Las Vegas round 2

Posted by Robyn and Steve at 8:48 PM 4 comments

Just wanted to do a few of my favorite random pictures from Vegas!

Grandpa & Hayden at the park!

ha ha ha!!

Yep he is licking a rock! (luckily it is from Gam's

courtyard so I tell myself it is cleaner than a random

rock, right?) you can tell by that naughty little grin

he knows he should not be doing it but he thinks its

so funny when his mom calls him gross!

Ha ha ha!! I locked him out in the courtyard!

(it was only for a second!!) But still funny!!

He looks so sad! He is such a funny guy!

he is at a naughty stage, but also such a fun,

and cute stage! Some days I want to poke my eye

out (like the day I found he had stuffed

his owl down the heat vent!! well that was

actually kind of funny!) But most days

I feel like one lucky lady!!

Late in coming, but....

Posted by Rob Dog at 2:05 PM 4 comments

This is a really late post but, for my own journaling purposes I wanted to do a post on our trip to Las Vegas for Christmas and New Years. We had such a good time and I took a MILLION pictures!!! (so feel free not to read this if you don't want to because there is a LOT of pictures! And this is only a few highlights of the 10 days!)he he he!

the Tater!! He loved having so much freedom and running

around like a crazy person!!

After church! Bet you did not know you can rip gel clings

(you know the things you put on your windows!)

this happens to be Hayd tearing Frosty's Hat!!

(he does not look too sorry does he!!)

Playing the piano with aunt jess! Hayden Loves his

aunt Jess and uncle Rob! He asks for them pretty much

every day! They were SO much help, and we are so lucky to

have them in our life!!

Christmas Morning!

I may be in trouble for posting this one! but I can not resist!! :)

Three generations of Dahl boys in Christmas jams! he he he

Christmas Eve Jams

(Horton Hears a Who!!)

Tater was a real stink pot Christmas Eve!

Lucky for him we did not take it personal (well I

might have a little) :), he

was being a real pill during dinner so we ended

up just putting him

to bed mid way through! my visions of a

great dinner and leaving

cookies out for santa, opening christmas jams

and reading christmas stories were shot!! I learned

a valuable lesson! It is better to just have him go to bed, rather

than try to keep him up for festivities

until he is old enough to get it!! :)

hanging out with dad!

After dinner with Grams & Grandpa!

An AMAZING dinner at the Grand Lux to Celebrate

Rob's Birthday!

Riding in style along the strip! We went down to

check out the new City Center! This is how Hayden

insisted on riding, he kicked off his shoes like 8

times! (luckily grandpa took over pushing, and I walked

ahead pretending I did not know him!) he he he! jk!

oh! Steve-o and I! ;)

(he loves getting his picture taken, can you tell!

he especially likes it when I make him stop

and pose in the midst of large crowds of people!!)

Thanks for humoring me though!

Checking out the fountains from above!

Thanks for everything Grams and Grandpa, and Rob and Jess!! Can not wait to do it again SOON!!

It Nearly Killed Me!!

Posted by Rob Dog at 2:51 PM 6 comments

I swear it really did almost kill me!! Finals!!! They were rough, and felt oh so long!! They took all of my spare time, and I may have even cried once! But we made it through mostly unharmed! I may or may not have been a little nasty to Steve a few times!! (you know how when you are feeling a little sorry for yourself because you feel like all you have done for 3 straight weeks is study and do homework, and your husband innocently says something to the effect of "yeah, I will be glad when your finals are over too!" and then you let lose a string of nastiness such as "oh I am so sorry that MY finals are rough on YOU!! Because let me just say how much I am enjoying them! They are so fun for me! How lucky I am to be able to spend every free moment doing homework! Let me tell you, have you ever had to try and do homework with a 2 yr old!! Because it is not easy!! And if you would get our bloody dryer fixed it would save me a whole lot of time you know!! DO you know how long it takes me to hand dry clothes! I swear all I do is homework and clean! jeez!!" Yeah, you know when you do that, thats what I did...ok so maybe other people do not treat their lovely husbands that way! Lets just say it got ugly folks!:) Luckily I have a patient husband who I think has pretty much learned to tune out my ranting, or at least is willing to accept my apology later!) Luckily that semester is behind me! now on to my last one, which should not be nearly as painful! :) whoot whoot!! And now I finally have a little time to do some blog'n! I have some catching up to do! So stay tuned! :)

Homework with a 2yr old! (yeah, that actually is my real homework!)

on the bright side maybe this early interest means he will be a great

student and not follow after his dear mothers poor scholastic habits! :)

doubt it though! :)

This my friends says it all!! He loved the tree, I thought a little one

will be fine, its good practice to teach him not to touch them so when

we go to Steve's parents for christmas he will already know we don't

touch the tree, you just look with your eyes! HA HA HA!! none of MY

discipling worked! Of course when Steve was home he never touched

it! (which as you can imagine did not help my crankiness!) I would say

no, and as soon as I walked out of the room I could hear the bells

of the ornaments dinging! Urg!! so after he tipped it over for the 10th

time, I packed the whole blasted thing up and put it away! Take that!

that's what I call smart parenting! (anyone watch modern family? Cause

the dad taking the tree/christmas away was freaking funny!!)

An early christmas gift! Since we were going to be gone for christmas,

and I knew I did not want to haul this with we let him have it early! (ok

I was real excited to see if he would like it, and did not want to wait, but

the first reason is nice too!) Otis liked it as much as Hayd did! well worth

the $6, thank you ikea!

Stud?

Posted by Rob Dog at 11:45 AM 10 comments

I KNOW I am a bit biased but I think he may be kind of a STUD!!! :) (do people even use that word anymore? hmmm, well I just did!!) Not the best pictures, but he is difficult to get to stay in one spot, especially AFTER church!!I could not resist trying to get a few pictures. I want to remember him in his cute little tie so when he is 16 and a gross, stinky, teenage boy, maybe I wont strangle him! :)

**his first "real" tie! no more of that clip on garbage! :)**

You Should Check This Out!

Posted by Rob Dog at 7:32 PM 3 comments

So my awesome older sister, Heidi started this blog....

paisleypatchwork.blogspot.com

Heidi has her masters degree in education, has taught school, and is now a stay at home mom. She has always been a huge reader (like she would finish a book in a day) that took me 2 weeks to read! She has always been my

go to person for help with writing papers (even to this day, she is currently proofreading my research paper),

almost any thing I know about writing has been a random rule she has taught me (for example "Robyn professors hate when you use the word very!"). She has been the one to give me all the advice and research on reading to Hayden. Thanks to her Steve and I have read to Hayden every day since he was about 2 months old. She has given me tons of books and even more really great advice! So what I am trying to say is she is really qualified, but

even more helpful. So if you have kids, or going to have kids, or hang out with kids, you will want to put her blog on your google reader account, or check it out when you can. She does posts on what books to buy, what books are good for boys, what books are good chapter books, what books to read aloud, and other stuff like art projects for kids and all that jazz! Anyway I am so glad she finally started this blog! I have been wanting her

to do it for so long!!

P.S If you have questions about any kids books, or are wondering what books to get for your kid(s), I am sure she can give you advice on that if you leave a comment on her blog, even if you don't know her. I know for me its nice to know what books are worth buying, what ones are not, and what ones to keep my eye for that I am going to want to have for Hayden later on (and this is the kind of stuff she knows!)....I am going to bug her to do a post on the best board books to buy, and where to buy the cheapest ones (cause books are so dang expensive!)

P.P.S The other thing Heidi introduced me to last week, a web site called http://www.goodreads.com/ I LOVE it! It is kind of like facebook but for reading! If you are a reader you should check it out, then add me

as a friend! I think it is so cool to be able to keep track of the books you have read, want to read

and get reviews on books from your friends! check it out!

Halloween

Posted by Rob Dog at 4:50 PM 1 comments

What kind of mom would I be if I didn't do a Halloween post! So here it is, even though it is kind of old hat by now!! :) We had a great Halloween this year! We had pumpkin pancakes hung out with family and then went to the U game. It was Hayden's first game and I was a little worried about how it would go. Luckily it was really fun and Hayden had a blast! Not much trick-or-treating (but to be honest I don't feel too bad about that, its not my favorite and there will be plenty of years that he will actually get it, that he can go!) but it was a great weekend! I did not get too many pictures, and most of them are from my phone! But I thought he made a pretty cute skeleton! (It glows in the dark!! ha ha ha!)

After the game! eating a little cheese before bed! :)

packed in tight at the game!

A skeleton bum!!! Ah ha ha ha!! (ok I thought this was really funny, so sue me!!)

It was a kick in the pants when it got dark and he glowed! :)

Just Because...

Posted by Rob Dog at 10:47 PM 6 comments

Just Because.....

I am head over heels for this kid!!! He just makes me smile, and that makes me feel pretty dang lucky! (except when he is dropping cereal down the heat vent! then I am just mad!**I blame him if I get bad grades, He is just a lot more fun than lame-o homework! Don't worry dad, I still make time for some homework!