Fast Sunday

We had a state wide fast. We were asked to fast for those who may be effected by the current economy. Our family sat down on Saturday evening and discussed how important this fast was. All of the kids wanted to participate. The next morning I got up and was busy as usual. I went to a meeting and came home a little after 11:00am. I noticed that Kaison (who is 4) had not been fed breakfast. I started to ask why no one had given him breakfast. Kaison said Mom I am fasting. Needless to say my heart melted, what a sweet boy.

Christmas Wish List

Dad - Books, DVD, Gift Cards (Easy to please)
Kayleen - Perfume, Candles, Crockpot cookbook (I know, moms should never ask for anything for the kitchen)

Aubree - Anything for college, anything "Wicked" (the musical)
Haleigh - Side kick cell phone (fat chance those are expensive)
Dalley - I pod
Chandler - Something that has to do with sharks
Brenen - Lego's
Trey - I spy books, games
Kaison - Cars
Superman - I think he wants a new logo.


I think the biggest thing our family wishes for is that all of our friends and love ones have a wonderful 2010.

Merry Christmas

10 K

At Thanksgiving the Lyman brothers planned on running a 10K. Dalley and Kayleen wanted to run as well so they joined the brothers team. This was an accomplishment for Chad and Kayleen who do not enjoy running. Dalley who loves to run finnished ahead of her parents.

We had Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday and Friday for both the Cuthbertson and Lyman families. It is always so fun to get everyone together.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Above are pictures of everything that has happened over the last month or two. For Chads birthday I surprised him with tickets to the BYU/UNLV football game. The game was on his birthday so I could not resist. He had no idea. Halloween was great. Aubree and Haleigh did not dress up this year. Dalley was a princess, Chandler was the Grim Reaper, Brenen was Batman, Trey wanted to be Dracula, Kaison was Superman, and of course Superman was himself. I just wore a witches hat and green lipstick. Aubree went with Colby to Homecoming. She was so beautiful and they had lots of fun. I was able to go on the game show "Lets Make a Deal" I thought I was real origonal by being the real octomom. When I got there I found out that they had alot of octomoms so I was not selected. I am sure they were not the real thing like I was. I had a lot of fun anyway. Finally Superman has turned ONE. I cannot believe it has been a year. Definately a crazy month but it has been great.

I almost forgot I had a blog. With facebook keeping me in touch with everyone,my blog has just been put on the back burner.

Our family celebrated two birthdays. The first one was our little Superman. We cannot believe he had his 1st birthday. We gave him his presents and he just looked at them. Once mom poked a hole in the package he stuck his finger in and pulled the paper off. However, he just wanted to play with the paper. It took about 20 minutes to help him open his gifts but he did get them opened.

We gave him his own cake to tear into. He was pretty careful not to make a mess at first. Big sister Dalley came along and pushed his hand into the cake. He laughed so hard and thought it was fun so he started to swing his hand around and cake went flying. Mom would have normally been a little unhappy but Haleigh had floor duty so she was the one saying "no" this time. Superman then took his plate and flipped it off of the high chair when he was done with the mess.

Chad had a little surprise for his birthday. I had arranged for him to have his birthday off of work. Chad had no idea. The kids and I then woke him up to the "Happy Birhday" Song and breakfast in bed. We gave him his present which was a BYU highlight video and tickets to the BYU v. UNLV game. He was very excited. It was so much fun and BYU won so it was a great birthday indeed.

Shadow Ridge Dance Team

Haleighs dance team looked great at the football game Friday night. She is so cute,isn't she?

Happy 15th Birthday, Haleigh!!!

Happy BIrthday!!!!! Trey!!!!!

Trey had a great birthday. He opened his presents in the morning and then went off to play with all of his gifts. I made a molten chocolate cupcake for his birthday and put lots of ice cream on top. After we went to butterfly park and loaded up on free school supplies while the boys played at the park. Next birthday he will be baptized.

What a fun summer our family has had so far. If you look at the pictures to the left you will find that we went to California and enjoyed some time in the pool. Next we went to Utah for football camp. The boys were great and had a lot of fun. We were able to see the Oquirrh Hills Temple open house. It was so neat. Finally all the Lyman girls went to camp. Yes, I ziplined, climbed a rock wall, and managed to find time to eat a bug. However I would say the highlight of my summer so far was seeing the Oquirrh Hills Temple.

19 Years and Counting

Chad and I will celebrate our 19th anniversary. What a blessing it has been to be married to Chad. I look forward to 19 more years.

Oh what do you do in the Summertime.

OH WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE SUMMERTIME........


We as a family made a bucketlist of things we want to do or try this summer. Rules were that it needed to be something new, inexpensive, and fun.

As a family we will be going to the Oquirrh Mountain temple open house, Family reunion, Boys will go with Dad to football camp, the girls will be going with Mom to Arizona to see "Wicked".

Chad...He would love to see a live session in the SLC Temple.

Kayleen...I want to try Sushi, I have been told I would love it if I went to a good restaurant.

Aubree..."Wicked" She is excited to see this musical this summer.

Haleigh...She wants to see an old black and white movie. One that is well known. If you have any suggestions let her know.

Dalley...She wants to go to Lake Mead. We live so close and yet have never taken her there.

Chandler...He has done it all. And feels complete.

Brenen...Ride a 4 wheeler.

Trey...Swim at YMCA. He wants to try out the big water slides.

Kaison...Wants to see Night at the Museum II. Easy to please.

Superman...wants to learn to sit up. This is more moms bucket list for the baby.

If you would like to share some of the things you are doing this summer or share ideas on things to do let us know.

Dalley had her piano recital. Look at her fingers glide across those keys. She is so talented.

Haleigh put a four leaf clover in her hair for dance team tryouts. She made the team so it must have worked.

Aubree's play "Ozma of Oz" was a huge sucess. Mom sold tickets, the kids loved it, and Aubree was perfect.

Extremem Home Makeover

was here. It was fun to see the house go up in a week, the familiar faces, and the end result. It was so much fun.

Extremem Home Makeover was here. It was fun to see some familiar faces, the house go up in a week, and the end result. It is supposed to air on May 10th.

Kaison was bored while waiting for his sister who was trying on clothes. So he wanted to try on some hats. He did not like the first two hats they looked too much like girls hats but this one was just right.

Kaison was so excited to hold his little brother. But after a few pictures it went to...

Mom my arms are getting tired. Am I almost done. to...

Mom do I really have to keep holding him. I dont like holding him.

Draper Temple

This last month Aubree and I went to the Draper temple open house with the laurel class. The morning that we went there it was snowing so when you drove up to the temple and saw it, it looked like a black and white picture. It is a beautiful temple. When we got the young women inside the look on their faces is unforgettable as they walked from room to room. They had so many questions and they were in awe of everything they looked at and you could tell they were trying to take it all in and remember it. As we were leaving the girls commented on the fact that they wanted to be married there. The spirit was so strong. I am so grateful that we were able to take these girls there. I hope they will not forget this experience and keep their desire to go to the temple.

February 24th
Today is one of those days that every mom has. I was optimistic that I would be able to get everything done on my schedule and have a few extra minutes to myself that I cannot wait to use when I get finished. Then the following happens

Brenen received his first wrestling injury. He sprained his ankle. His ankle was so swollen that we took him to urgent care and Dad had to sit in the waiting room for 3 1/2 hours while mom sat by the phone worrying.

The next exciting thing that happened to me was this. My baby did not want to keep his poop in his diaper while I was holding him. The kids all scattered when I asked for help. No one wants to help with baby poop.

And to top the day off a bottle of bubbles just like this one got a small hole in the bottom of it. We did not realize it until today. As you can see I have wire racks in my closet. You know where the bubbles went. And yes, it was so fun to clean up.

All of the things with bubble soap on them, including carpet. As you know it is not easy to clean off bubble soap. We are so bubbled out, that the following things are outlawed in my home. No more bubble gum, bubble letters, or bubble baths. I dont even want to see someone who is bubbly for the rest of the day. So much for my few minutes of relaxation.

I hope tomorrow is a better day.