Heidi, Scotty, Maddie & Braydo

Christmas!

2009-12-25T17:50:00.000-08:00

Christmas Morning exploded at our house this year. There was #$%* strung from #@!* to breakfast. All mom wants for Christmas is a maid to clean it all up. Madison is really excited to get her dolls and a horse and all the stuff that goes along with it.

Brayden got a Hot Wheels Trick Tracks set that does 5 different tricks and a set of color changers that come with a wet track. He also got a set of Magnetix but Scott has been playing non stop with them since Brayden opened them up. Yesterday Brayden said he changed his mind and wanted a dirt bike and an X-Box 360 for Christmas. We told him Santa had already loaded his sleigh and it was too late. Maybe next year

Grammy Pammy called to ask about her package and we told her it didn't come. She called Fed Ex and they said it was delivered yesterday at 2 pm. We were at the Nutcracker and we came home in a blizzard. We took a snow shovel outside and dug her package out of a snowbank! It was worth it! Thanks Grammy Pammy and Grandpa Homer

Scott's says Merry Christmas to all. Here he is playing Magnetix while the dog is licking himself in the background. Just another Christmas at the Thomas house.

Halloween 5K Elmwood Cemetery Run!

2009-11-01T18:04:00.000-08:00

I ran the Elmwood Cemetery 5K run with Brooke and Ashley! (I'm Marilyn in case you don't recognize me!) Ashley is a Wild Cat/Thing and Brooke is a Dork. (Hee hee) This is a classic Horror Movie Cemetery. Built in the 1800's it has Crypts built right into the hills of Kansas City that are old and crumbling and freakin scary. Lots of angel statues and this creepy little chapel. It was AWESOME!

Brooke chest bumping the Samarai and her Ballarina husband!

Me running across the finish line! I took 3rd place in my age group!

Brooke found her Family's Burial Crypt! ScArY!

Ashley's Tombstone!

They really are GAY! (I knew it!!

They forgot to put my age group on the shirt. I guess I get to choose! This will be a yearly tradition if anyone wants to join me next year!!

Valentines Day!

2009-02-15T14:32:00.001-08:00

We went to a Double Baby Shower for two residents at Children's Mercy Hospital. I thought these cupcakes were so cute! B had Spiderman painted on his hand.

Scott is trying to bring 3D glasses back

I feel pretty! Maddie's new red shoes and hairpiece. Yes I let her wear it to church. I'm just that cool of a mom.

Maddie had a heart, rainbow, and dragonfly painted! Isn't she a pretty painted lady.

Happy Valentines Day! This was two different flower arrangements but Maddie broke one vase trying to get to the candy kisses so I combined the two. I made the two crafts at Shoal Creek Valley's craft night. Thanks Shelli! Funny thing is although my hubby paid for all shown he didn't order any of it. Good thing he works with thoughtful women :)

Presentation Fun

2009-01-24T13:02:00.001-08:00

We went to Maddie's school to do dental presentations. The kids loved Mr. Fish :)

Our new sign! Maybe the City will let us put up a real one someday.

Scott and Katie explain what a visit to the dentist is like using Mr. Fish (Nemo).

2009-01-24T13:01:00.001-08:00

Christmas 2008!

2009-01-18T14:47:00.001-08:00

The Handsomest 4 yr old on the planet!

Our Christmas Card 2008!

2009-01-18T14:27:00.000-08:00

Sneakers meets Grammy Pammy!

We love how he sleeps :)

A boy and his puppy. So cute!

Love is in the Air!

2009-01-18T13:44:00.001-08:00

My new baby! This is Sneakers Thomas. He is the love of our family. He is the best little snuggler and has the cutest personality. He constantly steals our hearts and makes us laugh. Anyone that knew me before or especially when I owned Chance will be amazed that I own another dog and especially a small dog when I vowed I never would. Chance was a yellow lab and if any of you have seen 'Marley and Me' you might have an idea of what life was like with Chance. We never bonded and no matter how much I cleaned or vacuumed whenever anyone with black pants sat on my couch they stood up with Chance's hair all over them. I sold Chance when I had Brayden because I couldn't handle three children. He was definitely the most expensive and time consuming and frustrating child I had.
BUT....Sneakers was being sold on the side of the road by our neighborhood. I have never seen a small dog that was this adorable and I fell in love immediately. Scott says I am a changed woman because this dog can do no wrong in my eyes. Scott got him for my 10th anniversary present, some women get a trip to Hawaii but I got the best present ever!

Open House

2009-01-18T09:24:00.000-08:00

Scott and Dr. Dustin Burleson (an awesome orthodontist that is Scott's mentor and fellow 'Mac-head')

LuLu Bell the Clown came and painted faces and made balloon sculptures.

Eileen Mccoy our Caricature Artist, there was a line all night for her drawings.

Our office manager "Jennafer" is engaged to Jasper whose family owns Jasper's Italian restaurant. He catered our open house and everyone loved it! Pictured above is Ms. Deanna (Brayden's preschool teacher) in front of our 'virtual' aqaurium.
Anna Bella is playing in our school bus activity center in the waiting room.

Ira gets his teeth brushed by the giant Nemo toothbrush by Kaylee in the open bay area.

Shoal Creek Pediatric Dentistry!

2009-01-18T08:13:00.001-08:00

We are officially open! Scott's practice is up and running, he named it "Shoal Creek Pediatric Dentistry" check it out at ShoalCreekSmiles.com This is the "Bubble Room" where the
kids pick out a toothbrush and toothpaste. They get to brush "Nemo's" teeth and watch him spit in the sink. They can also brush their own teeth if they want. We love this room!
There are 3 large fish murals in the office as well as our 'virtual fishtank' . I love the underwater theme! Scott did a great job picking out the murals and bubble glass.

Cameron Triathlon!

2008-07-28T17:25:00.000-07:00

Shoal Creek Valley Group!
Michelle and Rachel hamming it up.

Well the break is over! A few of my friends were doing the Cameron, MO sprint length Triathlon and I didn't want to be left out so I signed up to do it the day before the race. When I called in to register I had no idea what my swim time was so I guessed. It was awesome! Next year I might even train for it!

Our WINNERS!!

Emily took 1st in her Division! Way to go

Emily!!

Shawna took 3rd! She is a superstar!

The girl to beat is Robyn! She took 2nd in our division! When I grow up I want to be like her. I took fourth but for some odd reason they don't give medals for 4th place. There is always next year!

Madison's 6th Birthday!!

2008-07-14T18:12:00.000-07:00

Madison's 6th Birthday Party! Here she is posing with her friends, and her lemonade stand.

Madison is 6!! I can't believe it, where did six years go already? She insisted on another Princess Barbie birthday and then refused to dress up for her party. Go figure.

Brayden's 4th Birthday!

2008-05-29T15:50:00.000-07:00

Braydo's 4th B-Day we did a Madagascar/Jungle/Spiderman Theme? The kids got a real kick out of the jungle food. Braydo had his best pal Timo, cake and presents, what could be better?

Maddie's Flower Bed

2008-05-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

Madison has been praying for a flower garden every night for two weeks so Scott took her to Home Depot and let her pick out her favorite flowers and then converted her sand table into a flower box. They had so much fun with this project. Maddie planted all the flowers herself and waters them everyday. So cute!!

St. Louis Weekend

2008-01-04T04:55:00.001-08:00

We went to St. Louis for New Years. We love it there! They have even more awesome things to do with the fam than KC does. We went to a Holiday Celebration at Grant's Farm which is a family place run by Budweiser with the Busch Family Mansion up on the hill. You can have all the free beer that you want but a Hot Chocolate is $2, kind of funny. Admission is free too. They had it decorated like temple square with over a million lights, it was beautiful. We went to two shows; one for the kids which was the 12 Day of Christmas done by 4 elves and a new twist on the Christmas Carol with a Ventriloquist Narrator and Chinese Acrobats representing the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. The acrobats were amazing. I can't even imagine having that much strength, balance and flexibility.

The kids also got to see Santa's reindeer, penquins from Seaworld (which the Busch family also owns, who knew?) and the Budweiser Clydesdales all dressed up in their holiday finery (their harnesses alone cost $70,000) What would it be like to have that much money? Scott joked that those horses live better than we do. It's probably true.

St. Louis Zoo Rocks! It is by far the best zoo I've been too and the third largest in the states. It is also amazingly free. (The Busch family probably owns it too) They have the most awesome penquin habitat ever where the penguins are up close and personal. You could reach out and touch them if you wanted to. You can see them above and below the water at the same time. The hippos are the same way and they are amazing swimming balarinas. Disney's Fantasia isn't far off. We watched a baby elephant picking up thin sheets of ice with it's trunk. We couldn't believe how precise he could be with his trunk.

The ape and monkey houses are in these cool old buildings with gardens/atriums in the center. We watched a daddy orangatang taking care of business. So funny!

2007-12-25T08:59:00.000-08:00

We went for our annual Christmas tour of Crown Center and Union Station.

Fitz's Railroad Cafe had this really cute gingerbread town display. We didn't go into Crayola Land this year because the line wound back for about a mile and the kids had already seen Santa at Zona Rosa.

We love the detail they put into their displays!

Playgroup Christmas Party

2007-12-25T08:55:00.000-08:00

Playgroup Christmas Party. The kids are doing a reindeer race. They also made a candy cane and snowman ornament had lots of treats and did a present exchange.

Here they are catching snow (marshmellows). We love our playgroup buddies!!

Preschool Nativity Program

2007-12-25T08:23:00.000-08:00

We went to Maddie & B's Preschool Nativity Program. It was sooo cute. Maddie is our glowing little angel and did all the hand motions and even some of the singing. We are so proud!

Brayden is the donkey in the red shirt with his ears pushed back. The ears were too long and in his eyes, he couldn't see for the first half of the program so he just stood perfectly still, he finally pushed them back and started singing and dancing.

Maddie's friends Julia and Landon played Mary and Joseph. Aren't they all adorable!

Maddie and Brayden's Debut Performance!

Nutcracker

2007-12-23T13:26:00.000-08:00

We had a Mommy/Daughter Date to see the Nutcracker put on by the Independence Ballet Conservatory. We dressed the little girls up and took them out to lunch before the ballet. It was so much fun to see them all dressed up and watching the ballerinas. It is one of our favorite traditions.

KC Ice Storm

2007-12-11T10:50:00.000-08:00

We are in the middle of an ice storm here. Nothing like the one that we had in OKC that took down our trees, phone lines, and power lines but still makes for pretty pictures.

It did break off half of our neighbor's tree. I think it's funny that our icycle lights have icycles on them.

Gingerbread Houses!

2007-12-11T10:10:00.000-08:00

We made our annual gingerbread houses with the kiddos. We are getting lazy in our old age and decided to buy the kits instead of making them from scratch. It is so much easier!!

December 7th was our first snow day! The kids had so much fun making snowmen, throwing snowballs, and sledding in our backyard.

Happy Holidays!

2007-12-02T12:56:00.001-08:00

This is the funniest thing I've ever seen. Click for a laugh!
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Jamesport & Children's Museum

2007-12-02T12:27:00.000-08:00

We went to Amish country in Jamesport, MO for the Holiday Festival. Unfortunately the Holiday Festival (as they call it) is just a big overpriced craft fair and no Amish are involved. To make matters worse Mapquest took us to the wrong redneck town and our 1 hour drive turned into two. But on the plus side, we got really cheap Amish spices (like 1/2 cup of cream of tarter for $1) the kids had their faces painted, saw Santa Claus, and Scott found his dream bedroom furniture set made by the Amish and only $4,500!

For playgroup this week we went to the KC Children's Museum. Cute place in the middle of a huge abandoned mall with a police station at the other end of the mall. Not exactly a place we would want to be alone or in the dark but we felt pretty safe with 10 little kids to protect us. There is also a preschool there and I don't even want to know what kind of parents would send their kids there.

Thanksgiving

2007-12-01T19:09:00.000-08:00

We had a quiet family Thanksgiving this year. No traveling and Marie Calendar helped out a lot with the dinner preparations. We went to see "Enchanted" and we loved it. I opted out of the Thanksgiving Trot 5K this year because it was freezing outside. The kids dressed up like Indians and decorated their tree. I spent hours planning out my Black Friday shopping route and twelve hours the next day- Christmas shopping. Scott freaked when I got home and saw the car and trunk where completely jammed full. He asked how much I spent but I told him the important thing was how much I SAVED! But I am done!!! At least I keep telling myself to stop. I saved an average of 45% on everything I bought! I love getting deals!! But if you don't know that you don't know me and probably shouldn't be looking at my blog, you stalker.

Holy cow, you better watch this video because it is taking forever to upload. Come on already! I wanted to post the one of Scott singing in the shower but he threatened the big D so I am settling with this one.

Nauvoo

2007-12-01T18:51:00.000-08:00

We met my parents in old Nauvoo for a weekend temple trip.
Unfortunately no one checked to make sure the temple was open and we found out it was closed for two weeks for cleaning. But we still had a lot of fun seeing the sites and being with Grandpa Gary and Grandma Margie twice in one month!
At the play the missionaries put on. It was hilarious!

The mighty Mississippi. Scott and I think it would be fun to take a boat trip from Nauvoo to St. Louis one day.

Pioneer history and fun times.

Halloween

2007-12-01T18:19:00.000-08:00

I know it's been awhile, I thought my 15 posts last time would keep you busy or make you sick of seeing our pictures. I just realized people could post comments on this site so sorry that I never responded. Yes to all who wanted to add a link to our post from theirs, and thanks!

We went trick-or-treating around Historic Liberty Square (right by the Liberty Jail) and it was like stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting. All the business owners came outside to hand out candy and most of them were dressed up. They had free cookies, hot chocolate and hot apple cider. The fire department let the kids play on the firetrucks and take pictures with their dogs. It was really cute and a new family tradition for us.

Liberty Courthouse

Jack-O-Lanterns

After the Square we went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood with T-Mo and friends.

Ashley's Wedding!

2007-10-28T20:23:00.000-07:00

Luncheon, look at that view! Cheese!

Our GQ men. Grandpa Gary and Grandma Margie came to the reception!

Ashley and Brad's Wedding!

2007-10-28T20:20:00.000-07:00

Ashley's wedding was a fairytale. It made me want to get married again! Yes, still to Scottie! It was a great day. A beautiful ceremony at the Salt Lake Temple. Luncheon at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and a reception with all the candy you could eat :) Oh yeah it was also in a beautiful canyon. The kids were so cute in the Tuxedos and Maddie was a princess in her matching dress and ruby red slippers. She wanted to know why she didn't get a crown like Ashley's. I told her it was Ashley's day to be a princess and she could have her own day in thirty years :) Everyone looked so nice and Ashley and Brad are perfect together. We are so glad we got to come out for the wedding!

Westin Apple Fest

2007-10-28T20:10:00.000-07:00

We went to Westin for the annual Annual Apple Fest parade and carnival. It is a cute town that reminds us of Park City. The kids love the pony rides and playground. We love the fresh apple pie and brownies!

Pumkin Patch Fun

2007-10-28T20:07:00.000-07:00

They have playgrounds and pedal tractors, trains and sand diggers. An old fort and pond and pumpkin doughnuts. What more could a kid want?

Carolyn's Pumkin Patch

2007-10-28T20:04:00.000-07:00

Our playgroup went to Carolyn's Country Cousin's Pumpkin Patch. They took us on a wagon ride through the pumkin patches and the kids got to pick their favorite pumpkin right out of the patch.

An Early Thanksgiving

2007-10-28T19:59:00.000-07:00

Warren and Brayden play with their presents

A terrifying Joshua Vader scares Heather, Abbie, and Paige

Grandma Margie, Unlce Rod, Aunt Terri, Tennison, and Grandpa Gary playing games

We had an Early Thanksgiving at Terri's house. After a wonderful Turkey dinner we had a white elephant present exchange and played games. Heather and the boys came out for the night. It was so great to see everyone again. The kids were so excited over their gifts and loved playing with the cousins. Thanks Terri for hosting the night!

Brownie Time with Grammy Pammy

2007-10-28T19:54:00.000-07:00

Mmm..Mom never lets us do this

Suprise..sorry to all who ate these brownies

Grammy Pammy lets the kids go at the brownie batter. They got tired of licking the bowl and went straight for the good stuff. Check out Cooper's brownie mustache!

Wasatch Mountain Golf Course

2007-10-28T19:51:00.000-07:00

So hot want to touch the hiny...

Brad(the new mutant golfer) and Homer

Golfing at Wasatch Mountain Golf Course. It was so beautiful it made us want to move back to Utah! We miss the mountains and clear streams and lakes! Oh.. and our family too :) Brad is awesome! We are so glad we finally got to meet him.

American Royal Rodeo

2007-10-28T19:45:00.000-07:00

Braydo with the bull

Maddie's class

We went the the American Royal Rodeo with Maddie's preschool class. The kids got to meet all the rodeo animals up close and personal. The even learned how cows are milked today and got to make butter with a churn. Maddie's teacher (Mrs. Mabion) got to chase down a goat and tie a ribbon on it's tail. She had the fastest time and won tickets to the big rodeo that weekend! The highlight of the fieldtrip was Ronald McDonald. The kids were mildly excited about horses and bulls but once Ronald came out they went crazy! Mutton Bustin was my favorite. They have kids from 3 to 6 ride sheep like bulls. It was hilarious!

KC Zoo!

2007-10-28T19:38:00.000-07:00

Braydo loves the tigers!

Feed the birds! The zoo guide told us what goes in must come out but if a bird pooped on us it was good luck and we should go buy a power ball ticket. I accidentaly dropped my first cup of nectar and it splashed all over Scott so the birds were all over him and one (or maybe two by the looks of it) pooped all down Scott's back! He says he is going to get his powerball ticket tommorrow. Wish him luck!

Monkeying Around at the KC Zoo

2007-10-28T19:32:00.000-07:00

Posing with SpiderMan

B coming down the slide in the Discovery Barn

Brayden's evolution equivilant. Look at him sucking his thumb!

Playgroup Halloween Party

2007-10-28T19:26:00.000-07:00

Our annual playgroup Halloween Party at the church. We decorated Bat and Pumpkin Sugar Cookies, pinned the nose on the Jack o Lantern and made witch and bat decorations. It was fun to see all of our friends dressed up in their costumes.

2007-10-28T19:20:00.000-07:00

Batman and Mini Me

Trick or Treating Zoo Style

The prettiest witch.

We went to Kansas City's Zoo, "Boo at the Zoo" the kids did a lot of trick or teating. We made spiders and saw a few animals. We saw an entire family dressed up as the Incredibles. It was incredible :)

B & Maddie at Kearney 1st Ward Trunk or Treat

2007-10-28T19:17:00.000-07:00

We went to the Kearney 1st Ward's Trunk or Treat on Saturday night. We did a really cool Bat Walk that you would have to see to understand, it was an optical illision that make you look like you were walking through barb wire and off a cliff. It was awesome! The kids had fun making crafts, and doing the cake walk and of course trick or treating!

Heidi & Braydo in the Haunted Pirate Ship at the Zoo

2007-10-28T19:10:00.000-07:00

September Fun!

2007-09-23T17:07:00.001-07:00

I'm so excited to be a blogger! Here is our trip to Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park, KS.

One of our favorite places to be.

Maddie at the Koi Pond.

Brayden at the waterfall splash area

Maddie's prize catch. She caught a fish without a worm on her hook! She is not afraid of the fish and loves to hold them and throw them back in the water.

Feeding the ducks, they would eat right out of our hands!

Mining for gold and other treasures. The cow barn with Alex.