Frosted Block

It's Time!

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It's about time:

A) To update the blog!
B) Post back to school pictures
C) Blag about a fun "momcation" to NYC
D) Someone turned 4
E) To throw out all of the Halloween candy
F) For Family Pictures
G) All of the above

DRUM ROLL.......

Answer = F

Every 2 years Jared and the boys are tortured with family pictures! And yes, I love family pictures (well the actual taking part sometimes isn't great). EXCEPT this year......check out some pics from our recent family photo shoot. A fantastic photographer in my ward, Cindy Larkin, did that for us! We love them!

http://cindergirlphotography.blogspot.com/

Okay, the real answer should probably be G -

Or H) Go off the grid??

Summer Fun, Summer Run(s) and Summer's Done?

2011-08-29T20:38:00.000-07:00

Summer Fun Part 1 - UTAH for the 4th

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Summer Fun - Part 2 Hogle Zoo

Summer Fun Part 3 - Lake Powell
Summer Run Part 1 - Kaysville July 4th Run

Yes, that is actually me on the left.
It has been seriously about 25 years since I last ran an official 5k.
I ran it in 28:15
Not bad for a major amateur and hater of running.

Jared ran the 10k and got his PR/ goal of under 40 minutes.
But, sadly finished second in his age group....
Cause he ran this race a few years ago and also got 2nd so he was shooting for 1st.
Missed it by 7 seconds. Bummer?!?

My mother-in-law did the 5k walk and took 1st OVERALL.
Must be where Jared gets his competitive edge.

Crystal (SIL) and my father-in-law also ran the 10k.
Cause that is the race that "real" runners do.

Summer Run Part 2 - Utah HALF Ironman

1.2 mile swim
56 mile bike ride
13.1 mile run

Who else would also consider this summer fun? Jared
We did have fun supporting him: his parents, two sisters, one niece, my parents and of course the boys!

Okay, actually two other dad's were faster! Jared had the 3rd fastest run time. And finished 16th OVERALL. Way to rock those shorts.

Summer Fun for REAL - 14th Anniversary

We spent Thursday/Friday kid-less in SLC at the Grand America.
IT is a NICE hotel.

Us on our balcony.
(Really, this is just our 14th - but by my serious crow's feet you'd think 25th - yikes - bad photo, right?)

Lunch, new running shoes, shopping at The Gateway, laying by the pool, relaxing in the hot tub, dinner and shopping in downtown SLC, reminiscing those kid-less days when we both worked downtown, dreaming/skimming on how to get one of those new City Creek condos overlooking Temple Square, LOTS of food and DESSERT, and sleeping-in....it was FUN!

Summer's Done?

Back to School. BOO-YAY!
BOO for a certain 3 year-old.
YAY for a certain mom.

Isaac's first day of 1st grade

Did I mention it was 109 degrees, today?!?

Don't Mess with Mom

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BEFORE

AFTER It might have been a long day of: errands, cleaning, cooking & laundry.

It might have been like 105 so we spent the entire day couped up!

It might have been the "witching" hour.

Maybe, someone snapped!

Due to a day of fighting, hitting, crying and telling on each other.

Two boys may have gone to bed early that night....only to find "AFTER" in the morning.

A three year old might have said in the morning: "Are you mean, mom?"

They might be in the process of "earning" the toys back.

Someone might have alot of leverage right now!

SIX

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ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR
FIVE

SIX

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISAAC!
WOW! It feels like it has literally gone that fast.

What to do?

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Q1) One boy has been asking me to do this for weeks......

So on Sunday I gave it a try again. And right after I finished another boy walked right up to me...pulled my hair and asked: "What is that?" Followed with an immediate: "I DON'T LIKE IT!"

Q2) The blog.... Let's be honest, I stink at it. Maybe it's time to go "off the grid".

(To Crystal, my one loyal follower, you would get over it sooner rather than later. And besides one less blog to check would actually be helping you meet your New Years Resolution of only 1 hour on the computer a day :))

So, WHAT's A GIRL TO DO?

What's Up!

2010-10-29T21:13:00.001-07:00

Someone started Kindergarten!

And Someone was Really SAD about it.

(Apparently, hanging out with mom all morning IS that bad.)

***Someone else probably won't win mother of the year for posting these pictures 10 wks late!***

Someone also graduated to the toddler bed
(aka started climbing out of his crib)

And was doing a GREAT job staying in his room until mom came to get him...

even if he was really sleeping on the floor by the door.

UNTIL...this happened one day at nap-time.....

Someone could be "Grease Lighting" for Halloween......

'cause he ran the St. George Marathon in 3:01:38!
That's a 6:56 pace per mile....
Finishing 146th overall out of 5,702 runners!

OR that someone could just be a "Super Stud" instead cause three weeks later....
He did the Pumpkinman Sprint Triathlon finishing 28th overall....
And 2nd PLACE in his Division.

Or maybe it's in the gene's?
Cause that someone's sister also did the Sprint Triathlon and SHE ROCKED, too!
Speaking of Halloween, that sister brought the cutest little witch with her for the visit.....
Someone else used her "influence" (i.e. bribery) to get the boys to let her pick out their Halloween costumes for one more year. Check out these two characters.

FYI Bribery = look with these costumes you get to have "guns"
and wings!Someone also turned 3 and celebrated his birthday with.....
chicken nuggets and french fries
TWO Birthday Cakes(The professional cake was by my SUPER-TALENTED friend Christina)

a new bike
and a Halloween party with the playschool friends!

Someone else went on his first school field-trip

to the "pumpkin patch" and had a great time....

even with mom tagging along.

Finally, this family ACTUALLY "carved" pumpkins this year.....

For the first time in probably 4 years. Someone just doesn't like "carving" pumpkins. So, this alternative worked!

13 Years and....

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WE still look the same.....

Except for:
1) My straight-hair
2) Some gray hair
3) Wrinkles
and
4) A few more lbs.

13 Years and.............

We still have the same clothes. Although, only one of us wore them to church today in honor of our 13th! The other one didn't want to look like "the 3rd wife of a polygamist living in Texas"....per the one who actually wore the clothing to church!

The BEST way to spend 113

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A 113 DEGREE Day in Las Vegas!!

Oh, What do you do...

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Oh, What Do You Do in the Summertime, when all the world is RED HOT?

Do you scatter 600 puff balls all over the house, (thanks Aunt Kim for those puff balls)

OR put your bored 5 year old to work,

OR run around in your jacket, socks and underwear

'cause you've been coped up too long?
Is that what you do? So do I!

Oh, What Do You Do in the Summertime, when all the world is RED HOT?

Do you let your kids hang out in a casino...

both morning and night

OR, pay $15.00 to ride the same car over and over again

just to get out of the house!!
Is that what you do? Maybe us, too?!?

Oh, What Do You Do in the Summertime, when all the world is RED HOT?

Do you give your 5 year old a mohawk (nice try Dad)

OR play in the backyard all evening in your underwear?

Is that what you do? So do I!

Oh, What Do You Do in the Summertime, when all the world is RED HOT?

Do you, agree to go camping with the boys even though you DON'T CAMP

'cause the temp goes from this....

to this.....

in less than an hours drive!!
I bet that is what you would do, too?!?

Oh, What Do You Do in the Summertime, when all the world is RED HOT?

Oh, AND Do you swim in a pool, to keep yourself cool,

And nap where/whenever you like

Is that what you do? So do these two!!

MUNE...

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As the world's worst blogger I have decided to condense our lives for the past two months (may/june) into one gigantic post....MUNE.

MAY

We got our dad back!

He cuts our hair so we help him wash the truck.

Dad was getting way too much sleep with tax season being over....so he decided to take us to Fathers & Sons.

Drew learned how to catch "big air" in his gym class at the leisure center....

We hit the road and headed to Utah for Memorial Day. There was a big party because Mom's grandma turned 90!

We had lots of fun hanging out with our cousins....

As you can see we are best buds!

AND we also went to A DAY OUT WITH THOMAS. Isaac was lovin' it!

JUNE

Found us heading back to Utah....again.

Dad had a big race to run with his family...the Ragnar.

He decided looking like a 16-year-old would help him run faster.
It did! Having a mo-hawk really does help you run a total of 22 miles in a 30 hour time period on only one hour of sleep. If you'd like to hear more about the "best relay team ever" and their 2010 Wasatch Back experience check out some awesome blog posts here and here.

We got to spend even more time with even more cousins, grandmas and aunts.

We saw Toy Story 3 in the Movie Theater.

And then Grandma Frost took us to lunch at Arctic Circle.

We spent alot of time in Grandma Truman's pool!!

Grandma taught Isaac how to spray everyone including his mom with the water toys....

And more fun times with the cousins.

On Father's Day, Grandma Frost had a Luau.

It was so fun! Even if we got stuck with the pink and red lays....

And the FOOD was AWESOME! Of course!!

That is our Mune in a nutshell. Hopefully you hear from us again before Jugust!

BOSTON "TO Party"

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Jared and I took our first solo trip since before Isaac was born (like 5 years) at the end of April to Boston. Jared qualified to run the Boston Marathon last year so we had a great excuse leave the boys and go party.

They must have known we were coming because this sign was right outside our gate at the airport....
Day 1 & 2 (Sat. & Sun.): Unfortunately, the weather was really cold, RAINY and windy. But, we also had alot of pre-race check-in stuff to do....so it all worked out in the end.

Jared at the Sports Expo checking in and getting all his stuff.

We also walked down to the finish line and got some shots before the big race. I was informed all the seats in the bleachers around the finish line were for "VIPs" so I wasn't going to be able to watch/get any pictures of him crossing the finish. :(
These cold days also gave us a great opportunity to sleep-in, do some shopping, reading and eating at LOTS of restaurants (I'm talking about sit-down, with waiters, having actual conversations at dinner, and taking as long as we want)!! One famous place we just had to try was: CHEERS! Not because we thought the food would be great....but come on it was part of our TV childhood. Jared reminded me that we actually watched the last episode together at his house in high school with some good o'le root beer.

(YUM...Boston Cream Pie)

We also went up to the 52nd floor observatory at the Prudential Center for an amazing 360 degree view of the city!

Day 3 (Monday): THE BIG RACE

Jared had to get up at 6:00am to catch his bus out to the start even though the race didn't begin until 10am! Ouch! (Marathoners are crazy....)

I got to sleep-in and watch the race on the TV at our condo. When Jared was about 2 hours from finishing I headed out to go get a good place close to the finish. We stayed less than a mile from the finish line so I headed out to the famous "right on Hereford, left on Boylston" area. (These are the last to turns before the finish.....which is on Boylston Street).
As, it turns out the place was already packed!! But, I did get my spot in time to see the winners run by...and of course, Jared. The fans were great and everyone was just cheering and screaming for all the runners. I finally saw Jared and even enlisted some help from the people around me to yell for him....but despite hanging over the railing, waving my arms, and screaming he didn't see me. Then I realized I had better hurry and get a picture because I had already missed my opportunity for a good picture.....so here he is running by. He is the one with the black hat on.

Jared was alittle disappointed with his time; but don't let him fool you; he is still a major stud!
Especially considering:
1) He didn't get to run AT ALL from March 28-April 15th (not even one mile). He ran two short runs before the race(16th and 17th) and that was it. And besides not running he was only getting about 5 hours of sleep a night for those 3 weeks also!!
2) It is actually amazing he didn't get really hurt, have a heart-attack or die on the course considering #1. I thought it was great that he just finished!!
3) He had leg cramps from mile 18 to the end AND he completely bonked with 2 miles to go (no energy).
4) His pace of 7:52 (per mile) is still FASTER than I can run ONE mile!!!!
5) He still beat 75% of all the other runners; 60% of all males and was right in the middle of his age group (which is one of the toughest)!!

That night we celebrated his great race with some seafood at Legal Sea Food....

well...one of us did! What's a trip to the East Coast without some Lobster, right?!?

Day 4: (Tuesday) We did some major sightseeing! We did a 'bean town' trolley tour which stopped at all of the historical spots along Boston's Freedom Trail. Some of the highlights included:

The Old North Church (think Paul Revere)

And Paul Revere's house

USS Constitution (old "iron sides")
And Bunker Hill

Where Jared (& I) climbed 279 steps to look out the top (one day after running a Marathon...crazy stud!) I was reading some plaques and looked around and couldn't find Jared anywhere. I went out and yelled up the stairs...."Jared are you up there"? "Yep", was all he said. As I started my climb, I heard many marathoners at the bottom reading the sign "279 steps to the top" and say, "sorry, guys I can't do that today"

We also did some good eating in the North End (aka Little Italy). Like cannoli's from Mike's Pastry and some great Italian Food.

We also took a Harbor Cruise with some great views of the City....

And a nice stroll through Boston Commons and the Public Gardens...

I just LOVE tulips! And they were everywhere in the Public Gardens!!

Day 5: (Wednesday)

We headed to Fenway Park for a tour of the nation's oldest Baseball Stadium. It was built in 1912 and it was pretty impressive. Our tour guide was a funny old man in his 70's with a great Boston accent. And, he even knew who the "Cougars" where and we had some fun teasing each other.

THE Green Monster

Mr. Yankee Fan

Down on the field...pretty cool!A great view of the "Citgo" sign from Fenway Park. The sign is right on the Marathon course and marks only 1 mile to go.

And then out to Cambridge for a tour of Harvard and some....
..."what might have been"...

Us...in front of the John Harvard statue on campus.

P.S. Don't every touch that "left" shoe that is all worn.....the students might be 'smart' but they are still college students, if you know what I mean!!

Finally, we ended the day by catching a Red Sox game at Fenway. They played the Texas Rangers and at first it wasn't looking so good (they were down 3-1 by the 2nd inning). But then the Sox hit a huge homer right over the Green Monster and followed that up with a grand slam home run in that same inning. After 9, it was tied 7-7 and the game went to the bottom of the 12th before the Sox hit another homer to win! Sox fan or not, it was a great game.

Day 6 (Thursday): We got up early and headed to the JFK Presidential Library before or flight later that afternoon. It was really fascinating. They had tons of TV clips to watch of JFK, Jackie and just from that time period in history.

(Coincidentally, Austin is home to the LBJ Presidential Library. And of course, while in Texas we also visited the Book Depository in Dallas, so we really have got this part of history down!!)

Then off to the airport and back to Utah to pick up the boys from Grandpa & Grandma's!! It was a great trip and we really enjoyed ourselves. And thanks to both of our parents for taking turns watching the boys for us!!

Here is a view of the Back Bay area from our cab ride....I forgot to take a picture of the condo we rented; but it was in a building that looked just like these.

And now back to real life: like laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, cooking and potty-training!!!

MARCHed on by.....

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What have we been doing?

It's all somewhat of a blur........ of single-mom by day, tax pro by night! Mix in a few too many bags (meaning 3) of Cadbury mini eggs and you've got quite a scary month!

But despite all the "madness" I couldn't let the month go by without posting a few highlights.

#1 This little guy TURNED FIVE! It is crazy, but true!

#2 Touch-a-Truck

This is our third year going...and the boys still love it! For some reason my boys LOVE the garbage truck...anyone know what "sanitation workers" make????
#3 Drew's first soccer class!

#4 Breakfast at Krispy Kreme during Spring Break!

#5 A Visit from Grandma and Grandpa

#6 Previewing our Easter Duds!!

#7 Some fun Pre-Easter Festivities: Egg-hunts and the Easter bunny

And, finally a big shocker!!

Here is a picture from Easter, today! So miracles do happen! I am officially caught up on my blog............

NASCAR

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Front row seats to the race: FREE -- from a client :)

Headphones for the boys: $32

(Pricey, but very needed! It is very LOUD and Isaac is REALLY sensitive to loud noises. Poor guy was dying just walking into the stadium and eating lunch in the confession area...we had to get him some so he could relax and enjoy!)

Food/Treats: WAY OVERPRICED ($40ish)

I mean I have never been to an NFL football game, but I have been to plenty of other sporting events! One basket of chicken fingers with fries, a philly cheese steak (no fries) and a chicken pita (no fries), 2 bottles of water and 1 diet coke was $35 alone!! Not to mention the $2 M&Ms.

Race delayed due to rain...in Vegas? What are the odds?

Actually about 1:52. On average it rains 7 days in an ENTIRE year in Vegas. And yes, we hit one of those lucky days! FYI...Danica Patrick's odds for winning said race was 1:50

Trying to entertain TWO Little Boys during said 2 hour rain delay: TORTUROUS

You park, walk for miles to the stadium, hunt down earphones, eat lunch, go potty, find your seats, sit down and watch 5 minutes of race car driving only to have them stop for "rain" (it actually hadn't even started raining at this point). It lightly sprinkles for 30 minutes...light enough you basically sit right through it. Then they spend 2 hours "drying" the track with all kinds of machines and cars/trucks going around and around! So, the cars do like 185 MPH around a 1.5 mile track.....just shift down a gear or two and get the SHOW GOING! ARGH!

Trying to escape work for a few hours on a Saturday: Impossible
You just can't get away from it during tax season!

The NASCAR stereotype: Spot-on?!?

Wife beaters...seriously?!?This was actually the exit....there was AN ENORMOUS LINE to get into this.
(Yes, I just threw up in my mouth alittle thinking about it.) Click on the photo to see it better and read the sign.

EVERYONE has a fancy racing jacket on....They look like they are part of the pit crew.

Those are REAL headphones!!

Now, I don't condone stereotypes, they are broad generalizations that can be laced with prejudice. I am simply stating that I saw more: mullets, men with pony-tails, handle-bar mustaches, wife beaters, big hair, missing teeth, RVs, T-shirts with inappropriate sayings, and people smoking then I have seen in my ENTIRE 33 years!

Two happy boys because they saw "Lighting" and lots of cool cars: PRICELESS? Well, definitely memorable and worthwhile!

These last two pictures say it all!

As Jared was taking Drew out of the truck when we got home...he mumbled half-asleep: "race cars again, dad...race cars again!"

The day finally came.....

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I knew this day would come. I have been predicting it since basically our honeymoon! I even made many, many, many attempts to try to make it not so. I nagged, I bargained, I threatened, I guilt-tripped, I ignored, I pleaded, but alas....to no avail.

Last night during dinner Jared reached across the table and accidentally spilled the salad dressing all over the table.....which he then followed up with a "curse" word.....to which Drew REPEATED immediately. And then REPEATED again. Surprisingly, it was kinda funny; despite my years of threatening "couch banishment" the day my children copied their daddy.

However, this morning while trying to climb up into my bed Drew knocked over my camel water bottle.....and then immediately followed-up with said "curse" word. Less funny this time! Although I gotta hand it to the kid, he already knows how to use it in context. The Frost "curse" stikes again!!

PS For those of you wondering, Isaac has never once copied, mimicked, nor picked-up on the fact that dad uses said "curse words".

PPS For those of you who aren't family....this issue has been a major source of contention our entire marriage.

PPPS For those still pondering the situation....yes, I dated Jared for years all through high school, etc. And amazingly for all those years he "managed" to keep from using said "curse words" around me. I had an inkling once, which in my naivety I missed. It goes something like this, I was at Jared's house waiting for him for us to go somewhere or something like that. His brothers were playing Ninetendo. They were getting into the game, "curse words" were flying. In my "I am pretty smart" 16 year old ways, I said: "Jared, doesn't swear like that...does he??" To which his younger brothers immediately replied, "NOOO!" So, there you go, that was that. Case closed, right?!?

Brasil!!!

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top row: Nardo, Tecla, Deborah, Monica, Kleber
Bottom row: Matt, Michael, Jared

Jared, Thiffany, Paulo & Eliane

Matt, Simone, Junior, Irene, Jared

Matt, the Farias family, the Lima Family in front of the Curitiba Temple

Jared in Brasilia, where it all started 15 years ago!

Matt & Jared next to Lago Tocantins in Palmas

Jared outside the Campinas Temple at dusk

Matt & Jared in downtown Riberao Preto

Wow! Two posts in one week! We are on a roll. So this is my (Jared) first attempt at blogging, and probably my last. It's just not really my thing, but I wanted to let you know how my trip was and post a few pictures. My friend Matt Imbler who went with me to Brasil did a really good job of recording what we did on a day to day basis, and for those of you who are interested in that check out Matt's blog at www.incrediblebrasil.blogspot.com .

First let me say the trip was truly incredible. It was everything I hoped it would be. We covered tons of ground and saw lots of people. We ate the food (to the tune of about 6 extra pounds), spoke the language, got reacquainted with old friends, made new friends, and generally reminisced.

I haven't calculated this out, but I think roughly we covered the equivalent of San Francisco to Des Moines. The cities we visited were Sao Paulo, Curitiba, Riberao Preto, Campinas, Sao Joaquim da Barra, Palmas, Porto Nacional, & Brasilia. We rented a car and did the stretch from Curitiba to Riberao Preto by automobile. It took us a while to figure out the photo radar they had implemented since our missions and we probably owe the Brazilian government a small fortune in tickets. I may end up a fugitive, because I probably won't be paying the tickets!

For those of you who don't know, this whole trip came to pass because a young man I baptized on my mission got sealed in the Campinas Temple and invited me to the sealing. It was a wonderful experience. We got reacquainted with Junior and his mother Irene, and met his bride Simone. I couldn't help but think that for this one experience, the entirety of my two years spent as a missionary in Brasil were well worth it. The Campinas Temple was gorgeous (I will post a picture of it so you can see that I am not lying). We ended up having other experiences that also let us know that our missions were worthwhile. We found Paulo, a man Matt, baptized who was now the bishop of his ward. We found Valeria, a woman Matt taught, who had since married a return missionary in the temple and had a beautiful little boy. She serves as the YW president in her ward. We found Kleber, a young man who was a very recent convert when I served in his small branch. He is now on the high council in the stake that has been organized in his city.

To be honest, I have to say that we found plenty of people we had baptized who have since fallen away from the church. That was disappointing. At one point, after finding out that several people I baptized had fallen away from the church, I was a bit discouraged. I wondered if I had done something wrong or possibly baptized people who never really had a chance at being active church members. As I reflected on this, I realized that no, I wouldn't have done anything differently. I realized there really was no way to know who would "hold to the rod" and who wouldn't, and that I had been called to preach the gospel to all those who would hear. I had done my best and had actively searched for whole families to bring to the gospel, but along that path had been happy to share with anyone who would listen.

I was also impressed at the faithfulness of the church members we met with. Many of them travel much greater distances than we do to get to church. Many of them have to travel by bus rather than car. Junior and Simone had to travel 22 hours by bus to get to the temple to be sealed. Many of them serve to a greater extent in their wards or branches because there are fewer members to do the work. I realized that many times I am going through the motions of being a good church member. Seeing my Brazilian brothers and sisters push forward with so much faith and such good attitudes made me realize that I can be better.

I found that much progress had been made in terms of infrastructure and in the economics of the average Brazilian. My recollection was that the roads in Brasil were terrible, narrow, full of potholes and speed bumps. I found that the roads were vastly improved. In fact, there were some freeways we traveled on that you could easily have mistaken for freeways right here in the USA. Their traffic laws including drunk driving laws appear to have made the roads much safer to travel on then they once were. When I was a missionary in Brasil, very few people had telephones, now everyone has a cell phone. I can only think of two people I met in two years that had a computer. Every single home I visited had a computer and everyone had an email address. Very few people had cars, now a much greater percentage of people have cars (again, everyone I visited with had a car, although I don't think that is entirely reflective of the general population). One of the cities we visited, Porto Nacional, had so poor of drinking water that even the locals added bleach to the water to make it potable. Now the water is treated and safe to drink from the tap. My general assessment was that as much as things have changed here in the States in the last 15 years, things have changed even more in Brasil.

I was once again impressed with and grateful for the generosity of the Brazilian people. In particular, I would like to thank Fabio and Rosangela Farias for allowing us to stay with them, feeding us and acting as our tour guides while we stayed in Curitiba, and for arranging our visit with Roberson & Ivanete de Lima. Thanks to Luiz & Valeria Machado for helping us reconnect with so many people in Riberao Preto. Thanks to Paulo & Eliane Nogueira for the wonderful meal they prepared for us as well as the gifts they gave us. Thanks to Jonatas Duarte for accompanying us (and driving us) to church in Porto Nacional. And finally, thanks for Kleber & Monica, Nardo & Tecla and Michael & Deborah for allowing us to spend so much time with your family. We truly appreciated the wonderful meals you cooked for us and the time you spent driving us all over Tocantins!

Something New.....and Look Who's Two

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I know, I know all you serious Frost bloggers out there........"it has been forever."

In a nutshell. Here is what we have been up to....

DREW
Turning two. Hard to believe this handsome little "man" is already two.
He talks like crazy, is FULL of energy, loves all things boy: like trucks, airplanes, outside and EATING rocks (still), and loves his brother Isaac. Sleeps every night with his "entourage of stuffed animals and blankets. He is already a junk food junkie who loves all things: candy, cookie, cracker and pop, and chicken nuggets and french fries.

Happy Birthday DREW!!!

ISAAC
Started pre-school. Still loves trains and garbage trucks, visiting Grandpas & Grandmas, riding in dad's truck, music, and salad. Enjoys sleeping in his new "firetruck" bed. Is learning how to write his letters and color in the lines.

JARED
Working, working, working and working ALOT. Maybe because of some deadlines, maybe to help pay for these........

a new TRUCKand a trip to Brazil

Oh, and he still managed to squeeze time in for his second Marathon. He ran the St. George Marathon at a blazing speed of 3:05:35 (3 hrs 5 mins) which qualifies him to run the Boston Marathon in April!! What a stud!!
CAROLEE
Being the mom, cleaning the house, trying to exercise, chasing the boys. Trying to decide: go straight or stay curly (the hair). Wishing I had more time for: pedicures, scrapbooks, cleaning out closets, decorating, and even blogging.

STRAIGHT?CURLY?

Maybe, just maybe you'll hear from me again before March 2010.....

Happy Birthday Isaac

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Wow! It is hard to believe this baby boy is already 4 years old today!!

Happy Birthday ISAAC! You are such a fun, sweet boy. We love you!

Time flies.....

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I intend to update our blog ALL the time but somehow it always makes it to the bottom of the to-do list or maybe it is because I really don't get past the first two things (sigh)!!

Here is some of our happenings the last few weeks:

Shaggy got his 1st real haircut (our first attempt in October just ended up a cry fest).

It only cost me about $17 w/tip (yikes - he only really got a trim around the ears and back of his neck) but we had to go to the special kids haircut shop....equipped with videos to watch, cars to sit in and suckers to make it all possible!!

Drew got another nickname...compliments of his pediatrician: Mr. Precocious.
Isaac happened to get pink eye (and then Drew and then me; but that is another story) on the same day I had Drew's 15 month check-up scheduled. While the Dr. was checking out Isaac, Drew comes up to me and says: "I want a cracker!" The pediatrician turns to me stunned and says, "He just said, I want a cracker, right?" To which I reply: "yep"! After quite a long laugh from the doctor he tells me: "That is the most precocious 15 month old I have seen." To which I reply: "Wait until he tells you he wants a 'cookie'...or even better, throws his food off his tray at you and then says...'Nah, I want a cookie.'" I personally think of him more as Mr. Audacious!

Here is a clip of just a few of his words. I have been following him around for WEEKS trying to get his "I want" phrases or "I throw" phrases on the video but as is customary he just won't perform for the camera!

Drew can say: blanket, bottle, cracker, cheese, cookie, juice, Isaac, Mom, Dad, Drew, Grandpa, Jesus, Up, ball, throw, car, hot, waffles, this, shoes, book and nah (for no). He is a jabber box!!

Peek-A-Boo anyone???

Other notable Drew moments this past month include: learning how to open doors and climbing up on the table; which for some reason did NOT evoke alot of excitement out of mom!!

We got some really cute Valentine's pictures of the boys done at Target....but these taken at home are my favorite:

Nothing says "I Love You" like sharing your heart sucker with your brother, right!!
(And Jared always wonders why when one gets sick the other will also! I do try, but when you turn around and see this you know it is a lost cause).

Isaac and mom had their first "date" and it even ended up on Valentines Day. We went to see Thomas & Friends at the Cox Pavilion. Isaac LOVED it.
He is really into Thomas right now. Unfortunately, no cameras where allowed inside :(

I got some on my phone camera, but they aren't the greatest.Here is Isaac on the way home!!

And Mom and Isaac eating lunch at Cafe Rio.
Happy Valentine's Day Buddy!!!

Happy Blogging! Hopefully, you'll see more of us sooner than later. But, I can't guarantee much when it is tax season.

December 2008 Highlights

2009-01-12T15:15:00.000-08:00

It almost seems lame to be posting these so late....but here was our December in a nutshell:

Sitting on Santa's lap

Seeing Christmas lights at the Summerlin Winter Festival & Ethel M Chocolate Factory

Decorating the Christmas TreeIsaac's decorating job....all the ornaments togetherDrew re-decorating the tree
Mom Re re-decorating the tree.......
Check out our two new ornaments for this year: the Vegas dice and the Isaac snowflake

Hell froze over twice!!
(hee....thanks Amy...I love it)

It actually SNOWED here in Las Vegas! And even twice in one week.

But, the third time was the charm....because then it was a "WHITE" Christmas. Here it is snowing again on Christmas night at around 9:30pm. Never would have guessed our first Christmas in Vegas would be "white".

Opening Presents......

A BIG GIANT BOW.....who was lucky enough to get a new car?!??

Did Santa get Jared that new Mercedes he has been eying?
Oh....a quick glance in the garage shows not this year. Sorry, babe...maybe next year?!?Looks like it was the boys turn to get the new car.

A BUFFET for Christmas Eve Dinner (only in Vegas BABY)!

Handsome boys....dressed to kill.

AND A trip to Grandmas' house (BOTH Grandmas)!

AND MORE Crib Chewing (ARRGGHHHH)!!!!

Mr. Marathon

2008-11-25T14:43:00.000-08:00

Jared ran the Valley of Fire marathon on Saturday (Nov. 22nd); which was also his FIRST marathon. He did awesome!!He ran it in a 8:23 pace and finished 6th out of 108!!! The course is a tough one and is mostly uphill!

A big marathon runner in our ward ran the half-marathon that day and when Jared asked her why she wasn't running the full marathon she said: "Because this course sucks!! It is all uphill." What a boost of confidence right before the start (hee,hee).
I am married to a MAJOR STUD!!!

Isaac trying on the marathon medal......maybe someday he'll run with dad.The boys checking out the fire truck while we wait for dad.

So, the marathon "bug" has bitten the STUD!! He is already planning to run the Ogden Marathon in May to see how he does on a more traditional course!! And when he does his "couch potato" wife and the two boys will be cheering him on at the finish..

Happy Halloween

2008-11-02T19:31:00.000-08:00

In preparation for the BIG night!

Drew practicing wearing the mask during the day.
Batman and Robin ready to go......Look Dad...we practiced today! Let's get that mask on, Robin!
Nope, not going to wear the mask!!! All that practice for nothing.
(Still cute, but what a stinker)!

Batman decides to ditch Robin and hook up with Super Girl.
Isaac with our neighbor McKenna trick-or-treating!!

Robin flying solo!

Yeah, they finally put me down....let's check this place out!
Holy Metal Ground, Batman!!
What is this thing??
Are we sure that metal ground is okay?
I better head back for further investigation.

Okay, okay....I lost my solo status.
But, now I have to be mom's sidekick?!?!?!
At least she let me eat some loot.Good, at least I got back to being a male's sidekick.
Thanks Dad for taking us trick-or-treating.
Holy Candy Batman!! Look what two superheros can do!
Candy, smandy....who wants candy when there are fruit snacks?!?
Wow Batman!! Check out this LOOT!
Those are some seriously nice neighbors.

And just in case you didn't get enough of Batman and Robin....
Check out our professional headshots!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
I think Batman summed up the night best when he said:
"I wuv candy"...as he was coming down one of the neighbors steps.

One Year

2008-10-26T20:29:00.000-07:00

Alot happens in one year....especially if you are a baby.

You go from 7lbs 6 oz

to 22 pounds.

Colicky(but loveable)

to gabby and definitely LOVEABLE.

My favorite word is "this".....I walk around the house saying it ALL the time.

No teeth and the solid GOLD formula

to 10 teeth and eating cheetos (yum, my favorite thanks to Dad)!

Severe torticollis and a helmet

to America's next TOP model.

Sleeping most of the day

to walking, climbing, and getting into everything all day.

HAPPY 1st Birthday Drew!!
October 25, 2008

It was a fun Happy Halloween Birthday Party!

P.S. Thankfully, alot can change for the mommy as well.

Me- October 24, 2007 approx. 10pm

In-labor heading to the hospital....(dilated to a 4 already when get there)
and oops....Jared realizes he never took any pictures of me pregnant! SMILE?!?
(For those of you who said I was a cute pregnant lady...I can now see you were only being kind, but thanks anyway)!!

Me- October 24, 2008

53 lbs LIGHTER(the last 13 were real stubborn, too)!!
FYI - I gained 45 pounds during Drew's pregnancy.
Pretty impressive for someone who was sick for the entire first HALF of her pregnancy. The additional 8 pounds were needed to fit back into MOST (not even all) of my old clothes.
That MATH doesn't make sense to even this ACCOUNTANT!!

When Grandma Comes

2008-10-21T12:16:00.000-07:00

It's always fun when Grandma comes, When Grandma comes, hooray!!

My mom came to visit Oct. 8th to the 12th and it was perfect timing!! Isaac LOVED having Grandma here to play with and spoil him. And, it was nice to have some help with the boys and some company since Jared had been working ALL day and HALF of the night (like getting home at 1 am) for weeks in order to make the final tax deadline on October 15th.

We took the boys to the Springs Preserve one afternoon. They had a good time playing in the train and in the sand and water.

Drew....not so sure he likes the sand. What is that on my foot? Why won't it come off???

Interesting.........it is squashy in my hands!!
So, how does it taste???

We also took the boys to the Summerlin Pumpkin Festival on Saturday the 11th. If you can believe it...... it actually snowed and was very cold!! On Wednesday when my mom arrived it was in the 90's and on Saturday the high was in the 50's! That is cold for Vegas!!

We took pictures and picked some pumpkins from their pumpkin patch!

Grandma and the boys

Isaac making his choices...........

How did he do??? Slightly better than last year. He still managed to pick some pretty scared up pumpkins with lots of....hhmmmm...character. And despite my many attempts to pick other less interesting pumpkins; we still ended up with these. But at least they aren't still green (note there were actually no green pumpkins to pick from this year; thus I can only say slightly better than last year).

Isaac playing in the bounce house.

The GIANT pumpkin Grandma bought Isaac this scooter! He loves it! It was really easy for Isaac to talk her into it while we were at the store getting Drew's present for his upcoming birthday. However, that was what I was TRYING to bribe him with while potty training......so now what???
The boys playing outside!!
Grandma also taught Drew how to go down the stairs backwards!! YEAH!! Although he really isn't totally trustworthy so we still have to have the baby gates up...but maybe soon.

And finally on an unrelated note I would like to share my latest amateur photograph. I have titled this work: Death and Taxes

Let me set the scene for you.....It is October 15th and Jared actually got home from work while it was still light (5:15pm). We eat dinner together, get the kids to bed early (7:15 pm) and I am quickly finishing the dishes so we can watch the new movies I just rented.....and here is what I find on the couch SOUND ASLEEP (like DEAD to the world asleep) at 7:30pm. So, I turn off the lights and head upstairs to fold laundry! BUMMER! Maybe tomorrow (the 16th) I will get some company.

P.S. You can also view a similar work entitled: Death, Taxes and Baby here (at the end of the post).

It's official...

2008-09-23T10:04:00.000-07:00

It's official.....he is walking!! Drew took his first steps last Thursday (Sept. 18th). He took a couple in the morning while I was sorting laundry. He would walk in between the baskets. Then after dinner he took about 8 steps walking between things. And by bedtime he was walking across our bedroom taking about 20 steps.

I never really got a good snapshot of the steps; but here are the best ones.

(The above picture isn't really that good....but we both that it was interesting because we thought Drew looked a bit like Carter/Colby in it....whereas most of the time Jared is going on and on about how he looks like me or just like my dad. I guess there is some Frost in there somewhere babe!!)
But, here are a couple of videos that turned out pretty good.....

He seems so little walking around! But I guess that is just because there is a big difference between walking at 10 months and 3 weeks versus walking at 19 months (that is when Isaac walked).

Why my 3 1/2 year old still naps!

2008-09-10T21:25:00.000-07:00

Lots of people act surprised when I tell them that Isaac still takes afternoon naps; so I thought today's find would help explain why...........

I left Isaac eating some lunch and watching Barney while I quickly went upstairs to feed Drew and put him down for a nap. Upon my return about 10 minutes later this is what I found!!

Growing Up....No. 2

2008-09-01T21:31:00.001-07:00

August was also a big month for Drew. On the 25th he turned 10 months old (wow...already)!! We spent the whole month of July trying to entice him to crawl, roll, move somehow....just do anything besides sit and chew on toys all day and then we spent the whole month of August CHASING him ALL around the house as he discovered the joys of being mobile. Here is just a sampling of the many skills he has mastered this past month:

CLIMBING UP & OVER Everything. (the stairs included...we have had a few close calls when the baby gate has been left down).
CRAWLING. He started out alittle shaky the first two days and then suddenly.......

ZOOM...ZOOM....ZOOM! Now he crawls so fast I can barely put him down before he run crawls out of my sight. He especially likes to crawl really fast when chasing Isaac or playing "crawling" with Isaac (as Ike calls it.....Ike gets down and crawls around with baby Drew).

PULLING HIMSELF UP (he could do that for awhile; but since he wasn't mobile; he wouldn't do it very often). Now he pulls himself up on everything he crawls up to....chairs, couch, walls, YOU, etc.And even WALKING behind the walker......

He is getting more daring each day with his cruising and walking with the walker....just today he tried to walk from the ottoman to the couch; so maybe any day we will be posting that he is walking.

Speaking of GROWING; his hair is really getting long. We keep thinking about cutting it since now it often hangs over the top of his ears; but then Jared can't give Drew his favorite hairdo....the soccer rocker! (Besides, we also wonder if it helps hide his head shape).

Also in the past month 3 more teeth popped through....giving him 7 teeth already. Which may explain why he is such a "chewy" kid. His chewiness has added two new nicknames to his repertoire: Chewbacca and Beaver. The "beav" isn't really coming from his relation to uncle Beavis per se but from the pictures below:

HMMM....Hmmmm....hmmmm....what could be causing all those marks on Drew's crib?? Especially all those marks on the rail closest to the door?
Ah HA! Mom caught the culprit in the act one day when she came to get Drew from his morning nap. Over about a week; more and more marks were showing up on his crib. I was pretty sure it was Drew chewing on it and above is a picture of him right after being caught.

So, what did mom and dad do.....lower his crib ALL the way down. Hoping to prevent more crib chewing!!
OH! Looks like it worked.......see Drew can barely even look over the rail by the door! Yeah!

But alas, he just moved over to the other rail.............Nice try Mom and Dad!! Ha, Ha!!
Anyone know the long-term effects of eating varnish??????

Growing Up.....No. 1

2008-08-26T14:40:00.000-07:00

August was a BIG month for Isaac......we started off the month with a "BINKY PARTY". It is alittle embarrassing to admit that we had to resort to bribery to get rid of the binkies; but at least we FINALLY did it.

We talked to him about if for a week or so before the party. Isaac LOVES the garbage truck so we told him we were having a Binky Party where he would throw his binkies in the garbage truck and then he would get a present! But, then the binkies would be ALL GONE; NO MORE Binkies. So, we talked it up and he was ready for a present. We went to the store and he picked out what he wanted....then I got it for him later and wrapped it up.

Dad and Isaac the night before the binky party!!
Isaac waiting outside with mom for the "garbee" truck to throw away his binkies.

VIDEO OF THE ACTUAL THROWING AWAY:
The "garbee" truck was later than usual that morning (of course) and Dad needed to get to work....so we resorted to the garbage can. He didn't seem to mind because I had the presents wrapped and in the family room that morning and he REALLY was dying to open them.

Opening those presents...........
And yes the irony of the whole story........what did he pick out at the store as his present???
This "garbee" truck!! What can I say....he is fascinated with the garbage truck right now!!
And now the results of the Binky Party.............Mom had to resort back to reading the sleep book.
We knew the first week or so would be rough; but figured it would pass soon enough. Besides there had been a few nights or naps when the binkies couldn't be found and he went to sleep without them. And in fact, after a couple of days he quit asking for the binkies and when he would ask...we would go over that he threw them in the garbage, got a present and Isaac would then say "and binkies ALL GONE."

However, it turns out our great little sleeper.....might have just been laying in his bed sucking on those BELOVED binkies and NOT actually sleeping. Like early in the morning when he first woke up (for maybe even over an hour) or at naptime for awhile before he eventually fell asleep. He ultimately was sleeping....but probably not as much as we thought and probably because he ONLY got the binkies for naps or night he was content to just suck on them and lay in his bed.

So after the first week....all kinds of "new" sleep problems were occurring. Getting out of BED alot.....one morning he was up wandering the house at 5:30am (which woke up Drew...so we all got to get up at 5:30am that day)! Getting out of bed at naps! Lots of crying and whining at bedtime and naptime, etc. Most of you know the story.

So, I decided to give Dr. Weissbluth's suggestion a try (under sleep problems for toddlers).....Sleep Rules. Seemed "ify" especially with Isaac's comprehension level but seemed like a better first alternative then locking him in his room (more so because I was worried he would just trash his room and I didn't want to have to pick it up everyday). So, we made the poster with Isaac's help (as suggested); we decorated it all up with stickers. Put on calendars and told him he got a star sticker and a treat at bedtime and naptime if he followed the rules. It is actually working really good at bedtime; he gets a sticker most mornings!! Naptime is a struggle....but only because of the whining he does in his room for a few minutes when I first leave him. He now knows ALL the rules and we go over them at night and at naps and he says them back to us (it is very cute). Hopefully, the rules start to sink in more and we will start getting TWO stars each day! (And an added bonus....I learned the power of stickers with kiddos...they love them)!
And finally, Isaac started pre-school again on Monday (the 25th). Here he is ready to go......
He goes M-Th from 9:00 to 11:30am. Dad drops him off on his way to work and I pick him up. He can actually ride the bus....but MOM isn't ready for that, yet. We started a new school and teacher closer to home; but it is going really well. A little crying (by him) on the first day and then none today when Jared dropped him off. It wasn't as sad to see him go this time since we did 6 weeks in the spring before school got out. We are excited to see his progress and what strides he'll make in the program!! WHAT A BIG BOY!

Something New

2008-07-29T14:45:00.000-07:00

I know, I know it is really time for a NEW post!

So, I thought I'd start off with a picture of our NEW HOUSE:
After getting the run around from our landlord on how long we could continue to rent before he "let the house go"...we decided we had better start looking. So, we found this great foreclosure and made an offer and ended up getting the house. We moved in the end of June; thanks to alot of help from my sister Kim and Jared's parents!!

This SHOULD be our LAST move for ALONG time (or at least for 5 years until the Vegas housing market settles down some). Luckily, we were able to find a house with a third car garage (tandem 3rd car) to store all of our stuff from our Utah basement (since the homes in Vegas don't have basements). Here is a picture of Jared getting it organized after our move.And to go along with the NEW house......a NEW LEATHER COUCH AND CHAIR!!!
This is so BIG; it is actually deserving of its own post......something like "One of these pictures is not like the other....." followed by pictures of our family rooms with the old couches in every place we have lived during the last ELEVEN years of marriage expect our new house in Vegas. But, you know me and posting....so here they are. We finally got rid of the brown, bumpy hand-me-down couches we got from Grandpa and Grandma Cisney when we were first married. After seven moves and eleven years it was almost sad to see them go. Here's to another 11 years with some NEW brown couches!!

Here is a NEW photo of the boys in their matching outfits for the 4th of July!

Followed by an even HOTTER one.....the boys watching the Summerlin Fourth of July Parade. It was pretty toasty at 9am; but the boys did better than we thought. Isaac especially liked the "fire engines" and "motorcycles"!
Drew is really enjoying his NEW DIET courtesy of Grandma Truman and Grandpa Frost!!

For those of you shocked right now, please note that it is at least CAFFEINE FREE Coke that we feed Drew! (j/k the can is EMPTY; I promise)!!

And of course, LOTS of NEW family photos from our FUN TRIP to Utah.

Uncle Jared with the two baby boys...Brody and Drew
Isaac with his cousins Jace and Tyler enjoying the zoo!Our little family at the zoo.Followed by the whole "darn" family at the zoo(well....almost)! Grandma Truman and Drew, Aunt Kimmie and Brody, Jace, Tyler and Isaac on the train at the zoo.Jared and Isaac enjoying the merry-go-round at the zoo.Isaac enjoying the rides at Lagoon....the helicopter ride and........the train ride with Grandpa Frost.
Uncle Jared with baby Hank (as Ike calls him).
Grandpa Frost and Drew.....this is shortly before the Coke drinking!!The Frost Boys (Dan, Colby, Dad, Jared and Mike)
Isaac with his "birthday buddy cousins" : Megan and CarterJared and Crystal enjoying the fabulous BBQ we had.
Finally, I just wanted to note that Drew has become the NEWEST mover and shaker of the family. He started crawling the day we returned home from Utah. And now he is all over the place and LOVES to pull himself up. I won't bore you with the long videos of his first shakey crawls; but thought I would added to all the NEW items.

What's SO Funny?

2008-06-09T14:14:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I was doing the dishes in the kitchen when I heard screeching from the living (toy) room. I quickly grabbed the i-flip and started recording......

Drew just LOVES watching Isaac as you can see; he already loves hanging out with his big brother. However, we still have some work to do on being "SOFT" with the baby because Drew gets roughed up a bit; but I guess that is what being brothers is all about!! (Or being a Frost brother, at least)

Some Firsts

2008-05-19T14:07:00.000-07:00

Since I am not a diligent blogger like ya'll we've had alot of "FIRSTS" happen this last month or so that I thought I would catch up on.

Isaac's first day of school (pre-school) April 17th
Ike started pre-school in mid-April through the school districts' head start program so he could get speech therapy. He goes M-TH from 9 to 11:30am until June 4th. I know he needs it; but it was pretty sad to send him that first day. Boy, times goes fast!! He doesn't seem old enough to go to school already. Of course, he cried a ton for the first week, some the second week and now he just gives us a "Bye-Bye" with a quiver in his voice and a wave!! But, I also get the BIGGEST smile and HUG when I go pick him up!!

Drew's first bites of rice cereal!
The very first day; he didn't seem to mind it. He didn't really pull any faces and he ate it like it was no big deal. However, the next 5 or so times he cried his eyes out or got really mad at me! Not sure why? It seems like I have to catch him in the right mood to eat. We have given up on rice cereal for awhile and have tried: squash, sweet potatoes and peas with some success. Next week we are going to try oatmeal and see if that goes any better.

Isaac's first self-portrait!
While my mom and I were busy taking video footage of Drew's first bites; Isaac took the camera off of the table and snapped a few photos of himself!! This first one isn't too bad; especially for a 3 year old!
Drew's first tooth (followed the very next day by his 2nd tooth)
I know you can't really see his two little bottom teeth....but the first one cut through on April 29th followed by the other one on the 30th. I couldn't get him to stop chewing on things for the picture.........in fact, we still CAN'T get him to stop chewing on everything. It looks like his top two teeth are also pretty close to cutting through. Regardless of teething he seems to be a "I put everything in my mouth" baby....Isaac was never as chewy as Drew.

Isaac's first night in his toddler bed!!
Yes, this is just his crib minus the front rail. (And yes, he was 3 years old and still in a crib...and yes, those are his binkies still in his hands.....and yes, I know I am a bad mother). We ordered the toddler rail for his bed while we still lived in Utah. When it came the move was getting close and we had decided to wait to take him out of his crib until after the move so we left it in the box. Well, when we took it out this weekend to put it on we found out that Babies 'R Us actually ordered the wrong rail. The rail we have doesn't fit on his bed. So, we just left the front of the crib off and decided to try it out! Amazingly, it has gone great so far!! Two days into it and he really hasn't even tried to get out (even at nap time -HALLELUJAH)! In fact, the first morning we woke up to him saying "I want to get out" while we was still sitting in his bed. Very funny!!
First post of the boys in MATCHING outfits!!
The first of many too come. I got lots of great bargains on some matching clothes for the boys at the Children's Place (my favorite kids clothing store).

A Dream Come True and More

2008-04-07T14:12:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Melissa Payan invited the boys and I to "Touch-A-Truck" since the guys were working all day. It is a chance for kids to get up close and personal with their favorite big rig! A fire truck, police car, construction vehicles and many other vehicles were on display for the kids to climb into and "drive" etc.

ISAAC LOVED IT!!!
HE RAN from one truck to the next saying "BIG TRUCK" or "Let's go drive BIG TRUCK", etc. Baby Drew and I could barely keep up in the stroller as he darted through all the crowds!!

Here are some pictures of him driving some of his favorite trucks.

Isaac in the "sweet" semi-truck. This thing was decked out!! The back cabin even had a fridge and microwave in it.

We saw a mixer truck, many semi-trucks, an army hummer, a regular hummer, paramedic trucks, fire engines, an Air Force fuel tanker, SWAT team trucks, the K-9 unit SUVs, moving trucks, TV station SUVs & vans, and there were even some motorcycles and a helicopter there!! It was A DREAM COME TRUE FOR ISAAC!!! Probably the best day of his short 3 year life.

AND here is the latest photo of Baby Drew AKA BABY FAT. Drew already has a million nicknames. (Baby Drew, DB, Drew Doggie, Drew Puppy, Helmet Head, Mr. Pain in the Neck, Chucker Pants, Firecracker, Short Stack, etc.) But his newest is "Baby Fat". Someone here in Vegas recently told me the following: (note that she doesn't speak English every well) "First time I see him he SOOO little....he NO little; he FAT!!" Jared and I got a good laugh about it and ever since "BABY FAT" has been added to the list.

AND FINALLY....Drew keeps getting up earlier and earlier each morning. It used to be 7:00am, then 6:30am, then 6:00am and finally this morning he got up at 5:15am ready to play for the day. His early rising is killing me and Jared. Jared is working until the wee hours of the morning and I can't seem to get into bed any earlier than 11pm by the time I get both kids in bed and clean up, finish the laundry, do some taxes myself, etc. And often Drew will still get up in the middle of the night to eat. Anyways, one morning when Drew woke up BRIGHT and EARLY Jared said, "I'll get him, you sleep alittle longer." When I dragged myself out of bed about an hour later this is what I found............

YES, Jared was sound asleep!! I came in the room, left, got the camera and took a few pictures before his eye finally cracked open alittle bit!! Not exactly what I had in mind; but at least Drew has a nice helmet to protect him if he got dropped, etc.

Why we moved.....

2008-03-06T14:36:00.000-08:00

#1 The New JOB

#2 More opportunity (more $$$$ potential)
Example: At the left Partner Payan's wheels (Audi A6) and the right Partner Frost's wheels (1995 Geo Prism)

#3 The WEATHER
Okay that is really just a bonus to the move, but it has been fabulous the last few weeks. Mid 60's to low 70's; SUNNY and no wind (Vegas can be pretty windy at times)!! This picture was taken on Feburary 26th.

Why we live in the Vista's (the Summerlin Village we are living in)

#1 The view of Red Rock...it is stunning. This is from my car and doesn't do it justice.

#2 The great parks!! Two great parks are less than a 10 minute walk away; and another one is about a 20 minute walk.
FYI...the house we are renting for those curios types.

PS..TOTALLY unrelated but Drew got his helmet on a week ago!! Pretty cute even with the helmet!!!

Doing the Math

2008-02-14T14:29:00.001-08:00

Dr. Brown's Bottle: $4.39Dr. Smith's Diaper Ointment: $8.59
(The only ointment that works on his diaper rashes....see all the other less expensive ones we have tried.)
PREVACID: $33.43
(every two weeks for Reflux)
Nutramigen LIPIL Formula: $200 a month
(it has drastically reduced the colic.....and Jared says that makes it worth the $$$)

Physical Therapy for Torticollis: around $1,500
(It'll take about a year but we will get that neck straightened out!! See the link for more info.)DOC Band (Helmet) to correct head flattening from Torticollis: $3,000 to $6,000
(He'll get his helmet on in about two weeks.)

ANDREW GENE FROST : PRICELESS (or is it PRICEY)YES, we LOVE our Drew baby to pieces..... but he is really racking up the bills!! And he is only about 4 months old!! At this pace he might just be our MILLION DOLLAR BABY! Seriously, when he turns 16 he'll probably tell us he NEEDS a BMW!! Good luck with that Drew baby.

He's Finally Talking.....In Isaacese

2008-01-30T15:05:00.000-08:00

For those of you who don't know Isaac has been very slow at talking. He has finally started jabbering alot and copying us. It won't be long now before he really starts talking my ear off. For some reason his favorite thing to say is: "Let's go OP (open) CH (shut) garage door." He walks around the house saying it ALL the time. He says it first thing in the morning, when he gets up from his naps, when we are getting ready to leave, when he ACTUALLY gets to open the garage door, etc. Just the other morning Jared & I were sound asleep when we heard LOUD and CLEAR through Isaac's baby monitor " LET'S GO OP/CH GARAGE DOOR." (His room is all the way across the house in our rental so I keep a monitor outside his bedroom door). I spent days trying to get him to say it for the camera....this is the best I could get. ENJOY!

Better Late than Never

2008-01-15T15:22:00.000-08:00

So, December was a whirlwind for us: a house hunting trip to Vegas, Christmas, packing up & moving and Drew's blessing!! Here are a few fun pictures taken along the way......................

SANTA ROUND 1
GINGERBREAD HOUSE DECORATING

SANTA ROUND 2

THE BOYS IN THEIR CHRISTMAS OUTFITS FOR CHURCH. THIS WAS THE ONLY PICTURE THEY LET US TAKE TOGETHER.......
TEMPLE SQUARE

ISAAC PLAYING THE PIANO SANTA GAVE HIM FOR CHRISTMAS
DREW'S BLESSING DAY

DAD AND DREW

FROST FOUR GENERATION PICTURE:
Great Grandma Frost, Grandpa Frost, Jared & Drew

TRUMAN FOUR GENERATION PICTURE:
Great Grandma Laney, Grandma Truman, Carolee & Drew

A FAMILY PHOTO....THE FIRST ATTEMPT

THE SECOND ATTEMPT
CUTE DREW BABY

DREW AND COUSIN BRODY (THEY ARE ONLY TWO WEEKS APART)

THE FROST BOYS.....WE MISSED YOU MIKE!!
THE BAGS ARE PACKED AND WE'RE READY TO GO............
GETTING READY TO LEAVE....FOR GOOD....THE LAST DAY AT OUR HOME :(

A TRIBUTE TO MY FAVORITE PARTS (just some of them) OF OUR CLEARFIELD HOME:
The Kitchen (those cabinets and hard wood floors) I LOVED THEM!!!

The nice open family room, next to the Kitchen
BYE to the Home that I LOVED :(

SO, I DON'T END ON A SAD NOTE AND BECAUSE I PROMISED!!!
THE CUTEST LION.......

ISAAC WITH COUSINS JACE & TYLER...READY TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING

WOW! More Blogging.....

2007-11-19T12:35:00.000-08:00

You asked for it.......More of Me Pregnant! About two minutes before we left to the hospital. This is the only picture Jared took of me during my entire pregnancy! Talk about waiting until the last minute.....
Mom and Drew shortly after birth

Dad and Drew shortly after birth
Drew at five days old!!
Drew with his first fauxhawk (or faux-hawk) at only 8 days old! For those of you wondering what exactly is a fauxhawk...try this at wikipedia for some handy info... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauxhawk
Jared says Drew looks exactly like me. What do you think??
And for you AVID Bloggers out there.....STILL TO COME.....Isaac on Halloween or AKA "The Cutest Lion you will ever see!"

Caving to Blog Peer Pressure Part 1

2007-11-12T12:57:00.000-08:00

Isaac at playgroup feeding the ducks......

AND Isaac at playgroup feeding HIMSELF......

AND the playgroup feeding THEMSELVES.......
THE PUMPKIN PATCH WITH GRANDPA & GRANDMA TRUMAN

Grandma trying to help Isaac pick out a pumpkin........(a good pumpkin)
NO, NO, despite our best efforts.......this is the pumpkin Isaac REALLY WANTED....
Yes, we got the beautiful green pumpkin with the huge scar on it!! Isn't it cute!!

Speaking of cute....here is Isaac and I on the hayride. In case you are wondering that is me about 12 hours before giving birth. I had started having contractions (irregular) about an hour before we went to the pumpkin patch. I really wasn't sure if it was labor or not (didn't really know what to expect at all; just knew I wasn't feeling so great)! But, BOY the bumpy hayride didn't help! I was really starting to feel something and Scott (my brother) kept timing and tracking all the pains (contractions) and really started freaking me out!!

SO......there you go! A new blog post!! And MAYBE, JUST MAYBE there will be more sooner rather than LATER!!

Andrew Gene Frost

2007-11-10T20:48:00.000-08:00

Thanks Uncle Mike for the blog update!! Follow this link to see more about Drew: http://www.frostfamilyfun.blogspot.com

Don't Mess With Texas......(or Two-Year Olds on Airplanes)

2007-05-20T19:54:00.000-07:00

As most of you know we visited Mike, Kim and Megan in Austin last week. It was a great trip with LOTS of eating, site seeing, eating, playing, eating, RISK, eating, visiting old friends and eating!!

This is a picture of Isaac riding Megan's trike in her room...but please notice the huge "barnacle" on his forehead! Yes, just 15 minutes before we left to the airport to Austin Isaac rode his trike down the driveway full-speed and crashed at the bottom. He managed to ONLY get hurt on his forehead, no other scrapes and scratches on his body. He had a HUGE goose-egg and red scab the entire day as we traveled and we got lots of comments.

Isaac playing at Inks Lake. We also enjoyed a fun canoe trip, with the boys providing all the man power and the rest of us eating and enjoying the scenery.
The gang ready for the Train Ride at Zilker Park. Megan loved it and Isaac whined the whole time (he was too tired).

Megan playing with the stroller and wearing Jared's tie! The stroller was the favorite toy during the trip. Here is Isaac also playing with the stroller. I bet Mike and Kim's downstairs neighbors were glad to see us leave!!
A BEAUTIFUL view of Lake Austin. We also picked out a great "little" house right on the lake with a private dock for your ski boat. I am just waiting for Jared to master this whole "trading gig" and then I am told we can buy it. As mentioned before....see what LOTS of eating does to your mid-line (wow what a gut I have.....hee, hee).

We really had a GREAT time, unfortunately, Isaac also got alittle worn out on the trip. As the title suggests the plane ride home was a bit "rocky" for all involved. Next time we are considering flying Isaac all over (we had TOO MANY stops) we will have to decide if a 5 to 10 minute melt down with screaming and kicking the man's seat in front of us is worth it....as for Austin, YES it was! Thanks Mike, Kim and Megan!!!

PS.....This is cute picture of Isaac mowing the lawn with Jared. This was the day before we left on the trip. Jared was outside mowing the lawn and Isaac was playing. Then Isaac ran next door and got Jace's lawn mower and starting following Jared around. It was so CUTE!!

An Update

2007-04-29T19:18:00.000-07:00

A Long Day
We went to the Treehouse in Ogden with Kim and Megan in March while they were visiting and had a great time playing. On the drive home Isaac feel asleep for a short 20 minute nap. I tried to get him to go down for alittle more nap later that afternoon; but Isaac would NOT have it.
SO........we were eating dinner that evening and literally for one bite of mac & cheese he was awake and then the next bite........he was GONE!! He even started snoring! It was funny! Looks like it was too long of a day for only a 20 minute nap!

Boys Like Trucks
One morning while I was getting ready for the day Isaac had gotten real quiet and had disappeared for a awhile.....so I decided I had better go check up on him. I found him in his bedroom sitting on his cedar chest looking out the window and watching the workers across the street. It was so cute! And he was very interested in the trucks moving all the dirt around. He sat and watched them for awhile.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
On Isaac's 2nd Birthday, we got his pictures taken and went to lunch with dad at Golden Corral (we also went there for his 1st birthday because Dad says that is where Ike told him he wanted to go)! His pictures turned out really good....

Then on Sunday we had a Party with the family! Uncle Dan made his FAMOUS lasagna for dinner and it was fabulous. Also, at the party we made the big announcement that we are expecting a baby due November 4th!!!!
Easter
There is nothing like candy for breakfast Easter morning............

Another Accountant??
Is this what happens when both your parents are accountants? Isaac LOVES to play with the computer and already knows how to drive the mouse and click the buttons. Oh no!! For his sake, we hope we can talk him out of it...............

Boys will be Boys

2007-02-26T20:12:00.000-08:00

Boys are buzzes!

Isaac got his first professional haircut at Dollar Cuts about two weeks ago. With Jared's busy schedule and Isaac's long flowing hair, I decided it was time to get some serious help. I even took the camera with us....only to have the battery dead. He did a great job holding still. I think we really benefited from some stranger anxiety. He was much better than if Jared would have done it. She had his whole head buzzed in less than 10 minutes.

Here is Isaac and Me....without glasses! Yeah! My eyes were really red for along time, but are finally getting better.
Boys like the Mud! Why?
On a walk back home from the next door neighbors Isaac decided to take a run through the mud (much to my chagrin)!! I tried to stop him but he was too quick. Here he is the in middle of the mud patch on the side of our house!
I tried and tried to coax him back out, so I wouldn't have to get in the mud! But the mud got so thick on the bottom of his shoes he kept falling down when he tried to walk. So if you can't get out of the mud................you sit down and start eating it!!!
And, yes I did have to go in and get him!! Isaac got to have a bath at 4pm and then watch me out the back door as I tried to de-mud our shoes!!

Boys are Bruises!
While running around the house Isaac tripped and hit the very top of his head on the edge of the door. He immediately got a huge goose egg on his head which then turned into a nice red mark and bruise. If he was only another couple of inches taller he would have cleared it! Maybe in a couple more months.
But do Boys like Purses?
Or does it just go well with the shoes. I think I prefer this to the mud.......................................

Snaggle Tooth

2007-01-30T11:49:00.000-08:00

As you can see, Isaac's newest ailment for January is a broken front tooth!! Last Thursday, he took a tumble (while being naughty and standing up in the shower) and now we have a snaggle tooth baby. Don't worry y'all will probably have a chance to see it in person; it looks like this is here to stay until he loses his front teeth....which at Isaac pace could be when he is 8, 9 or 10 years old!!!

If you click on the pictures below - you can see the tooth much better.

The Hospital Weekend

2007-01-30T11:34:00.000-08:00

As many of you know, Isaac got so sick right after the New Year!! After days of throw-up, diarrhea and fever...he was spent. I spent days just sitting on the couch and watching movies while Isaac slept on my lap. On the fourth day, we went back to the doctors and he had lost 1 1/2 pounds in a week. So, they were pretty sure he was dehydrated. We got to spend the weekend in the hospital on an IV!! It was a long weekend....but worth it to get our happy, active baby boy back!!

The Catch Up Blog Part 2

2007-01-30T11:16:00.000-08:00

Here are some fun pictures taken during Christmas time!

Christmas Eve

What handsome boys ready for church!!

The WISEMAN..........

GOLD

FRANKINcense
AND Myrrh.............????

The Catch Up Blog Part 1

2007-01-29T20:59:00.000-08:00

Isaac's first day at nursery! As you can see from his upside down hat; it was a long afternoon for a tired baby boy.

The COW
Yes, Isaac finally started walking just before Halloween. However, our trick-or-treating only consisted of Grandparents houses and a trip around the cul-de-sac and then he was done!!

THE PIANO MAN

It appears we have a little musician on our hands. Ike loves to play the piano! We can't keep him away from it at Grandma Frost's house....and now he has found the piano at Grandma Truman's house also. He even played the piano at Grandma Laney's house while we were there for Thanksgiving.

A duet, by Carter and Isaac Frost!!