Happy 40th Birthday Mom

I had my 40th birthday and the kids wanted to make me a cake. (They are so sweet) However, they put a trick candle in it. Kaison was laughing so hard due to the fact that no matter how hard I tried I could not blow out my one candle. After several tries I was finallly able to blow it out. Kaison was so happy for me that he threw his arms in the air and said "Yeah"

HAPPY EASTER

We had a wonderful Easter. It was nice to have it on conference Sunday. The kids all ate candy as they watched it on TV.

Aubree's picture hangs on the wall at Shadow Ridge High School. She is student of the quarter for the science department. She is a great student. GOOD JOB!

Go to bed

Superman just graduated to a big boy bed. There is only one problem with it. He wont stay in his bed. Every night we lay him down kiss him and tell him to go to sleep. We leave the room and all is quiet. Any parent knows that when everything is quiet that usually means that the kids are asleep, but to our surprise he is not sleeping he is missing. He leaves his bed and goes hiding behind the couch, in sisters room under laundry, in the toy box, the list goes on. I am amazed that a 18 month old baby can be so quiet. I am hoping he overcomes this desire to hide. It is wearing me out.

Aubree is now 18 years old. Chad and I cannot believe we have an adult child. She is headed for BYU in the fall. She will be seeking a degree in acting and a PHD in Anthropology. She is such a good girl and very talented. We know she will accomplish alot.

Mom is getting old

I was shopping at Costco. Kaison was in the cart with Superman. Kaison was looking at me:

Mom: What is it?

Kaison: Mom you are old.

Mom: (Sad face)

Kaison: (smiles) Dont worry your still my mom.

Later that day I am driving with all of the boys in the car.

Mom: Boys Kaison told me that I was old.

Chandler and Brenen: (sympathetically) Mom he did not mean it.

Kaison: (Very matter of fact) Yes I did

Merry Christmas

We all got what we wanted for Christmas and more....




On the twelfth day of Christmas my family gave to me...
12 Trips to Target (Because the kids were on Christmas Break and were bored)
11 Broken ornaments (maybe not that many)
10 Fights over Christmas toys (maybe more that that many)
9 Garbage bags of gift wrap
8 Kids out of school
7 Dirty diapers in one day
6 The time gifts were all opened (too early)
5 HOURS OF SLEEP
4 Interupted showers
3 Days in Arizona
2 Bushy eyebrows (We love you Liz)
1 family who shows they love me.

Fast Sunday

We had a state wide fast. We were asked to fast for those who may be effected by the current economy. Our family sat down on Saturday evening and discussed how important this fast was. All of the kids wanted to participate. The next morning I got up and was busy as usual. I went to a meeting and came home a little after 11:00am. I noticed that Kaison (who is 4) had not been fed breakfast. I started to ask why no one had given him breakfast. Kaison said Mom I am fasting. Needless to say my heart melted, what a sweet boy.

Christmas Wish List

Dad - Books, DVD, Gift Cards (Easy to please)
Kayleen - Perfume, Candles, Crockpot cookbook (I know, moms should never ask for anything for the kitchen)

Aubree - Anything for college, anything "Wicked" (the musical)
Haleigh - Side kick cell phone (fat chance those are expensive)
Dalley - I pod
Chandler - Something that has to do with sharks
Brenen - Lego's
Trey - I spy books, games
Kaison - Cars
Superman - I think he wants a new logo.


I think the biggest thing our family wishes for is that all of our friends and love ones have a wonderful 2010.

Merry Christmas

10 K

At Thanksgiving the Lyman brothers planned on running a 10K. Dalley and Kayleen wanted to run as well so they joined the brothers team. This was an accomplishment for Chad and Kayleen who do not enjoy running. Dalley who loves to run finnished ahead of her parents.

We had Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday and Friday for both the Cuthbertson and Lyman families. It is always so fun to get everyone together.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Above are pictures of everything that has happened over the last month or two. For Chads birthday I surprised him with tickets to the BYU/UNLV football game. The game was on his birthday so I could not resist. He had no idea. Halloween was great. Aubree and Haleigh did not dress up this year. Dalley was a princess, Chandler was the Grim Reaper, Brenen was Batman, Trey wanted to be Dracula, Kaison was Superman, and of course Superman was himself. I just wore a witches hat and green lipstick. Aubree went with Colby to Homecoming. She was so beautiful and they had lots of fun. I was able to go on the game show "Lets Make a Deal" I thought I was real origonal by being the real octomom. When I got there I found out that they had alot of octomoms so I was not selected. I am sure they were not the real thing like I was. I had a lot of fun anyway. Finally Superman has turned ONE. I cannot believe it has been a year. Definately a crazy month but it has been great.

I almost forgot I had a blog. With facebook keeping me in touch with everyone,my blog has just been put on the back burner.

Our family celebrated two birthdays. The first one was our little Superman. We cannot believe he had his 1st birthday. We gave him his presents and he just looked at them. Once mom poked a hole in the package he stuck his finger in and pulled the paper off. However, he just wanted to play with the paper. It took about 20 minutes to help him open his gifts but he did get them opened.

We gave him his own cake to tear into. He was pretty careful not to make a mess at first. Big sister Dalley came along and pushed his hand into the cake. He laughed so hard and thought it was fun so he started to swing his hand around and cake went flying. Mom would have normally been a little unhappy but Haleigh had floor duty so she was the one saying "no" this time. Superman then took his plate and flipped it off of the high chair when he was done with the mess.

Chad had a little surprise for his birthday. I had arranged for him to have his birthday off of work. Chad had no idea. The kids and I then woke him up to the "Happy Birhday" Song and breakfast in bed. We gave him his present which was a BYU highlight video and tickets to the BYU v. UNLV game. He was very excited. It was so much fun and BYU won so it was a great birthday indeed.

Shadow Ridge Dance Team

Haleighs dance team looked great at the football game Friday night. She is so cute,isn't she?

Happy 15th Birthday, Haleigh!!!

Happy BIrthday!!!!! Trey!!!!!

Trey had a great birthday. He opened his presents in the morning and then went off to play with all of his gifts. I made a molten chocolate cupcake for his birthday and put lots of ice cream on top. After we went to butterfly park and loaded up on free school supplies while the boys played at the park. Next birthday he will be baptized.

What a fun summer our family has had so far. If you look at the pictures to the left you will find that we went to California and enjoyed some time in the pool. Next we went to Utah for football camp. The boys were great and had a lot of fun. We were able to see the Oquirrh Hills Temple open house. It was so neat. Finally all the Lyman girls went to camp. Yes, I ziplined, climbed a rock wall, and managed to find time to eat a bug. However I would say the highlight of my summer so far was seeing the Oquirrh Hills Temple.

19 Years and Counting

Chad and I will celebrate our 19th anniversary. What a blessing it has been to be married to Chad. I look forward to 19 more years.

Oh what do you do in the Summertime.

OH WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE SUMMERTIME........


We as a family made a bucketlist of things we want to do or try this summer. Rules were that it needed to be something new, inexpensive, and fun.

As a family we will be going to the Oquirrh Mountain temple open house, Family reunion, Boys will go with Dad to football camp, the girls will be going with Mom to Arizona to see "Wicked".

Chad...He would love to see a live session in the SLC Temple.

Kayleen...I want to try Sushi, I have been told I would love it if I went to a good restaurant.

Aubree..."Wicked" She is excited to see this musical this summer.

Haleigh...She wants to see an old black and white movie. One that is well known. If you have any suggestions let her know.

Dalley...She wants to go to Lake Mead. We live so close and yet have never taken her there.

Chandler...He has done it all. And feels complete.

Brenen...Ride a 4 wheeler.

Trey...Swim at YMCA. He wants to try out the big water slides.

Kaison...Wants to see Night at the Museum II. Easy to please.

Superman...wants to learn to sit up. This is more moms bucket list for the baby.

If you would like to share some of the things you are doing this summer or share ideas on things to do let us know.

Dalley had her piano recital. Look at her fingers glide across those keys. She is so talented.

Haleigh put a four leaf clover in her hair for dance team tryouts. She made the team so it must have worked.

Aubree's play "Ozma of Oz" was a huge sucess. Mom sold tickets, the kids loved it, and Aubree was perfect.

Extremem Home Makeover

was here. It was fun to see the house go up in a week, the familiar faces, and the end result. It was so much fun.

Extremem Home Makeover was here. It was fun to see some familiar faces, the house go up in a week, and the end result. It is supposed to air on May 10th.

Kaison was bored while waiting for his sister who was trying on clothes. So he wanted to try on some hats. He did not like the first two hats they looked too much like girls hats but this one was just right.

Kaison was so excited to hold his little brother. But after a few pictures it went to...

Mom my arms are getting tired. Am I almost done. to...

Mom do I really have to keep holding him. I dont like holding him.