Peggy's Revenge

Dillon's Carnival Party

2011-11-12T21:36:00.015-08:00

Little Dillon turned a big 4 years old! We had a carnival party to celebrate. Joe was in charge of putting up the decorations and he did a great job.

Dillon and his friends started off by decorating party hats while everyone arrived. Then the fun began. Picture 24 little kidders running all over - cccrazy :)

Silly Clown Dillon

Darling clown Sage in the photo booth.

A big Thank You! to my carnies. Lucky Shelli got to be our face painter. Monica was fortunate enough to spin kids around the whole time for pin the nose on the clown.

Sydni maned the Fish Pond.

Regan took on the impossible ring toss.

Jessi supervised the shooting gallery.

Daxton was in charge of the bean bag toss.

Joe and Kade made sure we were well supplied with popcorn.

Sam's Club made sure the cupcakes were perfect :).

Dillon got to blow-out his red cupcake.

His friends definitely took care of him.

And what is a party without a pinata.

Halloween

2011-11-05T22:10:00.009-08:00

Adalyn and Isabel were very into the Halloween decorations this year. They kept trying to sneak up and play with them. They knew they were supposed to, this is me catching Adalyn red-handed.

What? I'm doin nothin!

I will bet you didn't think a saw was necessary to carve pumpkins. You were wrong - just ask Joe.

Joe's masterpiece.

Dillon didn't want to participate in the costume parade and the class picture on Halloween at preschool. So I found these two cuties and took a picture of them instead.

Dillon was Cat and the Hat and the babies were Thing 1 and Thing 2. We sprayed "turquoise" hair spray on their heads that went bright green, but they still looked the part.

The all loved trick-or-treating. The babies mostly loved to just play with the candy they got. Isabel would keep trying to grab for more at the doors we took her up to. They are big into suckers right now and so they kept getting excited when they were placed in their buckets.

Things I Missed

2011-11-05T21:39:00.011-08:00

There were some big events in our family, this fall, that I failed to knowledge. One being that Isabel started walking the week after Labor Day. Adalyn started walking Mother's Day weekend, but Isabel held out on us for 4 months. It has seriously made life sooooo much easier now that she is walking. I can actually put them both down when I have to carry something and they can bee-bop behind. Love it!

I just had to throw this in because if things are too quite at my house and Adalyn is no where to be seen, this is were I find her. She loves to mess with the computer, pushing buttons, clicking on the mouse, turning it off and on. Errrrr

This is Dillon's first day of preschool. He is on his 2nd year and loves it. We laugh because Dillon will have gone to as much preschool as he will high school because of his fall birthday.

This is as non-goofy of a shot as we could get.

Dillon loves sitting on the tractors at Wheeler Farms

He was in luck because Papa came with us and knew every make and model of every tractor at the farm :).

Adalyn and Isabel love to swing. Dillon liked it okay at this age, but these two love, love it. Because they have to share everything, they have mastered the big-kid swing early.

The are also fearless when it comes to climbing up and down on the swing-set. Adalyn prefers the ladder, but Isabel prefers to climb up the slide.

I don't really try to keep my babies away from sugar, but we just don't seem to give it to them that often. This is Adalyn after I gave her a cookie. Seriously how hard is it to eat a cookie without making too big of a mess.

Pretty Hard!

Their Favorite Things

2011-09-30T21:52:00.004-08:00

This is a picture of Isabel after Adalyn tried to take her blanket. Watch Out! Adalyn and Isabel both love these blankets that their Auntie Shelli made for them. They carry them where ever they go around the house.

Notice something similar in the next three pictures.

Adalyn is totally obsessed with her new boots. They are fur lined inside and she loves them. She brings them to me all the time to put on her. It isn't cold enough to wear them yet, but she loves to wear them around the house. She loves her boots and buckles. She can already do up the buckles on her high-chair and is currently working on mastering her car seat buckles.

We're Here!

2011-09-30T21:39:00.007-08:00

If you are sitting on the floor, Adalyn thinks she needs to be in your lap.

If only a picture was used to describe Dillon's personality, this would be it!

Dillon loves "his babies". In this picture he is reading her a book, but another one of their favorite activities is to wrestle. Adalyn is a feisty little girl. Notice the curls on both of these two. Isabel has straight hair and Adalyn has curls like Dillon.

Birthday Girls!

2011-07-02T12:12:00.010-08:00

Izzy Lou

and Addy Mae

Turned 1 on May 20th!

It of course rained most of the day during their party.

However, the party must go on! And if you have a nice Auntie Monica to pack you around then it doesn't really matter if the ground is all wet :).

We did presents and cake inside (I don't have any cake picture yet to share - Adalyn was of course very into it, and Isabel of course was very not into it - cried).

They shared the party day with cousin Nixon who was turning 2. There were presents galore!

Joe made them an incredible rocking horse that they are going to love.

It was a sweet party!

Garden Babies!

2011-07-02T11:37:00.010-08:00

When the babies turned 1 we took them to Red Butte Gardens so that Joe could attempt to take some pictures of them. They didn't really cooperate :).

Adalyn just wanted to walk around everywhere and not stop for pictures.

Isabel just want to pick and eat all of the flowers.

(This baby girl loves to put stuff in her mouth).

Isabel is still not walking and so at least we could keep her in one place for longer than a second.

We tried to get a picture of them together on this bench and it was a big failure. This is Isabel saying "Um excuse me, could you please get me off this bench, I would rather be held."

When we threw Dillon into the mix Isabel just attacked him :).

After a few picture tries they decided they were done and wanted off.

This is Dillon calmly just enjoying the beauty of the garden.

These babies just wanted to play, play, play. Forget dainty pictures!

Summer At Last!

2011-06-30T12:36:00.009-08:00

After buzzing the babies hair twice, when they were little, we are finally getting it long enough to do something with it. This was Adalyn's first "do" compliments to Auntie Shelli.

Besides Christmas, A Day Out With Thomas is Dillon's favorite day of the year. Joe has taken him the last couple of years and it is high-excitement.

Adalyn and Isabel love to take baths. They run/crawl straight to the bathroom whenever they hear the water in the tub going. I have just recently started bathing them together (they would splash and annoy each other). The picture above is of Isabel (whom I just bathed and dressed) mad that I scooped her out of the tub instead of letting her get back in with Adalyn.

Isabel had to be banished to her crib for the remainder of Adalyn's bath. Adalyn tried to cheer Isabel up, but it didn't work.

Luckily Papa showed up and saved the day.

We went to beautiful Star Valley, WY last weekend. We stayed in some cabin's that Dillon still calls Kevin's (Kevin/Cabin I guess they sound a little alike) house. We were able to go to my friend Shalee's Parent's house and make s'mores around the fire pit. This is a picture of Tatum and Dillon perfecting their marshmallow roasting skills.

Joe was a good sport and ate every burnt marshmallow Dillon brought to him.

We had fun with Shalee and her family. You would never guess by this picture, but Shalee is pregnant and they just found out they are having a boy!

Adalyn enjoying her graham cracker just hanging out with Kelsie.

Busy Busy Babies

2011-05-19T19:49:00.012-08:00

We keep waiting for our life to slow down a little bit with these babies, but it just seems to get crazier. Adalyn is now walking and both Isabel and Adalyn have found the joy of emptying all the drawers and cupboards in the house.

The above picture is a picture of Isabel with Dillon's owls. My Dad nicknamed Dillon "Hoot" because Dillon has such big eyes (like an owl) and has given Dillon a few owls. Isabel, for some reason, loves these owls and likes to go get them off of Dillon's chair and talk to them.

This is Dillon on his new bike that the Easter Bunny brought him. He loves it and has to show it to everyone that comes over, or that we pass on bike rides.

Auntie Amber sent them bunny ears for Easter. As you can see from the picture Isabel was not a fan and wanted them off pronto. Adalyn actually kind of liked them and would play with them and try to put them on herself.

Besides emptying my cupboards, Adalyn and Isabel love to raid and play in Dillon's closet. Dillon is a good sport and doesn't get upset when they take-off with all of his stuff.

Adalyn and Isabel love, love to play with Dillon. Their new things is to play up on Dillon's bed with him. I get tired of standing next to the bed and so it is a short lived adventure every day. However, Adalyn decided that she didn't need me around and now climbs onto Dillon's red chair (by his bed) and from there onto his bed (so fun watching out for that).

Besides playing on Dillon's bed, the babies and Dillon love to pile up pillows in the family room and crawl, dive, build forts, etc. with them. Most days I can count on needing to put pillows back onto couches upstairs, in the basement or both.

If there is one thing that we have learned raising twins, it would be that children are born with their personalities. From the beginning Adalyn has been our little pistol (Joe calls her his grizzly cub) and Isabel has been our calm little angel. However, once in a while Isabel has a naughty moment and pulls a move like unrolling the toilet paper as seen in the above picture.

This is Joe just having a nice calm relaxing time after work watching TV. I mean really I don't know why people always say twins are so much work :).

Here are a few random pictures from the last couple of months. This picture is of the girls in my family at Jessi's (my niece) dance recital in California. She graduates this year and we were able to go their and watch her last performance. It was a fun, fun weekend. Joe had an equally fun weekend staying home and enjoying our pleasant children :).

We signed Dillon up for soccer this spring and this picture is pretty much a tell-tell of how his soccer games went. Let's just say Dillon didn't really "play" soccer I'm pretty sure he just went to run around and get the team snack at the end. Go Pirates!

Catch-Up Time

2011-02-18T23:36:00.009-08:00

Life with two babies

You know that you are in-over-your-head when you go to Target and your shopping cart looks like this. I've become quite the pro at arranging my purchase items on the bottom rack of a shopping cart.

Feeding time is fun, fun times at our house. It usually goes like this - Adalyn protests every bite I give Isabel, Isabel blows bubbles with her food, Isabel nearly falls out of the bumbo chair trying to look at her reflection in the glass table top and then they both cry bloody murder when you wash their faces. Like I said fun, fun times :).

These little girls are as different as you could possibly imagine. Adalyn is my little pistol and Isabel is my calm easy-going baby.

Adalyn is constantly moving. She started crawling at the beginning of January and hasn't stopped since. When you hold her on your lap be prepared to get an arm workout and get ready to stand up because you've got places to go and things to look at.

Isabel on the other hand, is not crawling yet. She could sit on the floor surrounded by toys and be content all day. She is very patient and loves to watch and laugh at her hilarious brother Dillon.

Kayla's Shower

My little sister was in town (she currently lives in Louisiana) for the week and we had a shower for her. She is having a little baby girl. If you are wondering who is pregnant in this picture it is the girl in purple. You may have a hard time determining that because she doesn't look pregnant at all.

This is Isabel and her beautiful Auntie Kelli. The babies came to the shower too. They weren't going to miss out on any girl time.

Christmas

2011-01-23T13:20:00.005-08:00

Christmas was really fun this year because Dillon was all about the season. He really got it this year and just ate-it-up. This is Joe and Dillon's snowman. Please notice the orange sand bucket as a special touch for the hat.

This is Dillon going to mail his letter to Santa. He was very excited when Santa mailed him a letter back.

Most of Dillon's Christmas was pirate themed. He is so into trains that we are trying to get him to branch out. However, we failed the pirate ship hasn't really been played with, I keep telling myself he will be into it someday.

We spent Christmas Eve night and Christmas morning at my sister Monica's house. We have always gone somewhere for Christmas and so it seemed very anti-climatic to just stay home. We thought it would be fun for Dillon to have other kids to spend Christmas morning with. I'm sure someday when the babies are a little older and can participate a little more we'll try the Christmas at home thing.

Blessing Day

2011-01-23T13:13:00.005-08:00

We fianlly got around to blessing the babies on Thanksgiving Day at my Dad and Suni's house. The babies were 6 months old so we thought it was about time :)

Isabel Lou and Adalyn Mae

The twins with Auntie Kelli and Auntie Monica

Dillon's a big boy now!

2010-12-08T22:12:00.002-08:00

Yahoo! In addition to sleeping in a big-boy's bed, for a couple of months now, Dillon is pleased to announce he is potty-trained! Dillon's Mom was going to wait until after the holidays to potty-train him. However, Dillon suddenly decided he was ready, 2 weeks ago, and has been perfect about it ever since. I guess there is something to say about a child being ready on their time. He is a big-boy now!

Fall Fun

2010-10-28T21:22:00.012-08:00

We spent last weekend at a friend's cabin. Joe built this zipline and the little kids loved it. Dillon wanted to go down again and again.

Dillon has a really nice Dad that took him on ride-after-ride.

Dillon went to Wheeler Farm with his preschool class. They went to the pumpkin patch and Dillon picked out this sweet pumpkin.

Joe was lucky enough to get to go on the wagon ride with "yahooing" Dillon at Wheeler Farm.

We went to the farm at Thanksgiving point and once again we were lucky enough to go on a wagon ride. This time it was Mom "yahooing" :).

Dillon loved the pony rides and had to go twice while we were there to get his fill.

We drove the Alpine Loop to see the fall colors. Joe was able to enjoy them, being the driver, the rest of us somehow feel asleep through part of it :). - What can I say, we're sleep deprived around here.

We have to have a picture of the girls in this post. Here are Isabel and Adalyn with Papa and Suni. Notice that they do have hair. Joe just buzzed it off again - poor girls, it better grow in nice and even.

Family Pictures

2010-10-04T20:44:00.001-08:00

Below is a link to our family pictures. They have not been cropped or photoshopped yet. You are seeing us in our raw beauty :).

http://my.busath.com/mmcallister/

Our Month

2010-09-16T18:49:00.010-08:00

Dillon is going to 2-year-old preschool. He loves it. Joe laughs that Dillon will be in preschool almost as long as he will high school. However, I think it will be good for Dillon to have a chance to get out of the house. With these babies we don't get out as much as we used to :).

If you can't tell by this picture, Dillon is excited and ready to go "hurry mom, hurry".

We spent a day in the Uintas labor day weekend. It amazes me how kids (Joe included) don't seem to notice when water is freezing.

Like I said above, it amazes me what kids (Joe) will do regardless of how freezing the water is. Joe dared our nephew to go under too. Daxton said "no thanks" he's starting to get too smart for Joe's stunts :).

Adalyn and Isabel don't really seem to notice each other yet. However, they always seem to get tangled or hit each other when they are near. I wonder if it's really a ploy and they are aware of each other and just like to be able to play innocent and get at each other.

Oh, and sometimes they like to try to eat each other too.

Dillon is still a big fan of his babies. Isabel was having tummy time (aka crying time) and Dillon decided to take his trains in her room and play with her.

Adalyn has gotten quite a makeover this month. First, Joe buzzed her hair off. We have a thing against patchy, stringy baby hair. Our goal is for her hair to now grow in even. The twins also got their ears pierced. It's been quite the month - high excitement around here :).

Summer Pictures Continued

2010-08-24T13:25:00.004-08:00

This was Dillon's first time bowling. He dominated! He had a hard time waiting his turn in between :) kids, but loved it.

The twins are fans of hiking. We have been doing a lot of easy (Dillon walkable) hikes this summer and have had a lot of fun getting out (something that is sometimes hard to do with (3) kids under three).

Child Labor :). Dillon loves to help feed the babies. He doesn't last long, but loves to help start us off.

Playing in the Mountains

2010-08-12T14:46:00.008-08:00

Dillon has started making requests for certain activities. "A Party" "Park" "Ride the Train" (which meant Thomas the Train, but he settled for Joe taking him on Trax) and "Mountains". Last weekend we headed for the mountains.

Our friends took us with them on a picnic and to ride 4-wheelers. Dillon was a huge fan. His wind-blown 80's hair showed that he had a good time :).

I'm starting to get scared that Dillon has Joe's sense of caution (which in zero). I don't need another break-every-bone-in-my-body person, Joe is enough :).

Dillon had a great time hanging out with all of his lady-friends (as Joe calls them).

Dillon and his lady friends at Silver Lake.

Our Summer

2010-08-04T15:54:00.011-08:00

We have had a pretty low-key summer this year. Having new baby twins has kept us close to home.

We did rent a cabin by Panguitch Lake and Joe and Dillon were able to dominate fishing the lake :). One of the twins didn't think the Great Outdoors was that great (just kidding) the other was impartial.

Here is a peek at our really really effective tummy time :).

We did make it to the Zoo. If you are wondering how you take (3) kids under three to the Zoo. This stroller a.k.a "The dog sled" is how. A double stroller with a sit-and-stand for Dillon. We are so a travelling circus.

Dillon loves to hold the babies. He whispers "shhhh" to them when they are sad. He gives them little pats to make them feel better and sings a varied version of the ABC's to cheer them up.

We did make it to Bear Lake. Dillon loved riding the jet ski, playing in the sand, and "fishing" with his Dad.

The twins took a more laid back approach and slept most of the time. Adalyn's favorite spot was on Auntie Amber's lap.

What do you do when Mom feeds the babies?

2010-08-04T15:45:00.004-08:00

I thought Dillon was quietly coloring at the kitchen table in his Thomas the Train coloring book. He was sitting quietly, but he wasn't coloring in his book, but rather on himself.

These pictures don't do it justice. Thank goodness for washable markers.

"Dillon's" Babies

2010-06-13T12:17:00.004-08:00

Dillon likes to lay down and hang out with the babies. He likes to help Mom and give them "pats" when I am burping them. If they are crying he alerts me immediately and tells me that they are hungry and heads for the cupboard where we keep their bottles. When getting up in the morning he first sets out to locate his babies. We have had to pull a dinning room chair up to their changing table so that Dillon can supervise diaper and clothing changes in order to make sure they are done right. Dillon loves his babies.

This is how our weekend mornings look. After their early morning bottle the babies like to lay by Joe and catch a little more sleep before getting up for the day.

Dillon's Day with Thomas

2010-06-13T11:45:00.007-08:00

Dillon has a few loves in life and one of them is trians (in particular Thomas and his friends). Joe took Dillon to ride Thomas the Train. Dillon loved it.

Dillon thought he was pretty offical handing the conductor his ticket.

According to Joe, Dillon was the #1 fan on the train. While other children were timid or not really getting what was going on, Dillon was running up and down the aisles whooping and hollering - loving every minute.

Random - These pictures are from Wheeler Farm. Dillon had a great time "driving" the tractor, but at the same time it was big enough to make him a little nervous.

Notice that Dillon is the only child in the stream at Wheeler Farm. This could be for a number of reasons, a couple being there were ducks and geese all around and because it was freezing cold. However, neither of these reasons deterred Dillon. He loved chasing the ducks and managing to get freezing red feet at the encouragement of his father.

The Twins are Here!

2010-06-13T11:09:00.005-08:00

Our (very :)) spontaneous twins Adalyn Mae (Baby A) and Isabel Lou (Baby B) were born 05/20/2010 (Adalyn at 2:37 p.m. and Isabel at 2:41 p.m.). If you can't tell by the picture they are not identical. We did not have to do any tests to determine if they were identical, because they had different blood types.

This is a picture of the twins coming home. Joe bought Dillon birthday presents when he was born and followed that tradition by buying the twins some as well. It is always a surprise as to what he will get, but pink bb guns were an obvious must :).

Dillon loves his new little sisters. If you ask him they are "Dillon's babies". He likes to give them pats on the back of their heads and exclaim how "cute" they are. We are now a family with not (1) but (3) kids - crazy, crazy!

Busy Little Boy

2010-03-07T12:55:00.007-08:00

Dillon has been a busy boy the last couple of months. This is his new electric toothbrush that he got for Valentines day (he is so spoiled :)). Dillon loves to brush his teeth and does all throughout the day.

Dillon is Joe's big time helper. We fixing up a couple of rooms in our house and Joe just couldn't do it all without Dillon's helping hand :).

All winter long Dillon refused to wear hats. He wouldn't wear the hood of his hoodie, beanies, nothing. However, take him to a work site and he will be all over his safty hat :).

Dillon decided one day to go into his room and undress himself. When I called for him this is what he came out wearing. He was a little upset that I was taking a picture of him rather than helping him fix his pant problem.

Dillon has been taking tumbling. After learning zero skills, but having a lot of fun, Dillon maintains his "busy boy" tag.

2010-02-05T14:33:00.004-08:00

Adalyn Mae & Isabel Lou

We are excited to announce that twin girls will be joining our home.
They are due June 8th, but will most likely be joining us in May (I was told I would be started one of the last (2) weeks in May if they hadn't come already.
Currently I am 26 weeks.
Twins were a total surprise!

This ultra-sound was taken at 11 weeks. It is hard to tell anything other than there are two sacks with babies. :)

Christmas in California!

2009-12-31T21:30:00.011-08:00

We decided to do something different for Christmas this year. We decided a non-cold-snow Christmas on the central coast of California was in order. We spent Christmas at my sister Monica's house with her family, my Dad and brother Todd. We started our action-packed Christmas Holiday stay at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Dillon and Joe loved checking out the starfish (which you are not supposed to take out of the water).

Dillon-the-seahorse loved just about everything at the aquarium.

It's a good thing that we went to the water play area last. As soon as Dillon started playing there, he didn't want to go anywhere else. Even the penguins next door couldn't draw any interest.

After the aquarium we went to the Dennis the Menace Park (which was awesome) and ate lunch. Joe wanted a picture of our "Dennis" with the statue of Dennis. However, Dillon wasn't really down with that.

The day after Christmas we went to the Monarch butterfly grove and the beach. Joe started climbing trees at the beach and of course all of the kids joined in that activity.

Dillon was all about climbing the trees with Dad.

He just couldn't understand why he couldn't keep going higher and higher.

It was a cold day for the beach, but Dillon had fun running up and down the shore line.

After the beach we all went to Solvang (a Dutch inspired town) and ate all the pastries we could find. We had a great time in California and didn't miss the snow a bit :).

Dillon's Birthday!

2009-11-25T15:02:00.006-08:00

Our "baby" Dillon turned 2 this month. Of course his party was all about trains!

Dillon was excited about his train table and so was his Mom. Having our own train table means that we don't have to stay at Barns and Noble for extended periods of time playing with theirs :).

Joe took Dillon on a tram ride, which Dillon loved. He pranced all around the tram car helping everyone to feel the excitement.

Dillon loved wondering around the top of the mountain looking for snow to crunch.

Last weekend Joe took Dillon up the canyon to play in the snow. Joe showed Dillon the fun and art of sliding on the icy snow (which shockingly Dillon didn't catch onto - except to fall). Dillon much prefers to walk around crunching the snow beneath him.

Nuggets Please

2009-11-25T14:56:00.003-08:00

Dillon's new love in life. Chicken Nuggets. Dillon would like to have nuggets for breakfast (as seen above), lunch and dinner. However, his mean Mom limits his nugget love to one meal per day. Dillon will open the freezer and find the chicken nuggets, he will then open the refrigerator and find the ketchup and give it a good shake (hello - who likes icky ketchup juices) he then finds anyone around who will put them in the microwave for him. Yum, Yum!

Halloween

2009-11-03T20:51:00.006-08:00

Dillon was all over Halloween this year. Previously, he had thrown a fit every time I tried to put his overalls and hat on (train conductor costume). However, when it came to the real-deal-candy-getting-time, he didn't utter a complaint and did what had to be done - wear the costume. We went to my brother Kade's house and trick-or-treated with his kids as well as my brother Ladd's. Dillon didn't miss a beat stepping up and getting his candy. However, instead of saying trick-or-treat, he gave everyone a "choo-choo" as any good train conductor would.

We went truck-or-treating the night before Halloween, which gave him some good practice and got him into the mode.

A couple of weekends before Halloween we took Dillon to Gardner Village to see the witches and go to the petting-zoo. He thought the witches were okay, but he was all over the petting-zoo. Each animal got a pet on the head, multiple times, and was also told what sound they made (sheep - a loud "Baa").

I think that I enjoyed the witches more than Dillon did.

The weekend before Halloween, we went to the American Heritage Center (in Logan) with my brother Ladd's family. We had fun with all their Halloween activities. Dillon of course was all about their train and had to ride it multiple times.

Family Pictures

2009-09-28T21:00:00.007-08:00

Our latest and greatest :).

Dillon was sick the day these were taken. We felt lucky to get what we could - the little rascal.

We guess we kind of like him :).

Our little "cotton-headed-ninny-muggin", "Dill-weed", "Dilly Bar", "Dilly Doodles".

My parents and brothers & sisters.

The whole family.

MAN TIME

2009-08-28T14:29:00.007-08:00

Since Dillon's mom is out of town, we can pretty much do whatever we want and not get in trouble. For example, we can have graham crackers and frosting for breakfast and then go fishing in the Uintas.

Unfortuneatly, when I decided to take Dillon up to the Christmas Meadows, I figured we would do some fishing and just hang out by the creek. That lasted about two and a half minutes (see pic above) and then Dillon decided he wanted to be in the creek.

This is Dillon's "I just fell in a freezing cold river and got covered in mud" face!!! The funny thing is...after a few minutes he stopped bawling and wanted to get back in?!?!

Instead, we went back to the truck to change his clothes...

Except, we didn't have any extra clothes. So instead, Dillon was rockin' his fishing diaper the rest of the day. I was pretty impressed, he figured out how to reel it in pretty fast. The hard part was getting him to leave it in the water.

HEY DAD...I GOT IT ALL TANGLED UP.

Can you fix this for us?

While I was trying to fix their fishing pole, these two knuckleheads decided to get back in the creek.

They pretty much spent the rest of the day throwing rocks.

And Mud.

Since mom's not there to stop us, why not cap off a good day fishing with an ice cold dewski and Cheetos? By the way, for those of you looking closely...yes that is blood coming out of his right eye. Don't ask!

Weekend Fun

2009-08-14T21:30:00.005-08:00

Dillon would consider playing in a vehicle "big-time excitement". He loves, loves to play in vehicles. There are so many buttons to push and pretend driving to do. My Dad's truck is his personal favorite.

Dillon is also getting to be quite the little cowboy. Papa is teaching him early and well to "hold on to the saddle horn".

Contrary to his facial expressions, Dillon actually quite likes to ride Papa's horses.

We went to Bear Lake with my family and despite it being a little cold and Dillon not having a nap, he did pretty well.

Of course, I had to throw in a picture of Joe showing the kids his dazzling hand-walking skills. They were totally impressed :).

Wyoming Trip

2009-08-09T20:28:00.005-08:00

Dillon and I spent a couple of days this week in Star Valley, WY at my friend Shalee's Parent's (Ron & Gail )house. We had a great time hanging out with Shalee, Kelsie and their kids.

This was the first time that I got to see Shalee's little Tatum and she was such a fun beautiful little girl.

Dillon had a great time playing with Tatum, Mason, Kinley and Taylee.

I tried to get some good shots of Dillon and Tatum, but they preferred to just look at each other instead of the camera.

I tried to get Dillon to give Tatum a kiss on the cheek, but he decided to give her one on her back instead :). I love this picture of Tatum. Isn't she such a sweetie!

2009-07-28T18:15:00.006-08:00

On Sunday we went on a hike up Little Cottonwood Canyon. It was beautiful and the cool mountain air felt great. In this picture Dillon is say "Go" as in "Ready-Set-Go" it's his newest thing to say.

Dillon loved running around on the trails. We had to keep holding him back so that he didn't get going too fast.

The wildflowers were incredible. I wish the pictures could do it justice. Notice the dust on Dillon's shirt from biting the dust on one of his runs :).

At the bottom of the trail were (2) moose. I bet no one knew that a moose says "moo" just like a cow - serious, just ask Dillon.

24th of July

2009-07-26T15:05:00.012-08:00

On the 24th our neighborhood has a bike parade, lead by a firetruck, and a pancake breakfast. This year Joe made Dillon a covered wagon to make the trek (at 10:00 p.m. the night before, I'm sure our neighbors were pleased :))

This was Dillon's sweet ride. A newly converted red-wagon to a sturdy buckboard wagon heading west.

Joe was lucky enough to get to pull him around the neighborhood :).

Dillon has an aversion to the camera that drives Joe crazy. This is a picture Joe got before Dillon realized what we were doing.

This is a picture after he realized what we were doing. Hands in face.

Yet another picture after realizing his picture was being taken. Such an angel!

Dillon has found a new love Popsicles. This is the spot he likes to sit at everyday while enjoying his Popsicles.

Joe loves to comb Dillon's hair into different styles. Today was the 80's feather do.

The Zoo

2009-07-09T10:40:00.008-08:00

The day before Carson left to go back home, we decided to go to the zoo. We went in the morning to avoid the heat and had a great time.

Dillon really liked the zoo too. He loved watching all of the animals. He had a hard time not tapping on the glass to wake them up :).

Dillon made it his personal mission to find every one of these lion drinking fountains and drink out of them. He loved them - maybe more than the real animals.

We had a fun couple of weeks with Carson and are going to miss him!

4th of July

2009-07-09T10:14:00.011-08:00

Our little Yankee Doodle!

We had a great 4th of July. We started out in Park City at their parade. Then Joe took Dillon home for a nap and Carson and I went to the Flying Ace show at the Olympic Park.

We spent the afternoon at home playing in the yard and having a BBQ.

Buddies - Carson & Dillon

Dillon loved being able to spend so much time with his Dad - dominating the slide.

Joe & Dillon - just trying to annoy and give Mom a heart-attack.

That night we went to a neighbor's house and had a sweet firework show for the kids. Then Dillon and I went home while Joe and Carson headed off to see the big Sugar House fireworks.

I'm not sure if Dillon was more into the ice cream or the fireworks.

I think the ice cream.

Dillon and Carson

2009-06-27T17:14:00.005-08:00

My nephew Carson is staying with us for a couple of weeks, and Dillon is loving having a buddy to play with. We went to the frog exhibit at the Utah Museum of Natural History and both Carson and Dillon had a fun time checking them out.

Carson and his pet frog :). Carson's favorite frogs were black with orange strips.

Dillon has been using a spoon (that he mostly plays with), along with the one I use to feed him, for a couple of months. Today I fed him cereal (we usually have toast or pancakes) and he ate the whole bowl by myself. I guess I just think of him as a baby and think that he still needs me to help him. However, it looks like Dillon and the Cheerios are doing just fine without me. - You've got to love the bed-head :).

Panguitch Lake

2009-06-15T20:47:00.009-08:00

We spent the weekend at Panguitch Lake with Joe's sister Shannon's family and Joe's twin Marty's family. Dillon had a great time learning new skills from Aspen and Ian.

Dillon had a great time playing with his cousins Ian and Sage. A second before this picture was taken Dillon was on top of Ian terrorizing him. After I got out the camera, I got the "I'm not doing anything" look.

We attempted to get a picture of the little rascals together.

This is the best we got. Quinn, Dillon, Sage and Ian.

Most of the photo shoot went like this. Notice Dillon trying to kick the camera. What an angel.

I don't know if Dillon is ready for a sibling any time soon. Look at his response to cute little Quinn. "What is this baby doing on me!"

Dillon wanted to carry his blanket around in the dirt. This was Joe's solution. Here is my jedi with his camo blanket cape and his water toy sword.

Last Weekend at Zion & Bryce

2009-05-24T20:26:00.013-08:00

We took a spur-of-the-moment trip down to Southern Utah last weekend. We stayed near Zion National Park and had fun hiking, swimming and eating :). Joe was lucky enough to lug Dillon around all weekend in the backpack.

Dillon loved to get down and run-around on the red rock. However, he is quite a stumbler and so we had to help him out a little more than he would have liked us to.

On one of our hikes Dillon got to get down and splash around in the water. He decided he needed to get his shorts wet...

However, he didn't think that was enough and decided to finish the job. Don't you love Joe just standing by watching him - doing nothing to stop him :).

We decided to give Joe a break and have some stroller time.

Joe took us on a hike that not many people go on and it had an awesome waterfall and pool. We had it all to ourselves.

The water was a little cold.

Dillon literally pulled Joe all around the ledges by the pool.

When the ledges stopped, Dillon decided that he might as well keep going into the pool itself. He had a great time exploring with his Dad.

This is how Dillon and I explore. We're crazy.

After we left Zion, we went to Bryce on our way home and did a short little hike. It was a fun little weekend get-a-way.

7 Years! - May 10th

2009-05-09T21:05:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Happy Birthday Mom!

2009-05-05T20:31:00.005-08:00

We had a fun time celebrating my Mom's __ th birthday. We had a surprise party for her the weekend before and then the girls in my family went to St. George for her real birthday weekend.

We planned on having her surprise party outside, but the weather did not cooperate. We did it inside an old barn that her community uses for plays instead.

I think we got her. She claims to have been completely surprised. Happy birthday Mom!

Easter

2009-04-25T20:07:00.004-08:00

We think Dillon is a fan of Easter. He seemed quite pleased with what the Easter Bunny brought him.

Unfortunately, his bubble tiger was defective, but the plastic eggs filled with Fruitloops saved the day.

We didn't give Dillon any credit this year on Easter. We didn't really think he'd get it. However, to our surprise he was all over looking for eggs and had a great time eating all the candy inside.

Dillon's Sweet New/Old Ride

2009-04-25T19:58:00.003-08:00

Dillon has a new way of riding his little car. It consists of Joe and a rope and Joe using that rope to pull Dillon around. Sweet ride!

Feeding a Bearcat

2009-04-25T19:50:00.005-08:00

Some of you may wonder what it is like to feed a Bearcat. Well, it's not easy. Sometimes you get food on the floor and walls. Sometimes the Bearcat sneaks food to his trusty side-kick Lilly.

Sometimes the Bearcat even gets yogurt in his goldie-locks. No, it is not easy to feed a Bearcat like Dillon.

Dillon Look-a-like Confusion

2009-03-11T07:50:00.002-08:00

The following question has been posed. "How does Dillon look like Marci and her Dad, but also look just like Joe's twin's son Ian?" Above is the only picture that I had of Brenna (7 months pregnant), Ian's Mom. As you can see, Brenna is my twin :). So I guess you could say that Ian looks like Brenna and Dillon looks like me, but they look enough like their Dads to look like each other. Got it :)

David & Kayla's Wedding

2009-03-06T09:53:00.006-08:00

My little sister Kayla was married on 02-28-09.

We had a great time celebrating with them.

It was a perfect day (a little cold, but we'll take it for February).

A picture of my Mom and my sisters.

A picture with my brothers, sisters and parents.

2009-03-05T21:08:00.007-08:00

Our nephew Ian (Joe's twins' son) spent the week with us. Ian and Dillon had so much fun together. Dillon pretty much just followed Ian around giggling all week. Monday, we went to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. It was a hit. Some of the dinosaurs made Ian a little "nervous" and so we had to run past or under them :). Tuesday, we went to visit Joe, at work, and went to the Beehive House (explained to Ian as - a house like people lived in when cowboys and Indians were alive).

One of Joe's co-workers suggested Jungle Jim's and Ian was listening to the description. So needless to say we went :) on Wednesday. Ian and Dillon had a great time on the rides and playing the games.

On Thursday, we met Shannon and Sage (Joe's sister and her daughter) and went to Discovery Gateway. We had never been there and the kids had a great time running from station to station.

The water was definitely Dillon's favorite. I couldn't keep him away from it.

We had a great time with Dillon Sr. a.k.a Ian and Sage.

Dill-Weed

2009-02-24T21:32:00.003-08:00

I was cleaning off the old pictures from my memory card and decided to post these pictures of the little Dill-Weed.

If you look closely, you will notice that his crooked little teeth are still pristine. The reason being, he didn't actually get any of the cake in his mouth. He did however get some on him, in his hair, on the wall, on the floor and on Lilly!!! He also drooled so much while destroying that piece of cake that he created a little river of chocolate slobber down his belly...which is not easy to do.

"I know pops, lets play a game. How about this, I will hide behind my bedroom door, then when I throw the door open I will race down the hallway laughing-37 TIMES!!!

It'll be great...get your camera.

Dillon is a little unclear on how "fetch" works. And, as you can see, while it is just as fun for him, Lilly has that look on her face that says she is about out of patience with the fat kid that can't figure out (1) the point is to actually throw the duck, and (2) we don't hit in our family...even with stuffed animals shaped like ducks.

Fun with Family!

2009-02-17T20:17:00.004-08:00

What more says "winter" like pinata time :). We spent the weekend at my parent's house and Dillon had a great time with his cousins. Dillon should have been sent to a family of 10 because he loves to run around with all these kidders.

Dillon doing some damage with the wooden spoon.

Dillon's newest thing is chairs. He loves to get in and out of any chair around. He loves to sit (climb all over) with us on the couch. He is starting to get the slide-off exit strategy, so that makes it not quite as annoying to do the on-off game :).

California Here We Come!

2009-02-05T19:55:00.009-08:00

Dillon and I went to California, last week, for my niece Regan's baptism. It was so nice to get away from the cold weather. Poor Joe had to stay home and work :(.

We went to the beach one afternoon and Dillon loved it!

Dillon kept running up to the water. If his Auntie Amber wouldn't have been there to stop him, I'm sure he would have jumped right in. The water was freezing, but he didn't seem to mind and kept wanting to put his feet and hands in the water.

An Asian lady came up and asked if she could get a picture taken with a real blonde-haired American Bearcat. He didn't cooperate :).

My brother-in-law Aaron took some great shots of my little Bearcat. This is pretty much how the afternoon went - Dillon running up and down the beach giggling.

Every time Dillon thought I wasn't looking he headed straight for the water.

Stumbles ate the dust/sand several times, but didn't miss a beat.

Dillon's Curls

2009-01-12T09:51:00.002-08:00

I want to have Dillon's hair a little long while he is a little boy. His hair has always had a funky wave to it, but recently it has started to get really curly. When I started letting it grow out I envisioned straight silky hair. However, it has developed quite a curl and I guess I'll have to change my "hair goal" for him :).

The back of his hair (or his mullet as uncle Ladd calls it) is especially curly.

Christmas

2008-12-29T10:19:00.004-08:00

We went to see the lights at Temple Square one night after Joe got home from work. Let's just say we should have just stayed home :). The lights were great, our bearcat was not. He wouldn't sit in his stroller (which he is usually pretty good about) and insisted on walking. There were tons of other people there and he was constantly getting in someone's way just begging to get ran over.

This is how most of our night was. Sweet, sweet memories. We'll just have to see how it goes next year.

For Christmas Dillon recieved the Little People Farm from Santa. Let's just say he was amazed to hear all the fun sounds that it made.

It was a hit. He played with it the whole weekend.

Dillon, Dylan & Oliver

2008-12-21T13:28:00.005-08:00

Last week Dillon and I went to Logan to meet Oliver and Dylan. We hadn't gotten to see Jaclyn's Oliver or Joanie's Dylan yet and had a great time terrorizing Jaclyn's Mom's house :).

The Dillon/Dylan 's :)

Just lovin' Santa!

2008-12-11T20:56:00.005-08:00

Dillon is not a shy guy and will pretty much go to anyone. However, he was not down with Santa. We were pretty surprised when he instantly freaked out when being placed on Santa's lap.

I don't think Dillon is getting anything from Santa this year :).

Such a big helper!

2008-12-11T20:46:00.004-08:00

At the beginning of November we moved from Park City down into the Valley. We had a great time in Park City, but are excited to be where there is a little less snow (I'm still missing my Arizona winters :)). We live on a cute tree lined street, but have to deal with the "cute" leaves as well. Joe hauled away 16 bags full of leaves already, we currently have 15 bags in our back yard that need to go and I'm estimating at least another 10 bags yet to be gathered (we think that the previous resident just raked them over to the side yard to save for us). Fun, fun. Above is a video of Dillon helping me gather the leaves. Such a good helper!

Thanks Dad!

2008-12-11T20:23:00.005-08:00

For some reason Joe thinks that it is funny to put tattoos on Dillon. This is the tattoo Dillon was sporting Thanksgiving weekend. My Mom wasn't a fan and scrubbed it off the next day :).

One day I took Dillon to Joe's office so that Joe could watch him while I went to an appointment. Joe had to work late and this is the surprise I found under Dillon's sleeve while I was changing him into his pajamas.

We're Back!

2008-12-11T20:03:00.008-08:00

We have had quite the month and are now happy to say - we're back to blogging! Here are a few miscellaneous pictures of the past month that we missed sharing. Above is Dillon playing with Lilly. He will walk up to Lilly and try to shove the bird in her month to play fetch. He just isn't good at the throwing part yet.

One evening Lilly was chewing on a flavored plastic bone that she has. Dillon decided that it looked pretty good and took it from her and put it in his own month to chew (I wasn't in the room to freak out :)) before Joe could take it away. Yum Yum!

Dillon just hanging out on the front steps waiting to go to church and raise some _____ :). We are having good, good times at church these days. Joe has a countdown going until nursery, he gives me the update every week.

This is a picture of Dillon and I on his real birthday. We went out to Tooele and celebrated at Joe's sister's house.

Dillon trying to make a grab for his cake.

The Mighty Hunter

2008-11-04T09:14:00.007-08:00

Here is our "mighty hunter" Dillon and his "deer" Lilly. Dillon thought Halloween was great and loved strolling around in his wagon going door-to-door with his cousins.

We had a small pre-birthday party with my family on Halloween for Dillon. He was a little confused when we were all looking at him and singing "Happy Birthday".

Let's just say he wasn't very into his cake, but was definitely into his new truck.

Here are a few pictures, that Joe took, of Dillon on our walk a couple of weeks ago.

We can't believe that our bearcat is 1.

Really, really done

2008-10-24T10:10:00.006-08:00

Yesterday, we went to the Utah State Bar Admission Ceremony at the Salt Palace where Joe (along with 200 + other lawyers) was sworn in as a lawyer. After law school was done I was relieved, for Joe, that it was over with, but then there was the bar test to take. After the bar test was over, we waited for results and when we got them I was excited because I felt like then we were done. However, yesterday we were really, really done and official.

My parents were able to come down for it and were a great help keeping track of a little bearcat.

We are excited to be onto the next phase of the crazy McAllister adventure.

The Bearcat is off... on 2 feet!

2008-10-21T19:01:00.004-08:00

Joe and I have been trying to make Dillon practice walking for about a month. However, he would get annoyed with us and just go back to holding onto something to walk, or crawling. On Saturday we were shopping at Dick's Sporting Goods and apparently Dillon had some merchandise he needed to check out because he started walking all over the store.

Now he's our little 11 1/2 month old walking Bearcat!

Little Haunts - This Is the Place Heritage Park

2008-10-21T18:32:00.004-08:00

On Friday, we went to Little Haunts and trick-or-treated around the village. The kids were supposed to wear their costumes and this is 1/2 of Dillon's hunter costume (Joe's choice). Dillon loved looking at the farm animals.

Dillon was fascinated by the goats, but wasn't sure whether he wanted to touch one.

We went with our niece Sage (Shannon's daughter), our nephew Ian (Marty's son) and our sister-in-law Brenna. As you can see pumpkin head (Ian) and Sage had a great time. However, Ian wasn't a fan of the "farm" smell and walked around holding his nose.

The Crazy McAllister Kidders!

2008-10-20T19:21:00.005-08:00

Joe's twin Marty and his family (Mom Brenna, Ian and baby on-the-way) came to visit from Albuquerque. We were all at Joe's sister Shannon's house, in Tooele, and let's just say the kids had a fun-filled weekend of being crazy :).

Here I am with Ian Sr. and Ian Jr. Joe and his twin are so dark (along with their whole family) that it amazes us all how blonde these boys came.

We decorated Halloween cookies, and then Joe and Marty took Aspen and Ian to go BOO some friends. For those that don't know the basics of "You've been Booed", you take treats to a family friend's house (at night), ring the door bell and run. The Booed family is then supposed to Boo and take treats to 2 other families. Well, I thought that rambunctious Ian (4 1/2 years old) would love it - but was I wrong. The entire time he kept telling Joe and Marty "Guys this is not a good idea" "Guys we shouldn't be doing this" "We are going to get in trouble" " They are going to come after us" "They are going to call the police on us". Marty said that he had never seen Ian run faster than when he ran back to the car. When Ian did get back to the car and they started to take off, he was upset and yelled "Guys I don't even have my seat belt on!" I don't think that we need to worry about little Ian getting into any big trouble. Fun times for all :)!

Nice Comfy Pillow!

2008-10-07T09:40:00.003-08:00

"What? What's mine is mine and what's Lilly's is mine."

Dillon loves to lay on our bed, bury his face in our pillows and just "relax". Well he decided that Lilly's dog bed was pretty comfy too and decided to "relax" with Lilly. As you can tell, Lilly was really excited about it. At first Dillon tried to just lay his head on the bolster part, but his head kept rolling off and hitting the wall and so he thought he'd better take up a more substantial position. "Nice comfy pillow!"

When the Bearcat gets sick!

2008-10-03T08:53:00.004-08:00

Our life pretty much comes to a halt when the Bearcat gets sick. We have had a really slow low-key week. Last Sunday, we took Dillon into the doctor and they said he had an ear infection (he was inconsolable). On Tuesday, he developed a rash (he was miserable) from the antibiotic they gave him and so they had to switch it. Today he is starting to feel better and is back to my happy all-over-the-place baby. However, most of the week was spent laying around burying his face in his blanket (as in the above picture).

Today, Dillon is feeling much better and even felt up to helping me pack for a visit to Grandma and Grandpa's house this weekend.

Future Water Boy

2008-09-24T19:39:00.005-08:00

Last weekend we went to my nephew Daxton's football game. It was fun to watch him play and score an 80 yard touchdown. Dillon had fun hanging out with Grandpa Jim and swallowing Smarties :). However, when the football helmet went on you can see how excited he was. I guess our little bearcat would rather be the water boy.

Daxton starting out on his 80 yard run.

Daxton and my brother Kade (one of the coaches). Like father - like son.

Shutting Mommy Out!

2008-09-19T12:33:00.002-08:00

Dillon loves to play with doors. He thinks he is pretty funny when he shuts a door on me. After he shuts the door, he will then pound on it wanting me to open it again.

2008-09-16T19:45:00.014-08:00

DILLON DOES NOT APPRECIATE

"ART"

(FYI if you click on the pictures you can see bigger versions)

I got a new camera and thought it would be cool to take some pictures of Dillon at the old McPolin farm in Park City. So, with the sun glaring behind the barn and his mom glaring behind me, I tried everything I could think of to get Faty McFat-Fat to cooperate with the camera...NO DEAL! (this is his "what me???" look)

So, after Dillon started bawling his head off, almost fell out of his wagon, I almost ended up in the creek, Dillon's mom came to the "rescue." That is when I decided a change of scenery might be nice. It was...for me, but NOT for Dillon. I swear he knew what was going on, and purposely refused to look at the camera and/or stay anywhere I wanted him to be. On the bright side, if you remove the chubby toe-head from this shot--it's not bad.

Instead of what I wanted him to do, Dillon did what he wanted to do. Which apparently was crawl around aimlessly...

have a little a little "snack" by sucking on a big hunk of dried up bird pooh on this rusty old railing. Which, by the way, seemed to be the highlight of the day for Dillon)

and then to cap it all off, he tried to eat the hood on my camera lens.

NOT COOL!!!

Lawyer Joe!

2008-09-15T09:10:00.002-08:00

I posted this yesterday, but Joe must have seen it and secretly deleted it (lame-o). However, I'm not going to let him win. We found out Saturday that Joe passed the Utah Bar! It seems that I am the only one, out of the two of us, that is elated. I jumped for joy - Joe just shrugged. I called all of my family - Joe just left a message on his Dad's phone. I post it on our blog - Joe deletes it. Such a party-pooper :).

Family Hike

2008-09-10T09:23:00.003-08:00

Joe was able to come home a little early on Monday and so we went to Big Cottonwood Canyon and went on a hike to Lake Solitude. We thought we'd help out Joe's back and strap Dillon on him in his backpack :).

Personally, I thought Lake Solitude should be called Pond Solitude, but it was a beautiful hike nonetheless. Dillon was quite concerned that I was going to be left behind and so Joe and I had to walk beside each other (on the narrow trail) to ease his worries.

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-02T09:41:00.011-08:00

For Labor Day Weekend we went to Bear Lake again because Dillon loves to play in the sand so much. This time we were able to take our Lilly. They are both trying to sneak their way out of the picture. Dillon towards the camera (he wanted to eat it) and who knows where Lilly thought she needed to be.

Dillon is sooo the annoying little brother. He tries to follow Lilly everywhere, but Lilly is a little too fast for him and manages to avert a lot of the grabs.

Auntie Kayla was able to come with us for a while before work. Dillon and Lilly love to play with Auntie Kayla. She is always going and never boring.

Joe thought that it was his job to make sure everyone got in the water. Dillon actually liked it, but Lilly our "bird dog" hates getting in the water. Joe got the tennis ball out and managed to get her in there willingly by playing fetch.

Dillon got some new shoes (go Pedipeds! - thanks for the tip Kasey) this weekend. The reason this is a landmark event is because we have looked all summer, but haven't been able to find any. Dillon has the chubbiest feet ever and we couldn't find any that would fit :).

We stayed at my Parent's house and ate lots of treats and Dillon got a lot of attention.

Dillon just sportin another pair of new shoes. He loved playing with them and I think its a good thing we finally got them, because in another month this bearcat of mine probably wouldn't have left them on.

Weekend in Park City

2008-08-26T13:07:00.004-08:00

My parents came up for the weekend (it was their 40th anniversary - go Mom & Dad :)). Dillon (or "Hoot" as my Dad calls him - because of his big eyes) was excited to see them and we had a great time hanging out with them.

We rode the ski lift up the mountain with our "2 year" old for a scenic view. Don't worry both Joe and I had a death grip on him :). The lift was a little too slow for Dillon, but he was a good sport despite it being nap time.

After Dillon's nap we went to the Flying Ace Show at the Olympic Park and Dillon learned some sweet moves from the ariel ski jumpers. I'm sure by now anyone that would like to see the show has, but if you haven't I strongly recommend it. It was amazing and very, very cool to watch. Even Dillon and his Zwieback toast enjoyed it.

Mirror Lake - Uinta Mountains

2008-08-22T13:09:00.008-08:00

We went to the Uinta Mountains, for the evening, this past weekend. It is so nice to have Joe back (not studying) and to be able to go do things as a family again. This is Dillon and I in front of Provo Falls.

Joe fished, but didn't catch anything (we think he is cursed now and that his good fishing days are over). He had a few close ones, but no luck :).

Dillon and I mostly walked around and had a fun time exploring. He was pretty into everything around him and we had to touch everything we went by (bark, water from a spring, leaves, flowers, you name it :)).

It was a beautiful place to be and we had fun 4-wheeling on the trials with Dillon's stroller. Dillon begs to differ that this trail is "wheelchair accessible" :).

Toooooele Visit

2008-08-16T07:23:00.007-08:00

After we got back from Star Valley, Dillon and I went to Tooele to join Joe and visit Grandpa Art.

We stayed at Joe's sister Shannon's house. All of our stuff is stored in her basement and so we pulled out Dillon's wagon.

Dillon loved playing on Sage's sweet swing set.

Of course Dillon found something to climb under. This time it was Grandpa Art's camp trailer. Get him out of there!

Dillon loved sitting in Sage's high-chair. Currently we just have him sit in his bumbo chair to eat, but it looks like we will have get him the real-deal because he was all over it. Such a big boy!

Star Valley, WY Visit

2008-08-16T06:53:00.005-08:00

A couple of days after we got back from California, my Mom, Dillon and I went to Star Valley to see family and friends.

I helped put a shower together for my friend Shalee. She is having a baby girl in October, Yeah!

Kelsie (along with her Mom) was in charge of the food and I was in charge of the decorating and games (I so had the easy part). We had a great time and of course Shalee was the cutest pregnant girl ever.

We went to visit my grandparents and this is a shot of Dillon with my Grandma Venna. She had a hard time keeping a hold of this bearcat of mine, but she wanted to hold him.

The picture is one of my Dad when he was little, notice any similarities between the two? Dillon is so a mini Jimmy D.

Solvang & Santa Barbara, California

2008-08-15T20:57:00.006-08:00

We're in Europe again! - Just kidding we're just in Solvang, CA. Monica watched Dillon for us and so Joe and I had the day for ourselves. Solvang is one of the coolest towns on the Central Coast. It is very uncommericalized and all of the buildings look like they should be in Europe.

There was a bakery on nearly every corner in Solvang and Joe and I more than took advantage of them.

After Solvang, Joe and I went to Santa Barbara. We went to the mission, pier, and drove down State Street.

The next day we went to the Hearst Castle and toured through the amazing residence. We marvelled at all of the European antiques and furnishings . We wondered if it were to be built today if the owner would be able to acquire half of its rare possessions.

California Here We Come!

2008-08-15T20:07:00.009-08:00

After the "Kennington Family Fun Fest" (as Joe likes to call it) Dillon and I headed to California to stay with my sister Monica and her family. We partied it up with Monica and her kids all week while Joe studied and Aaron worked :). After taking the Bar exam Joe joined us for the weekend.

Monica and Aaron only live about a 1/2 hour from the coast and so we got in some good beach time. Dillon had a great time. He loves the sand and loved to dig his fingers in it.

For some reason my flip-flops were extra cool at the beach and Dillon liked to chase me in them.

Dillon had to find his Dad if he wanted to go near the water. It was much too cold for me!

2008-07-26T22:58:00.013-08:00

KENNINGTON FAMILY FUN FEST

We had the annual (for now) Kennington Family Fun Fest this past weekend. And, as you might imagine, the team had a great time.

The highlight for Dillon, as you can see, was riding the zip line!!! Check out the "cankles" on that kid...sweet.

After the majority of the family was released from the Family Fun Fest, and the men folk were sent back to work, Marci and her sisters spent the week galivanting around with the kids. One of the days, they went to Bear Lake to swim and according to Marci, Dillon loves chillin' at the beach. Of course he did, it gives him a chance to show off that physique.

Here's Fatty McFat-Fat rockin' his sun hat and showing of his S.W.U.B. (soft white under belly) at the lake. I think he is smiling because he can't figure out why his clean freak mom is letting him sit in the dirt. That, and the fact he is built like a snowman, but he doesn't melt in the sun.

EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHING WEIRD THEY DO...

Dillon seems to always end up under things. Maybe it's because he doesn't have a neck, or maybe it's his rolly-polly physique, but the knuckle head seems to get trapped under things constantly.

Strawberry Reservoir - 4th of July Weekend

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We went to Strawberry Reservoir Saturday and hung out with Joe's sister Shannon and her family. Joe went fishing and Dillon and I hung out and relaxed.

Dillon loved watching his cousin Sage. He is now pulling himself up on everything and thought he was pretty cool stuff when he figured out how to stand up in the pack'n play.

Dillon is gearing up to be his Dad's fishing buddy.

4th of July

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Dillon turned 8 months old on the 4th of July. Party!

He started the day out studying with Joe (he was a big help) and then went on a walk with me around the Park City Park and around Main Street. We missed out on the parade because it was nap time. However, we did end up making festive trip to the Outlets and got a little shopping done :).

That night, we woke Dillon up and went outside into our parking lot and watched the fireworks (they were right in front of us). I was worried that Dillon would be scared, but he liked them and liked playing in the trunk even more.

Two Knuckle-heads.... Sr. & Jr.

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My little couch-potatoes. Just kidding, I had to snatch this picture because it is the first time in weeks that Joe hasn't either been working or studying. Dillon got to just relax (stick out that belly) and hang out with his Dad while catching up on a little TV time :).

Dillon likes big, high pushes on the swings, none of those wimpy pushes his Mom gives him. His Dad is his new favorite swing buddy.

Okay, so we are the mean parents that had to take a picture of Dillon (crying) stuck under his activity center before we rescued him. Too funny.

Addie playing hard-to-get with Dillon!

2008-06-16T16:57:00.005-08:00

Dillon and I went to visit my friend Kasey and her little Addi at their new house on Thursday. Everything was going great until Dillon tried to pull a move on Addi and she took a swipe at his nose resulting in the below.

Just kidding! Addi is the sweetest little girl ever and, besides putting her hands on Dillon's head while he crawled over her, would never dream of touching this little bearcat of mine. The above nose job is a result of Dillon crawling over to the waste basket in our room, and pulling it over on himself. The edge of the waste basket won and got him pretty good. I was standing right there and felt like the biggest loser mom ever. It bleed and he cried for a long time. I guess I should get prepared for injuries in the future though, anyone who knows Joe also knows that raising a child without a lifetime of injuries is probably not going to happen.

A beautiful Memorial Day weekend in Colorado - no wait Arizona

2008-06-05T07:55:00.007-08:00

We had planned to go to Colorado, to see our good friends the Turners, and spend some time in Denver, Boulder and Rocky Mountain National Park. However, northern Colorado and Laramie, WY both experience tornados and cold weather so on the spur of the moment (literally) we headed south for Arizona. We stayed with my sister Monica and her family and helped them pack for their big move to California.

We had a good time. However, fatty 165 lbs. Joe had a little too much fun and busted their trampoline for them :) - okay so the rusted frame might have had something to do with it.

Our trip wasn't all play. We spent some time cleaning up our house and we have great news... we had an offer and are now under contract! Keep your fingers crossed we are supposed to close June 30th.

MOAB TRIP

2008-05-19T18:50:00.013-08:00

We spent the wekend in Moab.

We went to Arches National Park, and did some off-roadin', and mountain biking.

This is Marci & Dillon's first time at Delicate Arch...very cool!!!

Dillon's first hike.

Of course I had to pack the chubby little sucker most the time, but he did seem to like prancing around on the slickrock with his barefeet.

FIRST A LITTLE BACKGROUND:

One of Marci and Joe's first dates was mountain biking at Sundance, and Marci has never let me forget how scared and mad she was that I didn't realize she wasn't ready to be bombing down single-track bike trails with cliffs, stumps and rocks everywhere.

Some things never change. This is us on the world famous Slickrock bike trail. Lets just say that it was a little bit beyond Marci's skill level. But, this time, she was a good sport about it and didn't try to strangle me when I was laughing at her and taking pictures of her bloody knees and elbows after she crashed.

The lawyer in me would like to point out that the sign says

"ADVANCED RIDING SKILLS RECOMMENDED."

It does not say advanced riding skills are REQUIRED.

We also did some 4-wheelin' with our brother-in-law Paul. I am not sure if he is the best driver ever, or if he has done something crazy to that BMW (Big Mormon Wagon), but we took that Suburban places I could barely walk up.

Flippin' Sweet

The pictures don't do justice to what we were actually doing...but you can imagine.

FYI, 4-wheelin' trailes are rated on a 1-5 scale, this trail was rated 4+, and that might be an understatement.

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Joe has an identical twin named Marty. They both have a little boys - Ian and Dillon. Ian doesn't look like Marty and Dillon doesn't look like Joe. However, Ian and Dillon look like each other - go figure. Which is Ian and which is Dillon? They are both about 4 months old in these pictures.

#1 - ?

#2 -?

Going Mobile

2008-05-13T11:43:00.004-08:00

Dillon is up on his hands and knees and has the scoot and face-plant down.

We have had to start strapping him into his bouncy/"lazy baby" chair because he now tries to escape. He dropped Mr. Sunshine the other day and tried to get out and get him.

The Kids

2008-05-13T11:34:00.002-08:00

By special request... here is a picture of our Lilly and Dillon. Lilly is staying with my sister Kayla, because pets are not allowed at the condo we are staying at. We all miss Lilly, even Dillon. Dillon loves to watch Lilly and tries to grab her whenever he can, and Lilly tries to lick him when we aren't looking.

It was a great Mother's Day. We had a yumbelievable breakfast and then dressed the little bearcat up in his shirt and tie and went to church.

2008-05-11T18:50:00.003-08:00

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Hello Everyone!

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Joe started this blog for me a year ago, and today I decided that I might want to put something on it(surprise Lynsey). I'm new to this whole blog thing and so this blog is definitely a work in progress.

If anyone is wondering why it is titled "Peggy's Revenge" it is for Joe's mom Peggy. She passed away 5 years ago, but had always told Joe that her revenge was going to be that "you have a little boy as crazy as you were". Joe created this blog for me when we found out we were having Dillon.

Update - During our 6 years of marriage, Joe and I have been fortunate enough to do some traveling and have had some great adventures. However, we have just had our greatest adventure of all, Dillon. Dillon is our 6 month old baby and we are crazy about him.

We have just moved back to Utah from Arizona. We are still waiting to sell our house in Arizona and are staying at a condo in Park City. We would like to buy a house in Salt Lake, (closer to Joe's work) but we are in a holding pattern until our house sells.

We loved Arizona, (missing the weather - it is snowing in Park City right now) Joe went to law school at ASU and I worked at a civil engineering firm as an office manager. In December, Joe received a great job offer, at a construction law firm in downtown Salt Lake called Bostwick & Price, and so we decided to move back to Utah. I am now a stay-at-home mom and love hanging out with Dillon.

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Dillon is 6 months old now and is a very good happy baby. He has mad rolling skills and is starting to get up on his hands and knees, but no crawling yet.