November

November brought us into the "fall" here in AZ where we really don't have seasons. We had a great Thanksgivng that we shared with family. We stayed busy with work and school and all that good stuff. Here are some pics of the kids, our family carwash, and my first pot pie with left over turkey from Thanksgiving.

Onewaysports-----October

One more big event in October was Wayland leaving his job at the engineering firm and starting his training business full time. This also meant that I went to work full time. So we had a lot of changes going on. We had been talking about this for months, then in August we got serious about it and started really praying and fasting about it. Finally in October we felt it was the right time to go through with our plans. So far it has been great. Onewaysports has started to take off. Wayland is doing bootcamps 5 days a week and every afternoon from 2-9 is he is booked with athletes. Saturdays he is doing mini football clinics and Sunday we rest. I am so proud of how hard Wayland has worked for this and I love what Onewaysports does for our family. The kids love being with their Dad and love watching him train. They even love to workout. Kyana is the only 1 year old I know that can do push-ups, squats and lunges. I will have to get a video of that on here. Check out Wayland's website it is super fun and you can see what he is doing. www.onewaysportsllc.com

Halloween----October

Halloween was fun. Jayden had a party at his pre-school friday. It was lots of fun they had lunch, played at the part, and had a pinata. Halloween day we went to the ASU game. It was our first time sitting in the player guest section. It was fun being so close to the field as opposed to our nose bleed season tickets. We love ASU and it was fun for Jayden to see the guys up close especially the ones that he knows. He hasn't seen them in their pads and everything face to face he is used to seeing them in street clothes so he was loving it!! That night we took the kids trick or treating. We did a few streets in the neighborhood and they were done, which was fine with us because we don't need all that candy in the house. Jayden was spiderman and Kyana was a fairy princess (eventhough she only kept the wings on for 2 minutes). I also threw in a picture of my costume, I was a cavewoman. We have a theme at work every year and this year it was cavemen and cavewomen. I made my own costume so I was pretty proud of myself!!

No More Training Wheels----October

October was a big month for Jayden. We finally took his trainig wheels off his bike. Jayden has been asking me for months to take his trainig wheels off, but I just never felt comfortable doing it because he is so young. How many 3 years olds do you know that ride a two wheeler? Me....none! Jayden is very adventurious and has no fear so sometimes he trys things that are really scary to me. This was one of them. So I didn't want to be the enabler this time. (I know some of my friends think I am crazy because I let Jayden do stuff like jump off high walls and wakeboard). Anyways we took them off and he took off. He did awesome. Now (3 months later) he is so fast on his bike I can't believe it. I am so proud of my 3 year old!!!! Love you Jay!!! Here is a video taken day 1 of no training wheels.

Double Wedding Weekend--October

The next weekend in October we had two weddings. The tricky thing is one was in LA on saturday while the other one was in Sacramento on Sunday. The LA wedding was my lab partner from college Tony and the Sacramento wedding was Waylands college football buddy Tim. There was no way we were going to miss either of these so we made the drive to LA friday night went to Tony's wedding Saturday. I don't have any pics of that one because I forgot my camera darn it. The wedding was beautiful, they transformed a community center into an elegant dining room and then as the night went on it opened up into a club. It looked like a real nightclub it was awesome. It was so good to see Tony and I am glad that he is so happy.

Then Sunday morning we flew up to Sacramento for Tim's wedding. (We left the kids with my parents.....Thanks Mom and Dad you guys are the greatest!!! My Dad actually watched the kids Saturday night while my Mom was enjoying Barry Manalow at the Hollywood Bowl!!!....Thanks Dad because I know my kids are crazy.) The wedding was beautiful and we had so much fun. It was great to see Tim and some other buddies and his new wife Jessica is beautiful and so sweet. They had an outdoor cerimony and then we partied it up in a beautiful hall on the premises it was great. I have a few pics from that night so enjoy!!

Trip to Humbolt October

October was a very crazy, yet very fun month. We spent one weekend up at Humboldt State (where Way and I met and fell in love). We have been wanting to take the kids up there because it is so beautiful and such an important place for us. The weekend of October 15 was the homecoming football game and the alumni softball game, so we made the trek from Phoenix to Arcata. We took a flight from Phoenix to San Jose on Thursday afternoon, then rented a car to make the 6 hour drive from San Jose to Arcata (just north of Eureka, CA). We drove as far as we could until we were both exhausted and found a hotel about 90 miles from Arcata where we slept. Friday we made our way up to the campus and toured all their new facilities. We stopped on our way up to see the drive thru tree and the eternal tree house these are both amazing if you ever head to northern Cali. We talked with some of our old coaches and had a blast. Saturday morning I played in the alumni softball game and Saturday night we enjoyed the homecoming football game. Then sunday morning we had breakfast with friends then made the drive and flight home. It was such an awesome weekend. We got to see a lot of good friends we hadn't seen in a while Dustin and Kerrie were amazing hosts. We could not have asked for more fun. Thanks for being so awesome guys we love you!!! We couldn't have asked for a better weekend we had a blast and enjoyed the beauty of the redwoods that we miss so much.

September

Here are just a few pics of some things we did in September. We went to the Arizona Cardinals pre-season game (we took my nephew Nathan). It was a lot of fun and that staduim is amazing. The only other pics I have is the kids playing at Barneys which we do almost everyday.

~Swimming Fools~

We spend many blazing hot arizona mornings out by the pool. It is our favorite place to cool off, and have fun. Wow do these boys love to swim. Jayden and Kodiak (our dog) are best buds and one of their favorite activities is swimming. They both love to jump in and swim laps. I am still trying to decide who is better at the jumping in.....they both get points for style. I am so glad they have so much fun together and I am glad Jayden is growing up with his pal.

Jayden Starts Preschool.....I can't believe it!!!

Today August 10th was Jayden's 1st day of preschool. He has been waiting for this day for at least 6 months. Jayden loves to learn and couldn't wait to be big enough to go to "school". He took his LSU football helmet for show and tell and told me the class clapped for him when he showed it. I am so proud of Jayden for being such a good boy and he is always trying to be a good example to his little sister.
He wants me to write that he can do a front flip on the trampoline (he can almost land it) and he loves to do belly flops into the pool. He has become such a good swimmer and can from end to end of our pool!!! We think he is awesome. Love you Jay!!!!! Here are some pics of his first day, since I got a new memory card.

August 2nd......Happy Anniversary Babe!!!

Wayland and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on August 2nd. We chose to do another staycation as we like to call them here in AZ. We headed up to Scottsdale to the McCormick Ranch Resort. My Mom came to town to watch the kids for us so we were able to get away for a couple of days and nights. Thanks Mom!!!! The kids love when Grandma comes to town because they get lots of goodies that Mom doesn't give!!!!!
Our weekend was so fun. We walked the mall, hung by the pool, ate at the most delicious place in the valley Donovans, went canoeing and just spent time together!!! I truly believe we need these types of weekends with are crazy life. I always feel like we are more in love when we return. It makes me realize how lucky we are to have each other and the family and life we have created. I love you Way!!!!!.....Sorry no pics they were on the eaten memory card....darn it!!!

June/July

I am trying to remember all of the things we did in June and July, but it all went so fast but here is a little blerb of life. We went to LA/Orange County for a weekend. We saw family, watched a soccer team Wayland trains play in a tournament and Wayland took the kids to the beach....they had a blast. From LA my sisters, mom and I head up the coast to Santa Barbara where we rented a beach house for my Mom's 60th birthday. What a blast!!! It was so beautiful and the weather was great. While we were there we: did hot room yoga, relaxed, read books, went bike riding, shopped, ate, laid in the sand at the beach, relaxed, and ate some more. It was a great retreat and so fun to spend time with just the girls, but boy did I miss Wayland and the kids.

Then a couple of weeks ago I had the chance to meet some of the cast from my FAVORITE show it is actually the only show I watch really.......THE BIGGEST LOSER!!!! Felipe, Sione, Ali (the winner from the season before)and her mom Betty Sue were at the Barney Family Sports Complex participating in the Cardinals/Duce Lautui football camp. This is the sports complex where Wayland trains so we were invited to be there. It was so awesome to meet these people who are an inspiration to me and so many other people. They were so nice and I even took pictures with all of them......it was great.

That was the excitement of June/July besides all the swimming, late night trampoline jumping and long walks in the scortching heat with Way, the kids and Kodiak. Life is great!!!!!

By the way the one picture on this post will explain why I have no pictures of any of these events. This is what a memory card looks like when it gets fed to the dog by your 1 year old who feeds everything to the dog. Isn't he a lucky guy!!!!

Aren't they so CUTE!!!!!

Pics of the haircut

here are the pics of the haircut......crazy huh?

The big Catch Up

Ok so I did a big catch up. I posted like 6 posts tonight so hopefully you will scroll down and check out what we have been up to the last couple of months.

Jayden's BIG HAIRCUT

The day has finally come....the day Jayden has been begging for for a month.....he got a haircut. Jayden has been asking me for the last month to shave his head. I don't know why, but I just keep telling him no. Poor kid. He has so much hair and it is always in his way, when he is swimming, riding his bike, jumping on the tramp. You name it no matter what he is doing he says his hair is in his way. So reluctantly on this Father's day I let Wayland shave his head. I seriously felt sick the entire time I was watching this happen, but the boys (way and Jay) were loving it. Well, needless to say all those beautiful curls are gone and he loves it. And believe it or not I do too. I forgot how handsome he was. I can now see his beautiful green eyes, and of course I know it will grow back!!! For some reason I cant get the pics to load but I will try again tomorrow......I promise I will get them on here they are great!!!

Oneway Sports Football Camp

June 4, 5, 6 Wayland held his 1st all position youth football camp. It has always been Wayland's dream to host his own camp since he is always coaching at other camps like LSU. So about a year ago he decided it was time to start planning it. He has worked so hard and the hard work paid off as the camp was a great success. He flew in coaches from CA and had some help from some of ASU's top players. Over all I think the 62 kids who attended had a blast and learned a lot which is what it is all about. Good job Way I am so proud of you!!! Thank you to everyone who helped us to make this camp happen especially the coaches who all worked so hard. You guys are the best!!!!

Jayden My Wakeboarder

There is nothing in this world Jayden wants to do more then wakeboard. He is still a little too young to do it behind the boat so he is always wanting to board in the pool. I am so amazed at his balance and coordination. He is going to be a studd wakeboarder someday....just like his daddy!!!

Ally's B-Day Weekend at the Phoenician

We spent my 27th birthday weekend at the most amazing resort in Scottsdale. Wayland and I enjoyed the 1st night by ourselves and then the kids and our sitter Jessica joined us the 2nd night. We all had a blast. It is so much fun to play together. The kids love to swim and this is a great place to visit but stay in town. Here are a few pics from the fun weekend.

Trips to Vegas and CA

In the end of April and then the first week of May we made a couple of quick trips. We headed to vegas to see Way's Grandad and take the kids to Circus Circus. We had a blast, Jayden loved Circus Circus besides the big clown when we first pulled up. He told me he did not like that guy and he wanted to "punch him in the nose".

The trip to CA was just Way and I, we went to a high school friend of Wayland's (Micheala) wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and so nice to get away. Thank you to our friends for watching the kids and to Robbie for treating us to the amazing hotel room!! Here are a few pics from both those weekends!