Letzelter Family

Quick Pix Post!

2010-05-21T14:24:00.000-07:00

These are some pix I had taken for Mothers Day!

Baby Carter

2010-04-12T17:33:00.000-07:00

We Had a BABY!!

2010-03-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

Carter Craig Letzelter
March 20th 12:24 AM
6lbs 12oz and 19inches

We are so happy to have this sweet little guy in our family. After another horrible delivery we are so happy to be home and safe and healthy. Here is the timeline...
2pm: Contracting but not strong or super consistent.
2-4pm:Lay down and take a bath maybe they will go away.
4:30pm: Call Dr. He tells me to wait a few hours and see if they go away.
5 pm: I call my Mom and tell her that she better get on the road. I also called Jared and told him that I thought it was the real deal but to finish working and we would go after.
6pm: Contractions become painful and super strong.
7:15pm: Take the kids to our neighbor so I can get my stuff together and take a shower.(ha ha what was I thinking taking a shower and doing my hair)
7:45pm: Jared comes home and I stupidly eat dinner.
8:45pm: We go to the hospital. Contractions were 2.5mins apart and strong yet I wasn't dilated at all.
9:15pm: My parents and sister come. My Doctor decides that because I wasn't progressing he would try to stop the labor.(NEWSFLASH!! That is why I have C-sections)
9:30-9:45pm Massive amounts of fluids and medicine is pumped into me to get the labor to stop.
10:15-11:15 Labor is going again but this time the contractions were twice as strong!
11:00- Dr and Labor and Delivery nurse have a very "strong" conversation on the phone.
11:15-Dr comes to the hospital. He came into the room and started yelling at my mom while I was in the bathroom then he started in on me when I got out. His argument is that I wasn't progressing so I wasn't really in labor. (NEWSFLASH!! I Don't Progress!!) Finally he said that he would do the c-section.
11:35 I WALKED myself to the operating room and we got started. When I got my epidural and laid down I started having a horrible head ache and started throwing up. They finally brought Jared and my Mom in with me. The pain in my head moved from the back of my neck all around my head.
12:24 am Carter was born. Our big fear was that he was going to have to go to the NICU like Brady did. Carter started screaming like crazy easing all of our fears.

All in All it was a good time that I hope not to have to go through again.

We are all doing a lot better and each day I feel like I am live! I am sorry this is so late but better late then never. We all have pix on our phones but not our camera. So I will get more pix later.

Family Update

2010-02-22T13:04:00.000-08:00

I know that I have been a really terrible blogger lately so here is the update!

Jared: Is still working as the GM of Red Robin. He really enjoys the restaurant but wishes he had more free time. He was able to go to the annual Red Robin Convention in Orlando a couple of weeks ago and had the best time. They were able to go to Universal Studios twice where they closed off part of the park for them. He ate like a king and stayed at the JW Marriott.(yes I was very jealous) He also learned a lot of great new things and it was really nice to have him come home so excited to be apart of Red Robin. Jared has also started working out and has lost 15 pounds. I am so proud of him!

Brooklyn: Is still loving pre-school and dance. She loves to play with her friends and is always trying to plan our next activity. Brooklyn getting excited for our new baby and loves to throw out names for him some of our favorites are Rudolf, snowman, and every boy name in her pre-school class. She is very opinionated about everything and loves to tell us no.

Brady: He is our crazy boy. He is potty trained which went better the expected I only wanted to give up on week 2.5. He is doing really well other then flushing his "undies wares" down the toilet at my parents house. Brady loves to drive his sister crazy. He has also learned some "great" new tricks like leaving McDonald's when Daddy is distracted, falling off the kitchen counter on his head and blacking out, and biting. We are hoping that these things all lose their appeal really fast.

As for me I am 35 weeks pregnant and ready to be done. This pregnancy has been the hardest of the three so more then likely it is the last. We are excited for baby boy the 2nd to come to our family. I have been really busy just trying to keep up with life and all of the fun that comes with it. I have been working at Carino's as a hostess on Monday nights and have enjoyed it. We are now in preparation mode and it is really strange to think that the next post could be to announce our new arrival.

p.s. I am having a hard time getting the back ground to change on my blog. If you have any suggestions let me know.

Finally a Christmas Update!

2010-02-22T12:32:00.000-08:00

I am finally doing a Christmas update! We had a great Christmas this year. The kids really got into the spirit and excitement of Christmas. They loved figuring out what to get people and LOVED getting presents. One of their favorite things was going to the store with Mama to get a Santa and elf hat to wear to Lizzy's school class. Brady wore that silly hat with flashing Santa lights for a few weeks after Christmas. Brooklyn and Mama planned their annual Christmas party. It was a huge hit and everyone had a ball.(Thanks!! Mama) We had so much fun playing with all of our friends and especially loved decorating cookies with the Steenbliks.
As for presents Brooklyn got an baby doll, art stuff, and roller skates. Brady got a train table, lots of tools, and roller blades. We are so blessed to have great friends and family to share this wonderful season with.
(Sorry there are not more pics I realized I need to take more and get all of the ones my Dad took)

Brooklyn's story/ Testimony

2009-11-10T15:57:00.000-08:00

On Sunday Brooklyn told Jared she wanted to write a story. She told him what to write and this was the finished result. After I read it I was totally blown away and kept asking if she really did it. I wanted to share this but mostly document what she wrote.

I want to be baptized when I'm eight. I want to wear nice clothes, pure and white. Jesus will be proud of me and the Holy Spirit will help me choose the right. Be nice to others and Jesus will know. He lives on every cloud. Jesus will know when we are kind and share with others. I will be kind to other and the baby, and he will be blessed for choosing the right.

-Brooklyn
11-8-09

Halloween Fun!

2009-11-10T15:22:00.000-08:00

We had a super fun Halloween this year. Brooklyn was a fairy, Brady a dinosaur/scary monster, and Jared and I were the priest and pregnant nun. We love Halloween so much that each year it is a big deal to figure out the costumes. Brady was not into the whole thing as the rest of us so he was either in his basketball shorts or his spyder hat. He is a such funny kid that has a mind of his own. Brooklyn's costume was so cute and she loved ever second of it especially the glitter on her face and hair.
Thursday: Brooklyn had a preschool party where she got to dress up. She loved it!
Friday: Brooklyn and Brady went to a birthday party for their friend Venice. It was really fun to paint pumpkins and play Halloween games. Brady really struggled and I couldn't figure out if it was because it was nap time or if he was overwhelmed with the whole thing. When I got him in the car he told me "I go Red Robin and get cany" in the most pathetic voice. So we went to see Daddy and get cany.
Friday night Jared and I went to our friend Dan's 40th birthday party. We dressed up in our crazy costumes and had a ball. The best part was Jared carrying around his Book or Mormon.
Saturday: We got up and went to a party at Red Robin. Jared is awesome about doing fun things for his employees and their families. We had a great time but again Brady was having none of it. He spent most of his time on top of a table or laying face down on the floor. (Who are his parents seriously) After that we packed up our stuff and headed down to SLC to spend the night with my parents. When we got there we had a yummy dinner and got ready to go. The kids at this point were done so we only went to a few houses. I loved the reactions that we got from our costumes one couple just didn't say anything. One of our friends asked a group of 12 year old girls why it was funny and another asked if we had got kicked out of the church. Brady and Brooklyn loved getting candy and got so excited when kids would come to the door to get some.
All is all it was such a fun holiday.

Calling in Pregnant!

2009-10-05T13:12:00.000-07:00

Why have I not blogged in forever?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AM PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The due date is April 2nd but it will be here at least a week early because of my c-sections. Brooklyn told her primary class before I was pregnant that we were having two babies. So I have been so scared but I am happy to report there is only one!

I am sorry that I have been so terrible about blogging but I have been sick and we have had a lot going on. We are trying to sell our house in SLC. Jared's job is busy as ever. Brooklyn is loving school and dance. She is so cute I can't believe how mature she is getting! Brady boy is growing up so fast. He loves to make jokes and calls everyone "Boo Boo Chicken". He loves to talk to my Mom on the phone. All in all we are surviving.

Sun Valley

2009-08-23T07:49:00.000-07:00

24th of July

2009-08-23T07:42:00.000-07:00

4th of July Oakley Rodeo

2009-08-23T07:34:00.000-07:00

Temple Open House

2009-08-23T07:31:00.001-07:00

Brooklyn's 4th Birthday

2009-07-01T12:32:00.000-07:00

I love my Fancy Nancy Birthday party. My favorite part was blowing the candles and the presents. We cake, ice cream with sprinkles, pink bread, and flower sandwiches. We decorated sun glasses and hit a P-ata and we got lots of candy. My friends Charlie, Idaho Anni, Venice, Kendall, Cosetti, and Brady came. Mama, Gaga, Lizzy, and Honey came too. Everybody looked very fancy. --- Brooklyn

4 years old.
Favorite Color: Pink and Purple
Favorite Food: Cake
Favorite Restaurant: Red Robin
Favorite Song: I love to see the Temple
Favorite TV Show: Olivia
Favorite Book: Angelina Ballerina -that one is a new one, Fancy Nancy, Olivia
Best Friend: Annie Bannani and Venice
Favorite thing to play: play with Elephant (what??)
Loves: Gymnastics, Swimming, Pajamas, slippers, going to Primary, Preschool

Showoff Day and Baby Animal Fair

2009-05-09T15:11:00.000-07:00

We have had a really big day. This morning was Brooklyn's gymnastic Showoff Day! She is such a sweet strong girl. She loves going to Gymnastics and I love it because it really wears her out. Brooklyn did really well with her dance until the end when she saw us taking pictures and she had to pose for the camera. I just can't believe that my baby girl is about to turn four.

After living away from family for two years now I have learned one thing... If I want to do something but I will have to go alone I go any way. Today in Blackfoot at the fair grounds they had a baby animal fair. We had such a great time. Brady and Brooklyn love looking at the baby animals, watching a guy shoe a horse, another guy shear a sheep, hold a bunny and a hay ride. The kids were heaven in and it was a monumental day for me because It was the first time that I have felt confident in my ability to take my kids alone. It was really nice just going at our own pace and letting the kids spend as much time as the wanted at each place.

Toddler Diet

2009-05-04T14:07:00.000-07:00

I have working out and really trying to watch what I am eating but I think I have found the answer to all of my problems.(Thanks Erin it is too funny not to share.)

THE TODDLER DIET
People are always on the lookout for a new diet. The trouble with most diets is that you don't get enough to eat (the starvation diet), you don't get enough variation (the liquid diet) or you go broke (the all-meat diet). Consequently, people tend to cheat on their diets, or quit after 3 days.

Well, now there's the new Toddler Miracle Diet.
Over the years you may have noticed that most two year olds are trim. Now the formula to their success is available to all in this new diet. You may want to consult your doctor before embarking on this diet, otherwise, you may be seeing him afterwards. Good Luck !!!

DAY ONE
Breakfast: One scrambled egg, one piece of toast with grape jelly. Eat two bites of egg, using your fingers; dump the rest on the floor. Take one bite of toast, then smear the jelly over your face and clothes.

Lunch: Four crayons (any color), a handful of potato chips, and a glass of milk (three sips only, then spill the rest).

Dinner: A dry stick, two pennies and a nickel, four sips of flat Sprite.

Bedtime snack: Throw a piece of toast on the kitchen floor.

DAY TWO
Breakfast: Pick up stale toast from kitchen floor and eat it. Drink half bottle of vanilla extract or one vial of vegetable dye.

Lunch: Half tube of "Pulsating Pink" lipstick and a handful of Purina DogChow (any flavor). One ice cube, if desired.

Afternoon snack: Lick an all-day sucker until sticky, take outside, drop in dirt. Retrieve and continue slurping until it is clean again. Then bring inside and drop on rug.

Dinner: A rock or an uncooked bean, which should be thrust up your left nostril. Pour Grape Kool-Aid over mashed potatoes; eat with spoon.

DAY THREE
Breakfast: Two pancakes with plenty of syrup, eat one with fingers, rub in hair. Glass of milk; drink half, stuff other pancake in glass. After breakfast, pick up yesterday's sucker from rug, lick off fuzz, put it on the cushion of best chair.

Lunch: Three matches, peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Spit several bites onto the floor. Pour glass of milk on table and slurp up.

Dinner: Dish of ice cream, handful of potato chips, some red punch. Try to laugh some punch through your nose, if possible.

FINAL DAY
Breakfast: A quarter tube of toothpaste (any flavor), bit of soap, an olive. Pour a glass of milk over bowl of cornflakes, add half a cup of sugar. Once cereal is soggy, drink milk and feed cereal to dog.

Lunch: Eat bread crumbs off kitchen floor and dining room carpet. Find that sucker and finish eating it.

Dinner: Drop pieces of spaghetti onto back of dog, insert meatball into ear. Dump pudding into Kool-Aid and suck up with a straw.

REPEAT DAYS AS NEEDED!

Half Way Nice Day

2009-05-04T13:46:00.000-07:00

It is a half way nice day so I decided to bring out our little picnic table for the kids. They totally love it! We can't wait for it to warm up so that we can go to the park every day!

Easter Weekend!

2009-04-14T14:13:00.000-07:00

We had a great trip to Salt Lake this weekend. Jared was able to come down with us but had to go back on Thursday. We went to the park on one of the only warm days. Our kids have spring fever so bad they can't contain themselves. We had a great Easter egg hunt at my Aunt Sandy's house. It was so nice because there were not very many kids and they all got a ton of eggs. It was very nice to get together with family and watch the kids play. For Easter we went to Stein Erickson Lodge for Easter brunch. It was very nice---but Brady decided that he was done with brunch after his first plate of "Yummy" food. After that is was a circus with us taking turns taking Brady outside to run on the deck. He really wanted to go ski so he would just yell SKI until one of us would take me out. It is so fun to get all dressed up and have a nice meal. Maybe next year Brady can go to ski school while we have brunch and we will all be happy. Here are some fun pix!

What if?

2009-03-16T09:41:00.000-07:00

What if we could all have a life like Brady...
1-If you don't like something you can just hit it and everyone around would know that you don't want it. (Try that with your boss)
2-If you yell MiMi or ELMA loud enough someone will turn on a movie for you because they don't want to hear you scream any more.
3-You would always get a nap at 2.
4-If you say anything nice people go crazy.
5-You can say Mo instead of No and you Mom will be less annoyed that you are disagreeing with her.

New Year, New House, New Restaurant, New Goals

2009-01-28T19:09:00.000-08:00

This is such a time of change for our little family.
~New House. We love our house it is so big with room for every toy, picture, love sac, pewter bowl, craft table and more. (We have a spare bed room and bathroom that is always open if you want to come stay!!!)
~New Restaurant. It seems things get bigger and better each time we open a restaurant. It is doing SMOKEN' sales and it is always busy. This is a curse and a blessing because we want it to be busy so that we can get a nice bonus yet I would love for it to slow down a tiny bit so we could have Jared around more often.

~New Goals: I have decided that I am going to take back my life. I feel like for at least the last year maybe 18mths I have totally checked out. I am so excited to say that I am going to the gym and my little friends are going to the daycare. This has been the most freeing thing to me. I don't have to deal with messes, tears, and fighting for two hours. I even get to shower by myself what a blessing. This week for the first time I am not totally upset that I am on my own. I am excited to have an outlet and oh yeah hopefully not be so fat. I have also made a goal to get to know people in my ward so I invited two ladies that have kids the same age as mine over for lunch and a play date. I hope it goes well!

~New pre-school: Brooklyn goes to pre-school three days a week.(this too is a blessing) They are pushing her really hard and I am loving every second of it. She is learning to write her name and she has mastered all of her letters and sounds. She is so funny lately because you never know what she is going to say. She will call my Mom and tell her stories that no one knows where they come from. I have to get on the phone after and tell my Mom what is true and what is not. Some good ones are "the boys are pre-school pooped on her!" Not true! I hope! "When you have a broken let you get to sit around and watch movies all day." I don't know where this came from maybe she is flashing back 2 years to when I broke her leg. "I need a drink so bad I am going to crack my head open!!! WHAT CrAzY kid!! I ate so much popcorn I feel like I died and went to HELL!! SO FUNNY!!!

~ New record for the longest drive from SLC to IF: 4 HOURS!!! We went to Salt Lake last week to escape the madness of opening a restaurant and last Wednesday my Dad had another heart attack. I don't know if it was good or bad for us to be there but I do know that my kids missed GaGa so much when he was in the hospital. He is doing really well he even went to yoga tonight. The comment that sums up my Dad's medical problems is from a Dr. that was working with him "Do you smoke? No... Are you a diabetic? No... Do you work out? yes... Well that sucks~! Yeah it does suck to have the Metcalf male heart but with technology everything should be good. Oh yeah we were in a nasty snow storm and it took forever to get home!

WOW this is a really long post. If you read the whole thing you are either really nice or really bored. Blogging is such a good thing for me because it is a journal and I get to voice my opinions.

Holiday Overload and New Move

2009-01-12T13:51:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick update and some fun pictures from the last few months. We are now in Idaho Falls! I have unpacked every box that we have moved around the west. It is like a treasure hunt to see things you haven't seen in almost 2 years. Brooklyn started pre-school it is three days a week and really pushing her. I think it is great because she really needs the challenge and the outing. Brady is loving all of the space that we have at our new "Golf House". Yes, it is in a neighborhood with a golf course. Brady is adding new words every day! (sock, berry yummmm, puppy, kitty meow) Jared is super busy again. Red Robin is such a fun resturant and we are excited for it to be opened. I am excited for the end February first of March when things slow down. We had an amazing Christmas this year. The kids loved every second of it from planning parties to seeing the lights, to getting presents. Here is the best part the pictures.

under water pictures

2008-12-10T21:15:00.000-08:00

We have the best swimming lessons in the whole world here in SLC! I have looked for lessons that are as good or even half as good when we lived out of state and have come up terribly short. When we are in SLC Brooklyn gets as many lessons as we can squeeze in and that we can afford. Yesterday they took under water pictures. Here is a sampling for your viewing pleasure.

Hanging out at the Margetts

2008-11-12T10:15:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun afternoon yesterday with Alaina and her cute boys Evan and Preston. These cute boys are about the same age as my kids but they make my kids look huge.

Honey's Birthday

2008-11-12T10:11:00.000-08:00

We had such a fun night on Honey's Birthday. We love to spend time with her and it was great to have a night out with out Brady. (Don't worry he had boy's night with GaGa).

Happy Fall Day~

2008-11-12T10:02:00.000-08:00

We are doing as well as expected. We really miss our Daddy but are loving our time with GaGa and MaMa. Here are some pictures of the last few weeks.

Halloween

2008-11-04T10:28:00.000-08:00

This is the post you have all been waiting for HALLOWEEN!! Our little family loves Halloween so each year it becomes a crazy event. Jared always manages to out do me with his costume. Next year I will have the better costume. (Suggestions are needed) We now know that Brady is our child because he didn't want to come in the house Halloween night. I think he went to visit the very creepy witch across the circle 10 times. (thanks Ruth) It was so fun to have a fun weekend with our family together.

Quick Update....
We are done in Great Balls and we couldn't be happier.
Jared started with Red Robin in Boise today. We are so pumped for this opportunity
I am trying to keep my sanity in UT. Anyone who wants to play let us know!!!
Brady had tubes put in on Thursday and was such a tough boy. He was walking around and climbing on the bed by the time we left the recovery room. Primary Children's is amazing. I am so glad that I didn't do it in Helena because everything went so smooth. My only complaint would be that the surgery part went a little too fast. Not long enough for me to regroup.

Corn Maze!!

2008-10-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

We had such a great time on Saturday. We went to a corn maze that had much much more. It had a giant slide (I want one) , big boxes full of corn that we played in, a hay tramp. It was the most fun that I have had in a long time.
We are on the count down of living in Montana 8 more days for me and 9 for Jared. Jared got a new job with Red Robin in Idaho Falls. We are so so so excited.

Camera Question?

2008-09-24T21:49:00.000-07:00

HELP!!!!

I got an awesome new Sony Cyber-shot camera for my birthday. I love that it is little and I can keep it with me and take more pictures. BUT I think that it is so SLOW when I take the picture and it always comes out a little blurry. Any suggestions????

Update our Blog?? With what??

2008-09-24T21:23:00.000-07:00

There is an old tub out here in the yard. My crazy crazy little boy loves to get in it so....

So I was told that we need to update our blog. Well.... I didn't have much to report. We are doing pretty well just taking life one day at a time. I have made a goal be the happy NICE Mom that I think that I should be. So, the last two days I have taken a few days I have been taken some pictures of the kids. They are nothing special because I don't think you want to see pictures of Donalds, riding bikes, or the park. In the picture of the ducks please notice Brady trying get into the water with the ducks. Yes, that is why he is buckled in the stroller. Also notice Brooklyn's curls I made her sleep in curlers and it was so stinking cute.

What does Brooklyn like to do at Pre-School???

2008-09-19T20:14:00.001-07:00

Each week Brooklyn's Pre-School teacher sends home at note about what she liked to do during the week.
Sept. 15
This week I had fun: Playing rocket ship and horses. Making play-doh. Learning about magnets. Painting with magnets. Going down the slide.

Sept. 8
This week I had fun: Weighing and measuring myself. Making a picture college. Painting a picture. Playing on the playground and driving.

She is such a funny little girl lately. Yesterday she told me that if I didn't stop talking to my friend she was going to call my mom. I told her that it wouldn't be the first time my Mom would hear that.

Pre-School!

2008-09-08T12:21:00.000-07:00

MY BABY GIRL IS SOOOOO GROWN UP!!!!
Last Tuesday she started her first day of pre-school. She is at a non-ghetto pre-school
(hard to find) here in Great Falls called St. Thomas. I like it because it is clean, organized, high tech, and NOT in a basement. She goes with here little friend Venice. I am so excited because I only have one kid 5 hours a week. Brooklyn loves it because she gets to go somewhere with out me, play with kids and read books.

Glacier Adventure

2008-08-09T10:24:00.000-07:00

This week we made a a crazy Montana road trip with our good friends Melissa and Justin. We left Sunday and drove to Missoula, spent the night. Got up the next morning and drove to Kalispell stopping at the wonderful "National Buffalo Park" (we saw more on the side of the rode then in the park.) We drove around Flat Head Lake where the best cherries ever are grown. The next day we drove through Glacier National Park. This is one of the most amazing places I have ever been in my life.
Brooklyn loved playing in the lake at Glacier. (Notice how clear the water is)
Brady is getting so big he is walking like crazy and in true Brady Letzelter tradition he got sick while we were on the trip this time with thrush not an ear infection. I think he just wanted to get Melissa and Justin ready to be parents. Get ready for the fun guys. So after three days of driving on our road trip I put the kids in the car and drove to UT!! I think they were ready to kill by the time we got to my parents or Pocatello for the matter. Brady is still traumatized and Brooklyn is still telling me she doesn't like me. (what else is new)

This is just a cute picture of Brady after church a couple of weeks ago. Church is hard for 1 year olds and Moms and Dads.
This is Jared, Brady,and Brooklyn at the Fair Rodeo. Our little Rodeo Queen is ready to ride a horse holding the flag. She was practicing on her rocking horse Indy until she got bucked off and Indy had to go to time out because and I quote "She was being Horrible and she wouldn't listen to her". Man this is such a fun age. Our life continues to be crazy as ever just as we think we are getting into a grove life throws us a curve ball. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for our family and that everything will work out. For now I am in SLC for a few weeks and Jared is just working like crazy.

Oh Happy Day!

Next week a trot...

2008-07-24T13:22:00.000-07:00

Today a server from Jared's restaurant let us come and see and ride one of her horses. She is a hard core Cow girl. She has multiple horses that she trains. Brooklyn loves horses and rodeo so she was so excited to go see them. She was so funny about being around the horse because she now has fear. She was a little scared at first but by the end she was more upset that there was a fly on her boot. What a fun time.

Salt Lake* 4th of July *

2008-07-08T09:43:00.000-07:00

We have been in SLC for the last three weeks. We have had such a blast. We went swimming 8 times, boating 3 times, swimming lessons 6 times, shopping 3 times and out with out kids 2 times, to the Oakley rodeo 1 time, Brooklyn's first ride on the alpine slide, Brady's Frist steps and Our NEW VAN! We had the best time. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

Hell Has Officially Froze Over

2008-06-11T10:47:00.000-07:00

Yes it is June 11th and there is snow on the ground. 3 inches!!! All of our friends have pix of swimming, water skiing, playing in the park and us playing in the snow!!

We will be in Salt Lake on Friday!! YEA!

TwO pOsT dAy!.~.!

2008-05-27T12:04:00.000-07:00

Brady decided to help himself to a treat.....

We have been looking for new hair styles and up here most people don't comb their kids hair let alone do it soo ... Megan showed me a new website and it is our favorite. http://www.shedoeshair.com/

I can't believe that I am posting twice.

Brooklyn's Birthday and Memorial Day

2008-05-27T10:08:00.000-07:00

We had a great weekend. We had Brooklyn's Birthday 3!! She got a Care Bear, Princess Scooter, Belle Barbie and Belle's Horse. We took Brooklyn, Venice, and Kendall to McDonald's for a Birthday lunch. Brooklyn is getting so big she is such a smart little. Brooklyn loves to sing, play with her friends (esp Annie), and gymnastics.

For those of you that live in the civilized world this is going to sound like just another day but for us this was HUGE! Memorial Day--- Jared Didn't Work!!!!---1- Ward breakfast. Not like we are used to in the 10th ward. It started at 8 and we got there at 8:45 thinking that it went most of the morning.... well.... we were the last ones there and all the food was getting put away. 2- We then drove to Helena and met our friends Brandon, Megan, and Baby Ella! We were so excited to go do something with friends while in MT. 3-We went to lunch a Macaroni Grill. 4- Carasel, 5-THEN we went up into the mountains and cooked hot dogs and smores. We had such a fun day!

beach!

2008-05-20T22:12:00.001-07:00

When we were in Cali we spent an afternoon at the beach. I think that we found our laughing place.

Disneyland!!!

2008-05-20T21:54:00.000-07:00

We spent last week in Disneyland with GaGa, Mama, Lizzy, Piper, The McLean's and The Steenbliks. We had such a great time. Brooklyn is such a princess she loved the magic almost as much as the adults. Brady loved eating Mickey and Minneys nose. We were there to celebrate Brooklyn's 3rd Birthday man she is such an amazing little girl! Here are some pix to prove that we had more fun then we could handle.

Brady Boy at the Park

2008-05-09T16:17:00.001-07:00

This is a great pix of Brady!

Look at our BiG bOy!

Thank You to the cute NEW mom in our ward that has her camera with her all of the time. I am not very good at keeping it with me. They are scaned in that is why they don't look great.

What swim suit should I buy????

2008-05-03T13:57:00.001-07:00

#1 Brown and Peach
2- Green and Brown
3- White and Sea Foam

I need some help in choosing a swimsuit ... What one do you think????

Photos!!

2008-04-24T14:14:00.000-07:00

We had a great trip to Utah. We love playing with our friends and family. Now we are back in MT and back to the grind. While we were in UT our friend Karen Teerlink took the kids pictures. They are too cute.

It's a Crazy Life*** But It's Our Life

2008-04-09T13:58:00.000-07:00

It's a Crazy Life --- But It's Our Life

-(This is my new motto)

I was trying to pick the messes that never end when you have kids. I was thinking about all of the crappy things in our life and decided that I would post things that I am grateful for.

1- Our Family- We have the best little family, We love love GaGa, Mama, Grandma Margaret and Lizzy.
2- Great Falls Gymnastics- We love this place!! They take such good care of us and they love Brooklyn so much! FYI Brooklyn is NOT Missy Marlow she is Brooklyn. (much better, right). The "orange haired ballerina" is so cute to Brooklyn. She makes sure that she is being challenged even if she is not her teacher.
3- Laundry- I hate laundry so much because you are never done. But I am in a different mood today... If I have laundry to do it means that we have clothes to wear and that is a good thing.
4- Friends- We have the best friends. Many of you have probably look at this last year and wondered what the heck we are doing but you have all stood by us. Thank You for the phone calls and emails. They lift our spirts and make each day bearable.
5-Healthy kids- Despite the double ear infection that Brady has we have very healthy kids. I can't imagine having a really sick baby.
6- My Car- Our car has been broken for a few weeks now and we finally got it fixed and I feel so free.
7-Hope- We have hope that we will be able to move out of Great Balls this summer and I am so excited.
8- Sun Shine- It makes life a lot better when we can go out side with out our artic gear.
9-Jared's Chili's- It is finally slowing down but a slow week is still better then any other store. Last month they averaged 30% more a week in sales than the next best store in the company. You guys rock!
10- The trip count down- 2 days until we go to Utah 4.5 weeks until Disneyland.
11- THE OFFICE is back this week WAHOO!! yIpPeE

Easter

2008-03-24T09:23:00.000-07:00

We had such a great weekend. My family came to see us. Although there was not much to do we had a great time. We went to an "easter egg hunk", saw the falls (they were turned off), and saw "Horton hear who". In my quest to take more pictures here are some for your viewing pleasure.

Brady Boy

2008-03-19T21:02:00.001-07:00

Brady Boy loves food so much that he sleeps on his baba. He also taste the grass at the park.

2008-03-14T15:06:00.001-07:00

We have internet!!! I am not great at taking pictures of the kids so here are some that we had done. We are up in Montana and life is crazy!!!!

Jared: WORK, WORK, WORK!!! His restaurant is doing really well. They had the biggest opening in company history and it hasn't slowed down. He is doing so well managing the craziness.

Brooklyn: She is such a funny little girl. She has become the activities director for all of our little friends up here. She loves to play with friends, walk to the park, and GYMNASTICS! She is so funny at gymnastics because it is very serious business. She is on her way to the Olympics. She is learning that words have power so her new thing to tell me is that she wants a different Mommy.

Brady Boy: HE CRAWLS!!! He has been full on crawling for a month now. The doctor thinks that he will be walking by 8 months, please wish me luck!! He loves Brooklyn (when she isn't torturing him), He follows me around like a little puppy and whines. Brady loves food more then any other person that I have ever met. He totally freaks out if someone is eating and he is not. He is still not sleeping through the night. We did the cry it out method but like I said this kid loves to eat so we would have the mid-night melt down so I just gave up. If anyone has any tips please let me know.

I am doing as well as can be expected. I just got called to be a primary teacher and I am a little nervous because they are the "hard class". I am doing pretty well at keeping busy but I still miss our family and friends like crazy.

Montana! Wahoo!!

2008-03-14T14:41:00.000-07:00

Chili's Great Falls Montana

February 11th

Biggest Grand Opening Ever!

(in company history)

I love this picture because I can only imagine what Jared has just said. Look at Malory right behind Jared.

Christmas and Saint George

2008-01-07T15:09:00.000-08:00

Brooklyn playing in the sand in St. George ***********Brady's first dip

New swim suits!
Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve Snow Adventure

Brooklyn's Christmas party that she and my Mom planned it was so great that the Big Guy himself showed up. Brooklyn was so scared of him she wouldn't go near him.

This is Brooklyn and her best friend Annie cooking in her kitchen.

In our totally insane fashion we are again all over the place so I thought I would post a quick update. Jared, is the new General Manager of the Chili's in Great Falls, Montana. We are excited to the promotion. Brooklyn, Brady and I have been staying at my parents house. I think they are surviving the messes, crying and terrorist behavior of our children. We had an Amazing Christmas. Christmas has such a wonderful spirit when you add kids into the mix. When Brooklyn sees something she wants now she says "Maybe for Christmas Maybe Santa". I hate to break it to her that Christmas is over for another year. She also asked for a pink motorpikle so I was so excited when I found a toy motorcycle that was pink. When I gave it to her was very disappointed because she couldn't ride on it. I think that she wanted the pink bike that she took for a test drive with my parents. Other then that disappointment she got a lap top, a computer and a bus. What else could a two year old want!! Brady is getting bigger by the day. He is bigger then any of the babies at church that were born before him. We found out that he has reflux really bad and so he is now on some new meds and I think they are really helping. He has also started eating some rice and fruit. He loves every second of it. Jared is working in a trailer in Great Falls hiring all of the employees for the new store. This is truly the calm before the storm. The restaurant opens on February the 11th just in time for Valentines day. As for me I am just trying to hang on. It has been so nice to be in Salt Lake for a while back with our friends where we can go get an hour of sanity during the day. We still have our house in Salt Lake and are looking for new renters. We hope that spring time will bring new life to the real estate market. Here are some pictures from Christmas, Brooklyn's Christmas party and our after Christmas trip to St. George.

Ok here are the cute pictures

2007-12-17T12:54:00.001-08:00

We miss our Daddy!!

2007-12-17T12:47:00.000-08:00

Pumpkins

2007-10-24T09:08:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Jared spent the day carving pumkins. They are pretty cool so I thought I would share.

cutest kids in Idado

2007-10-24T08:59:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the cutest kids in Idaho!!

Cookies on a cold day!

2007-10-13T13:33:00.001-07:00

Today it is kind of cold and dreary out so we decided to make cookies and take them to Daddy's work. We made a batch of Piper's famous chocolate chip cookies and some pumpkin cookies. Brooklyn and Brady we great helps mixing, dumping, Brooklyn washing dishes and Brady holding the hot pad.

Fall

2007-10-05T12:49:00.001-07:00

Here are few pictures of the kids. I know that I really suck at this but I will try to be better.

Southeast Idaho State Fair!

2007-09-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

I know that you are all very jealous that we went to the fair. Really it was a total blast. All of the locals told us that the best part about the fair was the food and I think that they were right. We had turkey, prime rib, fudge, and the biggest scones I have ever seen. My Mom and Dad were on their way home from vacation and came to see us so they too got to go to the fair. We loved seeing them and it helped take the edge off being too home sick. GaGa and Brooklyn loved the animals at the fair. We saw a piggy that was 770 lbs it was massive. Happy Day!!

So Cute!!!

2007-09-02T12:18:00.001-07:00

Here are some new photos of our very exciting life up here in Pocatello. We have made it one more week!!! I loved Brady's suit there is only a short time I get to dress him like this before he starts having an opinion. We love you and miss you all!

New Picts

2007-08-26T14:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry that I have been so bad about updating pictures. This week has been one for the record books but I think things are starting to get better. Here are some cute ones of Brady and Brooklyn. Notice Brooklyn has some sweet new pink cowboy boots.

Baby Boy is Here!!

2007-08-08T11:40:00.000-07:00

Brady Christopher Letzelter

August 3, 2007

6:44 am

7lbs 6 ozs 17 inches

After a very eventful morning baby boy was born. We are so excited to have him here. He is a great sleeper and eater. He has the same little bottom lips as Brooklyn and he even does the lip quiver! Brady spent the time we were in the hospital in the NICU because he had fluid in his lungs. He is doing much better now but we missed him like crazy when he was locked up. Brooklyn is such a great big sister and is starting to warm up to the idea that he is here to stay. Now for the fun part... the pictures!!!!

Sun Valley

2007-07-28T20:40:00.000-07:00

We went to Sun Valley last week and had a great time. It was so much fun to spend time with Jared we have missed him so much. We had the best time playing in the pool and riding bikes. (Yes, I rode a bike)

On the baby front we are still waiting and there is a whole lot of nothing going on. I have 8 days left I can't wait. We will keep everyone posted on the updates.

Look we are cool too!!

2007-07-17T16:14:00.001-07:00

Well in keeping up with the Jones' fashion we now have a blog!!! I hope that we will be able to keep it up as well as the rest of you. But here is a quick update on our little family!

Jared~ As many of you know he is now working at the new Chili's in Pocatello Idaho. It has been a great experience for him to go through the process of opening a restaurant. He is loving the responsibility that has come with this move and looks forward to progressing with in this company.

Lindsay~ I am 37 weeks pregnant (3 more to go!!!) and I am feeling as big as they get. Baby boy (still no name) will be here on August 6th if he doesn't come sooner. I had a doctors appointment today and things are going well.

Brooklyn~ Is the light and love of our life!! She is such a happy smart little girl. She is getting so big. We had her check up last week and she is doing perfect. She is in the 86% of height and the 63% of weight. What a dream to be tall and skinny that didn't come from the Metcalf side of the family.

My goal is to post pictures and information here as we go along so check back soon!!