I've been good this year Santa!

Wednesday night was our ward party and Ty and Lisa took our kids. (We owe them big time!) It was also the night of the John Deere Christmas party so we were not able to go to the ward party. The kids all got to sit on Santa's lap and my friend Becky took pictures for me. It looks like they had fun but Toby looks a little uneasy...maybe because he knows he wasn't so good this year! ha ha. They all came home with bags of candy which I wasn't too excited about especially since I've been finding wrappers everywhere that the kids have been sneaking candy all over the house!





Wednesday night was our ward party and Ty and Lisa took our kids. (We owe them big time!) It was also the night of the John Deere Christmas party so we were not able to go to the ward party. The kids all got to sit on Santa's lap and my friend Becky took pictures for me. It looks like they had fun but Toby looks a little uneasy. They all came home with bags of candy which I wasn't too excited about especially since I've been finding wrappers everywhere that the kids have been sneaking candy all over the house!

Trick or Treat!

Here's Halloween 2008! Toby was a bat--Tyler the Little Mermaid--Kamryn a BRATZ cheerleader--Kylie a scarecrow. We had a fun time and it was fun to watch Toby after he figured out he was getting candy. We did have one meltdown downtown due to NO NAP! It was a very busy day and started with Grandma Geri's funeral. This is a completely useless holiday but it was still fun. I only gained a "few" pounds eating all the Halloween candy. And I'm not sure what the whole deal is with Tyler's new smile but it's pretty funny and cute all in one. I'm glad she's no longer hiding and crying for pictures!

Sweetheart TAG

What is your husband's name? Travis Dwayne Sessions

How long have you guys been married? 12.5 years
How long did you date? about 5 months...seriously
How old is he? 34
Who is taller? ha, good question. I think it's obvious he is.
Who can sing best? Travis without a question
Who is smarter? Travis for sure. All I know how to do is count to 20 and sing the ABC's!
Who does laundry? me but I don't touch the hunting "no scent" stuff.
Who pays the bills? Travis, thank goodness. I was happy to give him the stress.
Who cooks dinner? me when I cook.
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Is this a trick question?
Who kissed whom first? Travis but it's really funny because he gave me a peck and then he RAN! I bet he wishes he kept on running!

6 QUIRKS

Okay...I know I'm a little late but I am supposed to tell you six quirks about myself. I've been thinking long and hard about this and I think they are mostly 6 complaints!

1--I can't drive over 4 miles over the speed limit without being really paranoid.

2--I have to drink a pop every single day. Even if it means breaking the Sabbath to get one. I"m not too particularly proud of this one.

3--I hardly ever cry. The only time I really cry is if I am extremely pissed off. I'm pretty sure the only one that can tick me off that much is Travis. Therefore, he's pretty much the only one that sees me cry when I do. This has been a little more moderated with medication so crying is pretty much non-existent for me.

4--I like to have my bed made every day.

5--I can't use public restrooms. Mostly fast food restrooms. They made me puke when I was pregnant with Kylie and every pregnancy after. I have been known to puke still to this day.

6--The perfect schedule for me would be to sleep from 2AM to 11PM. I am a night owl. However, this is not a good schedule when you have kids or when you run a daycare. Or if you have a husband that believes in certain scriptures. (early to bed, early to rise!)

Tag--your it! Dani, Brenda, Kiessa, Bri

Sunny Florida

All I can think about in this picture is that I look so chunky! Time to get on that treadmill again!



Travis and I headed to Florida shortly after the antelope trip. It was a lot of fun and I really had a hard time wanting to come home. There was a huge snow storm while we were gone! It was hard to imagine though in Florida because it was so hot and sunny and the ocean was so warm. We met up with a couple of other couples from Montana for the trip. I don't know why I can't get over this...but I just thought it was so funny that the first thing we saw when we got to the hotel was a big budweiser sign with a deere on it. Everything was decked out John Deere...flags outside...table cloths and napkins...tractors parked everywhere...

The first day we went on a safari on a big tour boat. We saw lots of wildlife and alligators. It was a lot of fun but it was really hot! The next day the guys headed to class so us ladies (Susie, Jill and I) headed to the beach. We stayed all day and it was so relaxing and great.

The next day we headed to a big outlet mall and shopped...we found some great deals and some not so great deals but it was a lot of fun. We also met up with this lady who had a boob job and she was quite a kick. This night we went to dinner at Ruth's Chris which Travis was so excited about because it is Sean Hannity's favorite restaurant. That's all he could talk about the whole time.

The last day we went to an aquarium and just kinda relaxed and putted around. We actually spent this day with our husbands. On Sunday we flew out...we came back to cold weather and lots of snow in Billings. I realized on the way home from Billings that I had left my entire bathroom bag at the hotel in Florida. I am still waiting for them to send it to me!

The annual Antelope Hunt

Well a few weeks ago we all headed to Casper for the annual antelope hunt. This year was a little different than years past in that I actually joined in the family fun and Lisa went too. Grandpa wasn't able to come this year. We all stayed in a hotel and got up early to go antelope hunting. Trent and his girls were already camping in the hunting vicinity. I have to say it was pretty easy hunting--we basically looked for the antelope from the truck and there wasn't a whole lot of walking or hiking involved. Everybody shot one and the kids always love watching them get gutted out and even like to carry the chopped off legs around and stuff. (WEIRD) Anyway, all this time I've been thinking that I am going to have to teach my son to not hunt...but by the look on his face when I took him to see the dead animal, I may not have to teach him anything at all! He was pretty disgusted about the whole thing!

Curly Q Kylie

Well, here's Kylie getting her first perm. I thought it might help with the "lack of hair" issue and help it look a little fuller. She looks really cute with it. We recruited Bri to come give her the perm. Kylie kept saying she was not ever going to get one again because the chemicals stink, but I think she will. It was a little time consuming on Bri's part and Kylie was getting tired of holding still, but I think it was very worth it. What do you think? The picture of her after it was all said and done was the first day of school.

WHO did it?

So the same day we did the white powdered donut thing, I left to run an errand and while I was gone, Toby, Chance, Asher (Mona's son) and CJ got into Mona's purse and played with her mascara. CJ actually looks like he got black streaks put in his hair. Asher is too little to do anything so I'm pretty sure Toby was the perpetrator here. The funny thing is when Mona asked the boys who did it, CJ and Chance pointed to Toby. Mona asked Toby who did it and he said "Halle did it!" Well the funniest thing about that is that Halle wasn't even there that day. Looks like our next FHE will be on lying!!! I think they actually got some mascara on Asher's eyelashes...

Big Tractor!

Toby LOVES to ride in the tractor with Travis. If he hears the tractor start up and he's not there he screams and runs outside yelling "tractor! tractor!" The funniest thing to watch is when he's rideing around in the tractor sucking his thumb. He actually sucks his thumb a lot still. I'm trying not to be nervous about it!

Toddler Rules (Toby rules!)

I saw this poem in the DFS office today and it made me think of every toddler in my daycare and Toby especially so when I got home I looked it up on the internet so I could post it on this blog. You might think it's true if you have a toddler!

Toddler Rules
Author Unknown

If it is on, I must turn it off.
If it is off, I must turn it on.
If it is folded, I must unfold it.
If it is a liquid, it must be shaken, then spilled.
If it a solid, it must be crumbled, chewed or smeared.
If it is high, it must be reached.
If it is shelved, it must be unshelved.
If it is pointed, it must be run with at top speed.
If it has leaves, they must be picked.
If it is plugged, it must be unplugged.
If it is not trash, it must be thrown away.
If it is in the trash, it must be removed, inspected, and thrown on the floor.
If it is closed, it must be opened.
If it does not open, it must be screamed at.
If it has drawers, they must be rifled.
If it is a pencil, it must write on the refrigerator, monitor, or table.
If it is full, it will be more interesting emptied.
If it is empty, it will be more interesting full.
If it is a pile of dirt, it must be laid upon.
If it is stroller, it must under no circumstances be ridden in without protest. It must be pushed by me instead.
If it has a flat surface, it must be banged upon.
If Mommy's hands are full, I must be carried.
If Mommy is in a hurry and wants to carry me, I must walk alone.
If it is paper, it must be torn.
If it has buttons, they must be pressed.
If the volume is low, it must go high.
If it is toilet paper, it must be unrolled on the floor.
If it is a drawer, it must be pulled upon.
If it is a toothbrush, it must be inserted into my mouth.
If it has a faucet, it must be turned on at full force.
If it is a phone, I must talk to it.
If it is a bug, it must be swallowed.
If it doesn't stay on my spoon, it must be dropped on the floor.
If it is not food, it must be tasted.
If it IS food, it must not be tasted.
If it is dry, it must be made wet with drool, milk, or toilet water.
If it is a car seat, it must be protested with arched back.

If it is Mommy, it must be hugged.

White Doughnuts!!!

My friend Ramona and I fed the kids white powdered doughnuts for snack one day and it ended up being a little more than we bargained for! After they ate we had to bathe them all and wash all their clothes! They sure enjoyed the doughnuts though and you can tell by the look on their faces and all the powder left.

Big Tractor

I just want to say that today we dropped by John Deere to talk to Trav about something and to get a sucker for all the kids. It just so happened that Travis was getting ready to unload a big tractor off a semi and so he took Toby to "help" him. The tractor had what they call a buddy seat that Tobes got to sit in. He LOVED sitting there and riding in the big tractor. I got out of the car to watch and when he saw me, he pressed his face against the window and said,"mommy, big tractor!" in his Toby kind of talk. It was the cutest thing I ever saw. I wish I'd had a picture! 10-24-08

Boysen Reservoir

We went to Boysen Reservoir over the 4th of July. We had a great time camping and playing in the lake. The campground was awesome because we had a little park right by where we were camped and the kids loved to play there when we were at the campground. We spent most of our time at the lake though. It was a really fun lake to be on...we found several little beaches at different times and the kids loved swimming. Travis fished and caught some big rainbow trout (about 5 lbs)and it was just a lot of fun. We had a great time spending time together as a family. I don't think we've ever gone out on the boat just our family since we bought it. Kylie waterskiied and tubed. Toby is still a little shy about the water but he loved jumping off the back of the boat to me. It was so hot so we wanted to be in the water as much as possible. It was a ways to go and we were quite a sight pulling the trailer and the boat but it was worth all the fun we had!


Tyler and Toby enjoying some marshmellows after dinner. Toby's goal is always to get as dirty as possible!


Kamryn sporting her fourth of July swimsuit. She cried after we got done boating on Saturday because she wanted to stay another night in the camper.



Kylie trying to make the goofiest look possible.


Travis with his girls enjoying the roasting.


Tyler in her lifejacket on the boat. I don't know if she thinks she is smiling or what but she was loving life on the boat. I kept asking her if we should go home and do daycare and she said "no, I want to go camping!"


Toby didn't love being in the water but he did try going in the tube a little but he mostly just cried for me and asked to "dup" which means jump and would constantly tell me "a tun" which means my turn.


Me enjoying the sun. I have to say the whole boating experience was very relaxing. Probably more for me than it should have been!


Toby loves to drive the boat. He is in the drivers seat whenever we'll let him be there. I think Breckin taught him to love driving...however, I think Breckin is a little better at it and not as meddling. Toby has been known to break CDs and on this trip after driving the truck...he shoved who knows how many CDs into Travis's CD player! We still haven't figured out how to fix that one.


This was the first fish Travis caught or got to the boat at least. It was a beautiful fish. We let it go.


This is the fish that Kylie caught on her pole. She had to have Travis reel it in after a while because it was putting up a big fight!


Kylie loved tubing. She is definitely our adventurous one. Nobody else tubed or skiied.


Kylie loved waterskiing. She found out she really can get up in the middle of the lake. She did a great job skiing and would have liked to do it again but we ran out of time. Luckily there will be other chances this summer.

Hannah Montana?

Hannah Montana? NO. And it's not Grandpa John either. It is however the same wig as seen in previous pictures. Bri and I sorta thought he looked like Claire in this picture. When I look at the picture now though all I see is a little doll. He almost looks fake!

Since this isn't just a TOBY blog :)

Being a new house, we have all these big piles of dirt everywhere outside. The girls have learned they can sled down them and have even practiced snowboarding on the sled. These dirt hills have provided hours of fun for every kid that has been out here. The hill in this picture however no longer exists...however, there are plenty of other ones around!


At my daycare, I have this thing about putting stickers on our heads when we celebrate special occasions. It's the loser coming out in me...what can I say? Here are some pictures of Leap DAY (WOW, CAN YOU BELIEVE ALL THE KIDS?) and also some of our little Easter party. Yes, I've been so behind in my blogging!

Tractor!

Okay, all I can say is Toby was definitely born into the right family because he is infatuated with tractors. He looks for them when we go anywhere in the car and we can't go by John Deere without pulling in to the parking lot so he can see the tractors. For his birthday we had a John Deere theme. Lisa of course made the cake because we love to utilize her talent. Toby LOVED the cake and pointed out the tractor to everyone that would listen to him. So here's a few pictures of Toby and tractors. And the big tractor he got for his birthday was a hit with all the kids. He also has this habit of bringing in his tractors with their buckets full of dirt and leaving little piles all over the living room. This doesn't exactly make me happy...I am constantly vacuuming up little piles of dirt here and there. I think it's time to implement a "naughty chair".