i've taken.

YES! I finally got Brynlee's hair in little piggies. It was a happy day.

My happy baby girl

We took her to her Great Grandma Allred's to see the cows. She was a little scared of them being that close. She loves them far away. She points at them and says moo.

Walking with dad to the cows

Brynlee with her cousin Olivia. They're 4 months apart.

Playing fetch with Chloe. She LOVES our dogs! Any dog actually.

I took Brynlee and Dani to Blast Off one day. It's an indoor playing area. It has a ton of toys. And they're clean. They don't have smashed food, dirty diapers, or pop all over them. I'm kind of a germ freak. I refuse to let Brynlee play on the toys at Mcdonalds. They are SO nasty.

She loved playing on the slide. She went down a few times with Dani. She loved it.

Playing in the ball pit

Las Vegas!

2011-02-10T09:01:00.001-08:00

Okay so I have been trying to do this post for days. For some reason it's not uploading my pictures. I'm so mad! So I guess I will just type what we did and then hopefully my pictures will upload soon. We went to Las Vegas for Shawn's cousins wedding, and a little vacation. We had a lot of fun. The wedding was great, and we're very happy for Jill and James! We walked the strip several times, went shopping, M&M world, Coca Cola store, New York New York roller coaster, Fremont Street, Zip Line, and my Mom in law surprised Shawn and I with Blue Man Group tickets. That was by far my favorite part. It was an amazing show! Thank you SO much Shelly!!! Fremont Street was cool. I had never been I don't think. Pretty much the whole street is under lights and they do light shows to music every hour. Shawn and his sister did the zip line there also. It went down the whole street. It looked really fun. I didn't do it because I did the New York New York roller coaster with Shawn's sister earlier that day. We also went to the Bodies exhibit one day. It was so awesome! That stuff interests me. Seeing how our body works, and all the organs, muscles, veins, etc. They had a baby room that was my favorite. It showed the development of a baby each month. It was amazing. The weather was SO nice. We went from freezing temperatures to high 50's - low 60's. One day it was almost 70! We didn't want to leave. Brynlee did fairly well on the plane. She did great on the way back. On the way there we sat on the plane for 45 minutes! They had to de-ice it I swear like 5 times. It was not helping my nerves. She lost it with about 10 minutes left. She loved taking off and landing. She would laugh hysterically. It was funny. It was nice to get away for a few days. I'm glad we got to go!

Now a Brynlee update: I haven't done one of these for awhile. I just took her to the doctor for her 1 year and she weighed 20 1/2 pounds and was 30 inches. She is still only 40% in weight and 85% in height. So pretty much she's tall and skinny like her dad. She is so much fun to be around and is getting such a fun personality. She loves to play hide and seek. She will go hide somewhere and when I walk by she runs out and screams. It's funny. She can say dada, mama, dog, ball, uh oh, hi, kitty, and baby. She can sign more and milk (we're working on others), she can say eye and points to it (still working on nose, mouth, and ear) she thinks her ear is nose. haha She also knows the sounds of a kitty, elephant, mouse, and bear. The elephant is my favorite. She uses her arm for the trunk and everything. :) She shakes her head for no and yes, so that's nice when you ask her questions she can answer most of them if she understands. I always wonder if she's behind or right where she needs to be with her age. I'm hoping she's not behind! I try and teach her new things everyday and she seems to catch on pretty fast. I have also noticed she watches me all the time because the other day she went and got one of her burp rags out of her room and started "dusting" the coffee table and end tables. I was laughing. She also loves to "help" load and unload the dishwasher. She also has to have to doors that are supposed to be closed, closed when she is done with them. For example, the pantry or closet doors. I'm thinking in my head oh crap my child is going to be a clean freak like her mother! But, I don't think that's such a bad thing. :) Anyway! That is pretty much it with us. I will hopefully be able to get my pictures on here soon. Sorry this was so long and boring! :)

Brynlee's 1st Birthday!

2011-01-25T19:14:00.001-08:00

I can't believe our baby is one! It's crazy how fast the year went. We celebrated Brynlee's birthday on the 15th of January while my sister and girls were still in Idaho visiting. We decided to do it at my parents house since it's a mansion and can fit a lot of people. We only invited family but we had a ton of people. Brynlee got a ton of presents and loved eating the cupcake. She got spoiled for sure! We had her party at 5 so it didn't happen during naptime. We got some pizza's for everyone so we didn't just have cake and ice cream for dinner. :)

oops! I did the pictures backwards. Brynlee eating cake for the first time. As you can see she enjoyed it!
She liked the fire. I'm sad my hand was covering the cupcake. :(

Erin, Dani, and Kambria

Brynlee with her baby. I'm pretty sure that was her favorite present. Her face was priceless when she opened it. Oh and of course her cute tutu!

Hugging her baby. After she opened it she gave it hugs, kisses, and rocked it. It was so cute!

Sorry, I didn't realize I put this many baby pictures on here.

Tyler (Shawn's brother) and his wife got her elmo. When you shake him his mouth moves and he says a bunch of different things. It is the most ANNOYING toy on planet earth. They said they wanted to get something that was more annoying then the "popper". The toy they push around and the balls pop. So you hear pop pop pop pop pop all freakin day long. Well, they won the award for sure! I actually think Brynlee already "lost" it. :)

The set up. Her cake and cupcake tower.

Cupcake tower

Cake. After I made the cupcakes and this cake I was officially ready to slit my wrists! I do NOT have enough patience for that crap. I'm also kind of a perfectionist so that didn't help. I wasn't very happy with how it turned out, but I figured we're just going to eat it so it's not worth getting upset about. It's supposed to be a 1 if you can't tell.

Some other presents she got besides Elmo, and her baby is clothes, Mrs. potato head, signing time dvd, texture blocks, crayola color me a song, popper, book, phone, and my mom gave me money to help pay for her one year pictures at Pink Paisley. I'm so excited to get her pictures taken. I will post them when I get them!

Christmas!

2011-01-05T12:11:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas this year. It was a lot of fun having Brynlee. Every year we spend Christmas Eve with my family and then Christmas day with Shawn's. My family does a big Christmas Eve dinner with my Aunt, Uncle, and Cousins on my dad's side. We've been getting together since I was born! Then we get up early Christmas morning open presents with my family, eat breakfast, and then drive to Shawn's parents for the rest of the day. We also go to his Grandma Allred's for Christmas dinner and open presents with his extended family.

Shawn took Brynlee and my niece Kambria sledding up by my parents house. Brynlee didn't really give much of an expression, so who know's if she liked it.

Brynlee opening her PJ's from Grandpa and Grandma Johnson

She would push every single one of her presents around the house! It took her an eternity to open them. She would laugh hysterically as she pushed them everywhere.

Three of the six grandkids. Jami's family spent Christmas Eve with Justin's family this year. We missed them! Kambria was reading Brynlee and Maeli a story.

Maeli and Brynlee in their matching PJ's. You would never know Maeli is younger than Brynlee, she is a GIANT!

Brynlee is obsessed with walking on her knees. She discovered Christmas Eve that if she put her hands on Maeli's back as she crawled it was like a ride. Brynlee would laugh really hard. Kambria decided to join in and put her hands on Brynlee and make the "choo-choo" sound. HaHa My sister and I got a good laugh!

This is the doll we gave Brynlee. You can choose the skin, hair, and eye color to make them look like your kid. I thought they were adorable! Brynlee loves her and sleeps with her every night. My sister got her girls one too.

You can't see in this picture very well, but on my forehead close to my hair I have three pretty big scrapes. Shawn ran me into a tree Christmas day on the 4 wheeler. It hurt so bad. It almost pushed me off the 4 wheeler. Shawn told me to duck but I didn't hear him in time and it nailed me! Shawn told my niece Isabelle he ran me into a tree because I was talking back to him, so that's what she tells everyone. HaHa It's funny! But NOT true!

Brynlee's ball popper. She pushes a button and air pushes the balls up and they go down a track thingy.

Turtle ball pit from Grandpa and Grandma Allred. She loves it!

I gave Shawn a smoker and he got me a new camera that takes pictures faster. I was so happy about that! I also recently had my 25th birthday. Yikes I feel old! I got giftcards, money, tennis shoes, curlformers and reeses peanut butter cup Stephens hot chocolate. It is AMAZING! Thanks everyone for making it a special day. Brynlee is going to be one on the 19th. It's crazy! I can't believe how fast that year went. I've been having fun planning her party and making her birthday cards. On the 21-24 we are going to Las Vegas for Shawn's cousins wedding. I'm so excited! I'm hoping it's fairly warm while we're there. It's been freezing here, so i'm ready for warmer weather. Brynlee and I are also going to Arizona to visit my Aunts and Uncles with my mom, dad, Krista and her girls the first part of February. They have really cheap flights out of Idaho Falls so we're taking advantage! I will be sure to take pictures of our vacations and post when we get back. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Update!

2010-12-07T13:06:00.001-08:00

So I realize I haven't updated for awhile. We have pretty much been doing the same old. We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We spent it with my family. We ate way to much food as usual. I also love my family traditions on Thanksgiving. As we are eating we go around the table and each person says things that they are thankful for. Then after we eat and clean it all up we go to a movie. This year we skipped out on going to the theater and just watched a movie in my parents theater room. I was fine with that since it was free! :) Then that night we played some games. A couple days before Thanksgiving we hung out with Shawns family because his aunt, uncle, and cousins were visiting from Washington. It was fun to see them. We ate, played games, went on 4-wheeler rides, and watched football games. We got dumped with snow the whole week of Thanksgiving. I hadn't seen that much snow in a long time. It was crazy! It's mostly melted now and i'm okay with that. I was a party pooper this year and didn't go Black Friday shopping this year. I didn't really see anything that was worth waiting in line for. Plus, it brings out the worst in me. People are crazy, and I almost punched a lady last year. Ya, you don't mess with me when I'm pregnant! Anyway! We took some family pictures this year for our christmas card. I made our cards on my digital scrapbooking program so i'm pretty proud of myself. My sister helped me quite a bit too. Thanks Krista! So those of you who want one leave your address because i'm not sure I have everyone's. We are really excited for Christmas this year. It's always more fun with a kid. Even though Brynlee won't have a clue what's going on, I will pretend she does. :) Brynlee is doing great. She will be 11 months old on the 19th. It's crazy she is almost one. It flew by. We can't wait to get a face foward car seat. She is so heavy, and I think she will be much happier when she can see outside. She says a few words like uh oh, dada, ba ba, and hi. Still not mama. :( I have a snowman that she crawls up to at least 5 times a day and get's right up by the face and says hi. It's so cute. She can stand on her own for awhile and has taken a few steps by herself. Shawn thinks she will be walking by Christmas. I guess we'll see. She has the cutest personality but can be a turd also. She has a horrible attitude problem that needs fixed quick. She also refuses to share any of her things with other people. We still love her and couldn't imagine a life without her. That's it with us. Recent pictures below!

Brynlee and cousin Olivia. You have no idea how long it took to get this freakin picture. I almost gave up. They both look so excited don't they? :)

We had to open one of her Christmas presents early. She is almost walking and this is a walker that turns into a thing they sit on and ride. But we wanted her to use it to help her learn to walk better. She LOVED it! If you can't tell from her expression. She cruises all over the house. The only thing is she runs into the walls a million times a day and screams if she can't get going on her own. Let's just say it doesn't help with my sanity. But it keeps her entertained so I guess that's a good thing.

Eating Mac & Cheese, her new favorite

After her bath

Bathtime and a good picture of her bottom two teeth

Halloween

2010-11-08T15:18:00.000-08:00

We had a great Halloween this year. We did stuff with my family. I took Brynlee over to my parents church for their trunk or treat on Tuesday night. Then our church did our trunk or treat on Saturday night, then after that we went over to my parents old neighborhood to show off our cute kids at their trunk or treat. For those of you who have never heard of Trunk or Treat, people bring there cars and decorate them and hand out candy. It's so nice when you have young kids. You get a ton of candy in about 5 minutes! I love it. My sister and her family came up from Utah to spend it with us. It was fun! We all hung out at my parents house. We watched movies in the theater room, and ordered pizza one night. I love being with my family. I have the best family ever! But, I'm kind of bias. :) Pictures below of Halloween weekend.....

Isn't she the cutest cow you've ever seen? I thought she was pretty dang cute! My mom and dad thought the tail was hilarious. I haven't seen my dad laugh that hard in a long time. It was funny.
The front. I love how it's puffy at the hips. HaHa

Brynlee and Maeli. This was at the end of the night and they had both had it by then. Brynlee looks ready to roll, but don't let her eyes fool you! She was tired.

The whole gang of Johnson cousins. A knight, devil, two witches, a cow, and a ladybug.

Me and Brynlee at our trunk or treat. The weather was actually really nice this Halloween! We also dressed up Kobe (our dog). He was a rooster. He was a huge hit! The kids loved him.

Our carved pumpkin, and clean baby. I did these pictures backwards...sorry!

Brynlee gagging. She liked the insides of the pumpkin at first, but towards the end she was officially grossed out. She was throwing seeds everywhere. They were landing on her head, the counter, kitchen floor, EVERYWHERE! But she had fun, that's all that matters. Shawn and I got a good laugh out of it.

Seeing how the pumpkin tastes. Yummy!

Cutest girl EVER! Love her to pieces.

I went with some friends to the pumpkin patch. It was fun. The kids enjoyed it. It's fun going to things like that when you have kids. Seeing them happy makes you happy!

Update!

2010-10-25T11:43:00.000-07:00

I decided I better do a little update since I haven't for awhile. Our family is doing great and we're getting excited for the upcoming holidays. Hunting season has officially started and I hate it. I feel like I never see Shawn, and the only conversations he has with me are about deer and Elk. Not my kind of conversation. But, I have to keep telling myself it's something he loves to do so I guess I'm going to have to deal with it.....unfortunatly. I'm going to be a single mom in the month of November pretty much. Shawn leaves Nov. 1st on a business trip to Atlanta for a week, then he's home for a few days then leaves for another week to go hunting. All I can say is i'm so glad my parents live 10 minutes away. I hate staying home alone, so I will be staying with my mommy and daddy. I'm weird I know. I've seen way to many scary movies in my day. I hear noises and freak myself out. Plus, it will be nice to have their help with Brynlee. Anyway! Brynlee is now 9 months old and is so much fun. I'm so grateful I get to stay home with her everyday. She is 28 1/2 inches which is about 90%, and weighs 18 pounds and 11 1/2 ounces and is only 50%. It shocked me to hear only 50% because I'm used to her being 90-95% in her weight. I guess that's what happens when they start crawling around. She's getting really fast too. She is pulling herself up onto everything also. She says uh oh and waves bye bye. When you walk around with her she points at everything and wants you to tell her what it is. We have been showing her some movies and so far the one's she will sit through are the sesame beginnings. So now I get to listen to elmo all the time! I think he is so annoying. But, they by far teach the best, and have the cutest songs, so I guess I can deal with it. She loves to dance during the songs, well any song really. She just loves to dance. She is also getting three teeth. Her two bottom, and one on top. So she has not been to happy or sleeping well at night. But I still love her! :) I'm so excited for Halloween. Brynlee is going to be a cow. It's so cute. I will take lots of pictures. My sister is coming up from Utah so we can take a picture of Brynlee and Maeli in their cute costumes. It will be fun. That's pretty much it with us. Recent pictures below!

Brynlee trying to get Mia. She loves Mia and chases her around the house all day. Mia likes to lay in her high chair. She's a weird kitty cat.

Daddy reading her a book. She LOVES books. And I love reading to her.

Dani and Brynlee on a wagon ride. They both loved it. Brynlee loves Dani Suzie. It's cute seeing Dani play with her.

Getting into mom's pan's. She keeps me busy that's for sure! But look how cute she is. :)

One of my best friends got married Oct. 1st. And no i'm not pregnant, this picture just makes me look like I am! Me, Ali, and my other Best Friend Stephanie.

LOVE this picture. She looks so cute naked. And she loves to be naked.

Brynlee's Favorite Thing........DANCING!

2010-10-10T15:23:00.000-07:00

Brynlee Crawling!

2010-10-08T17:00:00.000-07:00

This was the 2nd day she had been crawling. She is much faster now and goes all over our house. She is so much happier now that she can go where she wants. It's nice for me! And yes, that is a dog toy she is crawling to get. We are great parents I know! :)

Fair, Diabetes Walk, and an 8 month old

2010-09-24T15:35:00.000-07:00

Septemeber has been an exciting month for us since our lives are pretty boring. On Labor Day we went to the Idaho State Fair. It was the same old, but I still like to go and try the food, and get my Tiger Ear. It was a really nice day that day too, so it was fun. Brynlee liked the animals the best. Especially the one's in the petting zoo area. I mainly like to go so I can stare at all the interesting creatures/people that go. :) There are some crazy people in the world! I especially loved it this year because it was a smoke free enviornment. Yahoo!!! The fair had never smelled so good. My sister and I were talking one day and we have officially decided we would rather smell poop than cigarette smoke. Does anyone else agree? On September 18 we participated in a 5K Diabetes Walk for our Nephew Dylan. He found out he had Diabetes last Christmas. :( It was really sad but he's making the best of it. The walk was alot of fun, and there were a lot of people that came. Dylan designed the shirts and then my cousin made them for us. It's a monster truck crushing the word Diabetes, then on the back it says I'm walking for Dylan Mcling. It felt good to support my nephew! Now for the exciting part, Brynlee. She is now 8 months old and becoming a stinker already. If she doesn't get what she wants she can throw the biggest fits you've ever seen. She puts her hands in fists and screams SO loud. If she takes something you don't want her to have good luck getting it back. She puts her death grip on it and when you finally get it from her all hell breaks loose. But, then she is the most loving, sweet, funny little girl ever. She's started giving kisses. I love them. They are very slobbery, but so cute. She is now reaching for you when she wants you to hold her too. I love it! She still isn't crawling though. It seems like she's taking forever to get going. I know I should enjoy this time, but she's been getting up on her hands and knees and rocking for about a month and a half now. I thought she would have been crawling a long time ago. Hopefully she will start going soon. She is a dancing machine! It's awesome. As soon as she hears music she is dancing to it. It doesn't matter if it's rock, country, classical, opera etc. She was rockin out to Phantom of the Opera in my parents theater room the other night. It was great. Then last Sunday at church she danced to every hymn we sang. HaHa She is getting such a fun personality. She gets more and more fun everyday. She has started to figure out if she does something and Shawn and I laugh, she will keep doing it and laugh with us. It's times like that, that I'm so grateful to be a mom. I love every minute of it. Even the bad moments. Anyway! Now that I've written a novel I will stop. Pictures below of the fair, Diabetes Walk, and Brynlee. Enjoy!

In her BYU outfit, and Dylans hat

Mommy's favorite outfit

At the end. They fed us loaded baked potatoes. They were yummy!

At the start

The whole clan

We love you Dyl. Krista, I stole this from you, and the family one. HaHa Thanks!

Lava Hot Springs

2010-09-13T10:55:00.000-07:00

This post is a little old, but I figure it's better than nothing. We went to Lava Hot Springs with Shawn's family the last weekend in August. We camped at the KOA for a couple nights. It was alot of fun. The weather kind of sucked though. It rained for awhile Saturday so they made us leave the pool for a few hours. But got to go back when it got nice again. It had been awhile since I had been there and they got some new waterslides. I call them the slides from hell. They are the speed slides that go straight down. I HATE them. First, they give you the worst wedgies, Second, pretty much an enema, and third, i'm terrified of heights so I never go on them. Well.....somehow I let my mother in law and Shawn's cousin talk me into going on one. I was literally shaking at the top and was freaking out. But I did do it!! I screamed the whole way down and the thousands of people in the pool all watched i'm sure. But at least I can say I didn't chicken out. :) My favorite thing we did was float the river and shopping. My mother in law rented us a four person tube so most of us could all ride together. It was so much fun. The scariest thing that happened was Shawn went to get a drink and went under his parents fifth wheel and thought he was good and stood up and nailed his had on the bedroom slide out. I was sitting by the fire and heard a big thump and then I could hear Shawn saying ouch, ouch. I asked him what happened and if he was okay and he said No my head is bleeding really bad. His mom and I ran over to him and the back of his head was covered in blood. His mom cleaned him up and had him put some ice on it. The actual cut wasn't that bad, it's just that it was on the head, and head wounds always bleed like crazy. I'm just glad his was okay. I didn't get a picture of his hilarious wrapping job his mom did. I'm so mad! I could not stop laughing. She put a bandage on the cut, and then wrapped tape from the top of his head down around his chin. It was awesome! We had a good time, but i'm always ready to get home after camping. I took a few pictures below.

Shawn and Brynlee in the pool. Brynlee loves swimming. She would have sat in that thing all day!

Tyler and Mackenzie. Tyler lost a shoe when they flipped over. The day before this he broke his flip flop. HaHa He didn't have much luck with his shoes in the river.

Shawn, Me, Crystal, Kristen, Mackenzie, and Tyler floating the river.

Brynlee almost crawling! NOOOOO!!!

BATH TIME!

2010-08-25T12:58:00.000-07:00

This is what I get to see everytime I give Brynlee a bath. She loves them! She gets excited when she hears me turn the water on. I thought I'd give a little update on her, since it's been a little while. She is now 7 months old. It's crazy how fast time has gone. She is getting so big. She is also thinning out so she's losing all her cute fat rolls. :( If only I could give her some of mine! She is scooting all over the place and is getting up on her hands and knees and starting to rock back and forth. I don't give it much time until she starts crawling. She loves baby food. The only thing she hates and WILL NOT eat is peas. I don't blame her, they are nasty. So that is going well. The last few days she has had a horrible cold and is not sleeping at night. I've probably got about 4 hours total of sleep this week. I feel like a zombie during the day. I'm hoping she gets better soon. Or I think I might kill someone! We are going to Lava Hot Springs with Shawn's family this weekend. I'm really excited. We are camping there and going swimming and floating the river. I will take pictures and post when we get back. Hope you are all doing well!

6 Month Pictures

2010-08-03T08:27:00.001-07:00

My good friend Megan took Brynlee's 6 month pictures for me. I love them! We just went over to Tautphaus Park to take them. Brynlee did so well and cooperated with all the wardrobe changes. I was happy. I can't wait to hang them all over my house. Thank you so much Megan! You are amazing. I thought I'd share them with you.

6 Month Old

2010-07-22T09:30:00.001-07:00

Brynlee turned 6 months old on Monday. I can't believe how fast time has gone. She is getting to be so much fun. Her personality is coming out more and more everyday. I took her to the doctor for her checkup. She weighed 17.6 pounds and was 26 1/2 inches. He said 80th Percentile in both. He said she is looking good and healthy so I was happy. He was impressed that she could sit up all on her own. She has been sitting up on her own for awhile now and it's nice. She occasionally forgets she is sitting up and falls on her face, especially when she has a toy but she is getting better everyday. She still does not laugh very often and I've decided there is something wrong with her. My neice that is a month younger than Brynlee laughs at EVERYTHING. It makes me sad that it pretty much takes you slamming your head into a door to get a tiny laugh out of my child. Hopefully she will start laughing more soon. She of course had to get more shots. :( I didn't cry this time though.....yahoo for me! She has had a runny nose and fever ever since and is not sleeping good at night because she can't breathe. She was sleeping through the night before this. Oh how I miss those nights! We gave her sweet potatoes Monday night and she loved them. Then we did again Tuesday night and she gagged and refused to eat them. I think its because she doesn't have a appetite because of the shots. The past few days she hasn't ate hardly anything. So we will try again once her runny nose and fever goes away. She is pushing up on her hands and is sticking her butt in the air so crawling probably isn't too far down the road. I'm fine with her not crawling for at least another 2 months or so. My house is not child proof at all. She is a really good baby and is happy most of the time. Whenever I take her out everyone still comments on her big blue eyes and how she looks like a cabbage patch doll. Oh and her red hair. I can always know at least one person will say one of those three things, it cracks me up. But I have to agree she's pretty freakin cute! :) Shawn and I are still doing good. We are helping my parents move into their new house. I'm excited for them to finally be in. Now I can start using my mom's treadmill and eliptical to get in shape. After seeing me in the those Oregon pictures I wanted to shoot myself. Anyway! I have alot of work to do to get back to my healthy weight. But I'm determined to do it! So wish me luck. I loved this picture of Brynlee. She always makes me smile.

Oregon Trip

2010-07-19T12:36:00.001-07:00

We went to Oregon for Shawn's cousins wedding and make a little vacation out of it. It was so much fun! But, alot of driving. I was sick of the car by the end of the trip. Brynlee did amazing. I was so glad. She slept the entire time we were in the car but once. We had to stop at a rest stop for like 45 minutes so she could stretch and roll around. But that was the only time we had to and it was 12 hours each way! I was so proud of her. Maybe she will be a good traveler now......hopefully. The first day we drove to Boise and stayed the night, got up the next morning and went to the zoo there. We bought a zoo pass at the IF zoo and you can use it at most of the zoo's in the U.S. So we took advantage of the zoo pass this trip. We went to the Seattle zoo also for free. It was nice! After the Boise zoo we headed for Umatilla Oregon where his grandma and grandpa Hinkle live. We ate dinner there and visited for awhile then drove to Kennewick Washington and stayed at his Aunt and Uncles house. There house was way nice. Got up the next morning and headed for Seaside Oregon. It was a little over 4 hours to get there. I was so excited to be able to go boogie boarding but when we got there the warmest it got was 65 degrees!!! I was pissed. The water was freezing. I don't know how people were swimming in it. It was miserable just sticking your feet in it. So we just swam in our condo's pool. We stayed with his mom and grandparents in a two bedroom condo. His mom was nice enough to give us the master bedroom since we had a baby. Thanks Shelly!!! The wedding was beautiful. It was in Astoria, OR in an old Presbyterian church. It was pretty inside. I should of taken pictures of it. oops! They had the best food at their reception. It was Italian....my favorite. Then they had a DJ for everyone to dance. There was a girl there that was out of control! I wish I would of video taped her. Shawn and I were laughing so hard. She was dancing so hard that she was sweating horribly. It was sick! I know you all would have appreciated the video it was that funny. Anyway! The next morning we got up and drove to Seattle and looked around and went to the zoo. I would never want to live in a city like that. I now know I have horrible road rage thanks to that freakin city! We wanted to leave after 5 minutes of being there. Then we had to drive all the way to Spokane. It took FOREVER it seemed like. We didn't get there until 11 that night. At this point I was sick of the car, tired and grumpy......poor Shawn. Brynlee had been sleeping that whole time so she was not tired when we got to the hotel. It was not a good night. Got up at 8 the next morning and headed home. I was so ready to be home. It was a fun trip but I do think I like flying places much better! :) I just felt like we spent the entire trip in the car, because we did! But the drive was really pretty once we got close to the coast. It was really green and tons of trees. It was fun to go somewhere new. I love vacations! I put up tons of pictures just warning you. I'm not sure why my pictures keep posting in the middle of my writing. And it doesn't let me type underneath them anymore. It's making me mad! Krista maybe you can help me when you come up! :) As you know I'm computer retarded. Most of them were taken in Seaside Oregon, then Seattle at the zoo.

4th of July

2010-07-06T18:55:00.001-07:00

We had a great 4th of July this year. Krista, Joe, Kambria, and Maeli came up from Utah and stayed 3 nights with us. It was so much fun! We got up Saturday morning early and went to the 4th of July Breakfast at our church. Afterwards we went to the parade, then had a BBQ at our house with the whole family. We had smores for dessert. I made the best smore EVER. You use a reeses peanut butter cup instead of the Hershey Chocolate. It's so freakin good, and i'm sure ten times more fattening! :) Then we went down to the river at about 8 for the big firework show. I might add that the Idaho Falls firework show is the biggest west of the Mississippi River. It's amazing! There are so many people that go to the river for the fireworks that after it's over you literally have to sprint to your car so you don't get stuck in traffic for 2-3 hours. It's insane. The 4th of July is one of my favorite holiday's because of the fun tradition's my family has done since I was little. It also helps me remember the people who faught and continue to fight today for our country. I wish I could give every one of them a hug to show my appreciation. I'm so thankful for this country! God Bless America!!! I also realized I forgot to update on Brynlee since the hospital. Everything went well, and the results came back normal. Apparently my child just likes to go days without pooping. I stayed in the x-ray room with her while they did the enema. That was a bad idea! I was fine until she looked up at me with big tears in her eyes with a look on her face like why are you letting them do this to me. I bawled for the rest of the time. Afterwards the x-ray tech's were really nice and said I did really well. I know they were just being nice. Then my mom came in and said she could hear her out in the waiting room. :( I hate when I know she's hurting and I can't do anything to help her. It's so sad. But, I have some good news! She pooped on her own tonight. I did a happy dance and a sommersault! I'm not even kidding. Brynlee thought it was so funny. She was grinning at me and laughing because I got so excited. I must have been hilarious because it takes a lot to get her to laugh. Hopefully she will continue to keep doing it now. Anyway! I take her in on the 19th for her 6 month checkup.....I can't believe she will be 6 months old. She's getting so big. We leave tomorrow for Oregon. I'm so excited! We are stopping in Twin Falls to see one of my friends on the way, and we are staying in Boise the first night. I'm so ready for a vacation! I will take lots of pictures and post them when we get back. I hope you all had a great 4th of July! I put up pictures of the weekend.

Brynlee Update

2010-06-22T15:54:00.001-07:00

Well I took her to the doctor and he said he isn't really concerned. He gave her some medicine that i'm supposed to give her everyday that should help. He said he has had breastfed babies go 15 or more days without pooping. He said some babies just pee alot of it out and then can store more food than other babies. So hopefully that's Brynlee's problem. I am taking her into Mountainview Hospital tomorrow morning at 9 so she can have a lower GI barrium enema. Basically they shoot blue liquid up her butt and put her under an x-ray to see if it's going through the intestines properly. If everything looks normal then pretty much she just likes to store her poop for long periods of time. If something looks abnormal she will have to have a more serious surgery. :( Hopefully that won't be the case. I pray that everything is normal. If they come back and say there is something wrong with her I think I will have a breakdown right there in the hospital. This has been hard enough on me. So everyone please pray for my little girl!

WOW.......I've been a horrible blogger!

2010-06-22T08:47:00.000-07:00

Sorry i've been such a horrible blogger lately. I feel like I've been really busy even though I just sit at home with Brynlee all day. So I will try and catch you up with what's been going on....which really isn't much. My sister came up from Utah with her girls and stayed a week. That was alot of fun to see them and be able to hang out. We went to the zoo on the only nice day we had, the rest of the time it rained. This last Friday Shawn and I went up to Heise and hiked and went 30 miles on the 4 wheeler and dirt bike. It was so much fun to spend time as a family. Brynlee loved it. I strapped her to the front of me with the bjorn and she slept most of the time. Shawn had a good first father's day. I gave him a gift card to Sears since he always says he wants tools and I don't know anything about them. Then we went to lunch with his family at Applebees. It was fun seeing everybody. Then we went and saw my dad and drove up with them to see their house. It's getting so close to being done. It's so nice. I had my sister in law's bridal shower Friday, it was alot of fun. She is getting married this Saturday. We're excited. Her soon to be hubby leaves in September to Iraq. :( I will pray for his safety everyday. He's a nice guy, Shawn and I really like him. Then we are going on a little road trip to Oregon in July to his cousins wedding. I'm excited for that. I need a vacation. I just hope Brynlee does well on the long car ride. We are going to stop in Seattle on the way back. I'm so excited for that. So I will take lots of pictures. Now for the reason you read my blog, Brynlee. She is now 5 months old. She can now roll from back to stomach and stomach to back......yay! She loves to play with toys or really anything you give her. She laughs more and loves rice cereal and drinking water. If anyone is drinking water she smacks her lips and starts leaning towards your cup. Everytime Shawn feeds her rice cereal she grabs the bowl and tries to eat it, and once it's gone she screams because she wants more. It's funny. The only problem she is having, and it's a major problem is she can't poop on her own. I'm actually taking her to the doctor this afternoon to figure out a solution. I was bawling Sunday because she was trying to poop and she would push and scream like she was in horrible pain. It was the saddest thing ever. I'm pretty sure she was constipated this time, but she never was any of the other times. So we have been having to give her suppositories for her to poop, and the nurse I talked to pretty much told me I was a bad mom for doing that. But nothing else works for her. Anyway! I don't know if it's something I'm eating or if it's the rice cereal, I have no idea. That's what is so hard about breastfeeding. It's very frustrating sometimes. So hopefully the doctor will help her and we can figure something out this afternoon. I will update later on. I'm sure I left out a ton of stuff, but that's the main stuff we have been doing and dealing with. I put up some pictures of the last couple weeks.....just random ones. I'm not sure why one of them is in the middle of my writing. Oh well. That was on the 4 wheeler ride.

Brynlee on the hike

Olivia and Brynlee. Olivia was born May 9.

Brynlee has found her thumb. Naughty girl!

Playing with the pizza box

Shawn thought this was hilarious and wanted me to take a picture.......no he wasn't drunk, he just thought it was funny. :)

Brynlee rolling over

2010-06-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

Be patient....she takes a little while. Don't mind my annoying voice in the background!

Mesa Falls and Camping

2010-06-01T16:28:00.001-07:00

Memorial Day weekend we went camping at Pole Bridge in Island Park with Shawn's side of the family. It poured for the first two and a half days and was freezing! It sucked. Me and Brynlee sat in the trailer that whole time and I was getting to the point of being depressed because I couldn't do anything. As soon as the sun came out we were out of there. Any time we would go in the trailer to change her diaper or me feed her she would scream because she was sick of being inside. I don't blame her! She LOVES to be outside. Once it got nice, Shawn's aunt watched Brynlee so I could go on a long 4 wheeler ride with everyone. It was so much fun! We also took Brynlee on her first 4 wheeler ride and she loved it. When she gets old enough we're going to buy her a real little 4 wheeler. I can't wait! The day we left it was really nice and warm. Figures! So on the way home we decided to stop at Mesa Falls and hike down to the waterfall. It was so pretty. After this Memorial Day weekend camping trip I've banned camping over that weekend for the rest of my life. It's never nice and I got so sick of sitting in the trailer. Every year we go it rains the whole time or snows. So, unless we go somewhere south, I'm not camping next year. :) I took a few pictures below of the weekend......

Fam at Mesa Falls. Don't worry mom, it was really warm. That's why Brynlee doesn't have a jacket on. Shawn and I were sweating! :)

Mesa Falls

The cute little family :)

Shawn packed Brynlee around in her carrier. He want's to get a real heavy duty hiking one because he said she is so heavy and that's not really a carrier for hiking! He was tired after hauling her around. Good thing I didn't carry her, I would of passed out and died!

some of the clan around the fire

Brynlee sleeping on Aunt Kristen

Shawn and I by the fire

Our new trailer.....love it!

Shawn and Brynlee on a walk with the dogs

Bear World and a 4 month old!

2010-05-20T10:47:00.001-07:00

May 14 we went with my niece Dani to Bear World with her preschool. It was a lot of fun. They had at least 30 bears walking around. They would walk right by your car, or come up to the window and stare at you. We saw tons of Grizzly bears, black bears, baby bears, wolves, elk, deer, and a moose. A wolf came up to our car and started chewing on our bra, and then it walked over and stared at me and Brynlee through the window for like 5 minutes. It was a little creepy! But really cool at the same time. They also have a little petting zoo there, little shops, places to eat, and quite a few rides. It's the perfect place to take kids. After Bear World we left and headed for Utah. We went to see Maeli get blessed. It was a lot of fun to see family and friends. Then yesterday Brynlee turned 4 months. She is getting so big. I took her to the doctor and she weighed a little over 15 pounds and was 25 1/2 inches long. He said 90th percentile in both. So she's a healthy baby. She had to get more shots. :( This time I was prepared and I left the room. I only heard her cry for like 20 seconds and then as soon as the nurse gave her to me she was fine. She was all smiles again. So this time wasn't as bad as the first. I have a question for all you mom's out there, when did you start feeding your kids the rice cereal? Because my doctor said I have to wait until she's 6 months!! I thought it was fine once they turned 4 months. I'm so mad, because I was really looking forward to feeding her that. It would give me a break at least once a day! I bought some anyway, and I think I'm going to try it. I know, i'm a rebel! As for Shawn and I we are doing good. Shawn is having a garage sale this weekend. I say Shawn because I have nothing to do with it. I HATE garage sales. I don't like buying other people's junk. I know sometimes you can find good things, but NOT very often. I am going to a funeral tomorrow for a girl that lived in my neighborhood. She was killed in a car accident. I'm not excited about it. It's going to be really sad. She was only 19. They think she was texting while she was driving and she lost control and the car rolled several times and hit a telephone pole. She was on her way to her sister's graduation. :( Sorry this post was long again. I have a ton of pictures below too. Sorry! I also have a video at the bottom of a pig that we thought was hilarious.

Brynlee loved watching the chickens and roosters run around the petting zoo. She would get really excited and laugh. It was so cute! This one was her favorite.

Brynlee on her first train ride with dad

Me, Brynlee and Dani petting a deer

Shawn and Brynlee petting a deer

Shawn and Brynlee with Stiltz the moose

Brynlee riding her first goat. Love her face!

Me and Brynlee with baby bears

Me, Dani, and Brynlee

Brynlee with a wolf

Me and Brynlee with Elk

This pig was really old. So when you would pet it, it would growl. We were laughing so hard we had to get it on video. They said he was like 13 years old. I love how my niece is laughing with us and then at the end she asks us What's Funny? HaHa

Mothers day, New Neice, Birthday, and Anniversary!!

2010-05-11T09:12:00.000-07:00

So, I have been horrible and haven't done a new post in forever...sorry! I have a lot to catch up on. This week has already been busy and exciting. I had my first Mother's Day Sunday. It was fantastic! I love being a mom. It's the greatest gift EVER! Shawn gave me flowers, a digital picture frame, and a big picture of the Salt Lake Temple. It's gorgeous! I will have to get a picture of it. Then at 9:45 Sunday morning my new neice Olivia Marie was born. She is so cute! I forgot my camera so I don't have a picture of her yet, but don't worry I will get one. She has bigger cheeks than Brynlee. So you can imagine how huge they are. Brynlee will have so much fun having cousins so close on both sides of the family. And all three of them have red hair! :-) It's great. Yesterday, Shawn turned 25. He is now officially on old fart. We didn't do a whole lot since he had to work all day. I gave him a gift card to Harbor tools and freight, and an alarm clock that puts the time on the ceiling. He wanted one so bad. (my husband is weird, I will be the first to admit it) Then his parents took us to dinner, and they gave him some light that goes on his gun, (it has a name, but I don't know anything about guns) some money, and proof set from the U.S mint. He has collected them since before I knew him. He has a ton of them. They are actually really neat. This Thursday is our 4 year Anniversary!!! I can't believe it's been 4 years. They flew by. I'm not really sure what we will do, maybe have my mom watch Brynlee so we can go to dinner or something. I love my daughter but sometimes it's nice to have a break. And now for the most exciting topic....Brynlee. :) She is doing great. She will be 4 months old on the 19th. I take her in that day for her checkup, and sadly more shots. She is getting so big. She is getting to be very loud when she talks. She sounds like Tarzan most of the time. Everytime we try to get it on video she stops and just stares at the camera. It's frustrating. She is already starting to notice strangers. If someone else is holding her and she sees either me or Shawn, she gets the saddest frown on her face and her eyes get all teary. She did it to both her Grandma's recently. They weren't happy about it. She has now found her ears and feet. She grabs them all the time. Pretty soon i'm sure she will start pulling her socks off. I'm excited to start feeding her cereal after this checkup. It will give me a break every once in awhile from having to feed her all the time. I heard the first week sucks, but then they start getting the hang of it. I will for sure video tape it because I guarantee you she will gag. It's going to be hilarious. Well, I think i've written a long enough novel for the day. I will post another one after her checkup. I'm excited to see how much she weighs, and all that fun stuff. I've posted a few pictures from the last couple weeks. They are just of Brynlee. :-)

Love this picture! And this is my new favorite shirt on her. It's so bright.

Brynlee and her cousin Maeli. Brynlee doesn't look so huge next to Maeli anymore.

I love this picture. I didn't put her arm up like that, she did it herself. Future model on our hands! She was smiling really big, but my camera takes a YEAR to take the picture. I hate it. I can never get her smile in a picture. I want a new camera so bad.

She has the biggest eyes! Everyone comments on them. I dont' know if they're making fun of her, or if they like them. Look at it this way, she always looks surprised!

Probably the only outfit she owns that isn't pink. :-)

Cougar Fan and 3 Months Old!

2010-04-20T15:04:00.000-07:00

Brynlee turned 3 months on Monday. She's growning so fast. I'm okay with it though because she gets more fun everyday. She makes me laugh all the time. She already has the cutest personality and she can't do a whole lot. She is starting to really like toys and try's so hard to grab them but hasn't quite got there yet. I finally saw her roll over the other day at Grandma and Grandpa Allred's!!! I was so happy. She looked scared when she rolled onto her back, her eyes were huge and she looked like she was going to cry, but then we all started clapping and then she smiled really big for us and started kicking her legs 100 miles an hour. It was cute! This month I'm going to make a list of all the things she loves...

Her Hands
Little Girls
Mom and Dad :)
Getting her diaper changed
Changing Table
Music
Wiggle Worm Gym
Walks in the Stroller
Fart noises HaHa it's hilarious
Mom singing to her (Yikes)
Her Mobile
Baths
Her lady bug blanket, she "talks" to the lady bugs
Talking to you
Standing up
Anyone who will hold her....any takers?
BYU fight song and of course the Cougars themselves! :)

Isnt' she cute in her BYU outfit? I think so!
Pretty sure her first word will either be BYU or Cougars. HaHa Just Kidding!

5 FAVORITES!!!

2010-04-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

I COPIED MY SISTER AND COUSIN AND DECIDED TO DO THIS ALSO:

5 FAVORITE T.V SHOWS (CURRENT)

1. Biggest Loser
2. Dancing with the Stars
3. American Idol
4. One life to live
5. The price of Beauty

5 FAVORITE FOODS

1. Pasta
2. Chocolate
3. Cuties
4. Pineapple
5. Funeral potatoes

5 FAVORITE FAMOUS PEOPLE

1. Reese Witherspoon
2. Paul Walker
3. Michael Jackson
4. Mark Wahlburg
5. Sandra Bullock

5 FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WITH MY HUSBAND

1. Camping
2. Movies
3. Walks
4. Drives
5. Vacations

5 FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT SHAWN

1. Hard Working
2. Good Cook
3. Great Dad
4. Tells me he loves me multiple times a day
5. Sense of Humor

5 FAVORITE SMELLS

1. Shawn (after he showers)
2. baby lotion (Brynlee)
3. BBQ
4. Campfire
5. Clean Laundry

5 FAVORITE MOVIES

1. The Blind Side
2. Sweet Home Alabama
3. The Notebook
4. Wild Hogs
5. Transformers

5 FAVORITE VACATION SPOTS

1. Hawaii (when I go)
2. Florida
3. Bahamas
4. Italy (when I go)
5. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 FAVORITE BANDS/MUSICIANS

1. Michael Jackson
2. Carrie Underwood
3. Lady Antebellum
4. Daughtry
5. Journey

5 FAVORITE BOOKS (Ya I don't read)

1. Book of Mormon
2. Bible
3.
4.
5.

BLESSING DAY!

2010-04-12T18:22:00.000-07:00

Brynlee's blessing was yesterday and it went really well. Shawn gave her a really good one that will hopefully help her through out her life. I was really proud of Shawn for giving her the blessing since he hasn't been a member of the church for very long. I was more nervous than him! We had a lot of family and friends who came and afterwards we had a get together with food at my parents house. It was fun to catch up with everyone. Brynlee did really well, and was really happy all day which was nice. I took a few pictures of her big day.....

Bath time the morning of. She loves baths!

Family picture (Ya, I need to get to the tanning bed!)

Picture of her dress

A little smile

Brynlee with Grandma and Grandpa Johnson

Brynlee with Grandma and Grandpa Allred

During the weekend we hung out with family. I got to see my niece that was born in February for the second time. She had grown a lot! We also got to start helping my parents move out of their house. They sold it in three weeks which was good. They have 10 days to get out, which will be this coming Sunday! I'm a little sad to see my childhood home be gone, but i'm really excited for their new house. It's going to be really nice. I also got a new phone plan with my mom and one of my sister's. We switched from t-mobile to verizon. I texted everyone who was in my phone and gave my new number so hopefully you all got it! If not let me know. While I was out getting my new phone, Shawn texted me and said that Brynlee had rolled over! I was so mad I missed it. That was the first time she had done it. He said she did it twice. I tried to have her do it again when I got there and she wouldn't, so I still haven't seen it. :( Hopefully she will do it for me soon. That's pretty much it with us for the week, I hope you all had a good week and weekend!

Easter Weekend

2010-04-05T16:11:00.001-07:00

We had a good Easter and just wanted to share a few pictures. We got up Easter morning and watched General Conference in our PJ's then after the morning session, got ready then went over to Shawn's Aunts house for Easter Lunch. It was really good, and alot of people came. They did a little easter egg hunt for the little kids, but they wouldn't let me do it. :( They said I was to big. That's one of my favorite things about Easter is finding eggs. My dad was supposed to do one for me this year but they had to go to Utah to visit their favorite daughter. ;) I guess there is always next year! As for Brynlee she is growing and getting more fun everyday. She's happy most of the time, and still sleeps great at night. Although I will say some days she does about drive me to drink my first alcoholic drink! (Like this afternoon) She just wants to be held all the freakin time and it's so frustrating. I tried posting a video on here of what it's like every night for me trying to make dinner but my video wouldn't post. I was so mad because it's a great video. I will keep trying. Shawn is going to bless her this Sunday at church so I will put pictures up on here of her beautiful white dress. I LOVE IT! Shawn and I are also doing great. I have been working on the weight loss thing but as you all know I just like to eat. It also didn't help that my mom brought over a huge basket FULL of candy for us for Easter. I will also admit anything reeses is my weakness and that's pretty much all the candy that was in it, so i'm pretty sure I have gained a few pounds over the weekend. But, I found out my sister-in-laws boyfriend has the P90X stuff so we are going to borrow it and do it. If you don't hear from me in a week or so.....I died! But I am determined to get skinny again. I know a few of you have tried it and I was wondering if you guys liked it or what? Let me know! :) Hope you all had a great Easter.

Family Picture

Brynlee Marie

She fell asleep like this on Shawn's lap, I had to get a picture

Brynlee and her daddy

This is her new favorite toy. She LOVES it. This is the only thing that saves me from having to hold her all the time.....well for about 20 minutes anyway!

Doctor Update!

2010-03-23T13:07:00.000-07:00

I took Brynlee to the doctor today for her 2 month checkup and shots. She weighs a little over 13 pounds and is 23 1/2 inches long. She is 95 percentile in weight.....obviously! :) 85 percentile in height and 45 percentile in the head region. So in other words my daughter is fat and has a tiny head, that's fantastic! This morning I gave her some tylenol for the pain since she was going to get shots but when I gave it to her she gagged and gagged and threw up all over her outfit, so I changed her and tried giving it to her again.....gagged, gagged and threw up all over the next outfit, this left about 10 minutes for me to get to the doctor so I put her in some pj's since I had no other clothes (yes I'm behind on laundry) forgot about the tylenol and left. The shots were horrible! She was so happy and smiling at me and then the nurse stuck her with the first one and all hell broke lose. She screamed!!! So then me as the mom started bawling with her. I'm sure the nurse was like holy crap lady your daughter isn't dying. But it was so sad! So in the end Brynlee, me, and my niece Dani were all crying. Ha Ha Gotta love the doctor.

2 months old!

2010-03-19T13:37:00.000-07:00

Today Brynlee turned 2 months. She has gotten so big! :( But she's getting more fun everyday. She smiles at us all the time now and is going to start laughing anyday. She has already laughed a couple times but just not consistent. It sounds so cute too! Not out of control like her mom's. She has found her hands and loves to put them in her mouth....along with everything else that touches it. She sleeps 5 to 6 hour stretches at night now which is soooo nice. She is for sure not lacking in the gaining weight area. She has about 15 rolls on her legs and has "rubber band" wrists. I love it!! Hopefully she will lose it all once she starts crawling and getting more active. :) I take her in on Monday for her 2 month checkup and shots. Hopefully it will all go okay. Not really looking forward to the shots. The weather has been so nice here the last few days so I took her on walks and she loves them. I'm excited about that so I can maybe shed a few pounds while I walk. We will be blessing her April 11th at our church for any of you who are close to here would like to come. We will also be having a little brunch get together afterwards. We would love to have you guys! She's growing up so fast but i'm excited to see her learn new things everyday.

Shawn and I are still doing good. We are looking forward to summer because we like to camp and do things outside. I'm trying to talk Shawn into getting us a boat! :) He asked me what I liked to do and I said boating so we are looking around. I like camping but his family goes up to the middle of nowhere and stays for a weekend and I'm not a huge fan of that. I was raised going to actual campgrounds with things to do other then 4-wheeling for hours. Anyway! So long story short he wanted to find something we would both enjoy. He's so good to me!!! So anyone who likes boating you know who to get in touch with. I took a couple pictures of Brynlee for you guys so you can see if she has changed......

Love this picture!

Our Chunky Monkey

Utah Trip

2010-03-07T13:40:00.000-08:00

This weekend Brynlee and I went down to Utah with my dad and oldest sister to see Maeli who was born February 27. My mom had already been down there the whole week with my sister to help her out. The ride down was HORRIBLE!!! Brynlee screamed pretty much the whole way. I'm sure my dad and sister enjoyed the ride. :) I've never been so excited to arrive at my sister's house. She did alot better once we got there but was still fussy all weekend. I think it was because she was somewhere new. But she did sleep really well at night so I was really happy about that. It was fun to visit and be able to meet and hold my new niece. We went shopping at Carter's and I got a couple summer outfits and my mom got her a swimming suit for Easter but I picked it out. It's so cute! I'm so excited for her to wear it this summer. As for Brynlee she is doing great. She gets chunkier about every hour I swear. I love it though. She now wears 3 month clothes. She smiles at us all the time now and it's so fun. She's also starting to "talk" back to us when we talk to her. She has her two month checkup on the 22. I'm not looking forward to that because she gets her shots. :( I'm sure I will cry with her. But I'm anxious to see how much she weighs. Shawn got on the scale here with her and it said she was a little over 12 pounds! But not sure how accurate that is. She loves to be held all the time. It really starts getting annoying. I love her but sometimes I need to put her down and she starts crying or if she's sleeping and I put her down she wakes up right away. We have tried her vibrater chair, swing, crib, our bed, etc. But nothing helps! Then we went out and bought a comfort rider and it was the answer to our prayers. I can put it on and she sits in it so I can get things around the house done and she is with me every where I go. She loves it! That's about it with us but here is a few pictures of the weekend.....

Kambria and Brynlee

The cousins...Brynlee, Kambria, and Maeli

Cousins/Best Friends! They will love being so close in age. I'm excited for them to grow up together. Maeli has so much hair! My sister could probably already put it in pig tails. She needs to share with Brynlee. Brynlee looks HUGE next to little Maeli. :)

This is the comfort rider I was talking about. I was laughing so hard when Shawn put it on. But Brynlee seriously loves it. She fell asleep about 2 seconds after I took this. I told Shawn he can wear this and haul her around when we go hiking this summer. I will already be winded and about passing out so I don't need a 12 pound baby helping matters. This will be my outfit for who know's how long but if it helps me to get things done around my house i'm all for it!

One Month Old and a New Hair Cut!

2010-02-22T10:27:00.000-08:00

Well, Brynlee is now over a month old. It went by so fast to me. She's sleeping really well at night she usually goes about 3 to 4 hour stretches every night, but last night she went 5! It was fantastic. It would be nice if she started doing that every night. She is starting to smile when you talk to her, especially to her mom. :) She's just not consistent quite yet but I'm guessing she will be any day now. She is also starting to make noises back at you when you talk to her. She can hold her head up so well. Shawn's mom got her a bumbo the other day and she loves it. She will sit in it for hours and hold her head up. She's getting so big! I'm anxious to see how much she weighs and how long she is at her 6 week.

My BIG girl!

My hair was driving me nuts one day so I went and chopped it all off. I haven't had this short of hair in a long time, but I love it. It took Shawn awhile to get used to it. (He hates short hair) But he likes it now and still tells me i'm a hottie. :) I always felt bad because Brynlee would get my long hair in her mouth all the time, and she would spit up in it. So yes I'm one of those mom's who went and got the "Mommy Haircut."

She LOVES her changing table. She has an imaginary friend on the wood that she smiles at and talks to. It's so funny. We'll lay her down to change her and when we pick her back up afterwards she cries and gets angry. She wants to stay there. So lately when she's grumpy we'll go put her on her changing table and she's fine. It's great!

First Professional Pictures!

2010-02-16T08:40:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-15T12:32:00.001-08:00

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day even though it's over. Our's was good. Shawn cooked me dinner Saturday night. It was really good! We also watched Amelia. It was okay. It was kind of slow for me. Then I woke up Sunday to find a plant, and 5 boxes of cereal. HaHa I love cereal if you didn't know. Also a really cute note Shawn wrote me. I have the best husband ever! I'm a really lucky girl. Then last night we went out to the in-laws for dinner. It was fun, I got to go on my first 4 wheeler ride since i've been pregnant. I missed 4 wheeling! It was really fun, but FREEZING. Hope you all had a great Valentine's. I took a couple pictures of our baby girl.

She was half asleep so she looks weird :)
Grandma Johnson gave her this outfit for Valentine's Day. I loved it! She looked so cute.

3 weeks

2010-02-10T14:58:00.000-08:00

Well she is now over 3 weeks old. It's crazy how fast the time goes when your no longer pregnant. I felt like I was pregnant for years! Now that she's here time flies by. I don't really have much to talk about but I just wanted to add a few more pictures for those of you who can't see her on a daily basis. (my sister) She's getting so big! I wouldn't be surprised if she was close to 10 pounds now. I'm so excited because one of my best friends that I grew up with is coming this weekend to take pictures of her. She takes amazing pictures and i'm so excited she can take Brynlee's. Thanks Megan!!! So I will for sure be posting some of them on here. Shawn and I are still doing great. He still works out at the INL and is loving it. I'm a stay at home mom now and I love it! I will start babysitting my nieces and nephew again in March. I just took this month off to get used to having a baby and adjusting to the change. We probably won't be doing anything for Valentine's Day since we can't really go anywhere. Maybe we'll rent a movie and Shawn will do a candlelight dinner for me. ;) HaHa I always thought Valentine's Day was kind of a lame holiday anyways. Well hopefully our lives will start getting exciting soon so I have stuff to talk about. Until then.......

She smiles all the time in her sleep and I finally got a picture of it! It took me forever. I love this picture. I can't wait until she starts smiling all the time.
cuddling with mom

Her new nickname is Chunky Monkey. She is such a little chunk. I'm fine with it though because I love chunky babies.

I was cleaning my house and went to check on her and found her like this. I thought it was funny so I took a picture.

She has recently found her nose. She always makes this face to look at it. I think it's hilarious!

2 Week Checkup!

2010-02-02T14:04:00.001-08:00

Brynlee and her Dad
HaHa She is such a little chunker. Look at her stomach!

This was her first real bath! She didn't cry the first time but now she does everytime.

I took Brynlee for her 2 week checkup on Tuesday. I can't believe she's over two weeks old already! The doctor said she looks great. She now weighs a little over 9 pounds. The doctor said I must be feeding her pure cream. HaHa She's sleeping really well at night for a newborn. She usually goes 3-4 hour stretches so I can't complain too much. :) I'm starting to go a little crazy because I still can't go out anywhere. Her doctor wants me to keep her in for at least a month to a month and a half because of all the swine flu going around. So I sit at home all day by myself, unless my mom doesn't work then we go hang out with grandma all day. Shawn is also really good about watching her when he gets home so I can go somewhere just to get out for a bit. We have also been having issues getting her to sleep in her crib. So she's been sleeping in her bouncer chair for 2 weeks, but last night was a success!!! She slept in her crib all night. Yahoo!! I am so happy. Hopefully she will continue to sleep there from now on. I am so lucky to have such a great baby. It's such a huge relief to know that she's healthy. Anyway! We are all still doing great. I still love being a mom! (that might change the older she gets though) :)

One Week Old!!

2010-01-26T10:50:00.000-08:00

Brynlee is already a week old! I can't believe how fast it went. She now weighs 8 pounds!! We finally got rid of the billy blanket yesterday. I was so exctied about that. I had to take her in this morning to have her heel pricked again to make sure her levels didn't go back up. They actually went down even more so that was good news. I had my mom go with me because I have to leave the room or I'll cry! We're all doing good, Shawn and I are just learning to live off of about 5 hours of sleep. I had a little bit of the baby blues the last couple of days. I would just start crying all of the sudden and had no idea why. I'm sure it's because my hormones are all over the place. So being the greatest husband Shawn is he stayed home from work yesterday to be with me. :) I'm doing much better now! I'm excited to be a mom and learn new things everyday. It's a huge change but we enjoy it and love her more than anything already.

Brynlee Marie Allred

2010-01-22T19:12:00.000-08:00

Brynlee Marie was born January 19 at 5:30 in the morning. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 20 inches long. I went in Monday the 18 to have them start me on Cervadel and it put me into labor. That usually doesn't happen, but it did with me. I started getting contractions almost right after they put the cervadel in. They started getting pretty bad at about 4:55. The nurse checked me and I was at a 4, so I told her I wanted the epidural. Well....the guy that gives them was in a C-section so I had to breathe through them until he got done. I went from a 4 to a 10 in 20 minutes!!!! SO PAINFUL! The nurse checked me again and goes holy crap you need to push. I pushed twice and she was out. My doctor didn't even get there in time so the doctor on call ran in and pretty much caught her on her way out. It was crazy and I was known as Super Women the rest of the day. :) I think she looks just like Shawn! I will post her baby picture and Shawn's and you guys tell me what you think. It's scary how much they look alike. She does have my lips though!!!

Brynlee in her "going home" outfit. I think we were all ready to get out of the hospital.
This is a close up with one of her favorite blankets.

This is a billy blanket that we have to keep on her all time for her Jaundice. I guess she had it pretty bad. She looks like a little glow worm. We got home Thursday and we had to bring the machine home with us. We go to the Pediatrician tomorrow (Sat.) to have her checked to see if her levels have gone down. I'm hoping they have so we can get rid of the stupid billy blanket, it's really annoying!

Shawn and Brynlee hanging out in the room

She loves sleeping with her arms up like this. It's so funny. We are all doing good and just adjusting to having a baby at home. She didn't sleep so well her first night home. She was up all night! I'm hoping she sleeps better tonight. I will do another update soon with more pictures i'm sure. Hopefully we hear good news at the doctor tomorrow!

HER ROOM IS DONE!!!

2010-01-16T10:48:00.001-08:00

We finally got her room all finished! The room seems so much smaller with all the stuff in it. I tried my best to get pictures of everything. I made the B that's above her crib, and then I got two vinyl sayings that we put on the wall, one says "Girly Girl", and the other says "The nearest thing to Heaven is a Child." Because we all know with me being her mom she will be a girly girl. Maybe I will let her dad take her fishing a few times I guess. :) But i'm hoping she will hate it as much as me. HaHa

Everyone told me I had to have a glider, so I got one. I hear you spend a lot of time in there, especially if you breast feed! It's comfortable so that's always good.

Then her changing table (obviously) with the diapers, wipe warmer, lotions, and her 50 million blankets she got. I have more in her dresser! She got a ton of blankets. I'm sure this will be the last time her room is this clean and organized, so enjoy! :) I'm counting down the days. I really don't think she is going to come on her own time, so I'm pretty sure I will be induced Tuesday. I will try and get pictures of her on here as soon as I can. Wish me luck! I'm a little scared i'm not going to lie. I'm sure everything will be fine though.

Last Update!

2010-01-13T12:30:00.001-08:00

Well I went to the doctor today and I'm not dialated at all, still just thinning. But I go back on Monday and if nothing has happened by then they are going to induce me Tuesday!!! :) So pretty much my doctor said if I don't go into labor on my own in the next few days then tuesday is the day. I was so excited to hear that. I wanted to give her a BIG hug. I thought they were going to make me wait at least a week after my due date to be induced, but she said Tuesday would be fine. So she might get here a day early! Now i'm just trying to get my house cleaned, laundry caught up, etc. so I don't come home to a messy house. Anyway! Just thought I would let you all know. So plan on seeing some pictures of our little girl very soon.

No Baby Yet!

2010-01-11T07:29:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to do a little update since who know's when I will be able to do the next. I know I still have 9 days left but I'm so ready for Brynlee to get here. I can barely walk anymore! I'm also tired of being huge. I went to the doctor on Friday and they checked to see if I was Dialated at all and ....Nope I wasn't. But she did say I was thinning a ton. (which is efface I believe) So she said my body is for sure getting ready. She also said Brynlee's head is down which is another relief. Hopefully she will get here really soon! Also the Strep B test came back negative so I don't have to worry about that. So everything is looking good. I go to the doctor again this Wednesday so hopefully something will have changed by then.
I had my baby shower on the 9th with my side of the family and friends. It went really well, and I got a lot of good stuff. :) My mom made me the prettiest/softest blanket EVER! I loved it. She got more clothes, binkies, hair stuff, a tutu (SO Cute, Thanks Alissa), a boppy, blankets, diapers, etc. We for sure got hooked up. The stuff we didn't get Shawn and I got. Like, a wipe warmer, diaper bag, monitors, mobile, hamper, and my breast pump! (I'm sure I will never feel like a human being again.....MOO!!) We're all set, now she just needs to come! I will try and do a tiny update on Wednesday after my appt. if there were any changes. Hopefully I will be dialated to a 3! That would be great! We will also put up pictures of our little girl on here as soon as we can. :)

CHRISTMAS

2009-12-27T16:03:00.001-08:00

I wanted to post a little something about Christmas! It was a great one, and had a good time with family. We always have a dinner Christmas Eve with my aunt, uncle and cousins. It's getting more and more crowded since we're all having kids of our own, but still fun! After we eat, we go for a drive and look and Christmas lights so the "Elves" can come give us a gift. I still get excited walking in the door and seeing my present. :) Then after that we open presents from my aunt and uncle, then finish off with dessert. After they leave my family opens our Christmas Pj's. LOVE IT! Such a fun tradition. Then we come back early Christmas morning and open presents. This year Shawn and I opened our presents from eachother at our house. I got a target giftcard, movie passes, and he sent me on a scavenger hunt all through our house and got me and Brynlee a dresser for her room! I was really excited about that. Then I got pots and pans from my mom and dad, money, more giftcards, jewelry, candy etc. Then we eat Breakfast, then Shawn and I go up to his parents Christmas day. I got pots and pans from his sister also, his parents gave me movies, a willow tree figurine, a purse, candy etc. Brynlee got spoiled too of course! Then we go to his Grandma's for lunch and open gifts with all of his aunts, uncle's, and cousins on the Allred side. So ya, we had a great Christmas!

Here is me and my sister, the prego's! We are exactly six weeks apart, she's due in March. We're both having girls so it's going to be so much fun having kids so close. :) And ya i'm HUGE!!
This is my dad! (He IS pushing his stomach out) HaHa I think this picture is hilarious. I think we both look about 9 months pregnant. :) Brynlee is going to love her Papa Johnson!! Well I hope you all had a great Christmas! Brynlee's room is almost finished and I will post pictures. I'm now counting down the days until she arrives. Not too much longer!

Thanksgiving, Baby Shower, and 33 Weeks!!!

2009-12-03T09:07:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to do a little post on Thanksgiving and other things that are going on with us. We celebrated Thanksgiving with Shawn's side of the family this year and it was alot of fun. His grandparents from Oregon came, and his Aunt, Uncle, and cousins from Washington, and Montana. There was alot of people! The food was great, and we played lots of games. My favorite would have to be the Boxers or Briefs game. It is so much fun. But I do have to admit, I missed my traditional Thanksgiving movie that my family does. But, we will be with my family next year so I will get to go. :) Me and my mom went to some stores on Black Friday and it was crazy!!! We waited in line at Kmart for an hour in the freezing cold and right before they opened the doors these sneaky jerks pushed there way in and cut in front of all the people that were waiting in line, my mom got her hand smashed in the door it was bruised and bleeding! People were pushing me so I would turn around and push them back! (Ya that's right, nobody messes with the cranky pregnant lady) Here I am 8 months pregnant running to the back of the store. We were trying to get these MP3 Players for my sisters kids. You owe us big time Jami!!! :) Once we got to the back and got them, I busted up laughing. I couldn't believe how crazy people were, and I was one of them. Anyway! I had to share that story with you all, because I thought it was hilarious.
Saturday the 28th was my baby shower with the Allred side. It was alot of fun and Brynlee got lots of cute stuff. Mostly clothes! But my Mom-in-law gave us her travel system stroller which was awesome!! We already put it together and I LOVE it. Thanks Shelly!!! I'm getting more and more excited for her to get here. Especially since she doesn't have much room in my stomach anymore and she kicks me in my ribs.
I went to the doctor on Monday and it was just the usual. I feel like I live at the doctor now since I go every two weeks. Everything was great, and I'm still growing! I'm feeling pretty good, just tired again, and one of my hips hurt, but I think it just needs popped into place. Next time I go to the doctor I will get the Strep B test. Hopefully I won't have it, but I heard if you do it's not a big deal they just put you on an IV when your in labor to protect the baby. Anyway! That's all that happened with us, I was bad and forgot my camera so I didn't get any pictures of the entire weekend. oops! Now it's time to get ready for Christmas! Shopping here I come!

31 Weeks

2009-11-20T12:12:00.000-08:00

Sorry about the fat face. :) I'm getting a double chin and I hate it. Oh the joys of pregnancy! I've actually gotten ALOT bigger since the last photo if you compare. I didn't realize how much i've grown.

9 WEEKS LEFT!!

2009-11-18T10:53:00.000-08:00

I went to the doctor on Monday and I was in and out fast. Just did the usual.....weight, pee in a cup (I HATE that part), listened to the heartbeat, measured my belly, and asked if I'm swelling. I had to take my Niece Dani with me and while we were waiting for the doctor we played I spy in the room. HaHa She's so cute! Then the doctor came in and once you could hear the heartbeat Dani covers her mouth with both of her hands and goes "Oh cute! That's Brynlee's heartbeat" It was so cute. She kept wanting my doctor to keep it on there so she could hear it. :) Then of course my doctor thought she was cute and had to give her a sucker. Anyway! Everything looks great. I now have to start going every two weeks instead of every four, which means I'm getting closer! I feel good other than my back is starting to hurt, and I can't get comfortable at night to sleep. I have to sleep on my sides and it's hard for me. I finally get in a comfortable position and then Shawn starts snoring!!! Its hopeless. I will get another picture of my belly on here soon. I just need to have Shawn take one. I really don't think it's changed much since that other picture, but I will still post one.

THANKSGIVING
This year for Thanksgiving we're spending it with Shawn's family. We tried to do both families last year and it was just way to much food, and we felt rushed, so we decided to do it with one family each year. Then Shelly (Shawn's mom) is throwing me a baby shower with the Allred side the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I'm excited for that! What's not fun about opening presents for your baby? Then it's the BIG rival game: BYU vs. Utah that night. I'm hoping this is BYU's year. I'm sick of losing to the "Bottom feeders." I loathe Utah!!! Anyway. That's what is going on with us for the next couple weeks. I will try and take some Thanksgiving pictures and post them. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Okay, Which Wyoming shirt for Brynlee????

2009-11-12T08:21:00.001-08:00

Downata Hot Springs

2009-11-09T11:26:00.001-08:00

Like I said we went to Downata Hot Springs for a night and these are some pictures I took. This is the outside of our yurt we slept in. Along with my huge pregnant belly and fat face! It was alot of fun, but there was a farm right next to this place and the night we got there the farmer decided to separate the mommy cows from their babies, so ALL NIGHT we got to hear mooing. I was tempted to go open the gates and let them be together so I could get some sleep. I told Shawn I am NEVER living on a farm.
This is the inside of our yurt. It was pretty cozy! It had the bed, futon, a microwave and fridge, TV with VCR and DVD player, but NO bathroom! And that is torture for a pregnant woman. We had to go outside and in another yurt was just the bathrooms. That part of it was annoying just because I have to go potty alot. But it was still alot of fun.

This was our candlelight dinner, after we ate all our food. :) It was sooooo good. I don't want to know how many calories our meal had, but it was so good. We had loaded chicken, with a loaded baked potato, green beans, salad, and rolls. Shawn was especially impressed with the food. The whole meal he kept saying oh man this is good. He reminded me of Bob on What about Bob. HaHa (for those of you who know the movie) Everytime he takes a bite of food he goes mmmmm, mmmmm, oh faye this is delicious! That was Shawn at dinner!! They also had really nice romantic music playing, which made it nice.

Here's Shawn giving the meal a thumbs up! Afterwards we went in the hot pools. Well Shawn went in, I just soaked my legs. That's the place to take your kids swimming. The water was 93 degrees! You wouldn't have to worry about your kids being cold. They had three water slides at the pool too, so kids would love it. We had alot of fun together. It was a nice romantic getaway for us! :) Also, I just realized i'm on my third and FINAL trimester. Yahoo!! This coming Wednesday it will only be ten more weeks. I can't believe it. Pretty soon we will get to meet our little girl. Just thought I'd share my excitement with you all!

Starting her young, raising her right!!!! :-)

2009-11-05T15:12:00.000-08:00

I know I haven't blogged in forever, and my friend Nikki made me well aware today! :) I love you Nikki! Anyway. So now you get a blog with a bunch of random pics. First, we didn't do anything for Halloween, we sat at home, handed out candy, and watched the Wyoming/Utah Football game. Exciting Halloween I know! This weekend will be a little more exciting, Shawn won a night stay at Downata Hot Springs in one of their yurts. So we're doing that tomorrow night. I'm excited. I won't be able to swim though because the water is to hot. So I guess I will be soaking my feet. My swimming suit no longer fits me anyway, so it's okay. I guess I could go in the nude! HaHa I would scare everyone away. We are also doing a candlelight Dinner Friday night. I'm really excited for that! It will be nice to get away and spend time together. That's about it with us, we just work and hang out at home. Now for the pics........

This is Brynlee's first BYU shirt! I got a BIG bow on a headband to go with it. She's going to be the cutest BYU fan ever. I tell everyone we're starting her young, and raising her right. For some reason Shawn doesn't agree. Don't worry, I will be getting her a Wyoming shirt as well. I already got her a brown headband with a yellow bow to go with the Wyoming shirt. She will look so cute!!

This is just a close up so you can read it

I made this magnet board for her room. I'm pretty proud of myself. I loved how it turned out. I just need to make the magnets to go on it.

And this is just a sneek peek of what her crib bedding looks like. Her nursery isn't close to being done so I didn't want to take pictures of the whole thing yet. I LOVE her bedding! Her room is going to be really cute once i'm done with it. :) But this is all you get for now. Brynlee is doing good, and so am I. This is the best I've felt my whole pregnancy, so i'm loving it. You can see her move on the outside of my belly now, and that is really awesome. I'm getting really impatient though, i'm ready for her to be here. Even though people always tell me how much your life changes once you have a kid, I don't care. I'm ready!!! But please everyone pray that she get's my nose, and Shawn's ears! Because if she gets my dumbo ears and the Allred nose, I think I might just have to cry. HaHa Sorry this post was REALLY random. I will post the pictures I take this weekend at Downata Hot Springs. Hope your all doing well!

Update On Brynlee

2009-10-19T12:06:00.000-07:00

Well today was the day I had to drink the sick glucose drink to see if I have gestational diabetes. That drink was gross. Not as bad as I thought, but I did gag a few times trying to get it down. Went to the doctor and after about an hour and a half wait they pricked my finger and took the blood. They came back a few minutes later and didn't say that I had it so i'm assuming I don't. But they did say I'm low on Iron because as most of you know I hate red meat so I don't eat it. So she said I have to get some Iron pills and just take those. When I told Shawn he threatened me and said he was going to shove a steak down my throat!! :) Brynlee's heartbeat sounded great and the doctor said i'm growing normally. She's moving like crazy now because she's getting so much bigger. I love it!!! Shawn can finally feel her move as well, so he has his hand on my tummy whenever he can. Also, as soon as she hears Shawn's voice she starts moving like crazy. She's not even born yet and is already a daddy's girl! Shawn got her crib and changing table put together, and we painted a wall chocolate brown! I go in her room almost everyday and just stare, or look at her clothes. Pathetic I know, but I'm getting so excited. Anyway! We're going to the BYU vs. TCU football game this weekend with my parents, hopefully the Cougars can win. It will be a BIG game, so it should be fun. I believe our other team the Wyoming Cowboys have a bye this weekend? But i'm not positive.

25 WEEKS

2009-10-06T19:12:00.000-07:00

Okay for those of you who wanted to see a prego picture here it is! I could kill you all for making me do this. I hate pictures of me, but I guess it will be good to have for the future.

This is just a close up so you can see a little better!

Funny Look-a-Likes

2009-09-29T15:03:00.000-07:00

I was looking around today and came across this site and was laughing my butt off. I thought these were hilarious! So I picked some of the better one's to share with you. I know I haven't blogged in forever. Haven't done anything to blog about. Me and the baby are great, and Shawn leaves tomorrow to go hunting. I'm going to Utah to spend some bonding time with my sister and niece while he's gone. That's pretty much it! Our lives are pretty boring. Anyway! Enjoy and hopefully you will think they are funny.

Brynlee Marie Allred

2009-09-16T17:32:00.001-07:00

It's a girl!!!!! She finally cooperated for us. We went to the doctor at 4:15 and were done by 4:30 so much faster then the first time. We went and bought an outfit at Target afterwards, and I got the cutest Ugg Boots or whatever there called. SO CUTE!! We got to see her drinking during the ultrasound which was really cool. I could sit and watch her all day. Our crib arrived today too, so I'm getting so excited to start fixing up her room. I've also been feeling her move like crazy lately and that's so much fun. It feels weird, but awesome at the same time. Shawn gets mad he can't feel her yet. :) I have alot of crafts in mind that I want to do for her room too, so that will keep me busy. I have to be honest it's alot more fun and exciting when you know what your having. Anyway! I just wanted to let you all know the news. I go to my actual doctors appointment on Friday, nothing to exciting I don't think, just the usual. Those of you who want to see a prego picture of me it will be coming soon, I just need to get more of a belly so that it looks like i'm actually pregnant other than just REALLY fat. :)

STUBBORN CHILD!!!!!!

2009-09-02T07:36:00.000-07:00

So we went in last night to see if it was a boy or girl and .......we could not find out! I was so upset. I was waiting all day and was so excited and then we couldn't find out. I already told most of you but I'm going to go more into detail on here: We were there for about an hour, with the sonographer beating on my stomach for 30 minutes trying to get him/her to move but nothing worked. Then she decided to check everything else and come back to the sex, so she checked the brain, heart, kidney's, stomach etc. and said everything there looks great. So we are really thankful for that. That's always great news to hear. So then she goes back to see if it's a boy or a girl and still in the same spot. He/she was moving his/her arms and head like crazy but no no not the legs. He/she has them crossed at the ankle's really tight. So it really was impossible to see anything. Also his/her head is in my rib cage and the legs are in my pelvis which doesn't help the situation. Let's just say our child has a mind of their own already. (HELP US!!!) So we go back in two weeks to try again, and pay 20 bucks because we haven't paid the doctor enough. Hopefully by then he/she will be in a normal position with the legs uncrossed! The sonographer did say girls are more difficult to find the sex than boys. Boys are usually the one's that are out there for the world to see. So she was leaning towards girl but isn't sure at all. Also, I have a funny/embarrassing story about Shawn: the sonographer was moving the thing around and all the sudden Shawn goes "oh there's the twig and berries" I busted out laughing and so did the sonographer and then she goes actually that's the umbilical cord. I could not believe he said that, but then again I can. So we all got a good laugh at least! So wait a couple more weeks and hopefully I will have the good news. Sorry this post was so long!

Our Landscaping!!!

2009-08-31T11:29:00.000-07:00

We finally finished our front yard landscaping about a month ago. Thanks to my dad who helped us a ton in his spare time and getting us all the stuff we needed. It's nice having a dad that owns a lawn business. He knows what he's doing! Shawn and I spent one Saturday planting all the bushes and hauling the bark and spreading it everywhere. It wasn't much fun, but it had to be done. Now we have the prettiest house on the street. Our neighbors even told us so. Now we just have our backyard to work on, but that probably won't be until next spring or summer. We gotta save up some money. Especially now that we have a baby coming! Thanks again to my dad for all his help! We really appreciate it. Here's a couple pictures of it:

Phoenix Arizona

2009-08-19T10:18:00.000-07:00

One of the nights we went to the Greyhound race track. It was fun. Those dogs can run so fast! There awesome to watch.
They always brought out the dogs before each race so you could choose which one you wanted to bet on. Good thing I never put money on my choices because mine didn't win once.

Me at the Greyhound park. There was nobody there. Obviously! Well not outside anyway. All the serious people were inside. We went inside after awhile and those people that bet are CRAZY! They were like standing up and yelling, and then if there choice didn't win they'd swear and throw things. It was nuts! I was laughing at them.

Shawn at the Arizona Diamondback's Baseball game. I had never been to a MLB game before so it was pretty fun even though I'm not a huge baseball fan.

This is just a picture of the field and the some of the dome. Good thing it was enclosed and had AC!! The Diamondback's won that game so we picked a good one to go to. They played the New York Mets I believe.

More Phoenix

2009-08-19T09:57:00.001-07:00

Us in front of the Mesa, Arizona Temple. It was pretty! But we lasted about 2 minutes outside because it was so HOT. I don't know how anyone lives there in the summer.
Just me and the Temple. We also went to the Visitor's Center and they had a bunch of stuff on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir which was really neat.

The first thing we did when we got there was go to the zoo. It was about 110 when we got there and I thought I was going to DIE. And that zoo is huge! When I would see a mister fan thingy I would run to get to it, and then stand under it until I was soaked. We would dry about 2 minutes later not even kidding. And we were sucking down water like nobody's business. I'm sure the Arizona people were laughing at us.

I LOVE Giraffe's!! I think they are so cool. I would have one as a pet if I could. :)

This lion was making the weirdest noise. It was so cool to hear though. Because the one's at the Idaho Falls zoo are always sleeping so it was cool to see one awake and actually doing something.

I feel like a giant COW!!!!

2009-08-17T20:28:00.000-07:00

I went to the doctor today and I was in there for a total of about 5 minutes. It was really fast! I was hoping they were going to give me an ultrasound so I could see how big our baby's getting but they didn't. But, I did get to hear the heart beat again so that was good. Shawn still hasn't heard the heartbeat which I feel bad about. His work schedule is complicated and it's hard for him to make appts. But the big day that we find out if it's a boy or girl is September 1 at 5:45 PM. I had to do it later because it's a Tuesday and Shawn will again be at work. But he will FOR SURE be there for that. :) As soon as we find out, I'm going to go buy an outfit. I can't wait!! Well and of course call the family and let them know.
As for me I'm doing better. Don't feel as nauseous, and food is sounding better everyday. CRAP! My mom bought me a bunch of maternity clothes and I must say they are much more comfortable, but do make you look much more prego!
The doctor said that baby's heartbeat sounds great, and that everything is right on track so that was comforting.
Also Shawn and I finally agree on the names so here they are: GIRL: Brynlee Marie Allred, and BOY: Mason William Allred. It seriously took us FOREVER to agree on names because Shawn would change his mind every two seconds. But we finally did it. Anyway! We are both doing great and still love it here in Idaho Falls. I start babysitting the 24 which i'm excited about. I miss seeing my nieces and nephew everyday! Spending time with them makes me more and more excited about being a mom. I will let you all know on September 1st! :)

Hilarious Obama stickers!!

2009-08-04T10:27:00.000-07:00

Okay so I'm so sick of turning the TV on and seeing all the bad things going on in America. It's so depressing! So I found these and thought they were funny. WARNING: if you voted for Obama they might offend or make you angry so I wouldn't read them. I didn't vote for him so I find them hilarious and truthful! All I can say is America needs some serious help. I can't wait for 2012!!!! Sorry if I offend any of you!

Funny Obama Stickers!!!

2009-08-04T10:05:00.000-07:00

Here is a few more:

We're Alive!!!

2009-08-03T15:28:00.000-07:00

I haven't done a post in awhile but I don't really have anything to say...other than we're alive. So I guess that's good. :) We went to Cherry Hill waterpark this last weekend with my family. It was lots of fun, but I couldn't go down any waterslides since i'm prego. I was bummed about that. I didn't get any pictures because I'm so bad about taking them.

As for me and the baby we're good. I can tell i'm getting fat because only one pair of my pants fit me. I think pretty soon I will be making a trip to a maternity store....unfortunatly. :( I was supposed to go to the doctor next Tuesday but instead I'm going with Shawn to Mesa/Phoenix Arizona for the week! He's going there for business, and I'm just going for fun. So now my appt. is on the following Monday. Then a couple weeks after that we can find out what we're having!!! I can't wait. I still feel sick every once in awhile. Still taking my zofran and eating, eating, eating. I feel like that's all I ever do. And of course going to the bathroom! Just thought I'd do a little update.

I will for sure take pictures in Arizona and will know more about the baby once I go to the doctor! So I will post as soon as I can after my appt. Also, I've been having a ton of dreams that we're having a girl, and I don't know if it's because people keep telling me I am or if I really am, but I guess we'll see soon enough!

Baby Update!!

2009-07-14T12:31:00.000-07:00

I went to the doctor today and got to hear the baby's heartbeat!! :) It was awesome. I still don't feel like there's a baby growing inside me, besides the sickness. But hearing the heartbeat made it more real for me. I will be thirteen weeks tomorrow, so i'm pretty much done with my first tri. Let me just say the first tri SUCKED!!! I'm so sick of feeling nauseous and no food ever sounds good to me. I'm hoping the next two are better in that area. I go back to the doctor in 4 weeks and i'm not really sure what they will do then, but I know you have to be at least 20 weeks to find out what it is, and I can't wait for that!!!! I have no idea what it's going to be so I think i'm going to put a poll on here and have you guys vote what you think I will have. I did this chinese calendar thing online for fun and according to that we will be having a boy. So I guess we'll see if it's right. I will be happy with a boy or girl. I really don't care what we have. Anyway! Other than that not much is going on.....Shawn still pretty much lives at his job, and I have the summer off until school starts up again.

Necessities for our Baby!

2009-07-12T14:51:00.000-07:00

I've been looking at clothes and stuff lately and realized I will be getting these for our baby! He/she is being born into the Johnson family who are all MAJOR BYU fans. So it's going to be bred in he/she to be a hardcore fan like mommy! :) It's sad when you say the wife of the family is more into sports than the husband. But that's the case in the Allred house hold.
I just liked the hat so of course I have to get it

I figured I better get a Wyoming one since my husband did graduate college from there. But I'm not going to lie when I say he/she will be wearing blue alot more often. :) Plus Wyoming fans are MEAN and have potty mouths! I don't want our kid to be like that.

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!

2009-06-15T13:09:00.001-07:00

We're going to be parents! We're so excited. This picture is blurry sorry because we still need to purchase a scanner, so I had to take it with my camera. But I'm due January 20th. So that only makes me 8 weeks and 5 days along. But I couldn't hold it in any longer. The baby just looks like a kidney bean, but hey its a cute kidney bean! I have been REALLY sick. Not fun. I usually don't go a day without throwing up anymore which sucks. But the doctor hooked me up with zofran today and I hear that stuff is amazing for morning sickness so I'm all for it. Anyway! Just wanted to share our good news with all of you. I will keep you posted!

Rocky Point Mexico

2009-06-13T19:02:00.000-07:00

For my mom's side family reunion we went to Puerto Penasco also known as Rocky Point Mexico. It was fun to get away and enjoy the beach and warm weather. It was fun seeing my cousins too. We mostly swam in the pools and hung out at the beach. Then at night played lots of games. My favorite was when we played baseball on the beach! Anyway. Here are some pics I took.....

My Family...minus Jami, Justin, and there kids

My mommy and her sisters....for those of you who don't know my mom she's the one in the tan capri's, the prettiest one :)

the little kids of the bunch....Kambria's the cutest but again i'm kind of bias

2009-06-13T18:48:00.000-07:00

Okay one night my dad, Shawn and Joe went into town and ate at a scary Mexican place, so us girls stayed at the condo and ate there. Well it was REALLY fancy. So us three order and a few minutes later the waiter comes walking out with these. Well me and Krista busted out laughing right away. 3 little peppers and some kind of broccoli soup in the teeny cup and just so you get the picture of how tiny it was that brown thing is a crouton. So there us three are sipping out of the teeny cup, which really could of just been a spoonful of soup! :) Guess you had to be there..... because it was hilarious!
Shawn and Kambria playing in the pool

My freakin cute niece! I love her to death.

Pool side off our balcony

Beach side off our balcony

WEST YELLOWSTONE FOR ANNIVERSARY

2009-05-18T08:13:00.001-07:00

For our 3 year Anniversary we took a trip to West Yellowstone. It was fun! We stayed at Madison Campground. It was really pretty with tons of trees. We saw tons of Buffalo with there babies, Elk, Wolves, Black bears, Coyotes, and a Moose. We did awesome this trip!

This was down from our campground. There were Elk, and Buffalo down there all the time.
Same pic of Shawn

This picture is blurry...sorry, but I have a story for this Elk. What she's staring at are wolves on the shore planning a way to capture there breakfast pretty much. They chased her away from her pack and into the water. This was about 10:30 in the morning. We stayed for about 20 minutes or so and she didn't move a muscle. I told Shawn I was not staying to see her get ate alive so we left. We came back about 4:00 and she was still in the exact same spot. Shawn wanted to stop again and I said NO, if I watch it get captured I will scream so loud and bawl my eyes out. So we left. I still wonder if she got away. Shawn says no, but I'm going to keep telling myself she did. I'm on team Elk! :) I told Shawn to give me a gun and I would shoot the wolves. He laughed. If I were to kill something it would be a wolf for sure. There's to many and nothing can kill them.

Another Buffalo walking down the road

This was on our way home we went through Grand Teton National Park, through Jackson and then to good old Idaho Falls. It was a fun trip but a ton of driving. Not my most favorite thing in the world. But fun to spend time with my Hubby!

WEST YELLWSTONE

2009-05-18T08:06:00.000-07:00

The famous Old Faithful
Shawn being his usual self......WEIRD!!!!!

Me with my sweet racoon hat on

Elk in Mammoth Hot Springs, they looked like they were starving to death. Lets just say they didn't look healthy!

Shawn cooking his hot dog

WEST YELLOWSTONE

2009-05-18T07:51:00.000-07:00

Me cooking a grilled cheese. Those sandwich cookers are the best thing ever invented!
The first night we got there TONS of Buffalo with there babies were walking in our campground. It was funny, but scary at the same time. They were really close!

This was at I think it's called Gibbon Falls? Not sure though.

Another pic of the falls

Here is a pic of a baby Buffalo with it's mommy. The babies are so cute!

3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!

2009-05-13T13:07:00.000-07:00

Today we have been married 3 years! I can't believe how fast time as flown. I'm so lucky to have a husband like Shawn. He's the best. So much has happened in 3 years. Shawn graduated from college, we moved from Laramie back to my hometown of Idaho Falls, We bought our first house, brand new house I might add! :) He got a job out at the site and brings home the bacon, and I watch our neices and nephew. But the most important thing to me that has happened in the three years is our Temple Sealing! It was the best day of my life. I'm so excited to know that I will be with Shawn and our kids for eternity. It's so comforting to know that. Anyway! I thought I would share are excitement of our Anniversary with all of you. I love you Shawn and thank you for all you do for me!

ME AND MY BUDDY DANI SUZIE

2009-04-22T15:59:00.000-07:00

I was bored the other day so I decided to take pictures of me and Dani. It's just me and her every morning until 11 so we have lots of fun! As you can tell in these pics. She makes me laugh so many times a day. She has the cutest personality and says the most hilarious things for a 4 year old.

I loved this picture of her. I was laughing so hard when she was posing for it. I swear she's going to be a model some day. She would love every minute of it.
It took me forever to get a good picture. I'm not very good at taking my own pictures. But I thought this one turned out cute.

HaHa I thought this one was awesome! I told her to make a funny face and this is what she did. I love my job! I had the most hilarious video of her dancing but it didn't work so I will take another one and post it.

Working on our Basement

2009-04-16T07:57:00.001-07:00

Shawn has been working on finishing our Basement lately. He is done framing all of it and sometime going to start doing all the electrical. It's been alot of hard work and money, but we're excited to be able to use it when it's finished. It will be nice to have the extra space. Just enough space for Shawn to add some more junk to our house! :) When it's done it will have 2 bedrooms and 1 bath with a huge family room. So then that will make our entire house a 5 bedroom, 3 bath house. Pretty good size I would say! Now we just need kids to fill it! :)

Shawn framing in the heating vent I think it is. I don't know! I just take the picture and say awesome job when he's done. :)
This is the area where we will put our big screen TV and surround sound. I will be spending most of my days and nights down there! :) I'm so excited. If only we could get a TV as nice as my Uncle Kim and Aunt Patsy! But our's will do it's job just fine.

Then over against the wall with no window is where the fire place will be. That's where Shawn will be spending most of his time. Then eventually we want to get a pool table to fill in the other area. Then where all the boxes are piled up right now is where are bar is going to be. It will have a sink, fridge, microwave, and some cupboards for snacks and maybe a popcorn machine! :)

This is obviously the bathroom. He finished puting in the tub/shower. It took him and his dad forever. The pipes kept leaking when they would turn the water on. But they finally got it all fixed.

Then this is my half way done storage room. It will be nice to have that. Now it will get me motivated to get my food storage going. It's going to be a little tight, but hey at least I have one! Well that's all we have done for now, but I will post more in a little while once he starts sheet rocking. But it probably won't be until next winter because he says he has more important things to do this summer.....like camping! :)

Easter with my Nephew and Nieces

2009-04-16T07:36:00.001-07:00

Shawn and I did a little easter egg hunt for Dylan, Erin, and Dani.

We love doing stuff like this, and since we don't have kids to spoil,

we spoil our nephew and nieces. First we hid there easter baskets

and put clues in eggs that they had to read to find the basket. They

LOVED that. They were sad when they actually found there basket.

Then they went in our half way done backyard and found eggs and candy.

Dani was trying so hard to hurry and pick up the candy

because Dylan was going to town.

Erin looking for eggs. We had to help her, she was having

a hard time.

The "Easter Bunny" spread candy all over our patio and Dylan
picked all of it up in about 2 seconds. It was hilarious how fast
he was moving!

Erin enjoying her huge chocolate bunny. Dani ate her's so
fast she had chocolate shavings flying out the sides of her mouth.
HaHa As you can see in the picture. Erin only has the ears off, and
Dani is already working on the body. She's a total Johnson!

This was right before we let them outside to hunt for eggs.
It's a cute picture.

Dogs I Want!

2009-04-05T17:04:00.000-07:00

Well as most of you know, I'm a Animal Lover. So

I decided to post my top five dogs I want to get

in my lifetime! Sorry if you find this boring but

Animals are my life until I have kids. :) Shawn

wants to eventually move out into the country and

I told him the only way I would is if I can have as many

dogs as I want. Well as many as I can handle anyway.

So that is are agreement!

The next dog I want is a purebred Husky! I think they

are so pretty. Kobe is part Husky and I love his

personality. If any of you haven't seen 8 below, you

need to! You will then appreciate Huskies as much as me!

Then it will be a Chocolate Lab! Love Labs. Every dog

we've had is crossed with a lab. I especially love the chocolate

labs. There so cute! Also good hunting dogs, so Shawn could take

it with him hunting!

Then the Golden Retriever! I watched a thing on these dogs

on TV and they are the best family dog to have. There very loving

and love kids. They also like the outdoors and love to swim. There

very protective of there family.

Then the Basset Hound! All I can say is we had a Basset

growing up named Louie and I loved him. So ever since

then I've wanted another one. They have a nose on them

like no other. It's amazing! Also freakin cute as you can see! :)

Last but not least the German Shepard. Smart, Smart,

Smart! And very protective of there family. Awesome

guard dog. But I will have to train them right or else

they can become kind of mean to other people.

They also have the second strongest bite out of

all dogs. Which is why police use them.

I LOVE MY HUBBY/WIFE TAG!!

2009-03-31T15:08:00.000-07:00

1. Where did you meet your husband/wife? What was the first thing he/she said to you? I met Shawn cruising on 17th in High School baby! Oh Yeah! I was livin life. :) Him and his friends chased us down and told us to pull over, so we did, then my friend Megan was a little nervous so she told them her name was Veronica and that we were from Twin Falls! HaHa But then we told them the truth. Then they invited us to go eat with them at Johnny Carino's. Um, the first thing Shawn said to me was Hi. HaHa We were both a little shy. I know......shocker! Then Steph spilled her pop all over Shawn.
2. Where was your first date?
Our first date was we ate at Winger's and then went bowling, and walked around the river. It was butt freezing cold!!!!! I didn't bring a coat so Shawn gave me his. I knew right then he was the one! :)
3. When was your first kiss?
Our first kiss was after our third date. It was a nice little peck on my friend Jenna's front door step.
4. Who said I love you first?
I DID!!!! That's right. We were at the river once again and it just came out. It was a little over four months when I told him. Some people think that was too soon but hey it's how I felt lay off me!
5. Did you have a long or short engagement/courtship?
LONG and ANNOYING!!! We dated for two years then broke up because Shawn wouldn't marry me in the Temple. I still have the horrible mean notes he wrote me if any of you want to read them. :) He told me to throw them away but I like to rub it in his face that I was right about mormon's! Anyway! He went off to college I finished my senior year. We were on and off alot that year. Then after I graduated we decided to break up for good and that didn't last so we got back together. Dated for another year then he proposed, then were engaged for a year. I hoped he would convert in that year, but didn't happen dang it!!
6. Where did you get engaged?
It's a really long cute story, so I will cut some of it out. In High School we went up to Heise 4-wheeling for our day date for a dance. We found a spot that was really pretty that looked over the river. I told him how much I loved it blah blah blah. Well a little over 3 years later he took me back up there. It took him awhile to find it and he was getting angry and I didn't understand why but eventually he found that exact same spot and at sunset he got down on his knee and asked me to marry him! :) SO CUTE! I never new he was so romantic.
7. Where did you get married?
We got married May 13, 2006 at the Gathering Place in Idaho Falls. But......Shawn converted, got baptized and on September 6, 2008 we were sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple! The best day of my life!

So since I am doing this as a tag, I want to tag Nathan/Steph, Jeff, Jami, and Krista! You all better do it!!!!! Or I will hunt you down!

Our Fishing Trip!

2009-03-28T15:24:00.000-07:00

Shawn wanted to take the kids fishing, so we packed the

stuff and went. Lets just say it was my first time and my last

time fishing for the year! I am not a fan. I think it's so boring. We

also did a little scavenger hunt with them. They really liked that! I think

Shawn is going to be such a great dad! :)

Dylan right before we found out he had the flu and

Pneumonia! Poor kid kept telling me he

was freezing and I didn't believe him. He

had a winter coat on and it was 60

degrees outside. Come on now! Sorry Dyl!

Erin was like me and wanted to leave after

five minutes of being there. No wonder me

and her get along so great. We're both girlie girls,

our favorite color is pink, and we hate fishing!!! :)

Dani Suzie liked throwing rocks in the water

and playing in the dirt and mud! Her and Erin are

polar opposites! It's funny.

Shawn making sure he doesn't hook anyone

with his line! That would be bad news. Our dogs

love the outdoors. Chloe wanted to swim and

get the bobber so bad! Kobe just dug trying

to find chipmunks. He's hilarious to watch.

PAY IT FORWARD!

2009-03-19T09:20:00.001-07:00

How it works: The FIRST THREE people to leave a comment on this post will receive at some point during this year a gift from ME. What it will be and when it will arrive will be a total surprise--to both of us.The CATCH is that YOU MUST PLAY TOO! Before you leave your comment here, write a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going (you can cut and paste these instructions). Then come back and let me know that you are going to play, and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift. It's THAT easy! Remember, only the FIRST THREE comments will qualify.

BIGGEST LOSER COMPETITION!!

2009-03-11T11:21:00.000-07:00

Okay, I needed a BIG motivation to get me to lose weight so what's better than some money and a little competition? I called my mom one day and said we needed to do a little family biggest loser. She thought it was a great idea so here we are! There's five of us in it and they are Me, My Mom, Dad, Jami, and my mom's friend Diane. We've been doing it for a little over 3 weeks now. I would say my biggest competition would be my mom because she is a diet machine!! She's so hard core. I have alot more weight to lose than her so I figure if I can lose 20 pounds I got it in the bag! I'm so excited for nice weather so I can go run outside. Then hopefully my butt fat will start melting off!!! :) We weigh in every saturday so I will keep you posted who wins each week. I'm ready to get my sexy body back and to fit into my Buckle jeans again!!! :)

MY CRUSHES!!!!!

2009-03-07T10:22:00.001-08:00

I thought Jami's post about crushes looked fun so I decided to copy and put mine down!

6th- Josh Ellis, JC Cramer
7th- Tyler Gebs, Tyler Pond, Tyler Free (I was going through a Tyler phase apparently)
8th- Tyler Gebs, Gene Olsen
9th- Jeremy Miller (GOO!!)
10th- Tyler Gebs, Shawn Allred
11th- Shawn Allred
12th- Shawn Allred, Tyler Gebs

Having a crush on someone always made school more fun and interesting to me! But I look back on my crushes now and think to myself WHY? about some of them. It's also wierd to think I met my Hubby in the 10th grade.

BIG GAME SATURDAY!!!!!

2009-02-25T09:02:00.000-08:00

My Mom and Dad gave me tickets to the BYU vs. Utah game

for my birthday. I'm really excited! We're going down Friday and hanging out

with Krista, Joe, and Kambria which is another bonus! Then go to the big game Saturday.

I'm a little nervous for this game because these games are always to close for me. But

where it's at home this time I think BYU will come away with the win. (Hopefully)

So I'm wondering from all you other BYU fans, who do you think will win the game?

MY 15 MOST FAVORITE THINGS!

2009-02-13T08:21:00.000-08:00

My 15 Most Favorite Things!

1. My Family
2. The Gospel
3. Our New House
4. Friends
5. Animals
6. Italian Food
7. The Beach
8. Watching Movies
9. Playing with my nieces and nephew
10. Summer
11. Camping (In a trailer or 5th wheel)
12. Going on vacations
13. Roses and Gerber Daisys
15. Chocolate

My 5 Least Favorite Things
1. Spiders
2. Clowns
3. Democrats
4. Flying
5. Trying to lose weight

Mia's new play tower

2009-02-09T08:19:00.001-08:00

Shawn was bored this weekend so he decided

to build Mia a play tower.

She loved it!! As soon as we put it up she
was jumping all over the place and playing
with the balls.

She always sleeps on the platform with the pink carpet.
I'm so glad I have such a handy Hubby! He just saved us
$300! That's how much these were in the store. The carpet colors
are kind of YIKES but it was free so who cares. :) Ya, we like
to spoil our pets.

5 Vacations I Want To Do

2009-01-27T17:14:00.000-08:00

My #1 would be Rome, Italy. I've always wanted

to go there because there buildings are so awesome

and so old. And I LOVE Italian food! Yummy!

My #2 would be Hawaii. I want the Island with

the Pearl Harbor Memorial and also be able to

visit the Temple there.

My #3 would be Paris, France. Its the most Romantic

city! Why not? :)

My #4 would be the Bahamas. I've been there
but I was about 4 so I don't remember it at all.
I love anywhere warm that has a beach close!

My #5 would be New York. I want to go see the
Twin Tower Memorial site, and I just want to visit

a HUGE city with lots of shopping and things to do. :)

Who knows if I will be able to go to all these places but I hope to at least go to a couple! I love going on Vacations and seeing new places. I guess I better start saving now!

SISTERS!!!!!

2009-01-12T17:06:00.000-08:00

Okay I was just thinking the other day of how awesome my sisters are! I know it's totally random, but they really are the best sisters in the world. Even though Jami and I are 10 years apart and Krista and I are 7 years apart we all get along so great. So with that being said I'm going to post just some random memories of me with each of them. Sorry if this is boring for you! :)

JAMI

1. When we went to go visit Krista at Utah State and you took the wrong exit and me being what like 10 or 11 at the time said Um I think you took the wrong exit, but no no big sissy had it under control. So instead of it being a 2 hour drive, that day it ended up being a 4 hour drive! And yes of course I was right! :)

2. When Shawn and I were getting sealed in the temple, when I walked into the sealing room and saw you bawling I could no longer hold my tears in! It really hit me that you were so happy for me, and that now we really are an eternal family!

3. Having someone who understands what its like to be overweight and to joke around about it! We both love carbs and hate to exercise! But at the same time we both know we have got to get our sexy bodies back. :)

4. Going to water aerobics together, and me getting to laugh at you because you can't stay up when you but the float things around your ankles. HAHA And us racing while pulling on eachothers swimming suits so one of us can win! Also just being able to talk since we didn't really get to do that growing up because of our age difference.

5. Having you to look up to my whole life and wanting everything you have! You have a great husband and family! I'm so grateful that you trust me watching your kids everyday. You truly are a great mom and I hope to someday be the mom you are! I love you so much Jam! I'm so grateful your my sister!

KRISTA

1. You are so caring and would always try and include me even though I was so much younger than you. Now I know why I was so devistated when you moved away to college!

2. Us staying up late and we would get a little out of control and we would think everything was funny! Well mostly you! :) And laugh about something for hours.

3. Sharing a bed on Christmas Eve night before we both got married! Then we'd wake up early in the morning and quote Encino Man before we would go wake up mom and dad.

4. Being able to call and just talk to you about Biggest Loser, random thoughts, my own personal life, then you always giving me feedback! It means alot to me!

5. You talking me into getting digital scrapbooking! You would crack me up when you would talk about all the awesome stuff it has. Then when I got mine you had the patience to show me how to use it again, and again, and again! Because we all know i'm computer retarded. :) I also look up to you! You have so many qualities that I want! I hope to someday be able to have half the qualities you have. I love you very much! I'm so glad your my sissy!

NEW YEARS EVE

2009-01-05T11:31:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted anything in awhile so I decided to post a little about Christmas because I didn't take any pictures....Sorry! It was a great Christmas as usual, I got tons of stuff. But some of my favorite things I got was a Wii, with Wii Fit, and a Video Camera!! Wii Fit is amazing! It has so many fun things to do. Theres a Hula Hoop game that works the crap out of your abs and love handles which is exactly what I need. :) Sexy Body here I come!!!!! Also we had a pretty fun party for New Years at our house! We had a BBQ and played some games, and then watched the ball drop on TV. It's nice being close to my friends again. We had Shawn and I of course, and then Stephanie and Nathan, Alex and Brandon, and Alissa and Ryan. We played Scene It, Imagine If, Boxers or Briefs, and the Dice Game. It was alot of fun! I hope all of you had a good Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Favorite Actors and Actress

2008-12-01T08:25:00.001-08:00

Okay I decided since I haven't posted anything in awhile I would post my favorite actors and actress. I couln't narrow down between Chris Farley and Paul Walker. Chris is Hilarious, and well Paul is just fun to look at and drool over. But Reese is my all time favorite actress. I LOVE HER!!! All of her movies are great. I just went and saw Four Christmases and thought it was hilarious. Anyway! What are some of your favorite actors and actresses? Let me Know!!!!!! :)

The Forgotten Carols

2008-11-25T08:47:00.000-08:00

Okay, I went with my mom to see this last night, and can I just say it was the best thing I have seen in I don't know how long! I LOVED IT!!!! I had never been before. It got me in the Christmas spirit quick, and it helped me remember why we celebrate Christmas! The spirit was so strong there. The music was fantastic, which is why I had to get the CD afterwards. For anyone who hasn't been before you need to go. I'm going to make this a Christmas tradition of mine and go every year. I didn't get Shawn a ticket because he doesn't like musicals, but now I regret it because he would of loved it. I came home and just kept telling him over and over how awesome it was. He would just laugh at me! I'm so glad I went, it was a fun Mommy, daughter date! :)

Smore Night

2008-11-25T08:35:00.000-08:00

We watched the kids one night so Jami and Justin could go to a BYU game. We decided to cook hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill and do smores for the treat! It was alot of fun! Especially watching Dylan and Erin fry there mallows BLACK!!! And then Dani saying I just want a clean, fresh one! :) I'm so glad we moved back to Idaho so we can spend more time with our family! That's what I missed the most when we were in Wyoming.

SO MANY THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR......

2008-11-12T19:46:00.000-08:00

We figured with Thanksgiving coming up, We wanted to list a few things in our lives we're thankful for:

1. Each other
2. Parents
3. Siblings
4. Our House
5. Food and Water
6. Animals
7. The Church
8. Eternal Families
9. Friends
10. Our country
11. Service
12. Cars/Transportation
13. Our Jobs
14. The Troops fighting for our freedom
15. After living in Wyoming, we're thankful for the wonderful state of Idaho
16. My husband being a Priesthood Holder
17. Technology
18. Missionaries
19. The Outdoors
20. Sports

2008-11-07T13:02:00.000-08:00

Okay this is was at the Ripley's Museum also. HAHA It was a computer that put two of your faces on it and then you merge them together to make a Hilarious face. Shawn and I were laughing so hard. I couldn't even take the picture of him I was laughing so hard. They had alot of fun cool stuff there, but I didn't want to take a picture of everything. We weren't going to go but just decided to at the last minute. I'm so glad we did, because it was one of the funnest things we did on our trip.

2008-11-07T12:53:00.000-08:00

This is at the Ripley's believe it or not museum. The HUGE guy with me at the top was the biggest guy to ever live. When he died he weighed 1,069 pounds. Then the Elvis picture in the background was made with bar codes. It was sweet. Then this guy would put his lip over his nose. Shawn and I tried but as you can see totally Failed!!!! We couldn't even come close.

Sea Lion Video

2008-11-07T12:47:00.000-08:00

San Francisco Again

2008-11-07T12:37:00.000-08:00

Okay sorry about the picture with me and Shawn I look YIKES in it!! This street is the famous Lombard street. Where it literally zig zags all the way down. It's pretty sweet to drive down. Our trolley driver told us someone tried to drive a limo down it (why I have no idea) but it didn't make it and they had to cut it in half!!!! HAHA I thought it was funny. Then these sea lions were so wierd. They all would pile on top of eachother so they could lay down and the others would get angry and start growling and then they'd push eachother off. It was hilarious. We actually took a video that you can watch that shows just how loud and annoying they actually were. But also hilarious!

San Francisco Trip

2008-11-07T12:25:00.001-08:00

We went to San Francisco November 1-6. Shawn had a class for his work he had to go to, and I just went for a vacation. Here are some pictures we took while we were there. It rained the first day we were there and that's when we did most of our stuff. We went on a cruise that went under the Golden Gate Bridge, around Alcatraz, Angel Island, and other places. We went on a trolley tour also that went around downtown and told us the History of San Francisco which was cool. We also went to six flags discovery kingdom. That was freakin awesome!!!! They had an INSANE coaster called Madusa. It was awesome. By far the best one they had there. They also had alot of animals that put on shows which was fun also. However I forgot to bring my camera so I didn't get any pictures of them. :(

2008-10-30T12:57:00.000-07:00

Okay, sorry I just post pics of our pets but these are our kids right now so just be patient with us! I saw these costumes at Target one day and had to get them. Kobe is the rooster and Chloe is a pumpkin. Mia felt left out so I just put Chloe's hat on her. The first time I put Kobe's on I was laughing so hard. It was hilarious! It's even better in person. This will be the only year we do this because we're not usually the type to torture our pets.

2008-10-30T12:49:00.000-07:00

This is our new puppy Chloe. We got her at the pound about three weeks or so. Kobe and I were struggling with Gunner being gone that we had to go get another one. This time I talked Shawn into getting a girl dog. She's fun! Kobe took about two seconds to warm up to her and now they are always together. We also thought it was hilarious how much they look alike. We think she is half black lab, half border collie. She's really smart!!

2008-10-29T16:07:00.000-07:00

7 Random Facts About Me:

1. I am TERRIFIED of Clowns. They are one of the scariest things to ever walk the planet. I think the reason I'm so scared of them is because somehow I watched a little bit of IT when I was like 8 years old, and after that I wouldn't go near any drain, and still so scared of Clowns. I actually went to a haunted house thing last Halloween and there was a room full of Clowns and I stood in the corner bawling my eyes out. It's no lie!!!!!

2. I'm probably one of the pickiest people you will ever know. I'm not a huge fan of meat especially cow thanks to Rebecca Meikle, one of my childhood friends. She said some nasty things to me about how they kill cows while I was eating a hamburger, and then for 8th grade advanced foods class we had to go watch a cow get butchered. It was the most traumatizing thing I have ever seen. I stood in a corner plugging my ears crying once again. (Apparently I like corners) Anyway! So since then I have not eaten cow meat.

3. I am a animal lover! I love them. I will have at least two animals at all times during my whole life. I love how they are always excited to see you when you get home, they always want to go places with you, and are always happy. I would rescue neglected animals and try and find them a home if Shawn would let me, but he said no. But the down side to loving animals so much is you do get attatched. We actually lost one of our dogs Gunner about a month ago, and I struggled with it and still do sometimes. He was my baby! I MISS YOU GUNNER!!!!

4. Me and my sister Krista have the same Birthday. It's wierd to think we are exactly 7 years apart. I was actually supposed to be born December 13 but wanted to wait I guess. SORRY Krista!! But I think it would be wierd not to share our Birthdays. I think I wanted to have the same Birthday as her because I was attatched to her in the pre-life :), I look up to her so much, and she's one of my best friends. My life wouldn't be the same if I didn't have her as a sister.

5. I'm a sports fanatic! Well, mainly football and basketball. I know more about those sports then my husband. I think it's because growing up with my parents loving BYU sports and always having a big game day party with my Aunt Patsy, Uncle Kim, and my cousins. It gets you excited and fired up!

6. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love decorating a tree, my house, having Shawn put lights up, and of course remembering the birth of Christ. But once again my family just goes all out on Christmas Eve that it gets you so excited for Christmas. We have a big dinner with the other Johnson's, then we go look at lights and when we get back we get to open a present from the elf's, then we open presents from my Aunt and Uncle, then when they leave a tradition in our family is we open pajama's to sleep in Christmas Eve night. It's awesome!

7. I hate my house being messy. I'm always cleaning. Thanks to my mom once again who always had a clean house. She made me do 5 chores everyday after school, and then 10 on Saturday's. I hated it back then, but it really taught me to learn to like cleaning. Now when I go to peoples houses that are messy I want to start cleaning. I actually have a few times! :) I hope I can teach my kids to be clean. Shawn actually came home the other day and said thank you for always having our house clean and having his laundry done. It was cute, and makes me feel better that he notices!

2008-10-28T16:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry this took me so long to do. Krista tagged me to pick the fourth picture in the fourth folder on my computer or something like that, and this is what I got. This is our cat Mia when she was a kitten. Shawn and I were pulling the seeds out so we could carve the pumpkin and she kept looking to see what we were doing, and kept jumping inside. I thought it was cute so I took a picture. Since we don't have any kids yet, are animals are our babies!!!! :)

2008-10-20T16:12:00.000-07:00

8 Things I Am Passionate About:
1. Shawn
2. My Family
3. The Gospel
4. Scrapbooking
5. BYU Sports
6. Friends
7. Animals
8. Exercise (Kind Of) :)

8 Phrases/Words I Say Often:
1. I Love You
2. Clean the toys up first
3. Chloe leave him alone
4. Good Boy, Good Girl
5. Mia Bo Bia
6. I Missed You
7. Oh My
8. Obama is so SCARY!!!!!

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
1. Go to Italy
2. Have Kids
3. Skydive
4. Graduate from College
5. Build my dream house
6. Visit every Temple
7. Go to Hawaii
8. See my Grandkids

8 Things I Have Learned From My Past:
1. Listen to your parents the first time
2. Everything happens for a reason
3. Praying always helps
4. Family time is important
5. Forgive others
6. Read Scriptures daily
7. The Mormon church truly is the only TRUE church
8. Missionary Work is the BEST!!!!!!

8 Things I Currently Need/Want:
1. A Baby :) (I know, I'm young)
2. Lose Lots Of Weight
3. A Video Camera
4. Hunting season to be OVER
5. To Find Gunner
6. My In-Laws to accept the Mormon Religion
7. BYU to go to a BCS Bowl
8. To be Healthy

2008-10-17T11:39:00.000-07:00

Okay, so Jami tagged me to do this, so here it goes!!!

Three things I love: (Besides my family)

1. The Beach
2. Chocolate
3. Summer

Three things I did today:

1. Exercised
2. Babysat
3. Played with my dogs

Three things I would love to do eventually:

1. Go to Italy
2. Graduate from College
3. Skydive (even though I am terrified of heights)

Three things I could not live without: (besides Family)

1. Pajama's
2. Sports
3. Animals

Three things that scare me: (Besides losing my family)

1. Spiders
2. heights
3. Being dissapointed in the way I lived my life, when I know I could of done better

2008-09-17T12:20:00.000-07:00

Shawn and I were sealed in the temple September 6. It was the best day of our lives!! Even better than my Wedding Day! I'm so thankful Shawn joined the church so that we could go to the temple and be together for eternity and with our kids. Afterwards my aunt and uncle did a lunch get together and we got to
watch the BYU Football game. And they WON!!!! So that was for sure the best day!! :) Thanks to everyone who traveled to come to our sealing, we really appreciate it. You made that day even better!