The Peadsters

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T15:18:00.001-07:00

Here is our cute little Alice in Wonderland & Mean Witch. Mya could not make up her mind on what she wanted to be, she would change her mind every hour. Finally we had her talked into the witch, but she had to make sure we knew she was a MEAN witch!!
Ryan and I found this costume last year at Target after the Holidays. It was so cute and lucky for me Ryan doesn't change her mind. She loved being Alice!

When all is Quite

2011-07-19T09:36:00.001-07:00

So for those of you with kids you know that if they are really quite, they are into something. Well Mya likes to wake up early and she usually wakes someone up or goes and play's with toys, but we can hear her.

One day Kirk woke up to this scene in the bathroom! Mya had opened one of the cabinets and found some makeup! Luckily it was not makeup I use, except for Halloween time! She made herself so beautiful! I especially love how she did not want to miss the eyebrows!

Doesn't she look pretty?

Hiking the Y

2011-07-19T09:25:00.000-07:00

We went back to Utah in June to visit our family and friends and had so much fun! We stayed with our friends the Seamons for a few days and decided one night to hike the Y!

I was so impressed by Ryan and Brynley! Brynley hiked it the whole way by herself!!! It is not an easy hike, but Brynley really impressed me! Ryan did pretty good too. She had to be carried twice just up two hills and poor Reed carried her even though he was not feeling good!

Here are the three girls sitting at the top! It was so fun and we miss our friends so much!! Glad we can always go and visit them!!

Getting to know Texas

2011-05-24T11:38:00.000-07:00

Since moving to Texas we have decided to be major tourists and see the different things here! So on Saturday we decided to go to the old Log Cabins that show what life would have been like living here in the olden days. It may have not been very fun for the girls, so at least we can say we did it! Ryan was scared of going into the log cabins because they were very dark and a little spooky.

But everyone got a chance to ring the old school bell and Mya didn't want to stop! She loved it, maybe because it was noisy like her!

There was also a kids cabin that they could touch EVERYTHING!! Kid's dreams coming true! So we saw everything in that cabin & had lots of fun!

Ryan had fun finding the eggs in the chicken coupe and playing with the old toys.

Mya found this doll, the bed for it, and a rocking chair that was just her size! She LOVED it! She would have stayed and played for hours if we let her!

It was a fun to see something different!

Mother's Day Blocks

2011-05-18T17:08:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful mother's day! Nicole & I got our craft on and made these cute blocks for our mother's for mother's day! It was fun to do a craft! Thanks to Nicole for putting the fire under me to make this with her!
Now I have a huge list of crafts I want to make! Just got to get over my OCD of having everything perfect!!

Easter

2011-05-10T17:08:00.001-07:00

Happy Belated Easter!! I hope everyone had a fun Easter! The girls had a lot of fun! They got to go to an Easter egg hunt with friends from our ward & Ryan got to do one with Gavin. Lucky Girl!

We decorated Easter eggs & cookies with Gavin, Owen, Jake, Nicole! And the Easter Bunny brought the girls Play-doh! What a nice Easter Bunny! We hope everyone had a great Easter as well!

Dallas Arboretum

2011-04-22T12:57:00.000-07:00

The other week the girls and I were able to go to the Dallas Arboretum with the other Pead's that live in Texas, Jake & Nicole! Since moving here we have loved hanging out with them! And Ryan loves to play with Gavin! She wakes up everyday asking if they can play! So going to the Arboretum was an extra plus for everyone! The gardens were beautiful, we had a great picnic lunch on the softest grass I have ever felt, and we ran through the fountain area until everyone got a little wet!!

Of course my girls LOVE to play in dirt, sand, & gravel! So it's only natural that would sit down and play here!

Here is a great pic of the Mya! She really enjoyed playing in the water! Thanks to Jake for getting wet so Mya & Owen could have fun touching the water!!

This was a very beautiful walkway! It was a challenge to get all of the kids to look in the same direction!

At the end the had this little village of houses that the kids could go into and play! We all had a great time! Thanks Nicole & Jake!!

Blue Bonnets

2011-04-18T08:25:00.000-07:00

We had a friend call us and invite us to go and see the Blue Bonnets. Well not being from Texas I had no idea what they were. I was thinking hats or ice cream, but I know the good ice cream is Blue Bell. But turns out they are the Texas State Flower. So we went to an old cemetary on a hill and it was covered in the flowers. We had fun running around and watching out for the ant piles. This is looking up the hill at the cemetary. I was laughing because the cemetary is called Zion's Cemetary. But this cemetary was established in 1840's and it was cool to walk around and look at the old headstones.

This is Ryan's friend Maddison and poor girl kept stepping on the ant piles! Not fun!!

Here is a picture of the girls trying to smile nicely for me. Mya was scared to put her left foot down while sitting on the ground. She held it up the whole time!

Great Friends!

2011-02-25T14:25:00.001-08:00

Ryan & Brynley have been friends ever since they were babies! Here is a picture of them when they were really little playing together.
Well the other weekend we had friends over late playing games and had the girls go downstairs to watch a movie. When we were done playing games, this is how we found these two. Snuggled up to each other sleeping!!
We are really going to miss playing with Brynley!!!

Big Changes!

2011-02-23T20:50:00.002-08:00

We are sadly saying goodbye to our family and friends! We are moving out of Utah to....

We are going to see if "the stars at night are big in bright..."!

We are really sad to be leaving Kirk's family and our friends! We have loved living in our neighborhood and have made a lot of good friends!!! We will also miss going over to Kirk's parents house every Sunday to kick it with our awesome family that lives near by!! Changes are always hard, but I guess they are a part of life!!

Old Pictures

2009-10-29T10:51:00.000-07:00

I had forgot about these cute pictures off Ryan that I had taken with my cell phone. I know that they are not the best quality, but enjoy!

This is Ryan with her "Happy."

California Fun!

2009-06-16T22:18:00.001-07:00

Kirk had to go out of town for two weeks at the end of May for school. So I decided that I was not going to just stay at home with the two girls and try to remain sane! So we headed to my parents house!

We had so much fun! Mya and Cooper are just about the same size but, they are two months apart! They were so fun together and Mya was always trying to hold Cooper's hand!

Ryan always loves to visit her cousins, even though sometimes it is a love hate relationship! Ryan and Carter would play great and then all they would do is fight the next minute! I guess it is that stage they are in right now!

I just loved spending time with my sister and her kids, along with my parents and brother! It was beautiful weather in California and I wish I had brought it with me to Utah. I am getting sick of the rain!

Long time & Catch Up

2009-04-20T20:27:00.000-07:00

I know that it has been a long time since I have posted, but I have a very good excuse! I killed Kirk's laptop with two mega-viruses! And all of our pictures that we have or download from our camera only works on it. So I have had to wait until the computer was fixed and now I can update our blog!! Hurray!

At the beginning of March we blessed Mya! It was so fun to have all of our family together for that great day! I love hearing baby blessings, especially my girls! I love to hear the great blessings that these children can recieve if they choose the right! What a great way to start out with life by having a blessing from our Heavenly Father!

Here is a cute picture that my dad had taken of the girls when we were visiting in Feb. I love the matching p.j.'s they have! Thanks Amy!!

What every girl needs!

2009-02-01T18:14:00.000-08:00

Now I know what to get Ryan for her next birthday, a sword and helmet!! She loved playing with them!! Everytime we went to my sister's house, she would ran and get these items. She was always wearing them!!

Her cousins even let her play swords with them. But when it came time to fight she would run away dragging her sword. Maybe we need to work on that!

Pokie-poke and 'itches'

2009-01-16T14:13:00.000-08:00

We almost made it a week with Mya in our family without anything major happening. The day after Thanksgiving Ryan was playing with our keys on the calendar holder and one of the pictures fell and cut her below the eye. Luckily our AWESOME friends (Reed, Kat, and Brynley) were over and Reed just went and got his car and drove Kirk and Ryan to the ER, so I could stay home with Mya. Well they had to sedate her to put in stiches. So as she was still a little loopy, Ryan was saying and doing the funniest things. I saw her when they got home and it looked like my 2 year old was drunk. But she is healing nicely now and we are just working on keeping her scar well oiled and sunblocked so it will fade.

But now when I am doing something that she thinks I will get hurt doing or that she thinks is naughty, she will tell me "mom, do you want to go get pokie-poke and itches?" "Well then you need to be careful!" I just laugh when she tells me this! What a little mommie she is becoming!

Ryan also likes to retell the story to me and anyone else. I think on a daily basis I hear it about 3 times throughout the day. She always likes to talk about the "pokie-poke and itches."

New Addition!!

2009-01-12T12:36:00.000-08:00

Mya Emily joined our family in November. She has brought so much joy to our house! Ryan at first did not know what to think of her and didn't even want to touch her. But now I have to keep a close eye on Ryan when Mya is in her seat.
We both think that Mya looks just like Ryan did when she was a baby, except she does not have as much hair and is not as chubby as Ryan was.
Mya is a great baby and we love watching her grow!!

A Long Delay

2009-01-08T10:51:00.000-08:00

Sorry to everyone who checks my blog!! I have been busy the last couple of months and have not had time to update my blog. So please check back for some picture updates of everyone!!

Witch with me!

2008-10-27T21:17:00.000-07:00

This year Halloween is turning out to be really fun because of Ryan. She loves to look at costumes and tell us which ones are scary guys and which ones are nice. Ryan is going to be a witch this year and keeps asking me "daddy be a witch with me?" I always tell her that she has to ask him. Well Darick's cute girlfriend has become Ryan's new best buddy and for the last couple of days she has been asking if "Shayla be a witch with me?" I guess Ryan really wants someone to be a 'nice' witch with her.

We also took her to a car wash here and they were doing a Tunnel of Terror wash to benefit the local food bank. Well we thought it would be fun to take Ryan through it as long as she sat on my lap she would be okay. I forgot she is scared normally of the car wash, so the whole time through the Tunnel of Terror she closed her eyes. It was so funny, but at the end we convinced her to open her eyes because Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Spongebob were there doing a little dance. Now she is always re-telling us the story of scary tunnel with silly Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Spongebob at the end. It is so fun to see her getting older and having fun getting ready for Halloween!

No Longer A Baby!!

2008-09-08T13:40:00.000-07:00

Ryan is no longer a baby!! She has now turned two and just keeps on getting bigger and bigger! We love to hear all of the new words and sayings that she has learned. We always laugh when she is playing with her toys because she tells them to not hit, be nice, and stop it right now!! I wonder were she is learning all of those sayings?

This year Ryan got to celebrate her birthday on two seperate days! On her acutal birthday we took her to McDonald's to get her favorite Happy Meal! She loves the chicken nuggets and french fries, but her favorite part is that she gets to drink Sprite!! She loves to drink Sprite!

After McDonalds we went to Chuck E Cheese were we all got to play games! It was so fun to see Ryan get excited over certain things that we may find boring. She rode the bike ride about 10 times and thought it was the greatest!! We would ask her what she would like to do next and it seemed she would always go back to the bike. I am glad she enjoyed it!!

Ryan showing off Baby Sister!

2008-08-15T08:41:00.000-07:00

As many of you already know that we are having another baby and it is a girl!! We are so excited! Ryan loves to look at the ultrasound pictures and talk to her baby sister via my stomach!

The other day she surprised me when she started making her toys talk to baby sister. Ryan had to make sure that they talked to her baby sister through my belly button. If I tried to pull my shirt down so you wouldn't see my belly button, Ryan would pull it up and tell me to Stop It Right Now! (I don't know where she learned that phrase) We are excited for another girl and we know that Ryan will be a great big sister!!

Swimming at Grammie & Grandpa's Pool

2008-07-28T15:14:00.000-07:00

Ryan and I were able to go to California to visit my family. It was so much fun! We spent a couple days swimming and also went to Pixie Woods! We had so much fun spending time with family!

A little boy at the pool let Ryan play with his Nemo toy! She loves Nemo and had so much fun playing with him in the water!!

Here is Summer and her cute family!! I had so
much fun seeing my sister and her family! Her boy's are so busy and I loved hearing all of their knock-knock jokes! Ryan still talks about 'arter' and 'kabean'!

Ryan and I spent the whole time swimming in the kiddie pool! The pool was a perfect size for Ryan! She could walk around and put her head in the fountains without having me to hold her! I think Ryan is getting more and more independent! She is not a baby anymore.

Ryan and Grammie lounging by the pool! Ryan had so much fun with her 'ammie' and 'tampa'! I know that she misses them every time we have to leave! It was also funny to see how she would get jealous when my parents were not paying attention to her, but to her cousins! She is a little diva sometimes!

Peads in NYC

2008-06-22T17:42:00.001-07:00

Kirk is a big Yankee's fan and wanted to see the Yankees play in Yankee Stadium before they tear it down. So we decided to make a fun family trip out of it! We had so much fun!! We were able to go with our friends and had a great time with them! We were able to see everything we wanted to in just a few days and felt like we walked almost the entire Manhattan Island!

Ryan was so good on the trip! She loved waiting for the "Choo Choo" everyday and seeing all the amazing sites! She had lots of fun playing with her buddy Brynley and her dolls 'Happy' and Minnie. She would ask us for her 'inkies' everytime she was ready to fall asleep, and she would take great naps in her stroller! She also loved seeing her aunt and uncle!!

Kirk and I also enjoyed spending time with Jeremy and Beverly! We miss having them close to us, but had a fun time going to dinner and hanging out with them!

We loved our New York trip and thought it went by to fast! It was fun to see a high energy city (besides Las Vegas) that a lot of movies were filmed in and loved seeing all of the historical sites!

P.S. I know that I spelled Ellis Island wrong, but I couldn't change it after I saw the mistake!

Newport Beach Temple

2008-05-21T15:38:00.001-07:00

We had the opportunity to go our cousins wedding in beautiful Southern California! It was so beautiful down in California and the Newport Beach Temple is SO beautiful inside and out! If any of you have not seen the temple before it is not your usual temple. The color is not white, but instead it is a shade of pink to blend into the surrounding area! It is a very beautiful temple!

BYU

2008-04-28T22:22:00.000-07:00

We have been trying to teach Ryan her ABC's. We ask her to say 'a' and she will answer with a noise or yes or whatever she decides will work. Then we ask her to say 'b' and she will answer back 'YU', to finish off 'BYU'. It is so funny to see her realize that 'BYU' is very important in our house! So when we went to the blue and white game at BYU, she was so excited!

Jeremy and Ryan cheering on BYU!

Maybe Ryan was not that interested in the game.

A Big Ouchie

2008-04-17T20:47:00.000-07:00

We were looking for a fun night out at the Bee's Baseball game on Friday night, but right when we got out of the car Ryan was running towards Grandpa and Grandma Pead and fell flat on her face. She got a big fat lip and her mouth was bleeding like crazy. She also scraped up her nose and forehead. She was so sad and it took Uncle Jeremy buying popcorn to make her feel better! Thanks Jer!

We Finally Did It!!!

2008-03-31T14:23:00.000-07:00

We have finally joined the world of Blogging!! We love to look at every one's blogs and decided to take the plunge.

Happy belated Easter! We got to go to a super fun Easter Party at our friends house! Ryan did not understand the easter egg hunt, but picked up a couple of eggs.

But then Ryan found a egg on the tramp and decided she was done. All she wanted to do is jump! I think if she would have known what was in the eggs she would have looked for more. Our friends, Reed, Kathryn, and Brynley, are in the background. They were the fabulous hosts of this awesome party! We had a lot of fun! Thank you for a great time!

I know this picture is dark, but I was trying to get a picture of Ryan in her easter outfit! She was being so cute and kept posing and saying cheese!

We hope everyone had a wonderful easter!