The Harward's

More Family Pics

2011-11-04T13:10:00.001-07:00

Family Pictures

2011-11-02T16:03:00.000-07:00

We finally got some new family pictures taken. Here are just a few of them.

Tenny

2011-04-29T20:40:00.000-07:00

I love these pictures. I can't believe that she is getting so big. It is going by way to fast!

Best Weekend Ever!

2011-03-28T17:53:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was mine and Jared's Anniversary. We had some things already going on last weekend so we celebrated it this weekend. Jared planned it and made all the reservations and he did amazing!

First we went to my friends Spa in Salt Lake (Xscape) for massages. SOOOOOOOO Relaxing!Then we went to lunch at a little Deli that a friend had recommended that was really fun and different. After that we went and checked in at the Grand America Hotel. Then we went shopping at the Gateway. It was cold but really fun. We went to dinner and then to Wiseguys comedy club. We slept in and then went to the brunch at Grand America. Which is totally amazing! Such yummy good food. Then before we came home we walked through the courtyard because it is so pretty. Of course I forgot my camera so the only 2 pictures I have are from my cell phone. Oh well at least I remembered to take some at all.

Thanks so much Jared! It was a great weekend and so much fun. I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband.

Tenley Grace

2011-03-21T16:16:00.000-07:00

I love these pictures of Tenley and Payton.

3 Months

2011-03-08T19:56:00.000-08:00

I can not believe that my baby is 3 months old. It has gone by so fast. I just want her to stay little and she is growing so fast. She is my biggest kid.

In the last 3 months we have just been crazy busy. New Baby, Boys basketball, Jared's basketball, I went back to work, back to teaching, had a kidney stone for the very first time in my life (hope to never have one again), kids had strep, baby blessing, Jax had a birthday, Happy 11th buddy!!! Valentines Day (which my husband did so good on...I got to go get an amazing facial and re-connect with one of my best friends from high school), Had the kids dentist appointment from HEdouble. Apparently two boys have major issues with teeth and Payton has 2 cavities, Baby had a major blowout while we were there. Next Monday they will be pulling out 6 of Jax's teeth all at once and fixing Payton's cavities. It will probably not be a very fun day. And just so I have something to look forward to Ike is missing like 8 permanent teeth. So when he looses the baby teeth there is no tooth that will grow in. I think i am going to have to get a third job just to pay the dentist. Ha Ha! And finally in the next week I have my mom's bday, Payton's bday, and my wedding anniversary. I think I need a vacation!

I have some adorable pictures from the baby blessing and will try to get them on here soon.

Basketball

2011-02-19T12:56:00.000-08:00

Once again I signed Jared up to coach both of the boys basketball teams. SO FUN!

Finally

2010-12-03T20:19:00.001-08:00

After a super long month...Tenley Grace Harward is finally here. She was born on Friday Nov 26th. She weighed 5lbs 14 oz. It was my hardest pregnancy and my easiest labor. It was only about 2 hours total. I pushed 3 times. (about 5 minutes) It was awesome. The only downside to it was that it was so fast that I got my epidural right before so it had not really kicked in. I had thought about trying to do it natural so I guess I got my wish and I would never think of doing it natural again. Thank goodness for drugs.

We are so happy that she is here and is a part of our family. After such a big gap between kids I am totally enjoying this little sweetie. She is so so so fun!

More time...hopefully

2010-11-07T12:25:00.000-08:00

Things are going good at my house. I am still the same. I am now 36 weeks.
I am hoping to make it another couple of weeks. Here is why...

First: At the end I start to get a little nervous of what is to come. I am so ready to not be pregnant but I am going to have a huge adjustment having a baby around again.

Second: My husband still has football. Lone Peak is doing so good. They play this Thursday up at the U of U stadium and if they win that game then they will play in the State Championship Game the week after. It is so so exciting and would be so fun if they make it to the Championship game. But it is keeping him busy and with all these tests and going to the hospital Jared has not been able to go with me at all. It would just be easier if I had the baby after the season is over. As long as they don't start me on a Thurs or Friday we should be ok though.

Third: I want my baby to get as big as she can. I always have little ones. Any weight that she can gain is good.

and finally Fourth: I would love to make it past Thanksgiving. We go to Jared's mom's house this year and there are always a million little kids. It would be hard to go with a newborn. I would probably be a nervous wreck the whole time.

So I am still pregnant and still trying to take is easy but it is getting really old. I have to remember that it is all worth it in the end.

Oh and Payton is in a fashion show on Wednesday night up in Salt Lake and she is so excited. I would be sad if I could not go with her. I will post pictures after. SOOOOOOO Cute!

Update

2010-10-31T12:47:00.000-07:00

I am at home. I have to go to the hospital twice a week for a non-stress test and then my doctor appointments once a week. I am supposed to be taking is easy. On top of it all I am having contractions. It should make for a fun couple of weeks. Ha Ha!
But the good news is that my baby looks good. She is 5lbs 2oz (which is a good size baby for me). My biggest is Jaxson who was 6lbs then Ike was 4lbs and Payton was 5lb something. I am now 35 weeks along. So hopefully she can get a little bigger. I would love a bigger baby.

Hospital

2010-10-28T13:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had to go to the hospital for a non-stress test. From that test they found out that my blood pressure is high. So I had to go do some more blood work and tests and I have had to do a 24 hour urine test. Has anyone done this? At least they let me bring it home to do cause they were going to make me stay in the hospital over night to do it. I have had to save my urine since last night so I can take it back into the lab so they can test it. YUCK! I made Jared put a cooler in my bathroom with ice in it cause there was no way I was going to put it in my fridge.
I have to go back to the hospital tomorrow for another non-stress test and for a sonogram and to go over all the results of the tests that they did. They are testing me for pre-eclampsia.
I have never had high blood pressure before and can not believe how miserable it makes you feel. I hope that it does not last too long.
I will post more after tomorrow and know more.
I do not like to stay in the hospital so I am hoping that I do not have to stay there.

Am I done yet?

2010-10-04T14:12:00.000-07:00

Today is one of those days that I want to not be pregnant anymore. Only a little longer. (but not soon enough)

My month in a quick glance

2010-09-16T09:54:00.000-07:00

Do you ever look at the small things in life and feel very grateful for them? My husband has had a little bit of a rough month. A couple of weeks ago he got in a car accident and totalled our Tahoe. Luckily it was not his fault and no one was hurt, but after seeing the car he is lucky that he was not hurt. A girl hit him on his drivers side door and it pushed him head first into a big light pole. He usually is not driving the Tahoe. He drives the Audi to and from work and we just happened to switch cars that day because I had to go to Spanish Fork. I think that if he had been in the littler car it could have been much worse. Very grateful we switched cars that day.

Then last week Jared had surgery on his shoulder to fix a football injury he got back in April. Jared does not wake up well from surgery. He was the same way with his knee surgery. He is very sick after and they have a hard time getting him to wake back up. So we were at the hospital from 7:30am to 7:00pm that night. LONG DAY!!!!!!

Since then he has been home and I totally adore him but I can not wait for him to be better and go back to work. HA HA! It is his right arm and it is hard for him to do a lot of things. It is like having a really big 4th kid.

So I am officially 7 months and counting. I am sooooo ready to be done. I am still looking for cute girl names if you anyone has any fun ideas.

It has been a really busy month. I have everyone of my kids in sports right now. Payton is on a cute little soccer team. They are so darling. Jaxson is playing tackle football and is having so much fun. I am surprised how much he likes it. He loves his team and his coach. Izak is playing on a super league baseball team down in Spanish Fork. (don't know what I was thinking cause it is so far to get him to practices and games) But he is loving it too. He thinks he is such a major leaguer. And Izak should be starting flag football soon. I love watching my kids play sports...honestly there is nothing else that I would rather be doing.

In between all of that Jared is still in the middle of coaching at Lone Peak High School. He is having fun there and loves the boys. It takes a lot of time but he loves it. I have a small understanding of what a single mom must go through and do not know how they do it.

Sports Widow

2010-08-09T15:56:00.000-07:00

My husband has kept everything he ever had from playing football. So when Jaxson needed a jersey to wear over his pads for practices, Jared was more than thrilled to bring out his old Colts jersey from his little league days. I adore how much Jared loves this sport. He did not want Jaxson to play until 7th grade but you should see how excited he gets about it. I hope that Jaxson learns to love the sport just like his Dad!

So I know that I am not the only wife who becomes a widow at this time of the year...Football Season has officially started and I can not remember what my husband looks like already. Ha Ha! I said sports widow because it is not just limited to football at my house. Every season there is something going on and some sport that Jared is playing and coaching. In July baseball finally ended where Jared was coaching both my boys teams. So he would end up either having practice or a game every day of the week. Thank goodness we live in Utah and at least had Sundays off. During the baseball season is also when Jared's semi-pro football team plays. Which is good for him because he coaches high school football in the fall. Then this year Jaxson is playing tackle football and Jared is also trying to help coach his team. Like today, he had high school practice this morning before work, then straight from work he is going to Jaxson's practice, then from Jaxson's practice he is going back to the high school for another practice. (That is also with him missing one of the high school practices in the middle of the day today). Poor Jared. I am sure that he is worn out. But he loves it. And I am probably just complaining because today is one of those fun pregnant days that I don't feel very good.

Jared was wrong

2010-07-21T14:04:00.000-07:00

Ever since I was pregnant with Jaxson Jared said that we would have 2 boys then a girl...and then a boy. Since he has always been right we kind of assumed this one was going to be a boy. NOPE! Jared was wrong...WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER GIRL! 2 Boys and 2 Girls. I am really glad that Payton will have a sister.
But I have no Girls names picked out at all. Any suggestions?

Football

2010-07-20T20:34:00.001-07:00

So tonight Jared went over to the high school to work out with a couple of the DB's that he is coaching this year. He took Jaxson with him to teach him a few things. Jared so wants Jaxson to be a DB just like he was. It was so cute to watch them both walk out the door with cleats in hand. Jared is so excited for Jaxson to play tackle football this year. His rule was 7th grade but we finally talked him into letting him play. The smile on Jared's face tonight was so cute. I hope they have fun!

4th of July

2010-07-06T09:19:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July we went down to my brothers in-laws for a BBQ and fireworks. Payton loved the sparklers the most. She thought they were so fun. Thanks Packers for a fun night!

They played dodge ball on the tramp with Jared and Chris. I am surprised that no one ended up with a bloody nose. It was a pretty rough game. Look at all those boys. Of course Payton tried to play the entire time. She thinks she is one of the boys.

Now this is what Payton wants for Christmas.

Jaxson and Colby at the pool.

Swimming with cousins. Izak and Travis are so funny together.

Busy Summer

2010-07-01T10:27:00.001-07:00

So by the pictures you can tell what we did in St George...a lot of laying at the pool. It was so hot down there last week that the pool was the only thing that felt good. Enjoy cause these will probably be the last pictures you see of me...I hate pregnant pictures.

Jared's football game did not start until 7pm and I still felt like I was going to die of heat. By about 9pm it finally felt good. They played the St George Blitz. They lost and it was not fun. This is the first time in a long time that they have not made it to the Championship game. I think that they were sad...but I am so happy that it is over too. Baseball for the boys is done and Football for Jared is done. YEAH! Except next week he goes to football camp with the high school and will be gone. I swear when I married him I knew he loved sports but I had no idea that I would still be watching him play football 10 years later. He has had two blown knee's and now he needs shoulder surgery...he was just waiting for his season the be over with. I keep telling him that it is time to retire. I thought this year would be it but now that they lost they are all talking about playing next year. Ughhhhh. Oh well at least he is doing something that he loves.

Jaxson's Allstar tournament was in Kearns. It went pretty well. They won their first two games against PG and then we played Kearns for the Championship. We lost the first game so they had to play a double header and we lost the second game. It was really sad. Jaxson is really sad that baseball is over. He loved this year and had so much fun! He is going to play tackle football this year so I am really glad for a break for about a month. Jared's rule was that they could not play tackle until 7th grade but we have talked him into 5th grade. I was hoping that Jared would be able to help coach him but it looks like he is going to be coaching at Lone Peak High School so I don't think he will have to much time to help. Oh well. It is going to be a busy fall so I am going to enjoy the rest of summer.

Izak's Allstar team did so good. They played the best of three games and the won the first two games. So the third game they got to play just for fun. They got really cool trophies and the kids were so excited. I thought that I would be really sad that baseball is over but I am actually relieved and excited to have the rest of summer to just play.
Here are just a few cute pictures from the games.

Baseball

2010-06-15T14:28:00.000-07:00

Jaxson had their last baseball game last night. We won our first game in the tournament and then lost the second game. The boys have had such a fun season. I am actually kind of sad that it is over. Jaxson is playing in the Allstar tournament but with a different team. There are quite a few of the kids from his regular team on the Allstar team so it will be so fun. They had such a great team this year and we have had so much fun! He has seriously learned to love baseball this year and says that this is his favorite sport.

Summer

2010-06-08T13:57:00.000-07:00

Eagle Mountain put on a Rodeo this year and Jared helped build the rodeo grounds and then they got to work at the rodeo...he had so much fun! He loved it. Funny fact is that Jared's dream has always been to be a rodeo clown (seriously). He didn't get to be the clown but he loved it. The boys got to do Muttin bustin and the calf chase.

Ike did break dancing in the talent show at school.

Jaxsons scout hike to Stewart Falls

Jaxson and his friend JB at the rodeo...ya they are the same age. JB is so tall.

I am so glad that it is finally summer. I love the first part of summer. No schedule...no homework...everyone is home. It has been a really crazy busy month. With the end of school and all the programs and baseball and then trying to work somewhere between everything, I was so ready to have a little down time. Jaxson finally got his cast off so next week the plan is to play at the pool every day. YEAH!

For those of you that don't know yet...I am pregnant. I am trying to enjoy it but there is not much about pregnancy that I like. I am already counting down until I am done. I have a long way to go. But between being so tired and everything that has been going on I am thinking that I am too old for this. Good thing that I know this is my last time. I am getting close to about 4 months along so hopefully it goes by pretty fast.

So I have 2 boys and one girl already and am playing with the idea of not finding out what I am having...What do you think?

Boys vs Girls

2010-05-16T18:53:00.001-07:00

So over the weekend I came to the conclusion that I feel like I am a much better boy mom than a girl mom. Don't get me wrong...I love dresses and makeup and girly stuff but I would so rather go sit at a baseball game than go to a dance recital.

Payton had her dance recital on Saturday night. So the day started off with a rehersal at 8am. For those of you that know me well, you know I am not a morning person. I had to get a sub for my cycling class to take her. (I missed a much needed workout, with how fast I am gaining weight and all I am eating I really needed to burn some calories)

The rehersal was quick and I ran to Ike's baseball game. (which was warm and so fun)

She is so cute and I absolutely adore watching her do anything. Her class did a really good job. She was about 4th in line to dance and we had already been there for about an hour by the time she danced and there were 28 classes total. It was going to go on all night. So when she was done I grabbed her and we went and got ice cream and then we were off to go to Jared's football game.

It reminded me of one time when me and Jared were fist dating. It was Valentine's Day and his friend and him were trying to do something super special for their girlfriends so they bought tickets to the ballet in SLC as a surprise. Obviously you can tell that he didn't know me very well yet. It was the longest night ever. I think that he was relieved that it wasn't my thing.

But doesn't Payton look so cute in her costume?

Daughtry

2010-04-25T19:55:00.001-07:00

On Thursday night we went to the Daughtry concert with some friends. It was so fun! I totally have crush on Chris Daughtry...I love him. Lifehouse opened for them and were so good too.
After we were at the concert I noticed that there were a few kids there and I should have taken Jaxson with us...he would have loved it. I forget that he is getting old enough to do some of those kind of things now. It was a pretty clean concert too...some I would not ever want to take him to(like Metallica which is one that he wants to go to). We had a blast! Thanks Brinkerhoff's for the fun night!

To big of a gap?

2010-03-29T18:14:00.000-07:00

So my little girl turned 5. I can not believe my baby is 5. So here is my question...is 6 years to big of a gap between babies? And do I really want to go back to diapers and up all night?

The Dentist

2010-03-25T08:22:00.000-07:00

I just had to tell this cute story. My little Payton is so funny. We had to go to the dentist this week to get 4 cavities filled. (her and Jaxson have bad teeth...no matter how much we brush every time we go to the dentist they have a cavity. Izak still has never had any.) Poor Payton has never had one before either and I was worried about how she would do. We did all the typical bribing tactics before we got there so I was hoping for the best. They put the laughing gas on her and within a couple of minutes she was giggly. The dentist came in to do the shots (the part that I was worried about) They had to do shots on both sides of her mouth. So the first one the dentist tries to warn her that it will pinch and then he rubbed some numbing cream on it to get it ready. Here it comes...when he gave her the shot guess what Payton did? She giggled. Then the second shot...another giggle. Guess this was not going to be so bad after all....I should not have promised her so many toys. Ha Ha! She sat still and acted so big and Strong. I was amazed cause I hate the dentist. When she was done and we were walking out she said "mom that was fun! I want to be a dentist when I grow up". What a cute little girl. I am so lucky. I have great kids!

Happy Anniversary!

2010-03-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

Today is my 10 year wedding anniversary! I can not believe that it has been that long. 10 years ago today I married the man of my dreams and every year since then he has been proving to be an incredible person and father and husband. When I don't think that I could love him anymore he does something that amazes me and I do love him more every day that we are together. I am very happy that he is a part of my life and that I share my family and life with him. I respect him and cherish our relationship dearly. I love you so much Jared. Thanks for 10 wonderful years and I look forward to 10 (etc) more incredible years with you. Happy Anniversary!

Miss Eagle Mountain

2010-03-11T09:57:00.000-08:00

When we got home from ST George I got to Judge the Miss Eagle Mountain Pageant. It was really fun! It took all day...from about 1-9pm and seemed like a long day when I got home. The girls were all really cute and fun and it was hard to pick. I am very impressed that they can get up on stage and do that. I would have probably been so embarrassed to do that at that age.

Our week in St George

2010-03-11T09:31:00.000-08:00

Last week we went to St George for the whole week. It was so nice. What could be better this time a year than a little sunshine? Jared had a convention down there all week so me and the kids tagged along for a little vacation. We slept in, ate a LOT, went swimming, played games, hung with fun friends, and went shopping....it was a really fun week.

Payton loved the baby pool cause she could reach in it. So she lived in this pool which made it really easy for me to lay out. YEAH!

The condo was way nice and was great with the whole family. We had a kitchen, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, a laundry room, and family room. It was perfect!

Dixie Rock was fun to go hike around at. Payton was a little nervous but the boys had a BLAST!

Payton got a little makeup kit from the outlet down there...I think that within an hour she had used all the makeup. You can tell from her nice shiny face. She loved it and thought she was such a princess. I love having a girl!

Jaxson's Birthday

2010-02-22T19:47:00.000-08:00

So my Jaxson turned 10. That seems so crazy to me. I can not believe he is getting so old. It makes me feel old. But he is so fun and cute. I know I should not call my 10 year old boy cute but he is. All he wanted for his birthday was a new basketball...and look at how happy he is about it. He has loved basketball this year. He played on two teams. One here is Highland (that is still going) and one up in Draper (that has there tournament in about another week). I am really glad that he has enjoyed it because between practices every week for 2 teams and games for 2 teams it was a lot of running. He has learned a lot this year. He even has gotten up every Friday at 5 am to go down to play basketball with Jared...CRAZY!

I love you Jaxson...Happy Birthday big man!

New Favorite Blog

2010-02-16T12:39:00.000-08:00

thepaintedchicken.blogspot.com

Here is my new favorite blog site...check it out. Just find something you want and she will paint it for you. All custom orders...she will do anything that you want or you can pick something that she has done before. FUN FUN FUN!

This is a whole new phase of parenting!

2010-01-21T09:45:00.001-08:00

So on Tuesday night we had pack meeting at the church for scouts. Jaxson stayed after pack meeting with some friends to play basketball. Apparently Jaxson and one of his friends from our neighborhood (actually they just live a couple of houses away from us) got in a fist fight...
So the story that I got from Jaxson is that they were playing and he was playing tough D (ha ha I liked this part of the story) He is so into basketball right now. He blocked the shot and the other kid got mad and punched him in the stomach so Jaxson said that he got mad and starting punching the other kid back. Ya I said punching. I am not sure how many times he punched but I do know it was more than one. Then he got mad and walked home from the church.
So I have to say that in a way I am proud of my Jaxson. He has always been my timid meek little man who would not stick up for himself. Jared has been trying to get a little competitiveness and aggression out of him. I know that fighting is not ever good but I was glad that he stuck up for himself. I have always told him that if he does not start it and he is sticking up for himself, his brother, or his sister that he will not ever be in trouble for fighting back.
So then the next day at school I told him that if he wanted to try and talk to his friend he should. I told him that he did not have to take the blame for it if he did not start it but that he should apologize for his part in it too. He did try and talk to his friend which did not go so well (maybe it was to soon) but that is ok. And Jaxson said that it is ok too. He said that he felt better about it after he tried to apologize. Then he held his own when they were all playing football at recess and the kids told him to leave and Jaxson said no. He was playing football and having fun and did not want to leave.
I can not tell you how proud I was of him that he held his own.
So I have been worried about this since Tuesday because I want them to be friends. I hate confrontation. I am a girl and Jaxson is my oldest so this is all new to me. But I am staying out of it and decided that they will have to take care of it on their own. But I am a little worried about this new stage we are moving into and I heard that it only gets worse from here. I am so excited! HA HA!

Fighting

2010-01-20T15:15:00.001-08:00

Guilty Gingerbread Houses

2009-12-21T20:59:00.000-08:00

So this Christmas season has been going by way too fast and I feel like I can not get everything done. Every year since Jaxson started school I make gingerbread houses for the teacher. Which is actually a tradition that my mother-in-law inspired. She made one for all of her kids elementary school teachers. Well with 13 kids she became really good at gingerbread houses. So when Jaxson started elementary school at the same school that his Dad attended growing up I thought what I fun idea to keep the Harward tradition and make the gingerbread houses. The first year I made one I went down to my mother -in-laws house and she helped me and I used all of the stuff and got her recipe. ( I am talking making the gingerbread from scratch and cutting out the pattern and then finding all the fun candy) I had no idea what work went into these. I made Jaxsons house and we took it to school and walking in the hall I saw an older teacher that was not Jaxsons teacher but she stopped me and said what is your name? I told the cute lady who we were and she admired my little house that I was so proud of. Then she told me about a mom who used to make gingerbread houses for all her kids teachers and how all the teachers knew if they had a Harward in their class they were going to get a gingerbread house for Christmas and that they all wanted one in their class so they could get one. Well I laughed and me and Jaxson took the little house to his teacher. You can imagine how excited he was to give it to his teacher after that. The teacher said thank you but did not act as enthused as I might have hoped...maybe she was not a candy fan. Then about two weeks later when I was at the school again she stopped me and said thanks for the gingerbread house it was so good...I went home and we ate the whole thing! I was devastated. Ha Ha!

I have gotten better at making them but I still can not hold a candle to my mother-in-law...and if that takes having 13 kids I am just going to have to let her keep the crown. But it is a tradition in my home now as well and we love it. This year I had to make 3 houses. I started them about two weeks ago put them aside and then I have not toughed them. I decided over the weekend that I just did not have time to finish them this year. So today I got home from work and saw them still sitting on my counter and decided that I needed to finish them. It just would not be Christmas without them.

Izak's Darling Teacher

2009-12-21T20:51:00.000-08:00

Izak has the most amazing teacher. So he came home today with this cute pillow that his teacher made for him. She has been out because she had surgery and she came back to watch the kids practice their singing program and brought the kids these pillows. I have no idea how she had the time or energy or ability for that matter (I can not sew at all) to do one for each of the kids in her class. I am so impressed! Thank you Mrs Warnick.

2009-12-15T17:04:00.000-08:00

Christmas Dance

2009-12-15T15:49:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite things about this time of the year is all of the FUN Christmas programs that the kids have. I love going to them and watching the kids. Here is some of Payton's dance class. She is having so much fun and learning so much!

I am very Thankful

2009-12-01T12:46:00.001-08:00

So with another Thanksgiving come and gone I had to take a minute to say what I am thankful for...there is so much! I never imagined that life could be so good. I have a wonderful family. Jaxson is getting so grown up and fun (his feet are bigger than mine and he is getting pretty close to as tall as me) Ike is hilarious and says the funniest things all the time. Sometimes I wish that I would record everything he says cause I have no idea where he comes up with half the things he says. Payton is just the cutest. She is all girl. I love it!
I have the best husband in the world. We have been married almost 10 years and it still amazes me that the longer we are married the more I love him. I could not ask for a better friend.
We live in a nice area with nice people, my kids go to a good school, I have lots extended family around, I have a job I like, my husband has a good job, we have a lot of wonderful friends, and we have a lot of fun! Who could ask for anything MORE?

Should I be worried????

2009-11-22T21:29:00.000-08:00

Lucky Man

2009-11-19T15:46:00.000-08:00

One of Jared's favorite things he does is once a season they go to San Diego and go to Chargers game. Check out those seats. He had so fun!

2009-11-16T12:55:00.000-08:00

Izak had the cutest basketball team this year. They had so much fun! There team was so good and I know we are not supposed to keep score but they won every game! He loved it!

2009-11-03T18:10:00.000-08:00

Ok so I had to post these...I thought they were funny! Doesn't Ike look so excited? We are so not big Halloween people at my house. We had fun this year though. We all went trick or treating and were home watching a movie by like 8:30. I know I know we are so exciting. I was exhausted from wearing that costume (by the way this was my costume to wear to the gym for cycling but there was no way I could sit on the bike in it) and the kids were so sick of walking. I love that people actually trick or treat. These neighborhoods were we live are so fun. Thay have parties and then everyone trick or treats and one neighbor makes homemade donuts and another plays a movie from a projector on the side of his house (Charlie Brown's The Great Pumpkin, which is like the best movie ever) Then there are several who put fire pits in their front yards and you can stop and hang out and get warm and roast a marshmellow. I am so lucky to live where I do. It is such an amazing area. We can take the four wheelers and go up to the hills above us anytime we want and you feel like you are in the mountains.

Next year they want to ride them trick or treating...nice try! (of course my kids would try to get out of the work part of getting the candy) Ha Ha! Happy Halloween!

Halloween Party!

2009-10-25T20:12:00.000-07:00

Every Halloween my Mom has a fun Halloween Party and the kids dress up and instead of trick or treating the kids take a bag of candy to all of her neighbors. It is so fun! My kids look forward to her Hlloween Party every year.

CRAZY HAIR DAY

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Just a Few Fun Pictures

2009-10-18T20:57:00.000-07:00

Life seems like it just keeps getting busier and busier. I keep waiting for it to slow down and it just picks up more momentum. I would not want it any other way though. Jaxson is playing flag football and Ike is playing basketball and Jared has high school football every night of the week. Then Payton has dance and I try to find some time after working all day to get to the gym. I have decided that I am going to have to start working out in the morning before work. (which for those of you who know me you know I am not a morning person) It is like when I try to diet...it lasts about a day and I just have no will power. But with getting another year older (we are not going to talk about how old I am now) I realized that I am going to have to try a little harder and maybe eat a little better. We will see how long it lasts. Every Monday I have to start over again cause by Tuesday I have already cheated on my diet. Oh well here goes another week!

The First Day of School

2009-09-01T15:36:00.001-07:00

So the first day of school is always so great and so sad at the same time. This year even Payton is in a preschool where she goes 4 days a week for three hours a day. Jaxson started 4th grade this year and Izak is in 2nd. I can not believe that my kids are getting so old. (or that I am getting that old...SAD!) I have the best kids in the world! I am so lucky! Hope that it is the best year ever...and wish me luck with keeping up with all the homework.

So you think you can dance

2009-08-20T20:55:00.000-07:00

Since the boys were at school today and it was just us girls...we decided to go to Olive Garden for lunch to celebrate. While we were waiting for a table guess who walked in??? Brandon from so you think you can dance. I loved him and never missed watching the show. So you can image how stupid and star struck I acted. I am pretty sure that he was scared of me. I told him that I loved him and that his solo that he did in those little (LITTLE) black shorts I watched about 20 times. The rewind button was my best friend. He was so so nice. Yeah first day of school and yeah Olive Garden. It was the best first day of school ever!!!!

Another Day Another Lake!

2009-07-20T10:16:00.001-07:00

It seems like this summer we are spending a lot of time at the lake. We have a had a very fun summer. This one is at Deer Creek which is such a beautiful lake. On the way driving up the canyon Payton said "guys look at those beautiful mountains" She is always the one to notice the little things. I am so bad at wakeboarding but I am getting better. My boys are a little scared too but they are getting more daring. Payton is just happy to swim in the lake. And i Jared is just like a little kid on Christmas morning when we are at the lake. There is no where else he would rather be! We are very lucky to be able to do so many fun things!!!

What could be better than a day at the lake????

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Wicked!

2009-07-13T20:51:00.000-07:00

So over the weekend we had a girls weekend...and went to Phoenix to see Wicked! It was so so so so so HOT there. There were having record heat when we were there.
Here we are just getting ready to go in and get our seats. Sherry who is standing next to me is the funniest person ever and we had so much fun together. We joked all weekend that the next trip we are going to Vegas to see the Thunder Down Under...and I am a little nervous that she might actually be serious! (Ha Ha)

Sometimes before the entertainment starts you need to find a way to entertain yourself.

This is me and my cute niece Aleia.

My sister Amy (Aleia's mom) and Aleia

Me, my Mom, and my sister Amy at this Mexican Cantina that was so fun and so so good. I am not a big Mexican food fan but I definitely want to go back here. We had these burritos that were amazing!

I love girls weekend. One of the best parts was just sleeping in and only worrying about myself. I adore my kids and hubby but every once in a while it is such a good break to get some alone time where no one is asking for anything. You don't have to worry if someone is fed, dressed, brushed their teeth, or wandering off somewhere. At the pool I got to lay out (which never happens anymore) I read a book and slept past 7.

The play was so good. This was our second time seeing it. We went to Phoenix last year and saw it. It is one of my favorites! I have to say that the cast the first time we say it was a little better but it was still GREAT!

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

2009-06-28T12:03:00.000-07:00

Last night Jared's football team (The Wasatch Revolution) played in the RMFL Championship game and won! They have a good time playing and had a good season. Congrats Jared and the Revolution!!!

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Championship Game

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Last night Izak's team played for the Championship. We lost but they played so good and made it so far in the tournament. We were so proud of their little team and how far they came this year. It was a really fun season!!!!

And they all got a trophy at the closing ceremonies after the game. It was great. Way to Go Mets!!!

I have to say that Jared did a great job coaching. My boys are so lucky to have him as their coach...so Way to Go Jared too!

Poor Jaxson

2009-06-10T21:21:00.000-07:00

So Jaxson's baseball season is over a little early. He broke his arm climbing a fence at baseball. He decided to climb the chain link fence instead of go around and his cleat got caught and he turned baseball into gymnastics with a front flip over the fence...if only he would have landed it! He was pretty tough about it though. He did not cry. I thought I might and I had to leave the room when they set the bone. But luckily they put him to sleep while they did it so he will never know I was not there.

I guess at least the casts are water proof now.

But on the positive side Ike made the All star team! (which Jaxson is a little bummed about)

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!

2009-06-10T20:05:00.000-07:00

Me, my mom, and sister and my sisters friend went to Vegas to see Lion King at Mandalay Bay. We had so much fun. Lion King was so good. The costumes are seriously amazing! There are elephants and zebras and all kinds of animals.

And I always love the stip. It is so fun to walk around and just watch people. What better place than Vegas to watch people too. We went to the M&M factory and bought the kids presents.

I don't go away without my kids very often so it was kind of a nice break to not have to worry about anyone else but myself. Fun girls trip.

Then after Vegas instead of flying back home we took a car service (which by the way was so nice and easy and a lot cheaper than renting a car) and met Jared and the kids in St George for the rest of the weekend.

We went to Pirate Island Pizza with the kids. They liked it a lot. It is pretty fun inside...the pizza was not the best but it was fun.

After the weekend we were all worn out!

Except for Payton who never gives up...she wants to make sure she does not miss out on anything!

I can't wait for Wicked next month. That one is my favorite. We are flying to Phoenix again to see it and that is where we saw it before. I will take lots of pictures!

New Baby!!!!

2009-05-05T17:41:00.001-07:00

So I thought that I would finally introduce you all to our new baby...

He is big, hairy, and slobbery! But he is the sweetest DOG ever! I am so in love with him. He was supposed to be Jared's new baby(can't you totally tell that Jared picked him out) but I am so in love with him.

And actually he is better than any home alarm system we could have gotten! His bark alone will scare anyone and his growl kind of sounds like a bear. If he would not have already been named Mack I would have totally gone for the name Bear.

Mack and Jared's brother Matt's dog Murphy. Murphy is a miniature Schnauzer and Mack is an French Mastiff.

So I just thought that this was really funny! He actually was asleep like this. And he snores really loud. Now you all know why him and Jared get along so well. I swear this is the exact position Jared sleeps in too!

Just so you can see how big Mack is...this is our friends Great Dane Mercedes.

He gets a little excited with other big dogs.

New Favorite

2009-01-30T16:36:00.001-08:00

So here is one of my new favorite things. It is a shampoo, body wash, and shower gel all in one. There are different scents but I like this one called amazing grace. The brand has a philosophy on the front of each bottle for the different kinds and I loved what this one said.

Philosophy: life is a classroom. we are both student and tacher. each day is a test. and each day we receive a passing of a failing grade in one paticular subject: grace is a compassion, gratitude, surrender, faith, forgiveness, good manners, reverence, and the list goes on. it's something money can't buy and credential rarely produce. being the smartest, the prettiest, the most talented, the richest, or even the poorest can't help. being a humble person can and being a helpful person can guide you through your days with grace and grattitude.

So So True. It also smells really good. Just thought I would share.

So while I am on the subjest of my faorite things I also thought that I would share this other one of my favorite things with all of you...I love to read and usual like to read anything that I can get my hands on but I will admit that church books are usually not my first pick. My mother-in-law gave this book to my husband who (of course) said that he didn't want to read it...he is not much a reader anyways but if I would pick a church book last it would be much further down the list for him. I had never heard about the book or the author but I decided to read it. It has to be one of my all time favorite books I have ever read! So last night the author came to my mom's book club meeting to talk about the book and how the story came to her...so of course I had to crash the party and go listen to her. It was so great and I have never felt the spirit more. All I will say is that I think the author is an amazing person and if anyone has the chance to read the book I would highly recommend it. It is one that I will probably read again and again!!!!

STAR STRUCK!

2009-01-20T20:16:00.001-08:00

So here is why I am not very good at this whole blog thing...Saturday night I got to go up to Park City to the Sundance Film Festival to hang out with all my new BFF's (AKA all the hot celebrities). So Saturday during the day I decided that I needed to go shopping for a new shirt to wear. (cause I had to look hot and stylish and as little like a mom as I could manage)
So then I made sure to take time showering and getting ready. I put on a little more makeup than I usually wear...made sure to flat iron my hair....got a babysitter for the kids...all the stuff you have to do for just one night out...So then on my run out the door to my friends house, so the limo service could pick us up (ya I said limo service...can you believe it?) I completely forgot to put my camera in my purse. So all those pictures of me and Paris dancing and me and Terrell Owens sitting on the couch hanging out and Cuba Gooding Jr. showing me the money will so not get to be on my blog.
But seriously it was amazing and crazy! Cuba Gooding Jr did actually hug my husband. (Not me? Guess all that getting ready so did not pay off) We had a private booth that we just hung out in all night an danced and downed the Red Bulls to keep these little Mormon girls going until 4 o'clock in the morning. So Saturday night we partied like a rock star and Sunday reality hit when the kids woke up at 7 o'clock. Wow what a different world I live in! It was so fun.

Birthday Cake

2009-01-08T21:46:00.000-08:00

Ike wanted a basketball birthday party and cake...since we could not find a basketball cake that we liked I decided that I would try to make him one. I thought that it turned out pretty good. (for someone who does not cook at all) He liked it and that was all that mattered.

Christmas Programs

2009-01-08T21:40:00.000-08:00

So I know that I am really late on this post so I did not add a lot of pictures. Here are just a few from the kids programs for Christmas.

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Chris and Matt after the game
All the Hawward Boys...what a crazy bunch of guys!

So After we went to the airport and got Chris we all went to Pheonix to watch Matty's(one of Jared's other brother...there are 13 sibling total so don't even try to keep up with all of them...I don't) play one of his last football games for Snow College. They won of course and it was warm. So needless to say it was a great trip.

Harward Boys Together Again!!!

2008-11-24T19:25:00.001-08:00

I know that I am a little late on this post but I thought that I would add it anyway...On Nov 7th Jared's brother Chris came home from his mission in Hawaii. (Bad time of the year to come back to Utah...he says it is cold) It was so fun to go to the airport to get him...except is was super early. We were all tired. Before he left Jared and Chris were inseperable...they worked together and seriously when they were not together they were texting eachother. I think that Jared is very happy to have him home. We got to go out to Hawaii in March and baptize Jaxson out there at temple beach in the ocean...so we did happen to run into Chris at the time...ooops! But is still is nice to have him back and hang out again. To be honest though I would rather be in Hawaii!

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Halloween

2008-11-10T18:14:00.000-08:00

What's Cookin

2008-10-27T19:53:00.000-07:00

Payton's favorite thing to do is pretend to cook. My sister gave her a cute little baking set and she plays with is non-stop. Usually she just ends up making a big mess that I have to clean up...ha ha! I try to remember to enjoy the little things I will probably miss later. She is ALL girl!

Jax and Ike

2008-08-14T20:15:00.000-07:00

Jaxson and Izak are getting so big...We had so much fun at the family reunion in Bear Lake. The boys love to go camping.

Harward Family

2008-08-13T09:17:00.000-07:00

I love fall...it is my favorite season. We are all getting ready yo start school again. Jaxson will be in 3rd grade and Ike will be in 1st. Both boys will go all day...YEAH!

Hello Blogging World!

2008-08-12T14:34:00.001-07:00

This is my first official post to my very first blog ever!