The Tolman Family

big day

2012-02-05T20:09:00.004-07:00

Today Skyler blessed Ethan.
It was wonderful.

Christmas break

2012-01-06T05:33:00.001-07:00

The past 2 weeks have been a lot of fun for us. Skyler has been home and we all have been enjoying Ethan. Especially Cambria! She loves to hold him and talk to him and she always makes sure he is happy. Here she is reading to him.

We got a fire pit from Ben and Sherrie for Christmas and made some really yummy s'mores.

Cambria got a bike for Christmas and the weather has been nice enough for her to ride it outside a bunch.

We also celebrated Skyler's birthday December 31!

We are sad the break is over because we have had so much fun.

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Ethan James Tolman

2011-12-29T15:51:00.004-07:00

Ethan was born December 24 at 2:27pm. He weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long.
He is a really good baby, he eats and sleeps really well. He really likes being snuggled in blankets and lying on dad's chest.

We think he looks a lot like Cambria did when she was born. Cambria loves having a baby brother and is being a really good helper.

He was not so happy after his first bath.

New House

2011-12-10T14:42:00.000-07:00

December

2011-12-08T12:31:00.003-07:00

Time for an update since a lot has changed with us recently. The biggest of all was the week of Thanksgiving we moved to Eagle Mountain! So far we love it and I will post pictures of our house when I finally get around to taking some.

We are also waiting, not so patiently, for baby boy to come. I'm 36 weeks so hopefully it won't be too much longer. We don't have a name picked out yet though.

We went to Thanksgiving Point so Cambria could see some of Santa's reindeer.

Cambria is loving the Christmas season and wants everything she sees in magazines or on TV. She has sat on Santa's lap twice and each time has asked for a Miss Muffin Doll. Last night her school had their Christmas program. She loves to sing and loves to sing loud!

happy halloween

2011-10-31T20:30:00.005-06:00

Cambria had so much fun this year for Halloween. We carved and painted lots of pumpkins, went to corn/hay mazes, farms, pumpkin patches, made lots of treats, and watched fun Halloween movies. She will be sad to see all the decorations taken down. We went to our ward Halloween party and trick-or-treating. But she actually enjoyed passing out candy more than actually trick-or-treating. Which is all right with me because I love passing out candy too.

Unfortunately I only took one picture of Halloween.

fall

2011-10-22T20:38:00.004-06:00

Cambria was SO excited to rake leaves on Saturday! So we spent the afternoon raking and jumping in leaves.

go t-wolves

2011-10-13T21:05:00.004-06:00

Cambria did the THS cheer clinic this year. She really did learn all the cheers but when it came time to actually doing them she just played and ran around. But she really liked doing it and had so much fun with Carly and all the other cheerleaders.

got my camera back

2011-10-05T21:10:00.010-06:00

Two weeks ago I lost my camera at Gardner Village but someone found it and mailed it to me. How nice, but I think it got run over a couple times because it is pretty beat up.

This is the only picture I have of me pregnant and the only one I will ever have. I'm not a fan of looking at how big I get. But Cambria was afraid of the witches and I thought it was funny to see how close I could get her to them. She did eventually stop being afraid of them when I made her touch one so she could see it was not real.

Cambria had a bit of an accident today and cut her lip pretty bad. So she milked it for all it was worth by trying to get me to let her watch a lot of cartoons and eat 15 marshmallows with her hot chocolate because that will "make her lip feel much better".
She was telling one of her dolls what happened to her and she said "my boo boo will get better because Jesus will take care of me".

day at the park

2011-09-18T19:56:00.002-06:00

Today we went to the park to feed ducks and play.

our life lately from phone pictures

2011-09-12T16:43:00.005-06:00

Recently my phone had a disaster so I hurried and saved all the pictures I had on my phone before they were all lost. So these are pictures of what he have done the last couple weeks.

We were locked out of grandma's house but luckily I had quilt stuff with us to use as a pillow.

Pretending to be sick.

Helping make a blanket.

Delicious otter pops.
Feeding ducks.

growing up

2011-08-24T14:36:00.004-06:00

Cambria started preschool!
She goes Tuesday and Thursday for a couple hours each afternoon. After one time of going she loves it and thinks it's a lot of fun. As far as I can tell the only thing she learned was "hands off the dishwasher".

She also had her 3-year old check up today. She now weighs 29.2 pounds (25%) and is 38.75 inches tall (75%).

Yes, this is a bucket of side walk chalk as her helmet. At least she knows to always be safe.

3 years

2011-08-07T21:04:00.005-06:00

Today Cambria turned 3! We celebrated all weekend long. We had a picnic in the park, rode the Alpine slide and coaster in Park City, went to a baseball game, and best of all played with new toys!

She requested green cupcakes because her favorite color is green.

We got her a powered scooter which goes about 3 mph, plays music, and lights up. She has not wanted to stop playing with it.

zombies

2011-08-04T20:53:00.002-06:00

Me and Cambria were playing a game where I was a zombie and chased her around shouting "brains". She made up a song about it.

I'm not sure if you can tell what she is saying but it pretty much goes, there's a zombie in my house who wants my brains!

Hotlanta

2011-08-01T19:04:00.004-06:00

Skyler won a trip to Atlanta through Aflac which took place July 28-31. We were really busy the whole time but it was exciting to be wined and dined. We stayed in a really nice hotel and ate some really great food and the entertainment each night was filled with dancing and singing which was fun.

We were able to tour Aflac headquarters in Columbus and see the ducks in their advertisements, and a bunch of other things but I was mainly excited about the ducks, too bad they hid from us most the time.

We also went to Stone Mountain Park which is home of the 8th wonder of the world which is a Granite rock which is huge. To put it in perspective this carving is bigger than Mt. Rushmore. We took a tram to the top to walk around, walked around the plantations and old village, and rode a train around the rock.

hiking

2011-08-01T19:00:00.004-06:00

2 weekends in July we went hiking up by Squaw Peak. Cambria likes hiking but can be a little slow because she is more fascinated by the rocks and bugs and plants... So Skyler gets to carry her on his shoulders for most of it.

the last couple weeks

2011-07-21T09:36:00.004-06:00

2 weeks ago we went to Park City to ride the Alpine Slide. Cambria was a little scared at first but absolutely loved it once she got going.

Playing in the Riverwoods fountains

We went to the AF parade and it was pretty fun. Cambria really liked seeing the princesses on the floats and the different animals they had. The best part about a parade is that Cambria calls it a "hooray".

dance central

2011-07-14T11:08:00.005-06:00

Before going to bed the other night Cambria and I played Dance Central on the Kinect. Most of the moves she is doing are almost what they are doing on the game.

But sometimes she thinks she is doing karate instead.

Sewing Projects

2011-07-06T11:36:00.004-06:00

Thanks to the cute fabric from Gracie Lou's quilt shop in Salem I have been sewing a lot recently and have made Cambria a dress and a skirt so far. Unfortunately both are a little big but I guess that just means she can wear them for a long time.

Next time she wears them I will take pictures with my camera and not my phone so they look better.

Provo Canyon

2011-06-27T19:37:00.003-06:00

Most mornings I take Cambria to the canyon and I run while she is in the stroller. Today we did that but she said she wanted to take her stroller and exercise too. So after I was done she took her puppies for a run in the canyon.

But she was a little more interested in just playing.

weekend fun

2011-06-13T08:42:00.006-06:00

Friday and Saturday we went to Summerfest. Cambria loves riding rides so she had a blast, her favorite ride was the giant slide.

She also liked to watch the kids sing and dance at the pavilion, after riding a lot of rides she requested to sit and watch them.

We also did the slip and slide on Saturday and it was Cambria's first time. She wasn't really brave/big enough to slide down it by herself so luckily she has a nice dad who would help her.

Summer

2011-06-09T20:51:00.003-06:00

Cambria has been trying to learn how to hula hoop. She is surprisingly good at it. Meaning she is better than me, but that's not a huge accomplishment or anything.

Today we went to Thanksgiving Point farm with cousins. Cambria loved that she got to feed goats and ride Frou. (Frou of course is the name of Cinderella's horse.)

Graham, Savannah, JT, and Cambria.

what we've been up to lately

2011-06-07T21:37:00.006-06:00

I'm lucky to have a girl who loves riding in her jogging stroller while I run. We go up the canyon most days to exercise and play.

Eating pizza in Park City on Memorial Day.

Skyler got me an awesome watch and some beautiful roses for our 4 year anniversary. I got him a gun..

First weekend in May

2011-05-09T09:01:00.005-06:00

I consider us outdoors people, not to be confused with outdoorsy people because we definitely aren't that. We just like to be outside. So since the weather has been nice we have spent time outdoors riding bikes, going to the zoo, going to the canyon, and just playing.

Cute baby Elephant at the Zoo.

Cambria requested I take a picture of her hugging this bear at the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

Difficult time getting her to smile.

like mother like daughter

2011-04-15T19:08:00.004-06:00

Easter Dresses

If only I could have found some gloves for Cambria

honesty

2011-03-26T22:35:00.002-06:00

California

2011-03-19T21:30:00.007-06:00

Last week's vacation couldn't have come at a better time for us.
We were able to go to California for the week and go to Disneyland and the beach.

Cambria was timid at first of the rides, the pool, and the beach but once she realized how fun they all were she didn't hesitate a bit to do anything.

Cambria is looking at Goofy in this picture. She absolutely loved seeing all the characters and every time she saw one she said she wanted to give them a hug!

Some of Cambria's favorite things this last week were eating all the food, riding Dumbo, and jumping in to the pool from the side.

Ice Castles

2011-03-05T13:19:00.004-07:00

Today was a day all for Cambria. We went to Midway to see the ice castles and she had so much fun playing in them and being a princess. Then we went to Heber and ate at the Dairy Keen so she could see the trains.

Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T21:39:00.003-07:00

When I told Cambria that Valentine's day was a day to tell everyone you love them she went around the house and told all her toys how much she loves them.

She got a backpack, a pizza play set and a book today. We also made cookies which is one of her favorite things to do. She loves helping me do anything in the kitchen.

what a week

2011-02-12T21:34:00.003-07:00

We have had quite a week here in the Tolman house. We began potty training and Cambria got a new bed and is no longer in her crib. So we have gotten by with a small amount of sleep and a lot of patience.

It was impossible to get a good picture of her in her bed, and seriously this is the best I got.

2.5

2011-02-08T09:31:00.004-07:00

Cambria is now 2 1/2!
Some of her favorite things to do right now are:
paint
color
play with Play-do
read
and watch movies after this picture was taken she said "did you get a cute one?"

She also always gets noticed at stores and church for her red curly hair and how much she talks! She definitely isn't shy.

Saturday Sledding

2011-01-11T13:08:00.002-07:00

Cambria has been asking to go sledding all winter, on Saturday she finally got to and has been asking to go again ever since.

What happened in December:

2011-01-01T12:27:00.007-07:00

Christmas Eve Playing Minute to Win it games

Cambria got to open 1 present which is "fat Jeffrey"

Christmas Day and her presents from Santa.

Skyler's birthday at Sundance. We had a blast but it was FREEZING! I don't think I've ever been as cold as I was yesterday. Skyler said we will make it a tradition to always go skiing on his birthday.
New Years Eve party at the Tolman's

Christmas Dress

2010-12-19T10:38:00.005-07:00

Cambria's Christmas dresses and her singing about her favorite cartoon.

What can I say, she takes after her daddy.

christmas outings

2010-12-08T13:18:00.004-07:00

Last Friday we went to the Festival of Trees but it was really crowded and the line for scones was way too long to wait in, which was really the reason I wanted to go in the first place, so we saw about half the trees and a few gingerbread houses. Cambria loves all Christmas related decorations so she had a blast.

Then we went to Thanksgiving Point for dinner and ice cream and saw Santa's Reindeer.

finger painting

2010-12-02T12:40:00.004-07:00

There's not a whole lot that's more fun that finger painting. For both me and Cambria!

Skyler and Cambria at the Riverwoods.

The Riverwoods is one of my favorite places to shop and now it is even more fun with all the Christmas lights.

jeffrey

2010-11-28T14:24:00.003-07:00

A couple months ago Skyler said we have too many stuffed animals! Which is true... We have run out of places to put all them so most of them are just always scattered around but it does not stop us from getting more. Stuffed animals are Cambria's absolute favorite things to play with.

Her latest/favorite animal is Jeffrey the Giraffe.

Here she is teaching him how to play the piano.

Sorry for the poor picture quality.. They were taken at night with my phone.

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T10:00:00.001-06:00

Happy Halloween!

fall leaves

2010-10-29T22:08:00.004-06:00

Today we went in the canyon to collect leaves for something Cambria and I will make next week.

I love Halloween because it was the first time Skyler and I actually hung out! After hours of flirting in PE and one "nerve-racking" phone call made by Skyler, we finally hung out! And the rest is history... aaaaahhh, how cute.

puppy love

2010-10-24T20:34:00.005-06:00

She did this for at least 20 minutes Sunday morning.

snugarena

2010-10-18T12:29:00.001-06:00

Worst commercial ever! But I still have a Snuggie and love it. But I have not and will not wear it outside my home.

i help you!

2010-10-05T20:40:00.005-06:00

Cambria LOVES to help me do everything. Whether it's cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, or doing my hair she runs with her arms in the air saying "I help you, I help you!" until I give her some way to help.

She especially likes to help me with the cooking. Mostly because she gets to sit on the counter and eat.

Today it was cookies.

This is her face when you say, "say cheese"

this is good

2010-10-01T12:46:00.001-06:00

I just got this off youtube, but if you want better quality watch it on hulu.

sock puppets and dishwashers

2010-09-21T20:36:00.005-06:00

It's no secret that I spend waaaay too much money at Borders. This, however, was a great buy! I bought a sock puppet kit. So we made sock puppets the other day. It turns out the glue that was included isn't the best, so I ended up sewing/hot gluing the puppets.
When asked what we should make Cambria said a pig and a snake so that's what we made... more or less. I couldn't get a picture to do them justice because Cambria was too busy playing with them.

Unfortunately our dishwasher broke today...

Fortunately Skyler and Cambria fixed it!

last days of summer

2010-09-06T15:09:00.008-06:00

I forgot I have had some pictures on my camera for a while of things we did in August, so here are a few.

We went to the Salem Days parade and got a ton of treats. So the parade was a hit with Cambria.

Cambria started gymnastics last week-she hated it. So we will try again soon. But she did master the "ta-da" when we were at home.

Today we went to the zoo which was fun, but a little chilly. It wiped Skyler and Cambria out and they are now asleep.

Cambria was scared of this gorilla, but the gorillas were her favorite animals to watch, and she informed everyone that was around her the baby gorilla's favorite thing to do was swing around on trees.

birthday girl

2010-08-10T17:28:00.003-06:00

As most of you probably know Cambria's birthday was Saturday and she turned 2! We had a fun day filled with lots of food, a Mickey Mouse party, playing, and napping. We forgot to take pictures all day of her but finally took a few with Skyler's phone at dinner that night when she ate her birthday ice cream.

One of the presents she got was a Mrs. Potato Head, she hasn't quite gotten the hang of it yet.

rain is falling

2010-08-05T18:55:00.003-06:00

so naturally we go out and play in it!

and in puddles too.

new stuff

2010-07-30T23:00:00.004-06:00

We were birthday shopping for Cambria at Target and couldn't quite keep her away from all the toys we planned on purchasing, so she got some early.

Cambria was sick with some stomach problems a few days ago and since Skyler always buys her something when she is sick he brought home tools for her and she loves fixing everything in our house.

My dad built us a hutch for our kitchen and I thought it would be a great space for more storage but it turns out to be just a great place for Cambria to play.

dizzy

2010-07-26T15:36:00.002-06:00

This is what Cambria spends most of her time doing.. I was lucky and she let me sit out this time. Usually she chases me.

And yes, we are listening the the Glee soundtrack.

red, white, and blue

2010-07-07T10:37:00.003-06:00

On the 4th of July I made a red, white, and blue breakfast:

Blue pancakes
White eggs
Red Strawberries
It turns out blue pancakes look really disgusting... so it's a good thing I make really tasty pancakes.
Cambria loved the 4th of July because she loved the flag I got her and she enjoyed watching fireworks, even though she was a little afraid of them.

Freedom Half Marathon

2010-07-04T08:47:00.005-06:00

Yesterday was the day I reached a goal I set 4 months ago and all my training paid off and I ran the Freedom Half Marathon! Me and my brother Ben both ran it. I had a really good time doing it... but I can barely move today. But I still think I will want to do another one before the summer is over.

My time was 1:52 and I'm pretty pleased with that.

swimming

2010-06-29T14:27:00.006-06:00

I made this dress from a picture of a dress Sherrie made. It is made with 2 handkerchiefs and probably cost about 3 dollars total to make. I think it's cute and is big so it will probably fit her next year too.

Sunbathing.

Cambria loves to go swimming and lucky for her I love to swim too.

Good things to come

2010-06-27T09:11:00.005-06:00

I saw this today and it was pretty pertinent to my life and figured it may be to others as well.

3 birds with 1 stone

2010-06-08T19:08:00.005-06:00

So, we have been outside just about all day every day lately. But today I had too much. We were at a park playing but the slides, swings and me were too hot so we went home. However, I still wanted to do something fun so thanks to Suzanne and the fun things they do I stole her idea and we played with water inside and Cambria absolutely had a blast.

She was fully clothed when we started and when we were done she ended up nude. I guess I should have just put her in her swim suit, but she has practically lived in her swim suit the last couple of days so it was being washed.

It worked out great though because I was able to:
1. Play with Cambria
2. Wash some dishes
3. Mop the floor
all at the same time!

Homestead Golden

2010-05-31T22:39:00.003-06:00

Saturday I ran the Homestead Golden 15k (9.3 miles) race in Midway. It was a lot more challenging than I thought it would be, since a good portion of the course was uphill, on a dirt/rock road. But it was still fun and good to accomplish a goal I set for myself.

This is all a part of my training to do a half marathon in July. About mile 8 I said there's no way I'm doing a half marathon but once I finished I changed my mind and decided I still want to.

Here's me and my 2nd place ribbon!

California vacation

2010-05-18T23:06:00.006-06:00

Last week we went to Anaheim and San Diego. We had a great time at Disneyland. Cambria absolutely loved all the rides we went on and cried when she had to get off them. It was also fun for her to see all the characters.

I also got the 24-hour stomach flu during our vacation so that was a big bummer and didn't do much that whole day, we had planned to go to the zoo but I didn't go, I just stayed in our hotel.
We went to 2 beaches but it was cold both days so we didn't get to swim. Which was a bummer because we all wanted to go swim, but we still had a good time playing in the sand. It was warmer in Utah than it was in California and rained all day the day after we got back! Oh well.

Even though it wasn't the ideal trip we still enjoyed spending time together.

something doesn't look quite right...

2010-04-22T13:13:00.006-06:00

2 days ago, when the weather was really nice Cambria wore the newest skirt I have made (it only took me 2 hours to make). But she also got in her dresser and wanted to accessorize her outfit herself...

Cambria and Skyler always have daddy-daughter play time right before going to bed. The other day they spent the time creating play-doh masterpieces. Cambria loves play-doh and surprisingly doesn't eat it.

As promised..

2010-04-17T12:54:00.014-06:00

here are the zillions of pictures.

Thanksgiving Point:
We went to the farm at Thanksgiving Point and were able to do and see a lot of things Cambria has never experienced before. Like riding a horse! Which she was unsure of at first but once the horse started going she liked it.
Cambria especially liked when the goats licked her fingers.

Hee Haw Farms:
The farm is new to this year but they have the corn maze/pumpkin patch in the fall. We went last Saturday and had a really good time. They had a lot of cute baby animals and some fun slides and things. But I think Cambria loved the chickens the most, she could have followed them around for hours.
Sorry for the blue-ness of some of the pictures. I changed some setting on my camera and couldn't get it back to normal and I don't have Photoshop anymore..

Me holding a baby goat

2010-04-12T14:19:00.002-06:00

I have LOTS of pictures to post because the weather was so nice last week we did a lot. But I don't feel like blogging because I'm tired and have to go to the doctor in a few minutes which I'm not excited about at all. So stay tuned because eventually I will put them all up. But this picture was too good to pass up.

I tried to get Skyler to let me keep it, but he said no.

Notice the hand print on my shirt? The farm was really dirty and Cambria loved it, so that's where that is from. I think it's pretty funny.

Happy Easter

2010-04-04T23:26:00.008-06:00

Making Easter themed Rice Krispy treats.

They didn't turn out very good... But we still had fun.

Cambria in the dress I made her and the coat we got her as an Easter present.

We had a happy and fun Easter and we hope everyone else did!

sew impressed

2010-03-24T11:12:00.007-06:00

clever, right?

Anyway, I have been sewing a lot lately but I have been making spring clothes and it has been darn cold so Cambria hasn't been able to wear them much. So, we played dress up this morning and I snapped some pics.
This shirt was a pain to make but now that I know how to do it I will probably make a dress similar to this shirt but with different fabric. Cambria loves helping make the bed because she gets to jump on the bed a bunch first. She is trying to help out doing a lot of things now like clean, make dinner, getting herself dressed, and she helps me put my makeup on.

This skirt is a lot cuter in person. It is probably one of my favorite things I have made.

Here is the dress I made a while ago but she hasn't worn it because it is too big but with the sweater over the top it looks okay.

Now I need to to start making her Easter dress.

this weekend

2010-03-15T11:25:00.004-06:00

This weekend Skyler and I went to Brian Regan. I would show the pictures I took of us but they were with my phone and I always managed to cut off me or Skyler so you'll just have to take my word for it that we were there and it was awesome. Anyway, while we were gone Cambria played with her grandparents and with her brand new rocking horse.

We also played at a park in Pleasant Grove which is one of the the best parks I've ever been to. Skyler has been there a lot for tennis and what not but we had fun even though it was a little cold. We will definitely be going back soon if anyone wants to join us.

And then here is us at church yesterday. I thought Cambria looked really cute in her church outfit so I wanted to get her picture but she was not cooperating too much.

a little bit of everything

2010-03-04T15:17:00.008-07:00

I haven't updated in a while, since I was busy watching the Olympics and then just forgot to blog... but sadly the Olympics are over. But now I can get back to normal life by spending time with my family once again, using the computer a little, and watching my normal TV shows.

We all practiced bobsledding a lot during the last two weeks with Cambria's diaper box as our own bobsled.

Cambria loves to color and would do it all day long if I let her. After weeks of putting up with her coloring on the floor or at the table and on everything in sight we got her this desk so now she can sit at it and color. But let's be hones, the crayons always end up in her mouth.

sliding on garbage

2010-02-11T20:25:00.006-07:00

Cambria grabbed her empty diaper box this evening and brought it out of her room and put in on it's side and began to slide down it. How she thought of this, I will never know. But she had a great time doing it. I just sat and laughed at her the whole time for inventing a slide out of garbage. I would buy one for her for our house but then Cambria wouldn't like nursery anymore because that's what keeps her entertained the whole time.

The box started to break, so what did any good mom do?

Made another slide out of the couch, a tupperware lid, and a total gym.

18 months

2010-02-11T11:16:00.009-07:00

Cambria was officially 18-months on Sunday. She had a doctor's appointment yesterday and she is now a whopping 21.9 pounds and 32 1/4 inches tall. Which means she is a really skinny girl, which to me doesn't make sense because it's not like she has a particularly healthy diet; all she has wanted to eat this morning has been cookies and I let her.

Skyler is in California so we have spent our days playing outside in the cold because Cambria loves to be outside even if it is freezing, we watched Julie and Julia last night, which I absolutely adored even though I didn't think I would when I saw the previews for it, and today we are going to Border's and probably the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. So even though Skyler is out of town we are still having fun.
Like always I had a really hard time getting a picture of her since she won't sit still long enough for me to try so here are the ones I did get.

I was trying to take a picture of me and Cambria but she didn't want me to be in the picture.

These were taken last night, and yes she is eating a cookie. I think I need to hide the box of cookies because it has just been out on the counter and Cambria can see it and walks in the kitchen pointing at the cookies. She has had 3 in cookies in the last two days. They are delicious so I think I will have to go to Target and get some more.

snow day

2010-01-30T11:57:00.010-07:00

We played in the snow earlier this week after it snowed a bunch and she loved sitting and eating the snow and being pulled in the sled because she wouldn't walk around by herself.

So, I made her a snow chair so she could sit in style while eating the snow.

She also helped me build a Cambria-sized snowman by making snowballs and handing them to me.
The day after we played in the snow I was getting Cambria dressed and asked her what she wanted to wear and she grabbed her snow hat and gloves and put them on and went and stood by the door and pounded on it because she wanted to play in the snow more!

We didn't go play in the snow though so she just sat inside in her snow gear and played.

The next day she did the exact same thing! I have a picture of it but it's not sending from my phone for some reason, so if it does I will post it but you'll just have to trust me. I did make her day by letting her play in the snow again on Friday, but since there's not much snow anymore she ended up playing in the mud and made a huge mess. It was great.

playing catch up

2010-01-25T14:11:00.004-07:00

This was taken with my phone because of how funny Cambria's hair looked. She had a bath then went down for a nap and this was what her hair did.

Skyler and Cambria made a fort last Sunday and had a great time playing in it. Skyler already has plans for an even bigger and better fort, "we just need bigger blankets".

A few weeks ago Cambria learned how to climb up on the table by the couches to climb on to the couches. She has not fallen yet so I still let her climb up there. Actually, it is impossible to stop her.

I made this dress a few weeks ago with my new sewing machine I got for Christmas. It's some of my best work and I was just making it up as I went. However, since I made it up as I went...it's way too big. So perhaps when she is 3 you will see pictures of her wearing it.

sicko

2010-01-25T09:26:00.003-07:00

Cambria has been sick for a few days now. She just has a cold but it is still a bummer. She doesn't sleep well at night but she sleeps great during the day. Hopefully she will get over this quickly but now Skyler is getting sick.
Every time Cambria gets sick Skyler buys her some pajamas so she now has 2 pair of pajamas just from her daddy.
Fingers crossed that I won't get sick too.

Spoiled

2010-01-15T13:37:00.004-07:00

Cambria has gotten a lot of new toys lately because she doesn't seem interested in her old toys. Here are some pictures of her playing with her new stuff.

This is her new kitchen. She's just a little too short but she absolutely loves this and I think it's so cute when she plays with it.

She doesn't really know how to golf yet and I'm excited for it to warm up so she can golf outside but she likes this nonetheless.We also got a bowling set for her since our long hallway is a perfect bowling alley. She likes helping set up the pins and then holding the ball while knocking over the pins.
So far Skyler and I have more fun playing with her bowling and golf sets.

Sledding

2010-01-04T09:00:00.009-07:00

On Saturday we went sledding on the massive hill at Bonneville Park. Actually it was just the right size for Cambria, and me... Seeing as how the last time I went sledding I wound up in the emergency room with half my face ripped off... Anyway, Cambria LOVED it. She said "wee!" every time we went down the hill and she liked playing in and eating the snow. It was Cambria's second time playing in the snow. The first time she did not like, mostly because she took her gloves off and her hands got really cold. But this time she kept them on and had a fun time. Enjoy all these pictures, I was proud of us for taking a lot of pictures for once. We struggle remembering to take pictures of all the things we do.

Skyler's Birthday/New Years

2010-01-01T15:56:00.004-07:00

Skyler has the perfect birthday. It's the day where the whole world parties all night long. He doesn't think it's so great since it is close to Christmas but he was excited for his birthday this year. Even though he didn't get what he REALLY wanted (sorry!) but he did get a Wii and Wii sports resort which is really fun. They have a lot better games for the Wii since we had our first one and then gave it away so he (I) wanted one again.

Cambria was even able to stay up till 11:00pm last night. I didn't think she would last that long but she sure didn't want to go to sleep. She has been asleep for 2.5 hours today though and is still sleeping.
We went to the aquarium today and I think Cambria had a good time, once she was able to get out of her stroller. She really enjoyed playing in the water where the sting rays live and playing on the coral reef play ground. She would also point to all the fish in their tanks and I tried really hard to get her to say "fish" but she just couldn't say it.

Early Christmas Present

2009-12-23T15:18:00.004-07:00

Cambria got an early Christmas present from her grandma and grandpa Tolman a few days ago. And she absolutely loves it!! She can't quite reach the pedals but loves getting pushed on it. It's cute to watch her try and ride it.

funny stuff to help you through the week!

2009-12-22T12:04:00.007-07:00

They look so much alike:

Do people just not like her stuff that much?

Touch Down celebration gone wrong:

Let this be a lesson to everyone!

Support Local Music

2009-12-21T11:28:00.002-07:00

A friend of mine (Greg Downs) has been working on a new album and I wanted to post his most recent track on here to have everyone listen and let me know what they think.

I have already shown a few people his stuff and they really like it, so I am hoping to help him get the word out. He is doing quite a bit of tours and everything so if you want to learn about those upcoming I have included a link where you can sign up for his mailing list.

<a href="http://gregdowns.bandcamp.com/track/cast-a-stone-w-richard-harris">Cast A Stone w/ Richard Harris by Greg Downs</a>

If you like it please sign up for the mailing list and support him, you can also join the street team if you would like.

Also, if you are just wanting to buy his CD or listen to more of his music you can check him out by clicking here or you can go to GregDowns.com/

just like mom

2009-12-21T11:21:00.004-07:00

Everyone always said that Cambria takes after me, I now finally see the resemblance... This picture was not staged either. she did this all by herself.

This is her new Christmas skirt. It may look familiar because, well, it is the same pattern as the summer skirt I made for her and very similar to the dress I made for the fall. But I love the look and think she looks so cute.

BEST CHRISTMAS VIDEO EVER!

2009-12-18T13:47:00.004-07:00

This was sent to me in an email by my dad.
I hope you enjoy this!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Thanks goes out to Kevin for this!

Cheese!!

2009-12-15T13:16:00.004-07:00

For once she's looking at the camera and, better yet, smiling! I don't think I will ever get to use these bins for the use I had in mind.

Winter Festivities

2009-12-05T12:37:00.010-07:00

We have been pretty busy lately. The day after Thanksgiving we went to Thanksgiving Point and saw the Christmas lights which I thought were kind of lame... and would not recommend going to, but their hot chocolate was good. We will probably be going to the Hogle Zoo to see those lights sometime so hopefully they will make up for it. But Cambria LOVED seeing the reindeer!

Skyler and I always go to the Festival of Trees but he is out of town so I went with my mom this year. Cambria did pretty well since she doesn't like sitting for more than a few minutes but she was fine if she had food. So I kept her belly full with caramel apples and a rice krispy treat.

18-year old me at the Festival.

Here we are 5 years ago at the Festival of Trees. So cute.

23-year old me at the festival.

I also made Cambria a dress (which I love) that cost less than 5 dollars to make! I have seen dresses like this before but just made it up as I went and I'm proud of it. Next time I will add more tule to the bottom though to make it more full.

2 seconds later she tipped this bear over and broke it. I should have known better than to put him on the floor.

Our tree may not last until Christmas because I am tired of keeping Cambria away from it and re-stringing the lights every day.

Otter Chaos

2009-11-29T21:53:00.008-07:00

Link

For those of you who knew me in 5th grade know that my fascination with otters started then when I randomly decided to do my science fair project on them and even won 1st place in the animal division! I should say that my dad won first place because he was the one who made me the diorama of the otter's home.
Thanks National Geographic for making me happy tonight when I was bored but have a lot of things I should be doing instead.
That picture reminds me of Cambria saying "oh no" like she always does because she even puts her hands on her cheeks (if she were an otter of course).

Races, turkeys, and pies. Oh my!

2009-11-27T08:28:00.011-07:00

What were you doing Thanksgiving morning at 8:00am when it was 23 degrees outside? I was running the Turkey Trot in American Fork and it. was. cold.

But after the first mile I warmed up really fast and wished I could have taken off the jacket I was wearing. I set a new record for my 5k time at 24:23. So a whole minute faster than my last race time.
I finished second in my age group and as a result I won a pumpkin pie, which was delicious by the way.
This is just after I finished the race.

If you look real close you can see me on the last stretch of the race. (I'm the one wearing red pants.)
We had a niceThanksgiving dinner and had a lot of fun playing outside because the weather was nice and Cambria loves being outside.

Cambria and Skyler making Cambria's favorite face to make because she is always says "oooh" to everything.
I made a candied apple pumpkin cheesecake pie which I thought was delicious and it looked really pretty too.

Pretty in Purple

2009-11-20T14:52:00.008-07:00

I've been busy sewing a Christmas dress for Cambria but struggled getting her to hold still for me to take her picture today. She has so much energy and is always running all over the place and it is impossible to take a nice picture of her. But you get the idea of what it looks like. It also has a faux fur jacket that goes over the top but I have not made that yet.

I also made a dress for myself a few weeks ago and kept forgetting to take pictures of it.

This is me being exasperated at trying to get her to hold still for a second to take a picture with me.

Goals

2009-11-18T09:27:00.003-07:00

Skyler left for Denver Monday and my goal while he was gone was to watch all 10 of the CSI:Miami's we have recorded. Since there are so many great shows on TV right now we don't have the time to watch them and unfortunately CSI has fallen by the wayside. However, Cambria has been sick and goes to bed early so I stay up and watch TV because 1. I get a little scared at night without Skyler and I guess knowing that if something happens to me someone will figure it out and tell Skyler is comforting and, 2. One of my all time favorite things to do is to fall asleep while watching television or a movie. I can't explain why I love doing it so much but I just do and I haven't done it in a long time. So, 8 down, 2 more to go. He gets home tomorrow so tonight I will watch the last 2 episodes.

Favorite Horatioism: "I guess dead men do tell tales."

Cambria has become increasingly good at eating with a spoon. The other day I felt adventurous and gave her a bowl of rice instead of just putting it on her tray.

As you can see it went well. She got smart and figured out it was faster to just eat directly from the bowl.

Dressed in Sunday Best

2009-11-08T13:49:00.002-07:00

Cambria and daddy dressed up ready to go to church.

She loves kisses from Skyler.
Okay, I do too. :)

Giving daddy kisses. I love the look on her face!

Favorite Spot

2009-11-08T13:45:00.002-07:00

Cambria has been climbing on or into EVERYTHING lately! Her new favorite spot is this drawer.

Pretty Girl

2009-11-04T14:47:00.002-07:00

Halloween

2009-11-01T21:08:00.005-07:00

This Halloween Cambria had 2 costumes. A pumpkin (which I wore when I was little) and a garden gnome. After she ate some candy she ate an apple and a banana.

Skyler dressed up as Dr. House and I was a clown sans the wig because it freaked Cambria out. My mom made this costume for me when I was 11 or 12 and I was going to wear it to a dance party and then trick-or-treating but I was really sick so I couldn't go to either. I know, sad. But this costume has been worn for at least a minute by someone every Halloween since then. But it is still in great condition.

We were glad that Halloween night was nice because Cambria enjoyed the trunk-or-treat that my parent's ward had. We enjoyed the candy she got for us.

The picture is blurry but that was the best I could get! She would not keep her hat on at all. Her pumpkin costume also had a hat but she would not wear that either.

Poor thing also had a hard time walking on the wood floor with her shoes on.

After the festivities we went grocery shopping, which was great because Macey's was not crowded at all for once. We got ice cream and Cambria got to eat some herself. We had to give her a good bath when we got home because she was such a mess from the candy and then the ice cream.

100th post

2009-10-30T22:45:00.001-06:00

Dancing Queen

2009-10-28T16:26:00.003-06:00

Cambria went in our bedroom, emptied all the clothes out of the laundry basket, and brought it in our front room so she could dance on it.
Such a funny girl.

Our night...

2009-10-20T12:13:00.003-06:00

Last night we spent in the emergency room with Cambria. She was not feeling well Sunday night and it got worse all day Monday. I took her temperature at about 8:00pm and it was 102.3. So we went to the ER and she was very upset the whole time we were there and we couldn't calm her down. She had some good reasons to be upset though.
1. She didn't feel good
2. She was really tired
3. I forgot to bring some toys
4. People kept touching her
5. I'm pretty sure she was upset by the bums we saw and the crazy lady who got arrested

It turns out she has bilateral ear infections and a cold. Her temperature is still pretty high but has gone down. She's loaded up on medications and is already a lot happier than she has been for 2 days. It made me really happy this morning to see her playing because she hasn't wanted to for a while. This is the first time she's ever been sick and she isn't shy about letting us know when she is miserable.
And, United Health Care, I'm pretty certain you read our blog so you can just send all our bills to Cambria's pediatrician because they were the reason we had to go to the ER. After calling them 4 times, being told they didn't have any appointments, and after being on hold for 20 minutes to talk to a nurse I gave up and we went to the hospital. So it's their fault our bill will be high.

New Dress

2009-10-16T16:26:00.002-06:00

If there was a Project Runway for mom's who only made dresses for their kids I would totally go on it. Unfortunately this would be the week I would get kicked off. The dress isn't as good as I would have hoped and I would have lost points on the styling aspect because I cannot find a black shirt or shoes to go with it and I've looked a bunch of places.

I like this dress because I love the white eyelet fabric. But the craftsmanship is not as good as some of my other projects. To be honest I kept getting really frustrated and just kept redoing things I didn't like. Plus, this was my first time doing pockets so I struggled.
It is a little big on her which I didn't anticipate but that just means she can wear it for longer.

Books

2009-10-12T08:52:00.004-06:00

Cambria loves reading books. Which is why it is great that our stroller is now in front of our bookcase so she can climb up in it and reach MY books and read (tear) them. This happens to us multiple times a day if I forget to close the door to the office.
She knows she got caught playing in here but she doesn't seem to care.

so far so good

2009-09-30T16:57:00.005-06:00

Skyler is in Canada

My mom is in Spokane
Other family members are in Las Vegas
And we are in Orem! So what have we been doing since they left?

Cambria discovered she really likes sidewalk chalk.

We went up the canyon before the weather turned bad.

We went to a birthday party.

And still have another one to go to Friday!

And I finished a fall dress I made for Cambria.

This one was hard to sew because I was making it up as I went and it has some pretty visible errors but I am glad to be done with it because it has made me mad for the past few days.

5k fun

2009-09-27T19:42:00.002-06:00

Since no one, other than my mom, joined me on the 5k Saturday I will rub it in how much fun it was! I ran 1:15 faster than I did the last one so I was pretty happy. My time was 25:25 and I got 3rd in my age division and I think I got 31st overall. I'm not sure on the exact place because the results have not been posted yet but hopefully tomorrow they will be. The best thing about running races is that you get a lot of freebies. I got a shirt, a water bottle, a "cancer sucks" pin, and loads of coupons for things. The next one I might do is October 24 and it is at night running through the American Fork cemetery which sounds cool so I think I will do it!

This isn't my favorite picture but oh well.
And a big congrats to my mom who also did the 5k with me!

my latest project

2009-09-23T15:13:00.002-06:00

This is my latest sewing accomplishment. I had a hard time getting a good picture of Cambria in it because she wouldn't hold still. This one didn't take as long I'm just worried about the flower staying on because Cambria likes to play with it.
Anyway, I'm excited to get started with my next project which will be a dress for Cambria.

Mad dash for cancer

2009-09-22T15:12:00.002-06:00

The American Fork Hospital is having a 5k and all the proceeds go to the Huntsman Cancer institute. It's a fun run/walk so everyone can go. It's September 26 @ 9:00am. Cambria and I will be there so I hope people I know will come run with me!
To register just follow the link.
http://intermountainhealthcare.org/hospitals/americanfork/services/cancer/Pages/Mike%27sMadDash.aspx

Home made fun

2009-09-12T12:37:00.003-06:00

If you would have told me a year ago that I would be sewing clothes (and enjoying it) I would have laughed at you. Nonetheless, I got over the sewing my finger incident and decided to start sewing once again.
I made this skirt for Cambria and think it's really cute. It looks better in real-life. It's hard to say this but I liked sewing so much that I think I will buy my own sewing machine instead of using my moms.
This is actually the third thing I have made. I was inspired by a shirt I saw on Esty and thought that I could make it but it didn't turn out exactly as I wanted so I will probably try that one again and I have also made a cloth book for Cambria.

Watching TV

2009-09-12T12:19:00.003-06:00

The other night Skyler and Cambria were watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. There is a part where Goofy slips on some bananas and they all fall on his head and she thought it was the greatest thing. When I started filming it was the third time she had seen it and she laughs every time!
This also showcases my great video camera skills.

giggles

2009-09-06T20:25:00.003-06:00

This was at 10:30 at night when Cambria was supposed to be sleeping. Oops.

I'm finally a trophy wife

2009-08-24T10:33:00.007-06:00

I ran a 5k this last Saturday with my brother Ben and my mom did the mile. All the proceeds went to the Wasatch House which is a place that helps mentally ill people. The race started at Timpanogos Park and went to Canyon Glenn then turned around and went back. It was really fun especially since I took 1st place in my age division! (20-25 yrs.) And I finished 31st overall. Which was great because I was worried about not being able to run the whole way but I did and could have kept going. This keeps me motivated to keep running and hopefully do a 10k next year. We also got a jogging stroller so I can run better on my jogs with Cambria. Our old stroller was not working out for exercising.

We had a family reunion last week and even though we had a lot of fun I didn't take many pictures, but here is one of Cambria playing with the bubble machine she got for her birthday.

Thanks Maddie!!

2009-08-18T16:52:00.006-06:00

Thanks Maddie for taking such wonderful pictures of us! I really love the way you captured us having fun with Cambria.