Twilight...

I went to the midnight showing of Twilight with some of my girlfriends and have mixed feelings about it. It didn't help that we were on the very front row, I was starving the whole movie, and was so tired! ok here's the deal, I read the book and loved it. To me the book was not cheesy at all, it was super good, intense, just awesome. The movie on the other hand... pretty cheesy, but I guess what can you expect, books are always better than the movie... I didn't get home til 2:30am and have been feeling it today. I think I'll try to watch it again not on the front row and not when I'm hungry and tired :)

"She's a mean old witch with a HAT"

This Halloween Bella learned this song and would put the witch hat on and sing this song at the top of her lungs! She found the hat today and I heard her in the other room singing and had to get it on video it was so cute!

IT'S ANOTHER GIRL..... NO WAIT, IT'S A BOY!!!!

We went and found out what we were having last night and found out it was another little peeper... which we are very excited about. I do have to admit though, both Lance and I were hoping for another girl... It didn't really matter either way though cause we have one of each already. Anywho, at our appointment the gay technician prematurely announced that it was a girl about 30 seconds into the ultra sound and for about the first 3 minutes kept pointing to those "three lines" low and behold to her horror after announcing we were having a girl, the baby suddenly grew a peeper. Our baby is definetely a boy. Not a question. It's hillarious though because we have a dvd of it and the first few minutes you see her cursor pointing to the "three lines" and then all the sudden there's no three lines anymore amazingly enough they disappeared and became something sticking straight out. I guess that technician learned her lesson. Thanks for getting our hopes up lady only to shoot them down and tell us it's not really a girl.... Really though I am very excited to have another little guy to be best buddies with Bodie.

HALLOWEEN

Nice up side down mustache Lance....


Halloween was so much fun this year. Bella was still creeped out by the scary guys, but would just tell herself evey time she saw something scary "dus pretend, not real, dus pretend mom not real" in a terrified little voice. It was the saddest cutest thing every time she said it. Anyhow, Halloween night we went to trunk-or-treat at my parents ward and it was awesome. When your kids are as young as mine, you still want them to experience the whole trick-or-treating thing, but it's not really worth it to go walk around and knock on doors, so trunk-or-treat is the greatest invention. Bella got her bag full of candy it only took 10 minutes to walk to all the trunks and we were done! Perfect. I'm honestly not a huge fan of Halloween, but this year was actually pretty fun. I dressed up as a boring witch. Lance was a gangster/thug. Bella and Bodie were Pooh and Tigger Super Sluths.

Tigger and Grandma Dona


That would be my nerd brother and my hard core husband



My mom is pretty much the cutest punkin I ever saw :)

More Halloween fun....

We went to this place that I can't even remember the name of it... I know, retarded me. Anyways, its was a cool outdoor boutique thing with shops and lots of Halloween fun. It was fun to spend some time with Grandma Ford and dad was even able to meet us there for a minute on his lunch break.

OPERATION KIDS!!!!!

Lance and I were invited by my wonderful parents to a black tie event. It was so fun to get dressed up! It was the Lifetime Achievement Awards event given by Operation Kids, a nonprofit organization. The award was given to John Walsh (America's Most Wanted host). The night was AMAZING! The host for the night was the President from 24. (I don't know his real name :)) It was so fun to see him in person cause I am a die hard fan of 24. The night started off with a delicious dinner and great enternainment. The award was given to John Walsh and then they asked everybody at their tables to fill out their cards to donate to the Operation Kids Foundation. Someone that looked pretty important came and grabbed my dad from our table and he went somewhere with them. All of the sudden I looked up at the jumbo tron and there was my dad... They were recognizing my dad for his generous donations to the Operation Kids Foundation.... IT WAS AWESOME! My dad is seriously my hero and the best example to me and I admire him so much for all he does for not only our family but so many other people. The night finished off with the country artist Collin Raye and also a few songs by Jim Brickman. AND THEN..... they announced that David Archuleta was in the audience. Oh my gosh, I love that kid! And to my amazement I looked up and he was at the table right in front of us. Hello how did I miss him. So I had to get a picture. A very memorable night for Lance and I. Thank you so much dad and mom for giving us the opportunity to experience this incredible event and Thank you Grandma Dona for taking care of our kids while Lance and I had a wonderful time. PS, Happy 26th birthday to my honey. I love you baby!
PROM 2008. OK JUST KIDDING WE HAD TO GET A PICTURE OF US BEFORE WE LEFT FOR THE EVENING :)


OUR HOST FOR THE NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT FROM 24


IT WAS MY NIECE KORTNEY'S 9TH BIRTHDAY SO SHE GOT TO ATTEND THE EVENT WITH ALL THE ADULTS FOR HER BIRTHDAY. SHE HAD A GREAT TIME.


YES, MY DAD, MY HANDSOME, WONDERFUL DAD UP ON THE JUMBO TRON BEING RECOGNIZED FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATIONS. LOVE YOU DAD!!!!!!!!!!


PRETTY SURE DAVID IS JUST AS CUTE IN PERSON AS ON TV. HE WAS SO CUTE WHEN LISA AND I ASKED FOR A PICTURE, HE DID HIS LITTLE SHY SMILE THING AND KIND OF LAUGHED. I WAS GLAD WE WENT OVER AND GOT A PICTURE WHEN WE DID CAUSE RIGHT AFTER THE EVENT ENDED HE BOOKED IT OUT OF THERE WITH HIS DAD. THANKS FOR THE PICTURE LITTLE ARCHY!!!

WHAT HAPPENED?!?!

K is it me or does she really look all grown up? Maybe it's the outfit I put her in. Whatever it may be, to me she looks like she's a big girl! I swear I'm going to blink and she's going to be in school and then I'm going to blink again and she's going to be dating and then I'm going to blink again and she's going to REALLY be all grown up. It kind of makes me sad. I don't want her to grow up :( Does anyone know how to get to Never Land?

Bella's 2nd Birthday Party

We had Bella's party at the Rockwell clubhouse. It was thrown together last minute and we were so glad that Grandma Ford came and Lisa and Cliff and Boo and Alex and Emily and kids and Grandma and Grandpa "iggison" (that's how Bella says it) got to be there. Thanks everyone for coming and all your help. We had yummy pizza and a delicious ice cream cake from Cold Stone. Mmmmmm.... Every time we asked Bella what she wanted for her birthday, before her birthday came, obviously she told us cake and ice cream. Funny girl. That's all she wanted. So we got her cake and ice cream! We also got her a princess dress up outfit and Grandma Ford got her the movie Little Mermaid. It was lots of fun and Bella was just happy to be with all her family to celebrate year 2!!!!!

Trip to Hawaii

We had a lot of fun while visiting Hawaii. I do have to say that the time change was TERRIBLE though with our two little babies. We woke up at 3am the first few nights and I swear just as the kids were getting used to the time we left and came back to Utah. Oh well. We really did have fun and Bella loved seeing her friends and playing at the beach. Thanks Hillary and Derek for letting us stay at your house.

Finally Lala and Rusty, a picture of us all at Three Tables

Bella, Kali and Taylor

She just loved having her own little backpack for the beach

Cutest boys ever! Bodie and little Krew

Thanks to Lala and Rusty, lance and I went out to Three Tables and snorkeled while they watched Bodie and Bella on the beach. When we got back they had helped Bella construct this beautiful sand castle.

HOLY SHMOLY I HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD!!!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE BELLA ON THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER! MORE PICTURES COMING WHEN I FIND MY CAMERA CORD....

Officially a blog slacker....

BUT GUESS WHAT?????????? BABY NUMBER THREE IS ON IT'S WAY! YES I AM PREGNANT AGAIN. I WILL HAVE THREE KIDS 2 AND UNDER!! WAHOO!

Shout out to our BFF's!!!

Can't wait to see you guys :) I came acrossed these pictures the other day and decided I needed to post them. It's crazy how we seriously have no pictures with you guys. We'll have to take some when we're there. Love ya can't wait to get there!!!!!!!

JUST A LITTLE FORD FUN

Family Home Evening activity--- pushing Bodie in the build-a-bear stroller

I came downstairs from showering the other day and saw Bella all decked out, my swimsuit bottoms around her neck, bra around her neck, bucket and shovel, and baby Annie... She looked at me and said "bye mom, ready go"

This is my favorite thing to find as a mom, my two little ones playing on the floor together having fun and entertaining themselves... LOVE IT!

Diva Bella in her shades and mom's shoes. She is a shoe freak and loves wearing anybody's shoes besides her own.

American Idol comes to Salt Lake City!!!

What an experience this was.... The first thing I am going to say is that I am going to have a really hard time watching American Idol this next season because of my experience I had. My little sister Becky decided about a month before tryouts that she wanted to audition. We were all so excited for her because really she is super talented. A couple days after she registered she convinced Lisa and I to try out with her. I know, pathetic but true so we went the night before try outs and registered and had my mom and other sister Tricia be our guests. Anyways... to make a long story short we ended up waiting in line outside the Energy Solutions Arena the day of tryouts for about 3 hours only to be humiliated on the radio. We were asked to sing the phone book on the radio. It was awesome! We did get photographed by American Idol and are now posted on the website, but other than that the 3 hours of waiting sucked! We finally get into the arena. Becky registered the sunday before tryouts and was at the front so we at that moment realized that for Lisa and I to tryout it would be at least another 10 hour wait. No thanks. So Becky tried out, looked amazing, sang amazing and didn't make it. So I'm sure you are all wondering why I am so bitter about the experience. Well in one sentence I will sum it up. In the preliminary audition where you audition for random producers they chose about 70% wacks and 30% talent. I could go on and on, but I'll spare you all. It was an experience, something I will never put myself through again...

The night before the auditions we got a hotel room in Salt Lake. Becky got a mad headache so Lisa whipped out her handy dandy laser. Boo said it actually worked...

The beautiful, amazingly talented Boo!

Becky's fan club from left to right- mom, Kara, Lisa, Trish, Boo

The awesome wristbands you had to have on to enter the arena

Grandpa Seely's Birthday Party

My mom's dad turned 85 this year and we had a big party at the park to celebrate. He is my only living grandparent and I love him dearly!!! We had a good time seeing cousins we haven't seen in really long time.

Trip to San Diego with Grandma Ford

Bella, Bodie and I ventured to California with Grandma Ford this last week and it was quite eventful. It really made me appreciate my amazing husband. I really can't survive without him. We met Helen (sister-in-law) and her family there. We went to the San Diego Zoo and to Sea World. Bella's favorite part was dancing with Elmo at Sea World. I would love to say that the trip went smoothy but that would be lying. I do have to say that as stressful as it was we did have fun spending time and seeing our Ford family. Bella especially loved sleeping in a bed with Grandma Ford. Glad to be home again!!!


Grandma, Bella, Bodie leavin' on a jet plane

The crew!

Bodie would NOT sleep in bed with me. He was waking up every hour for the first 2 nights and the motel didn't have a crib and I didn't have a crib so our next option was the suitcase. Unfortunetely that didn't work either. He woke up 30 minutes after I put him in there.... Nothing better than NO sleep...

Bella went on her own little Safari with her fellow animals

Yes, we have a blonde afro going on!

Bella woke up the other morning with her hair just like this. Dead serious. I don't know what in the world was going on in her sleep but she sure did a number to her hair....
Front shot of the hair

Back shot of the hair