"Tag" I'm It

My Sister-In-Law Brittney tagged me on her blog. Since I'm addicted to blogging, I guess I'll do it! Just another excuse to sit here at my computer wasting time when my house needs cleaning!!! (I've been tagged before, so I'm sorry if this bores you. Just don't read it!)

4 jobs I have had:
*"Weed Technician" for Belmont Gardening. My sister Karin and I worked for my dad pulling weeds around St. George in the HOT summer!
*Making hot dogs, spinning cotton candy, cleaning, etc. at the "Dugout" at Snow Canyon Chevron. Don't want to dwell on that one! Did this during my Senior year of High School.
*Teller and FSR at Zions Bank. Those were the good ol' days! Right Erin?!!! I worked with THE BEST people! This job put me through college.
*1st Grade Teacher at Midvale Elementary. I did this for 4+ years until Chad was born in 03'. I do miss many of the faculty and students, but I wouldn't trade my new "job" as a mother for the world!
4 movies I have watched more than once:
*Breakin' 1 and Breakin' 2-Electric Boogaloo
*Can't Buy Me Love
*Watcher In The Woods
*Sound of Music or Mary Poppins-our Sunday shows
(I guarantee that most of the movies I have watched, I've watched more than once, so I thought I would mention some that I remember watching all of the time when I was younger. Oh the memories!
4 Places I've Lived:
*Pasadena, California
*Victorville, California
*Santa Clara, Utah
*Cedar City, Utah
+ good ol' SLC!
4 Places I've Been:
*Dry Tortugas National Park for our honeymoon. Jeff's Aunt worked for the National Park Service, so we got the hook up!! See this link:http://www.nps.gov/drto
*Mauii & The Big Island, Hawaii
*Cozumel and Grand Cayman (First cruise. Such a blast!)
*Chicago, Baltimore, NYC, & many other U.S. cities :)
4 People Who E-mail Me Regularly:
*Book Club Friends
*Primary Presidency
*Jeff's Mom
*Papa John's, Scholastic, Comcast, and many other businesses/bills
4 of My Favorite Foods:
*Cafe Rio Pork Barbacoa Salad
*Ice Cream
*Fruit, especially pineapple, strawberries, peaches, bananas...sounds like a good smoothie!
*Anything I don't have to make myself!
4 Places I'd like to Visit:
*Australia -I've wanted to ever since I was young!
*Europe
*Another cruise ANYWHERE!
*Anywhere our family or friends are!
4 Things I'm looking forward to in the coming year:
*All of the things Alison will be learning over her first year! I love when babies learn new things!
*Christmas! I'm always looking forward to Christmas!
*Kelly's new baby in the Fall!
*Many more family fun moments!!!
And FINALLY 4 Friends I'm tagging:
You know... I've been tagged before, and sometimes you just don't feel like doing it! So if you're in the mood to be tagged on your own site, consider yourself tagged!

I'm becoming a "Blog-aholic!"

I saw this on a friend's blog and had to see how addicted I was. It's not that I blog all of the time, my problem is that I love reading everyone else's! I also love to check the comments! So, I'm quickly becoming a "Blog-aholic!" Oh yeah, and I lied in my last entry because I said it would be my last one for the day, but as you can see I'm so addicted that as I was reading a friend's blog I felt the urge to do "just one more" entry! Just one more can't hurt, right???
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"Hughes' Cheeks"

For my fourth and final entry for this go around, I wanted to share some cute photos of Jeff and Alison playing together! When each of my children were born, I heard the phrase "Oh, he/she's got those "Hughes' Cheeks," or "Look at those chubby cheeks!" A definite trait from the Hughes' side is that they all have those cute chubby cheeks! I was busting up when I finished taking this series of photos. Tell me if I'm crazy, but doesn't the last picture make it look like Jeff blew Alison's cheeks up like a balloon?

Kyle's 3rd Birthday!

Kyle turned 3 on Friday! When I would ask him what he would like for his birthday or for his birthday cake he would only say "Transformers." So, he's never seen "Transformers", at least not that I know of, but Chad and his friends think they're cool, and Kyle wants to do what they're doing, so we went with it! I wasn't very ambitious this year, so I just stood his Transformers next to his cake that he wanted to be a square. I gave him his breakfast on a Transformer plate and hung a "Happy Birthday" sign with Transformers on it. I'm a good Mom, right? No, actually I felt pretty lazy, but I think he enjoyed his day. We met Jeff at the aquarium, and enjoyed all of the fish. Kyle loves the sting rays! From an IKEA mailing we found out that Kyle shares his birthday with our IKEA store, so he received a $10 gift card and he got to pick out a toy. Jeff coaxed him into a swing for our front tree, which turned out to be a total blast for the boys! For dinner we had some of Kyle's favorite things: hot dogs, corn on the cob, chips, and pineapple! Chad gave him a sleeping bag, and they both got to sleep in the tent we set up in the play room. Jeff would've camped in the back yard with them, but it was raining off and on all day! They loved "camping" together in the play room! We even had their noise maker turned on to the cricket sounds! I sure do love Kyle! I've struggled a bit lately with some of his misbehaviors, but Jeff reminds me that he's just "2!" Well now he's just "3", and I look forward to another great year! He truly brings so much joy to my life. He is always so silly and gives the best kisses! I can't imagine life without him!

One Month Old

Alison turned one month old on Wednesday. Time sure is flying! We all love her so much, and we're enjoying every minute with her! The poor thing is going to have to endure my little photo sessions every milestone. Oh, she's going to have to endure them even when she's just in a cute outfit! Please tell me I'm not the only one who sets up blankets for back drops and takes a ton of pictures just to get a few that look decent!!! My floor may need to be swept, but I always make time to take pictures! You have to agree that catching those slight smiles make it all worth it! Isn't she adorable?

A Quick Visit

Last week our Puriri cousins came up north, and Alison got to meet them for the first time. They had so much fun playing together for the afternoon! Sweet Tali held Alison most of the time they were here! Kristina said it reminded her of when Tiari was a baby last year and Tali would hold her all of the time. So cute! (Doesn't Alison look like she belongs to their family?

Updated Baby Pictures

For my third and final entry for the evening, I just wanted to post some cute pictures of our little Alison. She is three weeks old now and growing so quickly! At her appointment yesterday she weighed 10 lbs. 3 oz. Our new Pediatrician just loves her! (So that makes me just love him!) He kept saying, "Oh, she's so strong! Oh, she's so alert! She's so big! and of course "Oh, just look at that hair!" She really is a good baby! It's been fun to have different relatives come and see her. In these pictures you'll see my sister's Karin and MaryAnn, Jeff's Dad and step mom Irene, and of course Chad and Kyle. In one of them Chad is arm restling her. It's one of our favorite things to do at bed time along with Rock, Paper, Scissors. I think it's cute that he wants her to be able to play with us, too! He just better look out, because, like I said, she's growing so quickly and will probably catch up to her brother's soon! (Thanks for the cute onesie with her name and darling outfit in the last photo DiDi!)

First Day of Church

I decided since it was Mother's Day that I wanted to take Alison to church. Jeff and the boys were so sweet and brought me breakfast in bed, but it took a little while and getting all of us ready took a little more time than usual. Needless to say we made it a few minutes late, but it was good to be back. It was fun to get her dressed up! Did I just say that? Anyone I've talked to lately knows that I'm a little afraid of all of this girly stuff. I decided to put a big bow in her hair and go with it! Chad and Kyle loved having their sister there. Chad even had Jeff write "Mom, This is your first time bringing Alison to church. I love you. Love, Chad" on the card they gave me. He drew a really cute picture of our family, too. I love being a Mom! (You gotta love the crossed eyes in the last photo!)

This Is The Place

On the 3rd of this month, for our first outing with Alison, we enjoyed a few hours at "This Is The Place Heritage Park." The boys loved seeing all of the baby animals, riding on the train, playing at the playground, and riding ponies. This was Chad's first time riding a pony. Kyle has done it a few times already, but Chad has always said that he would ride one when his dad was with us. So, I held him to it and got him to ride. He loved it! We had a really fun afternoon!