KJ & Lindsay Francom Family

November 2, 2011

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I just love these two!

October 31, 2011

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

We had a really fun Halloween! We started the day off with taking Sam to preschool for a Halloween party where he had tons of fun! Then we walked to Tucker's school for their Halloween parade. All the kids wear their costumes and walk around the school. Addy got to be in the parade because Tucker dressed up as a cow and held a sign that said "Eat more chicken" an then he held Addy in her chicken costume. Everybody loved it!

After that we found out Aunt Sarah (KJ's sister) had her little baby girl! I wish I had a picture but she is in Germany. We are so excited for Sarah and Mike and can't wait to meet her!!

Then we went to a pot luck dinner which was really fun and then it was time for Trick - or -Treating! Both the kids had so much fun!! We didn't go too far because we had to go visit Uncle Tuck...

At the hospital! While we were at the pot luck Tucker was at the park playing football. Well he caught the football, tripped and tried to catch himself and broke both bones right above his wrist on his right arm! OUCH!! So right now he has a giant cast clear up to his shoulder! Oh, and it was the winning touch down he caught! So for the next 10 weeks Tucker will be doing nothing! So that was our exciting Halloween, we hope you all had a great Halloween!

October 29, 2011

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Today is our ward Trunk - or - Treat so we had to get our pumpkins ready. It's been too hot to carve them any earlier. So I was very excited to carve pumpkins this year with Sam and Addy. If you know me, you know I LOVE pumpkins! But I am finding out my son does not! I don't know what I will do if Addy doesn't like them! I am also now convinced Sam is truly a mini version of his Aunt Jessie except he is a boy. We made Sam put his arm inside the pumpkin and assured him he would love pulling out the guts of the pumpkin like any other boy, OH NO! Sam reached into the pumpkin and almost threw up everywhere! Just like someone else I know :)

So here is Addy's turn and I think next year I will have a pumpkin carving buddy!

Here we are at the Trunk - or - Treat! Sam and Addy had so much fun! Sam got to play lots of fun games and get his face painted and then got to go collect candy! Addy discovered candy tonight. I let her have a sucker to play with and she got the wrapper off. So my dad tried to take it from her so he could take her chicken costume off so she wouldn't ruin it. Oh no there is no taking candy from this chicken! She threw a fit and yells "No, no!"

October 26, 2011

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Sam had his first field trip on Wednesday! He woke up super early worried he was going to be late! We went to the Superstition Springs Dairy Farm. It was tons of fun! Sam was so good and loved it! We started out on a hay ride and got to see 2,500 cows. It stunk! We learned lots of cool stuff about dairy farms on the hay ride and then we went to the petting zoo! The kids got to pet and feed the goats and sheep and horse. Then they got to hold a chicken and pet a rabbit that just sits on this little table and lets you do whatever you want to it. Sam said the rabbits favorite thing to do was play hide and seek with his long ears. Then we went into a barn where they told us even more fun facts about the farm. Dairy farms are pretty amazing! Then we got to go for our milk and ice cream samples. YUMMY! They have about 14 different flavors of milk you can try. Anywhere from grape, orange, raspberry, blueberry, pistachio and more! Then we had a pic nic and played in the hay! What a fun day on the farm!

October 24, 2011

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For family night we went to this really fun farm we had heard about. We had so much fun on this giant air pillow they have. It's like a giant trampoline but it's on the ground and blown up with air. That was Sam's favorite thing and we stayed there almost the whole time! Grandpa and Tucker did the corn maze in about 20 minutes and they had other fun stuff like bouncy horses to race and little peddle carts to ride. Addy had fun sitting around eating hay in her stroller. Actually she was mad she couldn't do what Sam was doing!

October

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Grandpa Siddoway's solution to all the extra help he was getting while cleaning the refrigerator!

Fall Break

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We went bowling over Fall break and had lots of fun! Here are some pictures of Sam!

Here is KJ really excited about bowling!

Patiently watching the ball go down the alley. It felt like forever!

Getting ready to Celebrate!

Wahoo!!!

And always a thumbs up the Sam way!

September or Octoberish

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Silly Sam!

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Our BYU fan. Sorry it's sideways!

September 7, 2011

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Sam started Preschool today! Can you believe it? I can't! He was so excited and had a great time! His teachers name is Mrs. Amber but he will only refer to her as Sister Pauga! And he is so happy she lets him take his shoes off at school! We tried to take some school pictures outside but the sun was too bright for him!

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The laundry seems to never end!

8-23-2011

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San Diego Day 2

The next we tried to go back to the beach but all Sam wanted to do was swim in the hotel swimming pool. So we did that for about half an hour because the pool that was suppose to be heated was cold! So we packed up our stuff and drove to the San Diego temple. It is such a pretty temple! Sam thought it was really cool! Then we stopped for lunch and headed for home! It was a very short trip to San Diego but we had fun just being together!

8-22-2011

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San Diego Day 1

We did something last week very unlike us! We got in the car and drove to San Diego! We got there about 4:30 pm Monday, checked into our hotel and went right to the beach! We were only there about an hour but we had lots of fun! If only it had been earlier in the day for Sam so it could have been warmer outside! We buried Sam in the sand and he and daddy built a cool sand castle. I love the look he is giving the stranger who took our family picture! When it was time to go to bed we turned off the lights and Sam and Addy started to play! They laughed and laughed together it was so funny! Then Sam finally fell sound asleep on the floor next to me because he felt like he was going to fall off his bed.

Sunday August 21st

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Here is Addy just before church! She is such a fun little girl. Always smiling and talking and just having fun. Sam loves to play with her and she adores him! He is the best big brother!

Here is Sam before church! OH the handsome boy! He asked for a white shirt for church so he can match his dad. He loves matching KJ! He looks so handsome and grown up I can't believe it! I couldn't believe I had to go to the little boy section to find this. I am so use to walking to the baby section to find all his clothes but that's all over now! It feels so strange! He is growing up a little fast! He is so excited to start preschool in a couple weeks and I am so excited for him and can't believe he's big enough for it!

The Wagon

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There have been a few nice nights that have cooled off enough for us to get the wagon out and walk to the park. They both love riding in it and it makes Addy look so big!

San Tan

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The other day Sam woke up and said I want to go to the mall. Usually we go to the San Tan mall a lot when its hot when we have visited to play in the water but this summer has been a little different and we had only gone once. So I packed up Sam and Addy and we headed to San Tan. They both had a blast in the water! Addy wanted to do exactly what Sam was doing of course and it was so fun to see Sam run and have fun finally!

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Addy has started a new stage where she thinks cleaning out the diaper bag is really fun!

August

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This is Sam making banana bread with his dad. It was so yummy! And of course I forgot to take a picture of it all cooked and us enjoying it! Sam loves to cook with his dad!

Sam and Addy playing with Uncle Bob and Aunt Britt. They love it when they come over and visit us!

Grandma Siddoway's birthday cake that KJ made for her. It tasted so good!

July 23, 2011

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Aunt Jessie came to visit!!!! We were so excited Jessie came and spent the weekend with us. We weren't able to do too much because Sam was so sick. He was on a medicine that didn't let him go out in the sun which is a little hard in Arizona. So Jessie made it a very fun weekend for Sam. They built lots of parachutes and painted LOTS of water color pictures, made homemade pizza and ate chocolate cake! We were so glad she came and hopes she comes back really soon!!

Marshmallow Days

2011-08-21T16:15:00.000-07:00

I forgot a post from a while ago about a new fun day KJ made up! It's called Marshmallow Days! It happens every July 7th. We buy different size marshmallows and play marshmallow games and eat marshmallow treats! This years games were marshmallow baseball, a marshmallow war and marshmallow toss. We had a really fun first marshmallow days!

The GGBC

2011-07-27T15:53:00.000-07:00

While we were in Utah we had our first official GGBC. That stands for Grandma and Grandpa's Book Club! Every month the kids get a new book from Grandma and Grandpa and we get together and read it! This month we all happened to be in Utah so we met at Grandma and Grandpa's and brought our pillow pets and read our new books! It was lots of fun! We can't wait until next month!

July 16, 2011

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On Saturday Grandma and Papa took all the grand kids to a park in Alpine. They had lots of fun! After Papa took them for a ride in the trailer behind the 4 wheelers!

Later that night Sam got into the nail polish! Luckily he painted in the middle of Great Grandma Siddoway's kitchen floor. But then we went to Alys house where he found her nail polish too! And thank goodness again he did it outside on the porch. He is very proud of his sparkly pink toes except when dad is around!

Mead Reunion

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On Wednesday we went to Deer Creek Reservoir and went boating. It was lots of fun! The weather was perfect and about every two hours a storm would roll through! Sam had fun tubing behind the jet skis and taking a ride in the really fast boat and watching his mom try to knee board and wake board! Addy was really good the whole time. We did catch her trying to eat a bag of potato salad she some how had grabbed off the table and was really enjoying! Sam wasn't all himself this trip so when he was done boating he just wanted to hang out and watch movies!

On Thursday those who were all watered out went to Park City to play. The rest spend the day at Seven Peaks. The first thing we did when we got their was ride the Alpine Slide. It was way fun. Then we shopped the outlets. Lucky for Tucker and Sam, cousin Paul was willing to hang out and play and buy them ice cream while we shopped! And that was the end of the reunion!

Mead Reunion

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We had our Mead family reunion this summer up in Provo Utah. It was lots of fun and we got to see lots of family we haven't seen in a long time! It started Monday July 11th where we got together for dinner and a family picture. Tuesday we got up early and met at a ropes course in Provo. It was lots of fun. Sam even got to do the giant swing and the zip line. He loved it! But one of his most favorite activities was going back to Melinda's house everyday and playing in her sand box!

Kangaroo Zoo

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We went to Utah and Sam got to play with his cousins! They went to the Kangaroo Zoo one of their favorite places to play together!

4th of July

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Happy 4th of July! Sam started the day off with a dance party and then we all headed to a candy store KJ had learned about at church. It was cool. They had the worlds largest Gummy Bear. Then we went home and got ready for a barbecue at Aunt Nancy's and Amy's. We had lots of fun swimming, eating and lighting fireworks!

Hair

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Sam came yelling down the hall one day " MOM put me on the blog!" He had done his hair all by himself and wanted everyone to see!

Hot Smoke

2011-07-05T18:35:00.000-07:00

So we were swimming the other day and Sam was so excited that he could swim all over. So he jumped in and swam to KJ, and when he came out of the water he yelled "I'm HOT SMOKE!" I love that kid!

Fireworks

2011-07-05T17:49:00.001-07:00

Sam and Tucker started doing fireworks Friday night. This is the first year fireworks have been legal in Arizona so it has been a big deal this year! They had lots of fun and Sam wants to go buy more from the Black Cat he says!

7-1-2011

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It's another hot day here in Arizona so we didn't do much today. Just hung out and watched cartoons! But we had fun!

Kachow

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Today was a busy and fun day! It started out fun with doughnuts and then a trip to the movies to see Kachow 2! We have been so excited to take Sam to see this movie. We had lots of fun! When we got home from the movies it was time to get ready for Uncle Bob's birthday dinner! KJ made him an awesome fruit platter, and pork salad with cilantro lime rice and yummy black beans and home made salsa and pi co. It was so good. And grandma made him a yummy Oreo ice cream cake! Happy Birthday Uncle Bob! We love you and think you are awesome!

Swimming

2011-07-01T15:28:00.000-07:00

Sam finished his swimming lessons yesterday with Sister Zimmerman! ( AKA - Mister Zimmerman to Sam!) I am so proud of him! He only had 5 days worth of lessons and he can swim!! She is an amazing lady and I am so happy she was willing to teach Sam to swim. I will post a new video of his swimming as soon as I take one because he is a thousands times better than this video shows! Addy also loves to get in the pool. Her favorite part is dipping her hand in the water and drinking the water as fast as she can!

Happy Father's Day!

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Happy Father's Day! We hope all of our wonderful dad's, grandpa's, papa's and great grandpa's had a wonderful Father's Day!

Sam and Addy

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These two kids are everything to me! They are both busy, wild, stubborn, funny, so loving, so much fun and and so many more things that I just love. Sam and Addy are perfect together. Addy loves to be apart of everything Sam does and at the same time she loves to bug the crud out of Sam! Sam is extremely protective of Addy and makes sure she is well taken care of and at the same time thinks she is so annoying and so gross when she spits up! Life would be so boring without these two and I am SO grateful for them and their wonderful dad! Oh the reason Sam's shirt is on backwards is because he wouldn't keep it on. It's a snap shirt and he thought it was so fun to just keep ripping it off. So joking around I made him wear it backwards and he left it like that the whole day. He is Silly Sam!

Addy's first Swim

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We took Addy and Sam swimming at Dick and Marg's. This was Addy's first time in a pool and I know the pictures look like she didn't like it but she absolutely loves to swim! She is actually mad when we take her out of the pool!

Trip to Build A Bear

2011-06-28T22:42:00.000-07:00

For Sam's potty training prize we promised to take him to Build A Bear at the San Tan mall. So the first day he pooped in the toilet we headed straight over there and he built a wiener dog and named it Hot Dog. Well the next day was just as successful and we were so excited so we headed to Build a Bear and bought him the Hot Dog outfit that goes to his dog. While we were there we also let him stay and play in the water. He loved it and asks to go back there almost every day! Sam is doing awesome with his potty training and we didn't have ANY accidents for a whole week straight!! (We had one because I accidentally locked him out of the bathroom. OOPS! I felt so bad!) WAY TO GO SAMMY!

You can kind of see Hot Dog there sitting next to Sam.

Walks

2011-06-28T22:34:00.000-07:00

We have been trying to go on walks every night but its been a little tough since we have to wait until the sun goes down and now Sam has to go to bed early so he can get up for swim lessons. As you can see Addy really likes them!

Projects

2011-06-28T22:04:00.000-07:00

So Sam is in a "Project" phase. He gets a gallon size baggie every day and gets in the junk drawer and fills it with all sorts of fun stuff and then colors and cuts and measures all day long! This particular project was working on Grandpa Siddoways father's day gift. But Addy felt a little left out and wanted to help him. Addy thinks she is as big as he is!

June 13, 2011

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Aunt Monica brought us a whole bunch of corn today. Sam loved helping us shuck the corn but he especially loved eating it! Corn is one of his most favorite things to eat!

June 10, 2011

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Crawling, crawling and more crawling! Addy is getting around super good now! She is not only a crawler but a very, very good climber! She is just as much trouble as her big brother!

Wrestler Sam

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This use to be KJ's wrestling suit! Now Sam is a wrestling machine!

May 12, 2011

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We got home tonight from Arizona and I showed Sam the night light "Uncle" Lee gave to him which Lindsay and the kids were gone. Sam was excited and when I turned it on he said, "OH MY COW!" He really likes it.

February 8, 2011

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Today Sam played with Addy! This is a big deal since he never will pay much attention to her. Addy was so excited he was paying attention to her! I told Sam what a great big brother he is and I could see he really liked that! So a few minutes he turned to me and said " I am so nice to Addy!"

February 6, 2011

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This is Addy's animal dress!

February 3, 2011

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Dinosaurs and Ice Cream! Sam, Grandma Francom, Addy and I went to the Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point today. Sam had lots of fun playing in the water and sand finding all the dinosaurs. After the museum we went to get lunch and ice cream! Sam was so excited to go see the dinosaurs! Thanks grandma!

Just a little funniness.

2011-01-29T14:34:00.000-08:00

We were shown some funny videos by sister Jessie today and I thought everyone mihgt like them. If you know a little bit about BYU and Mormon culture you'll laugh a lot.

Provo, UT Girls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84u5k4bboU4
Halo - http://www.youtube.com/user/BYUDivineComedy#p/u/2/wRgyhu0KLyI
Love Sack - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gRgFWd2n60
Single Ladies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slRGtEdAyFA
Sexy 'Stache - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdgFisYCPHs

I hope you'll enjoy them!!

January 22, 2011

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So this morning Sam got up and went down stairs and helped his Aunt Jessie do her laundry in the basement. After that they made breakfast for everyone and then Sam, Addison, KJ and I all got ready for the day. After we left to run our errands everyone else got ready and couldn't figure out why they all had cold showers. So Papa went down to check the water heater and Sam had turned the switch so there was only cold water! Well, I was talking to my family tonight and telling them what Sam had done and my dad says " what else could he do?!" And I answered nothing! So I went downstairs to put things away and I hear Aunt Jessie say "Sammy what are you doing?" Sammy was in Aunt Jessie's room putting lip gloss all over his head, he had eye shadow all over and had eaten a WHOLE pack of gum! What else could he do? So we gave him a haircut and I washed his hair 5 times and the lip gloss still hasn't come out. Well right after his bath he wet his bed. What else could he possibly do? Well turns out he had also played in Papa's closet and went through all of his things and went through a bag of garbage from the office where he found old, crusty but very yummy candy to eat! What else could he do?!

The mess he made on his face didn't show up very well in the pictures. But there are sparkles all over his face and pink lip gloss in his hair!

January 16, 2011

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Addison doesn't like sleeping these days. She also LOVES to talk! I can't believe how fast she is growing and changing!

January 15, 2011

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Sam taking a quick nap before we go over to Aunt Holley's one of his favorite places to go!

January 9, 2011

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All ready for church!

January 6, 2011

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Sam turned 3 today! I can't believe he is 3 already! He is so full of life and he is so much fun to be with everyday! For his birthday he started the day with doughnuts for breakfast, and then he played with his balloons until daddy got home from school! For dinner we made him one of his favorites Spaghetti ! Then we played pin the nose on Sammy and opened gifts. It was pretty much like Christmas again! He is a tad bit spoiled! The day after his birthday we went to Great Grandma and Grandpa Siddoway's where he got him very own popcorn cake! Happy Birthday Sammy we love you!

Sam went to the doctor on January 10th for his 3 year check up. He finally weighed 30.4 pounds. That was with his clothes on though! He is

Yellow girl

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This is Addison in her very yellow outfit!

December 26, 2010

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Today was Addison's blessing. KJ got her all dressed up in her pretty white dress and made sure she looked so cute! Luckily we sat in the third row back from the front of the chapel because they forgot to turn the microphone on while KJ was giving her the blessing! Oops! Afterwards I tried to get some pictures of Addison and Sam but he would only stand by her if Bigfoot was by him! Silly Sam!

Christmas

2011-01-19T11:12:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!!

We had a great Christmas. Santa came and brought everything Sam asked for. Bigfoot the Monster which he has named Buddy! It is so funny to watch Sam play with it because he is really afraid of Bigfoot! Tucker got lots of cool flying stuff for the computer. Poor Addison slept through all of the present opening but Santa didn't forget her and the Barbie she asked for!

Christmas Eve

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We had a great Christmas Eve. Ken gave us a wonderful Family Home Evening and we had our usual yummy dinner. It was fun having both families together this year for Christmas!

Santa!

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Sam got to meet Santa this year at the Cochran family party. I think it was one of the best days ever for him! He made sure Santa knew that he wanted bigfoot the Monster!

Novmeber 25, 2010

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Happy Thanksgiving! We had a small and good Thanksgiving this year. It was just KJ, Sam, Addison, Grandma Siddoway and I for Thanksgiving this year. We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

November 20, 2010

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She is here! Addison Lindsay Francom was born November 20th at 11:11 am. She weighed 6 lbs 12 ounces and was 18 1/2 inches long! She is our tiny little girl!

2010-12-07T10:31:00.000-08:00

Sam had quite the fun time helping us get ready for the baby to come!

2010-12-07T10:14:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween! This year Sam was a scary blue monster! He had fun trick or treating even though it was pouring rain and freezing cold!

July 2, 2010

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We had our Pink and Blue dinner today! As of right now it's a girl! I get another gender check on the 22nd because she was not willing to cooperate! But we are excited no matter what!

We had

June 2010

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We got the pool out and the kids were so excited! Until they got in and it was freezing cold!

June 19, 2010

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Today we took Sam to the Pleasant Grove parade and then his Aunt Jessie took him to the carnival. He had lots of fun but was very, very tired!

June 17, 2010

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We took Sam to Strawberry Days his first rodeo! He was really good and really liked it.

June 1, 2010

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Sam picked out his second outfit today after he jumped in the tub that was full of water and soaked his first one. He wanted to wear his camo shorts and the tiger shirt. But we don't own a tiger shirt. So while I was trying to find another shirt that he would like he put his Home Depot apron on. He wore this all morning until we had to leave the house. Then he picked out two shirts to wear outside.

May 29, 2010

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I think we have one of the most curious and active two year old alive. After his nap today Sam decided to go exploring. He discovered our giant tin of Bag Balm on the top of our dresser. I didn't know he knew how to get on top of our dresser and thought everything was safe up there. Well he proved me wrong again. KJ washed his hair twice and it is still stiff and will stand up straight and his skin is very shiny!

May 28, 2010

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Today KJ and I went to the Manti temple. We had so much fun! We both absolutely loved this temple. After our session we stopped in town at a little hamburger shop where everyone was friendly and they made everything. So of course we had to try the doughnuts, ice cream and hamburgers!

May 9, 2010

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Happy Mother's Day!!

This year for Mother's Day we decided to give our mom's another grandchild! So we are expecting! Hooray!

April 26, 2010

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Sam had a rough day today. We woke him up at 5:30 am because we had to be to the surgical center by 6:15 am. Sam was getting a crown placed on his back molar because his tooth formed wrong. KJ and I felt awful though because he was so excited to be up with us like we were taking him to Disneyland or something. When we got there the people were very nice, they gave Sam a new shirt, let him watch a movie and gave him a wagon ride. But he wasn't really buying it. In the end everything went well. He had a bloody nose the rest of the day and was slightly grumpy. But he did great!

April 24, 2010

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Saturday we went up to the Mutual Dell for a picnic and drive. We had lots of fun going on a little hike and playing ball with Sam. K J and I laughed so much while we watched Sam play with his ball and run through the puddles. It was a great day!

Easter

2010-05-01T15:40:00.000-07:00

We had a really nice Easter. It was great just to stay home and listen to conference and then have a big family dinner. Sam had lots of fun looking for eggs and getting fun toys!

Arizona

2010-05-01T15:04:00.001-07:00

We drove back to Arizona with my parents and the Cochran's. They came to visit for Spring break. While we were in Arizona we did lots of fun things! Uncle Bob took Sam through the car wash for the very first time, which he was scared of at first and then absolutely loved it! We went swimming, got ice cream, saw Aunt Monica's horse and went ice skating with Grandpa and Uncle Tucker, dyed Easter eggs and then rode on an airplane! We had lots of fun and can't wait to go back!

February 14, 2010

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Happy Valentine's Day!

I love these pictures of Sam. His nursery leaders suprised us for Valentine's Day and had taken these photos and gave them to us.

January 30, 2010

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Do I look handsome or really messy?

January 6, 2010

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Sam turned 2 on January 6! We had the party a few days early because my parents came in town. KJ made him a cute Lightning McQueen cake and made us a yummy dinner. We played games and opened presents. Sam got a Power Wheels Jeep which he loves to drive but wont steer it so he is constantly running into things!

January 1, 2010

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Happy New Year's!

For New Year Eve we went sledding up the canyon! It was tons of fun! Sam loved eating the snow the most but had lots of fun sledding too! After sledding we went home and had yummy soup and played fun games!

December 25, 2009

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Well I am finally getting around to Christmas! We had a really hectic but good Christmas this year! We took the entire month of December to move into Ken and Agnes new house so it felt like we were moving forever! But we got settled in quickly just in time to have a wonderful Christmas thanks to the parents! I have to say I absolutely loved my present from KJ! He made me a thimble holder. For those of you who did not know I have been collecting thimbles since I was little. I have almost 200 different ones from all over the world. I just had no where to put them! He totally surprised me and I love it and I love him! This year with a lot of help from my parents I turned a bowl on my dads lathe. We had a lot of fun doing it and it actually turned out really pretty! Sam had a great Christmas being spoiled as usual and he really loved the wrapping paper all over the floor. He loved that it made him go really fast when he slid down the stairs!

December 10, 2009

2009-12-10T13:12:00.001-08:00

Snow Day! Sam went and played in the snow today for the very first time this year! He had a blast! He didn't mind his snow suit at all, which I thought he would at least try and take the gloves off! But he liked to pretend his gloves were eating everything so he would make growling and chomping noises! Hopefully we'll be able to go build a "noman" soon!

Well, after playing in the snow you have to have hot chocolate right?! While I was doing that Sam was applying mascara! He knows right where it goes but likes to put it on everything! Isn't he beautiful!

December 5, 2009

2009-12-10T13:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Daddy! We love you!

December 1, 2009

2009-12-01T17:10:00.000-08:00

KJ put Sam down for a nap yesterday and of course Sam jumped out of his crib but couldn't open the door. So KJ went back to check on Sam a little bit later and peeked under his door. He couldn't see Sam laying on the floor and it was really quiet. So he opened the door and there was Sam sound asleep in his toy bucket! It was so cute!

December 1, 2009

2009-12-01T16:54:00.001-08:00

Sam and I were in Arizona the whole month of November! We had so much fun spending time with family. The weather was amazing so Sam got to play outside everyday with his new buddy Pepper and Uncle Tuck. Sam also learned how to jump out of his crib while we were there which has been lots of fun for KJ and I! The Francom's came down to Arizona for Thanksgiving and it was great!

October 30, 2009

2009-10-31T12:45:00.001-07:00

He's a Disco Star! Last night we had our ward party so Sam wore his costume. And this is costume number 3 and still not all the way finished! He loves trick or treating and he had a favorite family he would go to that would give him candy no matter how many times he went back to them!

October 27, 2009

2009-10-31T12:36:00.000-07:00

It's snowing!! Sam was so excited to go and play in the snow, but he got cold really fast. He wasn't wearing any shoes so when he came inside he sat on the lovesack and said cold pigs and he had me change his socks!

October 22, 2009

2009-10-24T16:43:00.001-07:00

Sam loves to build race tracks for his cars! It's his new favorite thing along with pumpkins! He is super good at building I was so surprised!

October 19, 2009

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Sam loves his new cracker and cheese snacks! He pretty much just eats the cheese as you can see!

October 18, 2009

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Sam loves all the Halloween decorations!

2009-10-20T09:19:00.000-07:00

I have to say Fall is really pretty in Utah. Unlike Idaho where everything turned brown instantly because it is so darn cold there!

October 12, 2009

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Sam loves pumpkins! We carved this for FHE and he loved it! Every time he see's a punkin as he says, he gets so excited!

October 10, 2009

2009-10-20T09:09:00.000-07:00

Mr. Silly

October 7, 2009

2009-10-08T13:06:00.000-07:00

These are my boys!

Yesterday at school KJ made Sam his very own mini baguette to eat! Lucky kid! Sam was so excited and ate every bit of it! Sam loves to dress up in KJ's chef uniform when he comes home from school. He looks so cute in it!

October 4, 2009

2009-10-05T10:44:00.000-07:00

KJ made us a yummy Raspberry Charlotte yesterday! It was delicious and very neat looking! He's loving culinary school!

Yesterday we were visiting Great Grandma and Grandpa Francom which Sam loves. But yesterday was a different story. Sam was running with the football in the house and tripped over his foot and hit his forehead right on the corner of the wall. I quickly grabbed him and thought he would just have a large goose egg until I saw he was covered in blood! So everyone helped patch him up and we let him drive home and then took him to granny's where he ate about 10 dum dums and was hyper the rest of the night!

This is Sam watching TV this morning. He has a ScoobyDoo band aid on his forehead if you can see it. I have to keep telling him it is awesome so he wont tear it off his head! He is pretty proud of it now.

September 30, 2009

2009-09-30T19:26:00.000-07:00

It snowed today! I can't believe winter is already here. We went to Sam's play group at the rec center today and I forgot my jacket and it was so cold! Sam decided he was going to wear my jacket the whole evening. But the mountains look so pretty with their white tops and all the leaves that are red.

September 27, 2009

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I took Sam out to play in the water because he hasn't been able to for a long time. He had a blast!

September 26, 2009

2009-09-30T18:37:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Grandpa Siddoway!!

This is Sam in his new church outfit. He has some really neat new shoes to go with it to!

September 23, 2009

2009-09-24T11:16:00.000-07:00

Sam and I went to lunch yesterday with grandma Francom, Aunt Jessie and Val. We had lots of fun and of course Sam was a terror as usual. Then we ran errands with grandma which can be exhausting for Sam! He fell asleep in the car with his sucker that he wouldn't let me take from him even though he was fast asleep! Later that night he wanted to play in the tub. So we made a bubble bath and he had lots of fun splashing and getting the bathroom soaking wet!

September 7, 2009

2009-09-08T11:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Labor Day! Today we decided to take Sam on his very first trip to the zoo. It's something I've wanted to do since he was born. But I am so glad we took him this weekend. His reactions to all the animals were priceless! He loved all the animals and riding the carousel. We had a really fun day with Daddy and Grandma Francom! Here are lots of pictures so you can see our day at the zoo!

September 5, 2009

2009-09-08T10:57:00.001-07:00

Go Cougars! Sam had a blast watching the Cougars beat Oklahoma!

September 1, 2009

2009-09-08T10:54:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Uncle Tucker!!

August 29, 2009

2009-08-31T15:37:00.000-07:00

Sam had his first corn on the cob tonight. He loved it so much! He would take a big bite out of it and then suck all the juice out he could get! I was surprised at how good he was at eating it right off the cob!

August 28, 2009

2009-08-31T15:30:00.000-07:00

Sam has a new friend! Perry's dad Tony came to town for a mission reunion last weekend and stayed with us. Sam wasn't too sure of him at first, but pretty soon Sam was doing everything Tony was. When Tony would play the guitar Sam would be right there with him either dancing or playing the piano and singing. Sam really liked singing "Do As I'm Doing" with Tony. And Tony would tell him stories of how that was Perry's favorite song growing up and hoe Perry loved to pick gross things for his action like picking his nose so he could gross out his sister's! Thanks for coming to visit Tony! We hope we get to see you soon!