Lay-z-days

Airplane GIRLS

2009-04-03T11:29:00.001-07:00

Ok. I know it has been forever since I have posted anything, but this is too cute not to post. Ami and Kiara are going on a airplane ride. They put together these chairs and were pretending to go to Grandma and Papa's house. Ami had triplets she was taking with her. She told me that their names we Macey, Junior, and Leanna. Kiara didn't have a stroller so she just carried her baby in a blanket. Before Ami got on the Airplane she told me that she forgot food for her babies. I told her that she better get them some food or it is going to be a really long flight. She ran to her room and got some pretend food. 3 carrot slices, and an Eggplant that she said was the babies bottle. She said she only had one bottle so the babies had to share it, but they all got their own carrot slice. IT was sooooooo CUTE!

It looks like they hit turbulance in this one. They both have scared looks on their faces. Also in this on you can see Ami's third baby in the bottom of the stroller with the bottle (egg plant) next to it.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2008-12-28T13:57:00.000-08:00

Well, Christmas has come and gone once again and I would have to say that I am happy that it is over. Lately, the holidays have stressed me out and I have become sort of a grinch this year. Chad, Kiara, and I left to travel to my parents home on Dec. 22 (which also happens to be our anniversary). We left at noon and didn't make it to my parents home until 5 pm the next day. We hit some pretty bad weather when we got into Idaho and thank goodness Chad is a good driver because I would have been a wreck! We traveled through white out conditions and at time we couldn't even see the road. At about two in the morning we decided that we should just find a motel because we couldn't go any further due to the weather conditions. I think we were all so happy to finally be at my parents home.

I was very happy to see Ami. I swear she has grown two feet since I last saw her in October. Also her hair has grown very long too. Kiara was really happy to see her older sis too. She got right down and started wandering the house with her.

We had a Great Christmas and I really enjoyed spending time with my family as well as with my wonderful husband Chad. (He didn't complain or moan at all the whole time he was there at my parents.)

Needless to say Chad has already left and gone home. He was very nice and suggested that I stay a little longer with my family since I don't get to see them and then fly home. I think that would be easier on the children then driving anyway. So I am still here and will be here for another week and a half. The only thing that I am sad about is that I won't be able to be with Chad for the New Year (and I won't get a new year kiss).

Only my family and my sister Cori were able to make it to my parents home for Christmas.

These are our crazy faces!!!

This was on Christmas Eve. This has been our first family photo since Kiara was born.

Ami got a barbie castle! She was a little tired and not quite awake yet.

She also got a Mermaid. It was so funny because when she unwrapped it she said, "This is what I wanted the whole day!"

Kiara got some baby dolls and a Dora the Explorer tent that had a tunnel that attached to it. They both loved to play in it.

Chad helped her open her Dora cell phone.

Don't they all look tired?

Aren't we so cute?

And here we are being silly.

Me and my mother

I guess we were on a crazy face kick on Christmas night!

Chad and Kiara playing the piano.

MISSING AMI

2008-12-17T10:02:00.000-08:00

I have really been missing Ami. She has been with here Grandma and Papa in Panguitch for two months now. I know she is having a good time and that they are spoiling her good because one time I talked to her and she told me that she wanted to stay until Valentines. That just about broke my heart. Right now they are in DisneyWorld and I know she is having a Great time there. She told me that when I come for Christmas that I have to come there because that is where they live now. I thought that was cute. But I really do miss her and I miss having her to talk to and carry on somewhat of a conversation, Kiara just grunts and whines at me (doesn't really make for good conversation). I am so excited to go see my parents and Ami for Christmas. I really am going to enjoy just being HOME for Christmas. There really is no place like home for the holidays. I can't wait to lay on the carpet in front of the stove and just relax and feel the warmth of the fire that my dad made. Currently the date that we are leaving is undecided. Still working on that one! LOL Anyway hopefully we will leave at the beginning of next week.

Slacking on My Posts

2008-12-17T09:16:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I haven't posted anything for awhile and to tell you the truth I really didn't feel like getting on here to do it. I guess you can just say that I have been a slacker. Anyway, I have alot of stuff that I wanted to post and I guess I will just explain each picture underneathe it rather than trying to explain it all right here. So once again, I hope you enjoy!

She is doing some kind of duck lip thing here. She has started doing it alot lately. I think it is so cute!

Isn't this just a GREAT face!?

This was at Thanksgiving. She was playing with Reese. I don't know exactly what this facial expression meant.

This was also at Thanksgiving which was held at my Mother and Father-in-law's home. This is all of the sister-in-laws (except for Michelle).

This was a the Sunday following Thanksgiving. This is the whole Lay Family, except for Michael and his family, they weren't there that day.

Chad and I. I really like this pic.

The only thing that could have made this pic better would have been if Ami was in it. She is having way too much fun in DisneyWorld.

I made this blanket. Kiara just couldn't resist running and jumping on it for a photo opt.

Kiara HATED sitting on Santa's Lap.

She is just adorable.

She is very attached to me, she won't even sit with Grandpa.

These are the two newest members of the Lay family.

Jake and Jess came to visit for a couple of weeks. I love being able to hang out with them!

She just makes the best facial expressions!

This is my little Santa's helper

Such a cutie!

Here is her duck lip thing again. She loves to wear the towels on her head. She will get them out and bring them to me to put on her head. What is funny is that I used to do that when I was little but I would pretend that the towel was my long, beautiful hair.

Her new snowpants are a little big.

All ready to go outside and play in the first snowfall of the season!

She wouldn't move when she got out there. She just stood in the same spot and looked around.

Daddy finally helped her explore the layer of snow.

It has always amazed me that little girls just are born with that motherly instict. I just love it and her!

A Day at the Zoo

2008-11-17T17:57:00.000-08:00

So before I left to go on my cruise I decided to take the girls to the zoo because Ami won a free pass for reading during the summer from the library. They had a great time and unfortunately I didn't get many pictures of the animals. I only got some pics of the fish. But we had fun and enjoyed ourselves. The only thing that would have made it better is if Chad could have came with us instead of working but it didn't happen that way.

More Kiara and Mommy Time

2008-11-16T13:28:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pics of Kiara and I having quality time together. She also is loving on her baby doll which I just think is so cute that she is so nurturing to it. And of course I had to sneak in a self photo of myself! LOL

Time alone with Mommy

2008-11-07T20:51:00.001-08:00

With Amerisa gone at Grandma's house, Kiara and I have had alot of one on one time with each other. I think Kiara likes all the attention she is getting from being the only child at home. As you can tell from these pics of us, she seems very happy with being spoiled!

I just think this face is GREAT! Look at that one squinty eye. LOL

This is her new dirty look that she has discovered.

Halloween

2008-11-07T20:14:00.000-08:00

Ami spent Halloween at my parents house this year. Her Aunt Cori took her around town Trick-or-Treating.

Isn't she just the cat's meow? The cutest little kitten I have ever seen!

All ready to go get some candy!

Kiara was a little fairy this year... One that gets into mischief!

Chad and I were very boring this year. We didn't dress up or go out or anything, just stayed inside and watched TV. It was nice.

Daddy got his little fairy!

What?!

Isn't she just precious?

Fairies have gotta stay healthy too!

MY MEXICAN RIVIERA VACATION!!!

2008-11-07T16:53:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I finally got a minute to sit down at the computer and put up pics of my vacation to the Mexican Riviera! I had a blast and it was nice and warm, infact it got up two 102 degrees two of the days that we were in Mexico.

The first place that we went to was Puerta Viarta. We had a blast there. We went on a Pirate Ship Adventure where they preformed a show for us while we sailed to our beach destination. Then while we were there we got to snorkle, kayak, and ride on the water weenie! That took up our whole time that we were allowed to spend there that day so we didn't get to do any shopping.

The next place we stopped at was Mazatlan. We decided that we were going to do our shopping there and get all of our gifts and stuff like that. I just absolutly love being followed around by all the mexicans that just swarm to you like flies when you are trying to walk down the street to look at the stuff you wanna look at. (Did you catch the sarcasm?) Not to mention all the cat calls we got and offers for Mexican Lovers. No thank you! Mexican is not really my type! LOL Not to mention I already have Chad, who needs more than that!? j/k Anyway, we were taxied around in a golf cart to and from the place we decided to go shopping at. They are such freaky drivers there in Mexico. I thought I was going to die! Infact I almost thought I was going to lose a limb at one point because we were driving down the middle of the road to pass a truck and there was a car coming at us. What an experience! LOL

The last place we visited was Cabo San Lucas. This was my favorite place that we visited. We decided to go on a kayaking excursion over to the beach with the rock formations that Cabo is known for. We got to play in the crystal clear water and do a little bit of snorkling. I just loved how warm the water was and that you could see everything around you (so you would know if a shark was coming for you or not). LOL We also got to do a little bit of shopping on Cabo as well. This is where I got Chad his present. I got him a sword that was carved out of the nose of a swordfish. It is pretty awesome. If you ever come over ask to have a look at it.

We also had alot of fun on the ship and ATE alot of good, yummy, delicious food! We went swimming and laid out next to the pool during the day, watched the preformances in the evening, and late night we went dancing at Skywalkers Club where I impressed everybody with my moves! j/k

Overall I had a great time hanging out with my sisters and I would LOVE to do it again. But it is nice to be back home with my family and my own stuff. I just miss never having to clean or cook!

The Sail Away Party waiting for the ship to leave

I won a drawing for a reflection DVD of the cruise.

Formal night at dinner.

All of us standing on the staircase in the Grand Lobby.

Waiting for the comic show to begin.

We got bored waiting. These are our not so sexy, sexy faces! LOL

Cheesing it.

Do you see Jaba the HUT sitting behind me?

Ok this is my really ugly face that no one will ever see in their lifetime again! So go ahead and have a good laugh at this one. I told ya we got bored waiting for the show to start.

These are Cori and Jessie's ugly faces.

Getting ready to go lay out in the nice warm sun!

Our pic opportunity

I do not know what Jessie is doing here. Trying to be sexy? I think Cori looks very pretty in this pic.

I really like this pic of Sarah and me. Everybody thought that we were twins. Sarah really liked that because they thought she was my age.

A self photo oportunity for me (of course)

In front of our Pirate Ship. I believe it was called the Marigalante.

Help!!! I am being strangled by a mexican pirate!!!

He captured all of us!

Standing at the front of the Pirate Ship.

The pirate show

They captured Cori during the show!

The Beach we got to play at.

Our personal pirate, Omar.

The Pirate Ship

Walking the beach in Mazatlan.

Senor Frogs!

Taking pics in our golf cart taxi.

This is our taxi we were carted around in. Told you it was a golf cart.

Our cabin boy made some kind of animal with the towels.

Jessie bought these masks.

Sarah and Cori showing their KISS tongues.

What are you looking at?!

While Jessie was taking this picture she was saying, "You are animals, growl for me. Be an animal, you are an animal!" It was hilarious!

Lovers beach at Cabo.

Very cool rock formations. Don't be jeolous of my sexy body.

Our Cruise ship in the background.

Ah, a pic of all the Sexy Sistas together!

And on the other side of the penisula at Divorce Beach. The waves were really big here.

Jessie got an awesome makeover at the Salon on the ship.

She looks very pretty, except don't know why she didn't smile for this pic.

Our cabin boy made another animal, this time an elephant.

Cheese!

So CUTE!

Ami and I at Grandma's.

Amerisa and Aubree.

Such Cuties!

My sweet little niece Jasmine.

Aubree, Aurora, Perry, Jasmine and McKenzie hanging out watching TV.
(My nieces and favorite bro-in-law)

Josh, Amber and Jasmine.

My other sweet niece Aurora.

One last pic of me waiting at the airport to go home!

BATMAN

2008-10-09T09:49:00.000-07:00

Don't you guys think that this would be a great costume for Kiara for Halloween? I think she makes a perfect batman. I just want you all to notice that she has bow on top of her head. So precious!!!

Oven Mitt Fun

2008-10-03T12:52:00.000-07:00

Kiara got out my oven mitt from the drawer and was having a grand time with it, so I thought I would snap a few pics. Showing that she can put it on all by herself!

Look at what I got!

Anybody else think that this face is kindof creepy? She was actually laughing in this one.

Where did Kiara go?

THERE SHE IS!!!

Both of them are acting CRAZY!

Kiara looks like a bobble head in this pic. I could just set her on my dashboard!

My MuSiCiAnS

2008-10-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

I think I am going to have a whole family of little musicians! Everytime we are in the computer room, Kiara and Ami just want to play the guitars and the keyboard!

Here is Kiara playing the keyboard.

Say Cheese Kiara!

My two muscians!

I just love that she is looking up at Chad while he is helping her with the Keyboard.

The Fair...

2008-10-01T18:55:00.000-07:00

We went to the Puyallup Fair this year! It is the biggest fair in western Washington. We had a great time! Ami enjoyed it so much that she wanted to go again and she got to go when Chad took the girls with him and Justin and Micah and their family. I had to work at the fair that weekend and the next so I was unable to join them when they went, but when I took my break I got to spend it with my family! It was very nice!

Ofcourse Kiara is gracing us with one of her best smiles! She is have a GREAT time also!

Ami got stuck on one of the kiddie rides, I had to go help her get through the maze part of it.

The three of us at the fair. The girls wouldn't look at the camera.

2008-09-30T15:04:00.000-07:00

Kiara is walking for all of your viewing enjoyment! She was helping me sweep the floor.

Ami Goes to Preschool

2008-09-29T13:38:00.000-07:00

Amerisa's first day of preschool was on September 19th! She was so excited that when I took her and they opened the door for them to come in, she just ran in and didn't even kiss me or tell me goodbye! I was crushed! I stood there at the door with my heart broken because she didn't even care if she told me goodbye or not. When I picked her up from preschool I told her that she better give me a kiss and tell me goodbye all the time. Ever since then she has told me goodbye. She loves going to preschool and since it is a cooperative preschool, I get to go help out every once in awhile and she really likes when I get to go with her.

The Basics

2008-09-27T10:01:00.000-07:00

Hi all! I don't know exactly what I am doing but we will try this out. I was told by alot of my family that I needed to create a blog so that you can all see what is going on in my life. Well, so here it goes. I will just fill you in on the basics right now... Chad and I have been married for about 2 years and 9 months. We have two beautiful girls. Amerisa is 4 years old and she just started preschool and is loving it. Kiara is 14 months old and is quite a handfull. She is walking all over the place! Chad owns his own Stone Masonry business and impresses me with his beautiful work that he does. As for myself, I stay at home and hold down the fort (so to say). I keep everything in order here and I love doing it because I get to be home and raise my two beautiful girls!