Bye-Bye Binky (I hope)

So, Lyndie has had a binky for way too long and I need to get her off of it.  I read an idea online about how one mom bagged up all the binkies in the house and took her child to Build-A-Bear to "exchange" them for a bear. I am desparate, so I though we would try it.

After taking Logan to preschool, we went home and I told her what we were doing and that we needed to go find all of her binkies. When she found the first binky, I told her to put it in the bag and she turned and yelled "No! My Binky!" and ran into her room, slammed the door and sat on Mallory's bed. (Off to a great start)

After I bagged up all her binkies, we headed off for the mall. She picked out this bear all on her own and then we got it stuffed and while stuffing it the lady suggested Lyndie put her binkies inside the bear. I was shocked she did it, but she did and then we got her dressed and named her "Binky". I thought that was appropriate.

When we got home, she would not hold the bear to have a picture with it, so I am holding it next to her in the photo. On the way home I saw her turn the bear over and look for the hole that the binkies were in and I think she is mad at the bear for not giving them back to her.

I just laid her down for a nap and she has been asking for a binky now for an hour from her room. I gave her the bear to hold instead, but she still won't touch it now. Oh, well. Life as a mom was never supposed to be easy, only worth it one day....hopefully. If Lyndie ends up in therapy because I took her binky away, I will accept full responsibility.

Like Daddy, Like Daughters

I thought this was a cute picture. The girls especially love to color just like Dad. Mallory takes their coloring time very seriously. She is definitely going to be a little artist. I don't know if Lyndie is following Mallory or Dad, because she idols both of them. 

Lemonade out of Lemons

We decided to make the funeral a mini-vacation since we were there in California. The beach is always a great way to wear out the kids.

Lyndie had her 2nd birthday this weekend, so we celebrated at Grandma Hutchinson's house. I also had my 2nd birthday there and have pictures of me blowing out my candles.

She totally knows how to do it! I was so impressed.

The night of the funeral, all the adult grandkids went to San Francisco and enjoyed the sites. When we got there, we were shocked! It was freezing! We all bought jackets from the street vendors there and that still wasn't enough. It was crazy because we only drove about 40 min and the temperature dropped about 60 degress from we came from.

We went to see all the sea lions at pier 39.

Abe got called up on stage to help with a trick.

They all sat in chairs and then the performer guy took all the chairs away and they had to balance on each other. 

This is me and Lyndie at the beach. She would scream everytime she saw a wave coming for us. They were getting pretty high and did soak some people's stuff on the beach by us.

Grandma's Funeral

We traveled to California this weekend to say goodbye to Grandma Hutchinson for one last time. The funeral was excellent and it celebrated a life of service and of giving to others until the very end.  Almost all of the Grandkids made it to the funeral and were able to help. All the paul-bearers are the adult grandsons: Abe Carr, John Ishoy, Jon Kendall, Glen Ishoy, Steven Kendall, David Hutchinson, Joey Hutchinson, Mike Hutchinson, and Ben Carr.

All of these boys were sweating to death. There just happened to be a terrible heat wave in California this weekend and they all wore suits! Needless to say, this part of the service was rather quick and then we headed back to the church for a luncheon put on by the Relief Society.

Since we were all together and that never happens, we got everyone together for a big family picture. I won't type all the names, because that would take too long. But the picture has all the Hutchinson children and all the Hutchinson grandchildren and a few others who I will admit that I do not know.

Sad News

We received the news yesterday that my dear Grandmother Hutchinson passed away in her sleep from Saturday night to Sunday morning. Although I am sad and will miss her a lot, I am comforted in the fact that she is preceded in death by all of her family including her husband. I am sure that was a joyous reunion in heaven for all of them. She was a great lady and means a great deal to me. I spent many days at her home as a child and will treasure them forever. I now know that I was inspired to go and visit her when we did in July so I could see her one last time on earth before she left. Good Bye for now Grandma and I know you are watching all of us and we will see you soon enough.

Mallory's first day of School

Here are a few pictures of Mallory on her first day of 1st grade. This first outfit took 4 tries to get it right! She is such a girl, but she did a great job picking it out with the just the right shorts.

                                             Good Bye Logan! I'll see you after school!
                                                   Good Bye Lyndie! See you Later!
This is Mallory standing in line with her class before the bell rang. Her teacher came out and walked the kids in after the bell sounded.
She came home in one piece! She was very worn out and starving mostly. I think I will make her a whole sandwich next time to see if that keeps her full longer. 

Quotes from Mallory about her 1st day:

1.

Mallory:"Mom, I made two new friends!"

Me: "What are their names Mallory?"

Mallory: "I don't know."

Me: "How do you know they are your freinds?"

Mallory: "because I asked if they wanted to be friends and they said yes!"

2.

Mallory: "Mom, I am the prettiest girl in my whole class."

Me: "You didn't say that to the other kids did you?!"

Mallory: "No, I just wanted you to know."

3. 

Mallory: "Mom, there were two boring parts at school today."

Me: "Oh really? What were they?"

Mallory: "Learning the rules in the gym and learning the rules in the cafeteria."

Me: "What are the rules?"

Mallory: "I don't remember."

High School Reunion-Go T-Ville! Class of '98

My High School Reunion was last friday at the Little America. Jeremy and I went together and this was the table we sat at. That is my friend Karen, who lives in California and Kristen Webster and her hubby who still live here in Salt Lake.

A quick picture of me and Karen before dinner started.

This is a group photo of some of my HS friends. Left to right: Heather English, Karen Garcia-Young, Natalie Gardner, Jenny Urry, Natalie Griffith, Wendi, Natalie Warner, Jill Bingham.

Karen and Jenny Hugging to say hello and Natalie in the backround. Us four had a lot of fun together and even went to some girls choice dances together with our dates. Good Times!

p.s. Thank you for going Jeremy! All of the husbands were sooooo bored! They all pretty much sat back and were wall flowers or purse holders. What troopers to all the men there. The good news for them is that they don't have to do it again for 5 years. 

Out of the Mouths of Babes

I got this idea from my friend's blog and thought it was a cute idea.
1. What does Mom always say to you?

Mallory: Please can you do me a favor?

Logan: Thank You!

2. What makes Mom happy?

Mallory: When I do you a favor

Logan: When I show you a funny face of the tramp

3. What makes Mom sad?

Mallory: When I don't go to bed right and want to watch the rest of the movie

Logan: When we fight

4. What does Mom do to make you laugh?

Mallory: Staring at me

Logan: Jump high

5. How old is Mom?

Mallory: 20

Logan: 20

6. How tall is Mom?

Mallory: 750

Logan: Way tall!

7. What does Mom like to do?

Mallory: Hang out and sleep

Logan: Hang out and watch a movie

8. What is Mom's job?

Mallory: To take care of Lyndie

Logan: to work on the cumputer

9. What is Mom's favorite food?

Mallory: Shake

Logan: Pasta

10. How do you know your Mom loves you?

Mallory: Your heart is happy

Logan: Cause I love you

Kids are so honest aren't they?

Breaking Dawn Midnight Release Party!

Yes, I am crazy enough to go to the midnight release just for a book! Barnes and Noble hired these two actors to portray Edward and Bella at their wedding reception and everyone got to have their picture taken with them. We just got them emailed today, or they would have been up sooner. My good friend Amy was crazy enough to go with me as well and she is in the pictures with me.

Breaking Dawn

Ok, all of you that are huge fans of the Twilight series will know what I am talking about. I went and stood in line Friday morning at Barnes and Noble just to get a wrist band to hold my spot in line so I could come back that night and buy a book at 12:01am. Was it worth it? YES! I was number 150, so it went by fast. I finished my book during Sunday School at church. How could I not? I only had 35 pages to go when it was time to go to church! I love the book and am happy with the ending and definitely feel closure with the story as well as the characters. If you have finished it, let me know what you think too.