Salazars

How 'Bout an Update??

2012-02-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

SO, one of my New Year's Resolutions is to keep this blog more up to date-at least posting something monthly. We had our blog printed last year and it was so fun to for the kids to go through the book...so I will be trying to keep this more updated this year...wish me luck!

As always, December and the end of the year are always a crazy, hectic time for us. 2 Birthdays and all the holidays usually leave us all pretty worn out. We had Meigen's Baptism this year as well, so it seems like we were celebrating something new every week! (More fun stuff from Meig's baptism coming as soon as I get the pics uploaded)

December always starts out with Preston's Birthday! I can't believe he's 4 already...such a fun guy to have in our house. We love ya Preston!

This year was Parker's first school Christmas Program as well! He did awesome! Meigen also had a dance recital and was in her first school play this month. She played an elf, playing santa....and danced the night away as a student at Hogwarts.

Christmas this year was all about rock stars and roller coasters! Not really, but those seemed to be the hit toys. Fun pictures about that as well. We also had so much fun with our secret santas! A thoughtful neighbor family decided to do the 12 days of Christmas for our family, and we LOVED going to the door each day with a fun new gift!It was also pretty fun for Mom and Dad to peek out the windows to try to catch our little elves!

And, of course, we always get to end December with Meigen's Birthday! I can't believe she's eight years old already! She's such an awesome example to her brothers, and such a rock for me....better than your typical rockstar any day! For her birthday we also took the fam down to temple square to see the lights. The kids always love to ride the train there, and we always have a great time!

Until Next Year!!......

Party with the Boys!

2011-06-25T13:29:00.000-06:00

Parkers' B-day was earlier this month and it was his first birthday party! It's funny, coming up with activities for Meigen's birthday is super easy for me, but I had the hardest time trying to think of something a bunch of 5-year-old boys could do. Easy answer was...just send them to the park! So, that's what we did. We played some water balloon games and had a 3 legged race, but the best time they had was eating cake and shooting eachother with their water pistols. Funny thing is-when we celebrate his birthday 10 years from now...that will probably still be his favorite part about birthdays-except I'm sure they'll be using some high-tech water balloon launcher instead of dollar store water pistols. :) We love you Parker-hope you had a great time!

Rocket Math Queen and the Dino Park

2011-06-12T15:46:00.000-06:00

Hooray! Schools out for summer! Meigen had a great year this year. Her first year at Renaissance. She ended the year on high note with being voted the Rocket Math Queen and winning the Rocket Math award for reaching the highest level of any first grader in rocket math. This award is especially significant because at the beginning of the year a schoolmate was kinda teasing her for being in the lower level of rocket math. Of course, that didn't set well with Miss Meigen. As shes says "It made her mad". So, she worked really hard all year long and by the end of the year, she had beat out everyone else in the first grade! Just goes to show what a little determination will do. We are all really proud of her. WAY TO GO MEIGEN!!

For her year-end field trip, she got to go to the dinosaur park with Mom and her friends from school .They had a great time learining all about dinosaurs and posing for these silly pictures!

HAPPY SUMMER Y'ALL!

Hippity Hoppity, Easter's on it's Way....

2011-05-01T19:43:00.001-06:00

HAPPY EASTER!!!

You would think with Easter being the end of April this year it would have been warm and beautiful....guess again! However, it was still lots of fun--lots of Candy, and Egg Hunts, and even our annual Easter Bunny Cake! This Easter I really felt so thankful for the resurrection and the atonement of our savior. It seems like I've been sick or in pain throughout most of this year, so it was a wonderful reminder to me that our Savior has born these pains and weaknesses as well, and I personally am so grateful to him for that because I know someday we will be with him again, and we will never feel sick or physical pain again. But, until then, we will enjoy our egg hunts, and bunny cakes!

Check out Meigen's Skirt her mama made for her! Yeah, pretty good if I say so myself.....

My cute boys in their matching shirts...it was freezing cold, but notice that Preston doesn't have his shoes on still...silly kid.

Harley & Woodie

2011-05-01T19:21:00.000-06:00

A couple months ago, we acquired a new addition to the family....a fun-loving, good-lookin' boxer named Harley. Although he's almost as tall as I am when he jumps up, he's only a year old so he's still a puppy. He's as crazy as the boys are, but he's also very tolerant of them as well. We have, however, run into a little problem...Harely loves the boys' toys almost as much as they do-especially Preston's favorite little toy....Woody. Luckily, we've been able to save the toy so far, but if Harley ever gets ahold of that toy while we aren't around Woody will need more than Buzz Lightyear to save him!

Finally....an update.

2011-02-26T20:25:00.000-07:00

It seems like it's been forever since I've updated my blog. Life just seems to get so busy and suddenly it's been 6 months since have already gone! As always, we've had a pretty busy winter-especially December. Preston turned 3 and Meigen is now a big 7 year old! Preston loves Woody from Toy Story, so he was way excited to get his very own Woody to play with, it's fun to see him talk with him. Christmastime was great as well, we had lots of fun food, gifts and didn't get snowed in this year...so that was good. Mom ended up having a ton of time off this year, too so that meant lots of fun Christmas activities at the house. Meigen had a fabulous fun birthday party with the girls from our ward. We had everyone come in their PJ's and made homemade pizzas, decorated pillowcases and danced to Hannah Montana. She's got some great friends in the ward, and everyone had a great time. Since then, we've just been trying to stay warm, and healthy. Seems like we've been hit with the flu, strep throat and colds for the last two months....we're all doing better now, but Spring can't come soon enough!

First Day of School....again...and again!

2010-09-19T19:18:00.000-06:00

This month has been an exciting month because it's Back to School! and this year that includes Preschool for Parker, too. Meigen started 1st grade at Freedom and she was very excited to get to go to school all day and have lunch with her friends. (Mom and Dad were very excited for that too! :)

A couple days later Parker started his 1st Day of Preschool! We found a great Preschool with teachers who have alot of patience and creativity! Parker is learning so much, and they are finding some great ways to help Parker stay focused and excited for school. Parker asks every day if he can go to "Miss Angies" and we tell him not today, he insists that she is waiting for him and he has to go see her.

And then when we thought we were all ready for the new school year...we got a call that Meigen had been accepted into a charter school that we've been trying to get her in. She was sad to leave her old friends and school, but she's going to do great at the new school. She already has a few of her best friends going to the school, and she's learning some great things....she'll be learning Arabic (although we are hoping to get her into the Spanish class, as well as some other advanced classes. The only real downside is that she has a specific uniform she has to wear....goodbye to her purple and pink clothes and say hello to the much more sensible and academic red, white and blue! :)

Whew! Now I hope we are finally ready to start the new school year! :)

Congrads to the Class of 2022!!

2010-06-12T17:11:00.002-06:00

2022 seems so far away, but I know it will be here before I know it! However, we got a glimpse of what that day will be like when Meigen's kindergarten class held their own kindergarten graduation. (Yes, Mom got teary....the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree I guess). Anyways, it was such a fun afternoon to spend watching Meigen and her classmates perform an adorable program and hanging out with her teachers and friends. Good Job Meig! I expect her to be as happy and smart in 12 years! We love you Meigen, your a good example to your brothers and friends.

Playing in the Dirt.....

2010-04-23T16:26:00.005-06:00

What do you call perfect 78 degree weather, blue, blue skies, and miles of sand? Awesome! According to Meigen & the boys at least. We took a family trip down to St. George a couple weeks ago and they had so much fun. Here are some fun pictures of our trip. Last time we were here Parker wasn't even a year old yet so it was fun to go back and see how much fun he and Preston could have burying their sister, making sand castles (which didn't turn out so well) and getting in a sand fight with Mom and Dad.

GO JAZZ!!!! um....we mean Lakers!

2010-02-28T18:35:00.003-07:00

So, we're really are big Jazz fans in this house, but Stephen's a huge Laker fan, and it's always fun to talk smack about the Laker's when he's around. So, when the Lakers came to play Utah this month, Enner, Steve, and Dad went to a game. Of course, the Jazz were on a roll, and with it being a home game we were sure the Jazz were going to win-what made it even better was when we heard Kobe was out that game--figured we had 'em beat with no problem. Well, we're sad to say after alot of smack talk--the Jazz lost and Steve and Dad got to gloat the whole way home. Still, everyone had a great time---and we'll just have to wait for the next matchup for a little redemption.

2010-01-16T13:32:00.009-07:00

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! and Happy Birthday! What a fun December we had! Of course, December 1st brings Preston's birthday. I cannot believe he's already 2. He's still our baby, and get away with anything he can. He's just so darn cute-who could say no to him! Christmas was so much fun this year! Nani & Papa came down from Idaho, and we had a fun Christmas times with our family. We also went to Temple Square to see the lights with them. We rode trax down and Parker couldn't keep the smile off his face while we rode "the train". Papa was put in charge of Preston at one point and accidentally let go of his hand-of course, being a two-year old, Preston bolted down the sidewalk. It was pretty funny to see Papa running after him! December also bring Meigen's birthday. She is growing up to be such a wonderful girl. She's now 6! Aunt Alisha lives right next to the apartment where we lived when she was born, and whenever we visit, we tell her the story of how she was born in the middle of a huge snowstorm, with no electricity at home, and what an adventure it was to get her here. She is and always had been Mom's big helper. I'm so glad to have my little girl in my life-with all the boys around I would certainly go crazy without her! Whew! Now that we have survived all that-Have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR. May 2010 bring you more hapiness than you could ever dream!

Trick or Treat

2009-11-10T19:00:00.003-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We had a great Halloween this year! Meigen was able to attend her first school party and Halloween parade, and had tons of fun. On Saturday, we carved the pumpkins Papa bought us-thanks Papa! We also had lots of fun trick-or-treating, and getting dressed up. When we got home form trick-or treating, Meigen and Parker handed candy out to the big kids while we played fun Halloween sounds for the neighborhood to enjoy-they had a great time!

The Naked Chef!

2009-09-26T16:53:00.003-06:00

OK-so this was just too funny to pass up. So, Preston is our very particular child. I swear someday he is going to grow up to be a chef in a major restaurant because he will not eat anything that is not to his liking. If the foods on his plate touch-that's it. If it doesn't smell right or look right, he quietly pushes the plate away and looks at you as if he is the King of England, and you have insulted him quite a bit. So, the other day, Enner was getting the boys ready for a bath, and I was making some rasberry dessert in the kitchen. Well, Preston snuck away, and decided to take over the reins with the beaters. The boy is completely naked here, from head to toe, but having the time of his life. If he ever does decide to become a top-rated chef, this is sooo going to be the cover of his cookbook! (The dessert turned out OK--no unwanted "materials" in the dough , if ya know what I mean!)

First Day of School!!

2009-09-26T16:28:00.003-06:00

Meigen is finally in kindergarten! She's been so excited for the longest time. Well, she was excited until a couple days before school actually started, then she started getting really nervous. She goes to school in the afternoon. So, the morning of the day school started, she was really, really nervous. She said she wasn't sure she should go to school because her tummy hurt. Poor thing! But, once we got her to the school and she saw her teacher (who just happens to have "long brown hair and big, brown eyes, just like her"), and good friend who is also in her class..it was "see ya later Mom!". I'm so proud of her-she's doing so well. Everyday she wants to share more of what she learned, and her favorite part is reading....I guess the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree!

Summer Time...and the livin' is well, kinda busy.

2009-09-09T10:11:00.002-06:00

We get so busy in the summer, and I always forget to update the blog when there is so much to do. We had a busy summer this year. With Mom starting a new job, it seemed like it was even busier than normal! We've included some pictures from this summer-and a few of our faves this summer are: Playing in the sprinklers/pool (finally all 3 kids are big enough to enjoy that-well, Preston enjoyed it most of the time. He is definitely our city child, he'd rather be inside than out in the dirt most days! We also had a great little family trip to Bear Lake (however, we forgot to charge our camera before the trip, so we only had 1 picture!) Of course, summer always brings Parker's birthday, and since everyone else in the family has birthdays in the fall and winter, having a summer B-day is awesome for us. We also had a great fourth of July celebrating at the park at Thanksgiving Point, and making these funky celebration hats!

2009-06-21T20:33:00.003-06:00

HAPPY BITHRDAY PARKER!!!!

We had fun celebrating Parker's birthday earlier this month. We took him and the other kids to the air show for his birthday and he LOVED it....anything with a motor keeps him happy. He got a toy lawnmower as one of his presents and spent the majority of his birthday helping Dad outside. He loves to be outside-we've decided that he definitely inherited a gardening gene from Grandpa J and Papa-he loves to water anything that's growing. Papa brought a bunch of aspen trees to our house and Parker has made it his personal mission to make sure they get plenty of water everyday-we just don't have the heart to tell him the don't need more water when it's already been raining buckets for the last two weeks! On the Sunday after his birthday, we had a little family party and he had lots of fun with his relatives--especially his cousins. He climbed into Wendy's van and decided he wanted to head home with the other boys! The highlight was probably when he opened his card from Aunt Lisha and saw the money she gave him for his birthday. He started throwing it around and jumping up & down like it was the greatest thing ever! As always, Parker keeps our lives exciting, and I'm sure this year won't be any different.

Happy Easter

2009-04-16T14:12:00.007-06:00

We spent Easter this year in Idaho with Nani & Papa. The kids had a great time making Easter eggs, and searching for their baskets and doing an Egg hunt.

Parker Got a golf set from the Easter Bunny-Preston decided to be the caddy, while Parker strikes his best Tiger Woods Pose!Then again, maybe they'll invent some kind of new "soccer/football/catch me if you can" golf game!

Meigen adores My Little Pony, so she was quite excited to have this fun coloring book. Check out the dress she's wearing---made by none other then her Mom. (We'll just forget to mention the shoulder strap that come undone during sacrament...oops!) Hey, it's the thought that counts, right! Anyways, hope everyone had a Happy Easter! We are so thankful for our Savior and all the blessings this Easter season brings into our lives.

It's Your Birthday....Gonna Party!

2009-01-08T15:09:00.010-07:00

` We always have an exciting December, but this year was even better-Preston turned 1 and Meigen finally turned 5! (She's one of the youngest in her group of friends, so that was huge!!) As you can see, Preston wasn't quite sure about the cake, but he eventually got it figured out. Since then, we haven't been able to keep him away from the sugar! Nani & Papa came up as well as Aunt Lisha & Uncle Stephen. We talked Nani & Papa into playing sports on the Wii. You should see Nani do some boxing! Of course, Papa was busy being the back seat driver until he got his butt kicked once it was his turn. Ahhh, fun for all!

Meigen invited the neighborhood over for her birthday this year. She wanted to do everything "Ariel the Mermaid" style. We had fun decorating ceramic sea creatures, a pinata, finally cake and ice cream. Ten highly energetic five-year olds, was a bit much for Mom, so after recovering from all the choas. I officially declared December over, and made a New Year's resolution to take the month of January off-well, at least do my best.

Turning into Eskimos!

2009-01-01T21:16:00.006-07:00

The day after Christmas Enner decided to spend some time out in the snow with the Meigen & Parker. What started out as a little playtime turned into an igloo!! The kids had tons of fun. Enner keeps telling me I should go out and play with the kids in it, but I am definitely not an Eskimo Mama-now, if he had made us a little grass hut on some beach somewhere-I'd be spending all day out there! Either way, we all think it's awesome-way to go Dad!

Merry Christmas!!

2009-01-01T20:34:00.004-07:00

Merry Christmas!! We had a great Christmas this year! This is us in our Christmas Jammies on Christmas Eve. We had a yummy dinner, watched the snow falling, and read our Christmas books. Christmas morning the kids didn't get up until 8:30-how did we score that?-I don't know, hope it lasts! Anyways, in the middle of opening presents, Preston got this racecar playset, and all 3 kids thought it was the best thing ever! Too cute to pass up....Soon after Aunt Lisha braved the storm to come say hi. After a couple hours, she decided that she'd better head out or get snowed in with us. Funny thing was, it stopped snowing shortly after she left. So, we headed out to say hi to Grandma Salazar. Then, it was home again to watch the Laker game, and call it a day! Next on our list-Meigen's B-day and Party....so much partying in one month! Stay tuned-we will soon have pictures of our December Birthday parties!

Happy Halloween????

2008-11-06T13:54:00.003-07:00

OK, it was a Happy Halloween as you can tell by the smiling, happy faces of Meigen and Preston. Parker, however, has obviously decided that he will continue his streak of individuality and will continue crying in any picture he has to take with his siblings...a.k.a the Fourth of July pic. Seriously, we did have a good time at the trunk or treat where Meigen made out with all the candy, Parker's costume was a hit, and Preston was just all smiles because he got to eat candy instead of mush and cherrios!

Which way to the Witches??

2008-11-06T13:18:00.004-07:00

The past couple years we have gone with some of Meigen's Preschool friends to Gardner Village to see the witches. The girls get all dressed up in their costumes, and we take some great pictures. This year the weather was great, and the girls were sooo excited! After a fun morning we had chocolate chip cookies at the bakery-YUM!

Fun Summer Pics......

2008-08-18T16:43:00.007-06:00

Daddy-on the camping trip-good morning to you! Parker decided he'd rather sleep the morning away!!

Here's Meigen In the Lehi Round-up Parade and the kiddos on the 4th-doesn't Parker look thrilled?

Where did Summer Go!!!

2008-08-18T16:19:00.002-06:00

This summer has gone by too fast. Everyone keeps complaining how I haven't updated my blog in forever--that's because we've been too busy enjoying our summer. We've been to the zoo a few times (I did update that). We went to Lava Hot Springs with Nani & Papa, and camped overnight with them. We've played in the sprinkler on the tramp, had lots of BBQ's, and enjoyed tons of summer fun. All the while, the kids have been growing like the weeds in our garden. Little Baby Preston is now officially crawling, he gets so mad when his siblings take off without him that I'm sure he will be walking soon. Parker is still our adventurer. He has learned to ride his Diego bike, and is talking so much now! Meigen is our little social butterfly-she constantly in demand from the girls (and boys) in the neighborhood. She also took cheerleading class this summer-according to her coach....she's got attitude! (Like we all didn't know that already). Anyways, here are a few pics to give you an update into our lives.......

Happy Bithday Parker!

2008-07-01T15:14:00.003-06:00

Parker officially turned 2 on June 5th. We are so lucky to have him in our family. He's absolutely bonkers about anything with wheels, so he got lots of car associated items for his b-day. Check him out in his Lightning McQueen suit from Grandma Salazar!

Fun at the Zoo

2008-06-07T14:02:00.001-06:00

This year for Christmas Nani & Papa bought us a zoo membership. It's been so much fun! Our first trip was a few weeks ago and we had a great time. Parker's favorite is the elephant, he thinks they are great, and Meigen is a big fan of the white alligator and the penguins. While we were there Parker & Meigen got to see the jaguar up close and personal....a little scary at first, but then they loved it. Here are some pictures of our little adventure.

PARKER

2008-04-29T15:07:00.003-06:00

One thing you need to know about Parker, he's usually full of it, and he'll keep you laughing until your sides hurt. Although he's only 2-well, he will be in June, he has defnintely kept us all on our toes since day 1. Lately, he has gone from being our very curious little boy, to our little rascal. In the past few months he has enlightened us with new uses for vaseline (please see exhibit a, in which he uses half a bottle of vasline to grease down his oh, so unruly hair.), and various other adventures, but it is his latest trick that has made the headlines this time. On Sunday, he had such a distinct odor, that I informed hom he stinked and needed to be changed, of course, he ignored me, and continued playing. On my second suggestion that we clean him up, he responded by calling for his older sister. Once Meigen arrived in the living room, he went directly to her, turns to me, and says "Eww, caca maca!" suggesting that it is perhaps his sister, not him, that smells so bad! So, in our household, that sibling trait of blaming the other one has started quite early! But, with all his craziness, once that boy laughs at you, and smiles, you will be forever wrapped around his finger-at least it's that way for me!

2008-04-07T14:38:00.001-06:00

Happy Easter!

2008-04-07T13:54:00.003-06:00

We had a fun Easter. Aunt Alisha joined us for dinner, and then hid the eggs for the kids. Of course, once all the eggs were found Meigen decided she needed to hide the eggs for Aunt Alisha-it's a good thing Alisha is patient. Parker thought opening the eggs for candy was much better than finding them, but we had fun. I tested my homemaking skills and made an Easter Bunny cake, too-what a domestic diva I'm turning out to be! :)

Preston's Blessing

2008-03-06T15:36:00.004-07:00

Preston's Blessing was on Sunday. The weather finally decided to cooperate! It was a wonderful time to get together with family and celebrate this new arrival. Thank you to everyone that made an effort to attend. We are so thankful for little Preston and the beautiful, happy spirit he has about him. Preston is so patient with us all (unless he's hungery, and then we all better watch out). Everyone says he's such a big baby, but I think it's just those cheeks that make him look that big! Meigen is of course the little mommy when it comes to Preston, and Parker seems like he just can't wait for him to get big enough to wrestle and play cars with. Parker is already trying to put hot wheels in Preston's crib, but poor Preston just stares at him confused. It won't be long, though and I'm sure Parker will have all the wrestling and car playing time he ever wanted!