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Hanging Out

2010-01-13T11:54:00.000-08:00

Monte and the kids enjoying some cuddle time!

It's that time of year where we are back into our long sleeves and long pants and getting warm with soft blankets.

I think Wyatt was born to be a football player! Here he is with his game face on!

Silly Megan!

Wyatt is pretending to talk to his Aunt Jenny on the phone! He misses her so much and talks about going to Las Vegas to see Jenny and Cody all the time!

Nathan Hurrle curled up on the chair like a little kitty cat! Yes, he is sound asleep!

I moved him after I took the picture onto one of the two empty couches that he could have more easily fallen asleep on! Too funny!

Wyatt fell asleep while looking at books. I tend to do the same thing! It's cuter when Wyatt does it though!

I think this was the same night as the picture of Wyatt above! She wanted to stay up and play and refused to get into her bed. So she played until she crashed!

Monte made this chair out of the legos that we have! He can pretty much make anything you ask him too! The kids thought this was really fun!

It's too bad this only lasted a few minutes.....it was broken into over 100 pieces not long after this picture was taken!

SUMMER 2009 RECAP

2009-11-17T20:38:00.000-08:00

We absolutely love the summer months around our house for a million and one reasons: lots of fun outside and in the water, day trips to Tahoe, cheap power bills!, BBQ, lots of daylight, popsicles, lots of green, flowers, fresh food from the gardens, nothing but swimsuits and flipflops, trips to the local pool, watermelon, hanging out outside, waterballoons, and so many other things that would take hours to list! WE LOVE THE SUMMER!!!

First trip to Kings Beach....our favorite beach in Tahoe! We didn't bring swimsuits because we weren't planning on playing in the water. We were just planning on having dinner with the family, and of course we just couldn't resist going to the beach too!

Our handsome boy forcing a smile for the camera just to get it over with so he could get back to playing in the dirt and water.

Annacy, Maxxwell, and Chris.

Hey Chris, I love the beach attire....church boy!

Wyatt enjoying an ice cream cone at the roller derby in downtown Reno

Wyatt sharing his ice cream with Megan.

I love that Wyatt is finally to the point where he will actually stand still and look at the camera so that I can get a good picture of him! This was most definately an impossible feat for me when he was younger.

Isn't he cute!

Bodie, Allie, Jeffery, Evan, and Nathan enjoying the cool pool!

This was a daily thing at our house this summer!

Megan drying off after playing in the fountains at the Lazy Five Park in Sparks. She had a blast getting wet and palying in the water....Wyatt just sat on the bench and pouted the whole time we were there!

Happy Birthday to Megan!

We celebrated Megan's first birthday with lots of family and really great friends!

Meg's first piece of birthday cake! She wasn't quite sure what do to with it!

The classic "cake all over your face and head" picture that most parents live for when their kid turns one!

Cute Allie and Silly Wyatt enjoying a piece of the birthday cake!

Best Friends Forever!!!

Flip Flop Cake!

I chose to do this cake because Megan is ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED with SHOES!!! She has what we call SHOE-DAR! We can no longer wear shoes in our house because she will find them whether they are on someone feet of not and try to chew on them! I am so grossed out by it and afraid that she is going to get sick from it. We thought this shoe would be safe to eat and one that we wouldn't have to take away from her!

Another shot of the cake. If you look closely, I accidentally cut two right feet! OOPS!

HAAPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!

This is my ever so popular white jello....isn't it beautiful!

Looks beautiful and tastes amazing too!!!

Monte holding Megan and Ezra before the fireworks

Not only is Megan crazy about shoes....she loves any accessory she can add to her outfit! She loves any kind of hat, necklace, bracelet, just anything too add to her outfit! She is truely a girly-girl!

This picture will probably come back to haunt Megan, but I think it is too funny not to share! It ended up being on half of my family's screensavers for awhile! Yo can't look at this picture without laughing a little!!!

Future driver!.......

Just don't get in his way....someone could get hurt!

Gotta love that smile!!

Wyatt absolutely loves his little sister! He was changed into a different boy the very day she was born. He fell in love with her instantly and became a happier boy! Which was something we WERE NOT expecting at all from him! He loves kissing and hugging her, and still asks to hold her even though she is getting too big for that! It's a good thing she is tolerant of him and doesn't get upset when he forces sweet kisses on her!

Making noise for the neighbors in the back of Monte's truck!

Wyatt and Allie at Kings Beach Lake Tahoe

Nathan Hurrle and Wyatt

Megan and Allie Hurrle

Jeffrey, Annacy, Megan, and Allie

Ezra loved putting his face in the water....he couldn't get enough of the water and the dirt!

Jami loved bringing Ezra to the beach! :)

Somebody needs a haircut!

This picture was almost a daily thing for Megan and all the other kids at our house. We found that if you got sidewalk chalk wet it would turn into paint! So we would paint the sidewalk and our bodies, and the kids absolutely loved doing it!

Caught red handed! Gotta love having a one year old who is into everything!

Ride to defeat ALS in Reno/Verdi

My first organized bike ride

I stopped to say Hi to Monte and the kids who surprised me at a handful of places on the ride! It was fun to see them in randome places on the ride, because I was never expecting to see them! I just gotta say that I am impressed with how well Monte knows his way around, because we rode in places I never even knew existed!

My little cheerleaders!

Wyatt and Megan are waiting to cheer me on when I ride by near Boomtown!

Chanika, Brian, and me

Brian and Chanika did the longer ride that went up Geiger Grade, and I did the shorter ride which was about half of what they did! It was a good first ride for me. We started and ended in Somersett, and had the most delicious and amazing meal after the ride!

Bathroom makeover!!!

2009-09-20T16:06:00.000-07:00

We have lived in our house for almost four years now and we have done alot of improvements in the short time that we have lived here. I hated EVERYTHING about the only bathroom that we have! So I decided to make it a little nicer by taking off the hideous wallpaper and giving it a new coat of paint to make it a little more enjoyable until we could get it remodeled. So my wonderful mom came over to help get the wallpaper off so that I could paint...and of course that was a long, hot, and messy job! I hate wallpaper! When Monte came home and saw what I had been up to he told me not to waste my time painting becasue he was going to have to rip everything out down to the studs when he decides to remodel the bathroom. I told him that I didn't want to wait any longer because we didn't know when that was ever going to happen. After that I went to go and visit my sister in Las Vegas with the kids and before I left I jokingly left Monte a note to paint the bathroom while we were gone. When we came home he had torn out the shower and most of the drywall in the bathroom! Then I had a flashback....what was I thinking when I asked him to paint the bathroom? The last time I asked him to paint a wall...he just tore them out instead! I guess I can take all of this two ways...1) Never ask him to paint again and if I do...make sure I hide his power tools or 2) When I want something done I know how to get him started.

This is how we bathe our kids because our bathroom has only a VERY small shower! One of the many reasons I HATED our bathroom!!
Here is a picture of the "shower room" and a wall before Monte tore them both out!

This is a picture of where the shower used to be

Monte working on the electrical! I didn't know that my husband was an electrician! He has turned into quite the do-it-yourselfer! Which saved us a ton of money but ended up taking alot longer!

He even did all the plumbing as well....! I am totally impressed!!

At this point on the bathroom remodel we were still living in our house but having to shower over at my parents house

Once Monte took the toilet out we had to move out until the bathroom was pretty much finished! So we moved into my parents house and ended up staying there for 6 whole weeks! It was a little crazy but also very enjoyable! Thank goodness my parents are easy to live with! And that's not just me talking...Monte liked staying there probably more than I did!

Monte's dad came over to help with the tile in the bathroom! Monte gave him a quick lesson on the tile saw and he went right to it....and he did a great job!

Monte is just starting to tile the shower and Wyatt insisted on being his helper!

Notice all of Wyatt's tools that he lined out on the floor of the bathroom all by himself!

He is so darn cute!

They make the best and cutest father - son team!

Here is Monte showing Wyatt how to put the knobs on the medicine cabinet.

Wyatt is really focusing on getting his thunb up for the picture!

We ABSOLUTELY LOVE our new bathroom!!!

The kids first bath in their very own full size bathtub!

What an exciting moment!

From the beginning to the end, our bathroom was under construction for about three months! It was a long three months, but sooooo worth it all in the end!

Monte is an amazing handy man and he did such a beautiful and thorough job!

All together again!!!

2009-08-15T17:03:00.000-07:00

Here they all are.....six Johnson brothers and their dad....what a sight!!!

From left to right ---- Billy, Johnny, Andy, Monte, Brett, Drew, Vince
Johnny, who just returned from his mission in Korea and Billy

Grandpa Drew

Monte, Wyatt, and Vince

Grandma Jane, Arie, and Kjersti

Heather and Elodie

Tanna, Arie, and Wyatt

I think that this picture show all too well that.....

....Boys will be boys and girls will be girls!

Elodie and Megan

These two beauties are just about 7 weeks apart in age.

It's so fun to have cousins that are so close in age!

Arie and Tanna enjoying some "Oh So Delicious" Klondike Bars!

Tanna has such a sweet face and personality and I think this picture captures it so well!

Poor little girl got pink eye just the day before, so her eyes looked like they were either huting her or just extremely uncomfortable!

Baby Blue Eyes!

We seriously can't go anywhere without someone commenting on Meg's beautiful blue eyes! Her cuteness and beauty really does stop people right in their tracks! I'm not trying to brag...I'm just telling the truth! :)

First Tahoe outing of 2009

2009-06-01T10:39:00.000-07:00

In May we went up to Sand Harbor for the day with most all of Monte's family! It was a very beautiful day and we practically had the entire beach to ourselves! There were tons and tons of lady bugs and other bugs everywhere! I guess that is just a sign of Springtime!

Monte's brother Brett

Johnny---another one of Monte's brothers! And his friend/girlfriend, Daniella. Johnny just got home from his mission in Korea the day before! He is the youngest Johnson brother and the last to return home from his mission! Jane has a lot to be proud of with sending 6 boys on missions all over the world!

Jared Johnson --- 7 years old

It would be wrong to go to the beach and not bury at least one kid in the sand!......

....Or two kids in the sand!

Dane Johnson ----- 6 years old

Arie --- 3, but almost 4 in a few days; and Tanna ----4 years old

these two are the best of friends and love spending time together!!

Daddy and his girl!!!

(Megan at 10 months)

Tanna Johnson

Brett, Dane, and Jared

Jared and Dane.....they always liked to do some funny pose for the camera.

Monte, Megan, Billy, and Vince.

The three older Johnson boys!

I look back at these pictures and ask myself if Wyatt was with us at the lake? He was there....but I must not have gotten any pictures of him....or at least any of him where he would look at the camera and cooperate. Darn kid!

Living, playing, and hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa McCombs house!

2009-06-01T10:06:00.000-07:00

Megan and Wyatt playing cars at Grandma and Grandpa's house one morning. Wyatt is really good about playing and sharing with Megan for the most part! Althought just like any other three year old....he does have his moments.The first night we stayed at my parents house I told my mom that we would probably be there for at least a week. Ha ha ha! Who was I kidding?! We ended up staying there for six whole weeks! It's a good thing that we all get along really well, because the whole stay went just fine! I'm not gonna lie though, it was a very stressful and busy 6 weeks! We were practically living at two different houses...which meant cleaning two houses! Not to mention Wyatt having his tonsils out and Megan getting tubes in her ears! Which I think was the worst part of it all!!! When we left to "move" back into our house it was a little bitter sweet!

Wyatt and Allie Hurrle having a snack after playing in the water and enjoying the sunshine!

Miss Megan looking for trouble!

Maxxwell playing the the yard! Gotta love that GQ jacket!

Simon playing in Grandma's garden boxes

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this picture of Maxx! Isn't he so sweet!!

Wyatt and Simon helping Grandma get the dirt ready to plant the garden

Are you wondering why Wyatt is taking baths in the sink at Grandma's house too? Well, If I put Meg in the sink he immediately wants to get in with her. I gotta say though that the sink is so much more convenient than the bathtub!

Finally....Relief!!!!

2009-05-29T22:44:00.000-07:00

Our sweet little Megan has had double ear infections almost nonstop since February. As of the middle of April she has been on four different rounds of antibiotics, non of which have cleared up her ear infections...obviously! Finally I took her into the ENT and he gave the okay to put tubes in her ears! That was a big sigh of relief and I was very anxious to get the tubes as soon as possible. We went in on Wednesday to the ENT and she got the tubes the very next morning. Thank you again Dr. West! Poor thing though...she had an extremely hard time with the gas they used for her anesthesia. Her tummy was very upset for hours after and she was very upset and uncomfortable for awhile! To make things even more difficult...I brought Wyatt with me to the surgery center thinking that it would be a really easy just because that was how it was when Wyatt got tubes in his ears when he was 18 months old. Well, it turned out to be quite a disaster trying to keep Wyatt happy and still while Megan was screaming and pushing me away. She was impossible to soothe...she would hardly nurse at all, and if she did she would just cry and push away. I didn't think that I was going to make it through the day with having a very upset and uncomfortable baby and a little boy who was still in alot of pain from getting his tonsils out the week before! I just have to say that it is so much better to look back and know that part of our lives is over!!!
Megan in the port-a-crib at my parents house
I think Megan must have been dreaming that she was running a race!
We have been staying with my parents since the night before Wyatt got his tonsils out. Monte is remodeling our only available bathroom at our house. So since we don't have a bathroom that is useable we needed a place to go! My parents have put up with a lot of crying from Wyatt because of his pain in his throat! I am so grateful to my parents for letting us stay with them for awhile. I don't know how I would have handled Wyatt's awful and long recovery without my mom and dad! Wow....I have such patient and amazing parents!!!

Goodbye tonsils

2009-05-29T22:08:00.000-07:00

Wyatt got his tonsils out on April 16th by one of the most wonderful ENT doctors around, Dr. West! Monte and I are really happy with him and his office staff! But more importantly Wyatt absolutely LOVES him and all the other people that work in his office! Anyway, before he went in for the short surgery I had to take him to the lab to get some blood drawn for a complete blood count. I WAS NOT looking forward to taking him because I was expecting a huge freakout and absolutely no cooperation on his part. So, I made sure I told him exactly what was going to happen so that there wouldn't be any surprises. When we got to the lab he sat in my lap and hadn't acted scared or uncooperative at this point. When the lab tech put on the turnicate I thought 'oh no, here we go, get ready for a freakout!' To my surprise....he didn't move a muscle! He watched the whole thing! He didn't whine, cry, or even flinch when the tech took his blood sample! I was absolutely floored at how amazingly well he did! The lab techs were pretty impressed at how he did too! I made sure to give him loads of praise and took him to Target to pick out something special. Of sourse he chose a set of speed racer cars! I am so proud of my big guy!!!
Here he is showing off his bandaid from where he got poked and his new race cars!!! He was pretty proud of them!!!

My sweet guy sleeping the night before he got his tonsils out.

I have to say that Wyatt has been an absolute angel lately. When I told my mom that he was scheduled to get his tonsils out, she told me that it was going to flip his sweet and happy world upside down! And boy oh boy was she so right!!! Not only did the whole thing turn him into the most grouchy, unhappy, whiney, and unpleasant little three year old for miles around....but I felt like my life had taken a wrong turn as well! He was a very unhappy little boy for almost a whole three weeks after he got his tonsils out! I have to say that was the worst and longest three weeks of his and my life ever! I am so so so happy that is all over!!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

2009-05-28T15:42:00.000-07:00

For Easter this year we spent the morning with Monte's family and the afternoon with my family! It's really nice to be so close to both sides of the family! It makes for a crazy and busy time around the holidays, but tons of fun and really great memories!!!

Megan with Uncle Andy!

So many people tell me that Megan looks so much like her mommy...but I gotta say that she looks alot like the Johnson side of the family! I always take the compliment though because Megan is such a pretty baby!

Grandma Johnson and all but three of her grandbabies!

Megan, Wyatt, Jared, and Arie

Gotta love the photo's taken with the camera on a timer....nobody knows when the camera flashes, especially when the sun is in your eyes!
From L -R...Brett, Andy, Grandma, Megan, Me, Wyatt, Monte, Jared, Vince, Kjersti, and Arie

Wyatt and Megan in their Easter Sunday best!

Cool Wyatt and Cute Megan

I LOVE these two like crazy!!!

Geoff letting the kids loose for the Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma and Grandpa McCombs house!

Wyatt took his time hunting for candy while Annacy was a mad woman and found tons on candy and eggs! She was really good at sharing with Wyatt and Simon though!

I didn't have any Easter baskets for the kids this year and I really didn't want to go out and buy any so we made our own out of the plastic milk cartons from Sam's Club. You can't really see from the pictures but they turned out pretty cute! I have to thank Nicole Andrus and Emily Marshall for the milk carton idea from what they did for the kids in nursery last year on Easter!

Wyatt was supposed to hunt for things from the Easter Bunny that were orange! Orange has been his favorite color for a long time now so he had no problem picking out the orange wrapped goodies hidden in the yard!

Isn't she just a doll!!!

Aunt Jessie, Megan, and Slim G (aka Geoff to most people)

Aunt Jessie is my late Grandmother's sister. It is so great to have her around, I almost feel as if my Grandma is with us when we get to visit with Jessie! She is such a fun lady!

OOOOOHHHHH! I see something that I can chew on! See ya later Ezra....I'm off to better things than these lame baby toys that our mom's put out for us to play with!!!!

Okay, so Megan loves getting into trouble when she is down on the floor! She is always looking for fun things to eat, chew on, or just put in her mouth! I literally can not have her out of my site for longer than 30 seconds without her getting something nasty or dangerous in her mouth! So I am always putting her binki back in her mouth or I have to hold her or just watch her like a hawk! She is seriously out of control and it drives me crazy! Now that she is scooting around she finds things from a distance and slowly gets to it and BAM she is eating something or chewing on something that she shouldn't! It worries the heck out of me, so when she is awake I can't get much of anything done because she is always finding something! Even if I just swept, or vacuumed, or cleaned up....she is always able to find something to taste!!!

"I'm not crawling yet, but I am able to get around especially when I see something that I want! I better get there fast before my mom see's it and takes it away!"

"Yes!!!! I got it! MMMmmmmm....this looks yummy! I can't wait to see what it tastes like!

I gotta hurry though before mom sees me....she's such a drag and always likes to ruin my fun and exploring!"

"Grandpa has big feet...where should I start?!"

" UH OH! I think I got caught...I'll try to play it innocent so I can get a taste in before my mom takes it away and ruins all the yummy fun."

" I'll start simple so it's not so obvious, then I'll get to the good part....the bottom of the shoe!"

Well, she DOES usually get to the good part before I can take it away! I will find her chewing on a shoe...so I take it away and all the other shoes in sight....the next thing I know she has found some shoe somewhere else and has that one in her mouth too! I am so thankful and surprised that she hasn't gotten sick from her nasty "shoe in mouth" addiction...on the other hand maybe it is just making her immume system stronger! Who knows....all I know is that it's sick and she loves it!!!

You gotta LUB this CHUB!!

Ezra is so sweet...it's usuallyu never hard to get a cute smile from this little big guy!

I love this picture for a lot of reasons!!! First of all because it is so cute and so sweet of him! He always has such good eye contact with the camera! I also love it because just a few months ago Ezra was not able to move his head to look up in this position because of the distractors that he had placed in his chin. Now that he is free of all that hardware he has full range of motion. I don't think many of us realized how much he was limited until he got them out!

Geoff was able to come to Reno for Easter and stay a few days thanks to being able to make it into a work trip! It's always nice to have Geoff for a visit!

I gotta add...doesn't my mom look so cute in this picture!!!

Uncle Geoff and Ezra!!!

Well, we had a great Easter weekend! We are so grateful for such wonderful families and are so blessed to have the knowledge that the Lord lived and died for us and that He lives again!

Playing catch-up!!!

2009-05-28T09:06:00.001-07:00

It is crazy how fast time flies by and how there are never enough hours in the day to do all of the things that I would like to!!! The last two months have been very busy compared to our regular life! We temporarily moved our of our house for about 6 weeks, Wyatt got his tonsils out, Megan got tubes in her ears, Monte's youngest brother returned from his mission, we've had family in town alot, and our bathroom has been out of order for about two months and counting now....that being the reason for moving out for awhile. These are all the things that I will be catching up on in the many posts that are to come......
Despite it's ultimate convenience, bathtime in the kitchen sink will soon come to an end!

Yes our giant three year old who is 42 inches tall and 41 lbs still takes a few baths in our kitchen sink! Seeing as we don't have a bathtub in our bathroom, hence the reason for our bathroom remodel, we have had to bathe our kids in the sink. We try to bathe Wyatt at my parents house when we are there because he has way outgrown the sink. But when I put Megan in the sink for a bath he feels a little left out and ends up getting in too! Soon enough we will have a bathtub in our beautiful new bathroom that the kids can use. But as of now we are all still showering and bathing at my parents house! Thanks Mom and Dad!!!

The baby has a name!!!

2009-03-22T15:02:00.000-07:00

Chris and Chanika decided on their new baby boys name today! It is Trumann Anthony McCombs! They liked the name Trumann (with 2 n's) and Anthony in Chanika's brothers name! Good name guys...we really like it!

Another baby boy has arrived in the family!!!!

2009-03-21T23:11:00.000-07:00

My handsome brother Chris and his beautiful wife Chanika welcomed their second son to Earth tonight at about 8:50 pm! He weighed in at a whopping 8 lbs 2 1/2 oz, measured 20(ish) inches in length, and his head measured 13 1/4 inches around! He is so stinkin cute and he looks just like his big brother Maxxwell! There is still no name at this point...and they are hoping to have one by the time they leave the hospital! Chanika and the baby are both doing great!!!

These pictures were taken about one hour after Baby was born!
So sweet and comfortable in Chanika's arms! When I was holding his he was a tiny fussy, but as soon as he went back to his mom he was as still and as quiet as a little lamb!

There is nothing better in this world than a fresh baby sent from heaven to a righteous family!

Chris and Chanika with the new baby!

I will get more pictures tomorrow!

Stay tuned.....

2009-03-18T23:07:00.000-07:00

Well the kids and I ventured with my parents for a "beautiful" 7 hour drive to Las Vegas last weekend! The drive was long but we made it safe and sound to and from our destinations. The kids were very good and tolerant while we drove but were happy to be out of the car at times too! My parents are great for catering to the kids and they were a really big help too! Thanks mom and dad! I appreciate all you do for my little family!! The reason for the trip was that my parents wanted to attend a wedding of some kids that are in my dad's ward that was at the Las Vegas Temple; and of course to visit with Cody and Jen. So I tagged along with the kids! We also brought Jen back with us and she stayed for a couple of days and left on Wednesday!

Here is Megan in the car. She was a trooper! But once we took her out of the car seat she did not want to get back in!
Megan has what I call a RashStache! Can you see it?

This was Wyatt any time we were in the car! He was able to watch Space Buddies at least 10 times on the trip. I had other movies but he only wanted that one. Thank goodness for the earphones, because I don't think I could have tolerated listening to that movie more than once!

the DVD player in the car made the trip very enjoyable for Wyatt....thereby making it easy and enjoyable for the rest of us! Once again I that the technology Gods for making my life easier!!!

We took a trip to the Hoover Dam on Friday. I haven't been there since I was very little. It was pretty cool to see! It was nice to be out and enjoy the beautiful Las Vegas weather too!!!

This is a great picture of my parents! Thanks for smiling dad! You guys look great!

Me and the kids at Hoover Dam!

Mom, Jen and Megan on part of the tour of the Dam

My sweet adorable little big guy!!!

Mom and Jen enjoying the sun and springlike weather!

Mom, Jen, Megan, Me, Wyatt, and Dad.

If you look behind us you can see the new bridge that they are building to go over the dam. That was so amazing to see in progress. I guess it is being built to avoid people and traffic from being on the dam itself....it's a terrorist percaution! Those terrorist sure cost us a lot of money!

Dad and Cody getting ready to drive the racecars at the Mini Grand Prix in Vegas

Me and Wyatt on the big slide! He went down that thing at least 15 times! It was pretty fun!!!

Meg and Wy Guy posing in one of the cool and very fast cars that Grandpa and Cody got to drive! These cars get up to 45 mph!

GRRRRRR!!!! Watch out for Speed Wyatt! He is fast!!!

They even had cars for kids Wyatt's age and younger! He was able to drive it and steer it by himself! My dad and I were a little doubtful that he could handle it on his own, but he did really good! There is some video of it below!

Here is Wyatt at his very first time behind the wheel! He did so good! I was very surprised that he was willing to do it without me! He was so brave! When you watch it notice that he doesn't crack even the littlest smile....he was taking this whole experience very seriously!

We were cracking up the whole time he was driving....especially my dad! I'm surprised my dad was even able to stay on his feet he was laughing so hard! I especially love Wyatt's hilarious yet very serious wave at the end!

When we asked him if he wanted to drive again he said very calmly "No. I wanna go on the slide."

Well, we had a good time in Vegas! It was nice to vist with Jen and Cody. My brother Geoff also drove down so we got to visit with him too!

SOOOOO SAD!!! :( :( :(

2009-02-21T20:49:00.001-08:00

So Megan has this crazy rash on her face that can't seem to get 100 % better! It will start to get better and then just get bad again. I am in the middle of changing alot of things to see what is causing it....laundry detergent, my diet, (since I am nursing her) etc. It could also just be her skin, but I really think that there is something that is bringing it on because of how it just comes and goes so quickly. I also took her to the doctor yesterday and found out that the rash that she also has on her hands in infected with staph. So I am putting a steroid ointment on her hands that has really helped to improve the rash on her hands, and of course I can't use that same ointment on her face. Oh and she also has a double ear infection, much to my surprise! Anyway, so she woke up at 4 this morning wanting to eat. So I fed her and when I was putting her back to bed I noticed her face had a really dark shadow on her right cheek. I turned the light on and saw this (picture below). It broke my heart!!! So what I believe happened is she got her arm loose from her swaddle and was scratching her face because it was itching her.

This picture looks alot worse than it is now because she had blood all over that side of her face. So once I cleaned it up with a wet cottonball it looked alot better! It's still no pretty sight!

This is how she looked tonight...less than 24 hours later.

What a difference some medicine, covered hands and a nice fresh clean up can make! I am keeping socks on her hands all the time. If I take them off I stay right with her and don't take my eye off her because she'll start to scratch in an instant. She hates the socks being on her hands and is not happy about it! She is a much happier baby when they are off...but that doesn't last long because she starts to attack her face soon after they are off!

Birthday Party Extravaganza!!!

2009-02-20T09:04:00.000-08:00

Wyatt and Simon got to celebrate turning three together this year at a fun and exciting birthday party at their Grandma and Grandpa McCombs house! Thanks so so much Mom and Dad!! It's so fun for these two cousins to share a birthday so close together! It is so fun to see them grow and enjoy being little boys!! Happy Birthday Wyatt and Simon!!!! Enjoy being 3 years old....I hope that we, as parents, will enjoy the age of 3 as well!!!;)

Here are the two birthday boys hugging each other for a picture with their matching water bottles from Chris and Chanika! I LOVE this picture!!!

Allie Hurrle and Wyatt playing together with the motorcyle that Allie gave to Wyatt!! Thanks Allie....Wyatt loves his motorcycle! He's quite fond of you too!!! I absolutely love this picture of these two! SOOOOO CUTE!!!

Wyatt enjoying his football themed birthday cake! YUM!

Gotta love a cake with orange frosting! I thought this turned out pretty cute!

PRESENTS!!!!!

This is Monte helping Wyatt open his gift from Gordon. Gordon gave Wyatt a RAD racecar track!! Wyatt loves this toy so much he's even dreamed about it outloud....NOT KIDDING! I heard him talking about it in his sleep one night! He's one to often talk in his sleep, so I wasn't surprised!!!

Thank you Uncle Brett and Grandma Johnson!!! Wyatt loves to play baseball!!!

Nathan Hurrle helping hand out the presents to the boys! I must say that this part of the party was pretty crazy. Two three year old opening presents at the same time with all the other kids wanting to get involved with everything too....a little wild, but still lots of fun!!!

Simon opening his gift from Gordon....COWBOY BOOTS!!!!Simon dancing with his awesome new cowboy boots!!!

Still so excited about his cowboy boots!!! I'm so glad I had my camera when he opened up his present from Gordon....it was hilarious....as you can see from the pictures!!!

Wyatt's really super cool motorcycle from the Hurrle Family! Thanks guys...you sure spoiled him!!!

Wyatt giving Allie a HUGE hug thanking her for his super cool motorcycle!

Wyatt, Allie Hurrle, and Gordon Hopkins - cute hat Gordon! Eating Pizza before the fun began!

Allie, Gordon, Jason Lubra, Silly Simon, Aurora Lubra, Annacy McCombs, Bodie Lubra.

I guess that by looking at this picture the fun had already began even though we were just eating dinner!

Thank you to all of the people that helped celebrate Wyatt and Simon's birthday! Wyatt's favorite Aunt Jen was even able to celebrate with us all the way from Las Vegas Live over the computer! It was like she was right there with us!

We are so grateful for our sweet and wild boy Wyatt! We are grateful for everyday that we have with him...the good days and the bad ones too!

Cute Kids!

2009-02-06T15:26:00.000-08:00

Here is our sweet Megan at 7 months old and counting! She is getting so big and more fun each day! She is weighing in at over 17 pounds now.

We started Megan on solid foods a little after she turned 6 months old. She's not eating a ton of solid foods yet because she is happier to nurse than to eat from a spoon. I try to give her food once a day...but that's if we're lucky!

She is pro at sitting up now and could stay up all day on her own if her kind brother wouldn't push her over when they play. She is also rolling over really great now! I'm hoping that now that she is not on her back so much that the bald spot on the back of her head will fill in fast.

Megan loves to smile! And now that she is getting older she loves to drool and soak the top half of her shirts while she is wearing them! She still is all gums and no teeth for now! The longer she goes without teeth the happier I will be!!!!!:):)

Megan loves her baths and never cries when I give them to her! She also like to watch Wyatt when he is in the bath too!

Even though Meg is 7 months now she still loves to be swaddled and she sleeps the best when she is. She does manage to wiggle loose at times because she wants to suck on any finger she can get in her mouth. I actually think that swaddling her for so long has prevented her from becoming a big thumb sucker! Here she is half way between awake and asleep with her finger in her mouth. Silly girl!!

HOORAY FOR WYATT!!!!

Wyatt is finally potty trained!! I kept waiting for him to be ready and do it on his own time but that seemed like it was never going to happen! So I just started him about three weeks ago and didn't look back! The first week was pretty rough but then once it finally clicked for him, he was like a born natural at using the potty! I am so proud of him and happy to say that he is out of diapers before he turns 3...which is in just a few days!

This is a picture of Annacy, Simon, (Wyatt's cousins) and Wyatt talking with their Aunt Jenny (who lives in Las Vegas) on the computer. Jen is singing "5 Little Monkies" and showing them the hand motions and the kids are singing along as well as doing the hand motions! It was sooooo cute to see! And as you can see...they were loving it!

Here they are singing "one little monkey swinging in a tree......"

"....along comes mister alligator quiet as can be and SMACKS that monkey outta that tree!"

It is so fun to be able to see Jen LIVE when we talk to her on the computer! It almost feels like we are all in the same room! Gotta love new technology!!!

Here are Wyatt and Simon

They are both turning 3 this month!!

Digital cameras are the greatest!!! You can just keep taking pictures until you get one you like! I took like 15 pictures of these two because one of them always had a funny face or was messing around!

Another hats off to new technology!!!

Silly Simon!

This is Simon right after he finished a ride on our neighbors motor scooter!

This kid is always making me laugh....and he is the craziest 3 year old that I know! (No offense Jami and Brian)

He says the funniest things and he has the softest and squishiest face ever! Gotta love him!!!

Bitter Baby Face

2009-01-13T13:49:00.000-08:00

Here is Megan at 6 months

Each time I see this picture, I just can't help but laugh!

We had a Very Merry Christmas!!!

2009-01-01T18:03:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was so much fun! We were surrounded by the best friends and family anyone could have! We were able to spend Christmas with Monte's family and my family spread over a couple of days. It was so great! Here are a bunch of pictures from our Christmas holiday! We hope you all had a fabulous and memorable Christmas this year! Enjoy the pictures!!Megan and Arie Johnson playing by the Christmas tree!Megan and Ezra McCombs playing with each other on Christmas dayMegan and Grandpa McCombsEzra smiling for the camera. He is always smiling for the camera! He's quite the cheeser!!Isn't she cute! Megan was loving all the attention she got from the family!Wyatt and Megan on Christmas DayJen, Mom, and Me on Christmas modeling our new aprons that Geoff got for us! Aren't they cute!! Thanks Geoff!!Here's Simon so sad on Christmas morning!

"I hate Christmas" (quote from the Grinch)

Jen and Dad on Christmas EveSanta was able to visit us on Christmas Eve! We thought that was very thoughful of him, given his very busy agenda for the evening! He must really like our family! But I guess who wouldn't?! Just kidding!Me and Jen sitting on cute Santa's lapWyatt was reluctant to sit on Santa's lap so Santa came to visit him while Wyatt sat on his Daddy's lap. Wyatt still wasn't too sure of that...but he did let Santa hold his hand and talk to him for a minute.Wyatt and Simon McCombs dressed up as shepards. On Christmas Eve our family acted out the story of Jesus' birth. It was pretty fun!Cutest shepard I've ever seen!Here we are in all our glory...not too shabby!Maxxwell was the lamb that belonged to the shepards. Gotta love a little lamp with red curly hair!Simon, Maxx, Wyatt, and BrianWyatt wearing his Halloween costume on Christmas! How appropriate!This is my good friend, Kristian, that I have known since elementary school. She lives in New York now and every year for Christmas she is always so good at making sure we see each other!Megan with Monte's cousin Kim.

Kim was one of our nurses when we had Megan! She was the nurse that took care of Megan the first seconds she was born!

Megan with Aunt Jen

Jen came up a week before Christmas and stayed until the Monday after Christmas! It was so nice to have her home for Christmas! We really miss her and Cody since they have moved down to Vegas!

Here is Jen looking at Wyatt's teeth. Wyatt loves his Aunt Jen so much and loved having her home for a week and a half. I just have to mention that Jen got all A's in her first semester at Hygeine school! Her very first 4.0 ever! She worked sooooo hard for all those A's! Excelent job Jen! I am so proud of you! Keep up the good work and we wish you the best of luck in school next semester!!!

We hope you all had a a most wonderful Christmas and made lots of fun memories! We wish everyone a safe and happy 2009!!!

2008-12-20T23:01:00.000-08:00

Here are just some recent random pictures of the kids doing what they do best.... showing of their smiles cute smiles!

Here is my monster 2 year old in 4T jammies!

Wyatt is developing the cutest personality! As he gets older he is always surprising me and of course making me laugh too!
I was going through the next size up clothes that I had packed away for Wyatt and I pulled out these jammies that are a 4T. I thought that he could start wearing them now even if they looked to be too big. I put them on him thinking that there would be alot of extra room in the legs length wise and much to my surprise he is almost maxing them out...I doubt if they will fit him through the entire winter.

I told him to show me his muscles so I could take a picture....and to me it looks like he is showing himself his muscles!

Megan laughing at her silly brother! I just love her rosy cheeks in this picture! She usually gets the red cheeks when she is tired!

Wyatt wrapped up like a burrito! He thought this was hilarious the first time we did it and now he wants to do it all the time. So we have made it into a game....we pretend to put what we want on our burrito/taco/hot dog and then we wrap it up and pretend to eat it!

Who needs a binki when you can suck on your big toe! This little girly girl is so oral it's crazy! She will put whatever she can get to in her mouth. She is so persistant on trying to suck her thumb and I am persistant right back on pulling it out of her mouth! So maybe that's why she reverted to sucking her big toe...maybe she thought that I wouldn't pull that out of her mouth! Silly girl!

Megan loves to show off her smile!

OOOOOOOOO!!! Christmas tree!

Smiles...smiles...

and more smiles!!

Megan sitting up just barely long enough to take the picture

Megan falling over!

It's been a little while...

2008-12-15T23:31:00.000-08:00

Although I have not been missing the snow this far into December and have rather been enjoying the unusually warm weather, it was nice to finally get some moisture in the Nevada desert.

Wyatt and Nathan Hurrle all bundled up and loving the snow!
Allie Hurrle with Megan.
I have been watching Allie and Nathan a couple of times during the week for over a year now, and we love having them over to play so often! Allie has just recently taken more of a liking to Megan and wants to hold her all the time! She is so sweet with her and she always washes her hands before she holds her and I don't even tell her to.

Nathan, Megan, and Wyatt

Although Megan looks a bit cramped she loves these two boys and I think she could have actually sat there with them for quite sometime if Wyatt hadn't gotten up once I took the picture to go play. I think that if Nathan could take Megan home with him at the end of the day he totally would. He is so sweet with her and has been since the first day he laid eyes on her!

Megan is 5 months old today!!

2008-12-02T23:21:00.000-08:00

Here is our sweet little Megan at 5 months old! She has been such a joy and blessing in our lives! She brings sunshine to our family each and everyday! She is so sweet! She always has a smile on her face for everyone she meets! She turns heads out in public because she is always kicking with joy and smiling for eveyone to see!

Megan loves to watch her brother Wyatt! Nobody can make her laugh like Wyatt does!

There is nothing sweeter than the bond that these two have with eachother!!! I just hope that it will last!

Her sweet smile and beautiful blue eyes are just too cute for words!

Mommy and Megan
Hanging out with Dad and laughing at Wyatt!

We love this little ray of sunshine more than words can describe! We thank the Lord each day for sending her to our family! She is such a sweetheart and brings us so much happiness!!!

PEACE & QWYATT

2008-11-19T21:00:00.000-08:00

Here is Allie, Wyatt, and Megan all fast asleep in the car after a most pleasant trip to Sam's Club today! I braved taking three children ages three and under to the store and it was very successful! The kids stayed in the cart the whole time, except for when I let them get out to look at all the toys....which is pretty much a recipe for disaster! I usually try to stear clear of the toy section! But when I told them to get back in there was not a single "NO!" They both got right back in and I was blown away! Allie is Wyatt best girlfriend and they just love to play together! Allie is such a good little girl and it usually rubs off on Wyatt! I'm thinking that I might have to borrow her everytime we go to the store!
On the way home there was not a single cry or complaint or demand! It was a very nice drive home...one that I wish I could play over and over!

Allie fell asleep first and Wyatt followed soon after! They both have pizza sauce and Oreo cookie leftovers on their faces!

COUSINS ====FRIENDS 4-EVER!!!

2008-11-11T21:23:00.001-08:00

With Jen and Cody gone from the family while Jen is in school in Vegas, I try to post things just for them! Jen misses these kids so much and they all miss her and can't wait for her to come home for Christmas!! So tonight the kids drew some pictures for Jen and Cody and want them to know that they love and miss them a ton!

CODY AND JENNNY'S BIGGEST FANS!!!

Annacy McCombs, Wyatt Johnson, Simon McCombs

By looking at this picture you would never believe that Wyatt is a two year old and that Simon and Wyatt are only 10 days apart in age!!!

Here is Megan (and my huge nose on the left) just hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa's house after our usual Sunday dinner.

Simon McCombs and Wyatt
These two boys are so hilarious! They have a love/hate relationship...right now they love each other and have been getting along so well lately (knock on wood). In these pictures they are all pretending that they are going to school. They walked around like this all night at Grandma's house. I think that if we would have allowed it, they would have slept at Grandma and Grandpa's that night...with their backpacks!
Here they are "walking" to school!

Don't you love Wyatt's hat and Simon's karate kid head band!

I think that everybody's Grandpa has owned a hat like the one Wyatt is wearing!

Annacy wanted a backpack like the boys...so Grandma improvised and put this together for her! Annacy thought it was pretty cool!

Our beautiful baby is growing up so fast!

2008-11-08T22:38:00.000-08:00

4 MONTHS OLD!

Megan is getting bigger and sweeter and more beautiful everyday! She is such a blessing to us and we are so grateful to have her in our family!

Here are the stats from her 4 month Dr's. appointment:

Weight - 14.4 lbs = 70%

Height - 26 inches = 97%

We think that she will be taking after her brother...tall and sturdy!

Megan is such a good baby and so much fun! She is sleeping through the night...she did that all on her own since she was about 3 weeks old! She only cries when she is hungry, tired, needs a new diaper, or is tired of just hanging out and wants to be held and a part of the action. She loves Wyatt sooooo much and smiles and laughs at him all the time! She can roll from her back to her tummy and then gets stuck and mad because she can't get back to where she started...she's not crazy about tummy time! She is just recently getting interested in food and watches very intently when people around her eat! She is tries to suck her thumb all the time against my will...we will have to see who wins that battle!:) Well, that's all I can think of as far as what is going on with our sweet Megan! She is growing so fast and I just wish that I could freeze her at this age for a little bit longer than it will actually last!

HALLOWEEN

2008-10-31T22:50:00.000-07:00

Here we all are on Halloween at our wards Trunk or Treat! It was lots of fun! I love seeing all the kids cute and creative costumes! Wyatt was a football player this year with his cousin Simon! Megan was somewhat of a cheerleader/fan for her brother!

In this picture it's me, Chanika, Megan (the cheerleader), Simon (football player), Annacy (a mouse), Maxxwell (dinosaur), and Wyatt(football player).

This was before the trick or treating began!

From left to right: Ezra, Annacy, Wyatt, Megan, Simon, and Monte

Before we left to go Trick or Treating, there was a cat hanging around outside the house. We think it smelled the big mouse. Annacy played the part of being terrified of the cat very well! The cat followed us for a little bit, I think he was trying to get a little bite off of Annacy.

Wyatt and Simon
Allie Hurrle(adoreable bunny), Simon McCombs, Nathan Hurrle(cute doggy - I think this was the best costume at the trunk or treat), and Wyatt Johnson

Allie is Wyatt's best girlfriend! These two get to play together alot and they can't get enough of each other!

Cutest Niner on the whole team

Wyatt, me and Megan

Our little football player

Here is Megan...she was dressed up as Wyatt's very own cheerleader!

Kids say the sweetest things!

2008-10-20T00:23:00.001-07:00

Well, it's been awhile since my last post...for now I just wanted to write down a couple of cute and funny things that Wyatt said to his dad tonight.
Mondays are a very long day for Monte. He usually goes into work at 5am and doesn't get home from work until 7pm. So when Monte gets home from work he is hungry and ready to go to sleep but naturally Wyatt wants to play tackle and cars until Monte can't keep his eyes open any longer or even speak without mumbling. Well, tonight Monte and Wyatt were playing cars in on our bed....Monte fell asleep and Wyatt kept playing and driving his cars all over Monte. I went in to see what they were doing and I hear Wyatt say to his daddy..."You brush my friend, daddy?" Meaning, "You my best friend daddy?" So that was the cute thing he said!
Then later Wyatt was trying to get his dad's attention and smacked him right where it hurts! Well, it got his attention allright! Wyatt saw that Monte was in quite a bit of pain and felt bad for hitting him and said "I sorry daddy. I kiss it better?!" So that was the funny thing he said!

Lovin' Life!

2008-09-28T22:49:00.000-07:00

This is Wyatt's new favorite toy! We actually got two of these scooters from some good friends that I used to babysit for. So now Wyatt has one and so does Simon. Wyatt learned how to ride on his really fast and so now he absolutely loves it! He thinks he's just like as his Uncle Cody now because they both have scooters and they are both blue. The only difference is that his Uncle needs a special license to ride his scooter.

Here is Wyatt posing for the camera on his new wheels
Here he is in motion on his cool new scooter.
I've got to say...he handles his scooter pretty good! I'm impressed everytime he rides it!

Who does this look like?

I think Wyatt looks alot like my older brother Geoff in this picture!

Here is Megan smiling up at her favorite little big guy in the world! These two are so sweet together!

Megan is almost 3 months old! She is so full of energy and is getting so big so fast! She is just starting to find her voice and make cute little baby noises!

Here I am with my two sweet children! You are looking at the luckiest mom in the world! I love my kids like crazy! They are the best things that I have in this world!

Wyatt is a two year old in a five year old's body!

He looks alot older then he is! I feel weird when I tell people he is only two because he looks alot older.

My guys hanging out in the front yard! These two are best buddies! Every morning soon after Wyatt wakes up he asks me where his daddy is and then asks when he is coming home from work. As soon as Monte walks in the door from work Wyatt has jumped from our stairs and into his dad's arms. Things like that never get old...the moment is just as sweet the hundredth time as it was the very first time!

My Wy-Guy!!!

2008-09-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

In this post I just wanted to put up a bunch of different pictures of my sweet Wyatt! He makes my everyday fun, memorable, special, and wonderful while being difficult and challenging at times too! He is my best friend and we have so much fun together!

More Ovaltine Please! Wyatt loves Ovaltine! We can go through 2 gallons of milk in less than one week for three people with his new obsession for chocolate milk.
I took these pictures right after he had woken up from a nap...that explains the cute rosy cheeks.

Also...check out the new haircut! You gotta love the buzz cut...fast, easy, cheap, and of course...cute!

My two boys! I'm head over heals for these two guys!

Do you see why I cut off his hair. It wouldn't take long for him to turn into a big sweathead after playing and running around!

Monte and Wyatt love to fall asleep together! Actually, this is Monte's way of putting Wyatt to bed when I am not home to do it.

Pants and long sleeves already?! This was balloon race weekend, so it was pretty chilly in the early morning.

Wyatt loved the balloons! We couldn't resist interupting his sleep in the mornings when the balloons were out and right in our neighborhood! One of the mornings Monte went into his room and mentioned that there were balloons outside, and Wyatt was awake and out of bed in less than 5 seconds to go and see the balloons! We love the weekend of the balloon races!!!

Me and Wyatt checking out the cool balloons up at the park.

Oh my goodness!!! I can't believe Wyatt let me pose him to take this picture! This was taken at my cousins wedding in Genoa, Nv. I saw this tree and really wanted to get Wyatt's picture standing next to it. So I bribed him and told him that if he held still right where I wanted him to so that I could take a few pictures that I would give him a quarter! Believe it or not, it worked and I got three really good pictures! For those of you who know Wyatt very well or have a two year old yourself...then you know how it is to try and pose your child to get a good picture where they are actually looking at the camera!

After I got these pictures I was so pleased that he actually stood still and did what I told him to...and I totally forgot about the quarter bribe. But Wyatt was quick to remember and reminded me that I owed him!

I snapped this picture while Wyatt and Monte were running around and playing at the wedding. I have really come to appreciate blogging the last two months. I'm trying to keep up on it a little more than I used to for the sake of my sister Jen while she is in school and away from the family. Jen and Wyatt are the best of friends and they love eachother so much! This post is especially for Aunt Jenny! We miss you Jen, we miss Cody too! And we know you miss us!

Megan's baby blessing!

2008-09-16T14:38:00.000-07:00

I am finally posting pictures from the day Megan was blessed! She was blessed on Sunday September 7th. Monte gave her a very sweet blessing, even though he gets very nervous when he does those kinds of things. That's okay, because I would probably be the same way. Well, it was a sweet and memorable day and we are so thankful to all of our family that joined us! That day will forever be remembered in our family because not only was Megan blessed but we also welcomed another member into the McCombs family that same day!

I took so many pictures of the kids after church, and I got quite a few good ones. So I couldn't decide which ones to post!
Megan has such a sweet and tender smile! Believe it or not she has been smiling since she was about 4 weeks old! She loves to smile and giggle at her silly brother the most!

I can't even describe how much Wyatt loves his baby sister! I hope he will love her just as much when she starts to play with his toys!

I got this dress from Baby Gap when Jen was working there before she moved! It was a steal of a deal off the original price! It fit her just perfectly too!

At only two months old I can't believe how big our baby girl is getting! It's a little bitter sweet!

These two were meant for eachother! I have no doubt that they knew eachother up in heaven before they came to our family!

Thank you so much to all of our wonderful family that came to Megan's blessing! Especially to my Aunt Liane and Uncle Dale's Family who had just spent all weekend doing a beautiful wedding for their oldest daughter Sarah! It was a very busy weekend for us all...with a wedding, a blessing, and a birth! Life doesn't get much better than that! Wouldn't you agree?!!!

A little more info...

2008-09-13T21:02:00.000-07:00

As of today we are still waiting to hear when Ezra will have his surgery next week. He has been having a lot of different tests done daily. They scoped his throat today to see if he has any problems related to his specific syndrome in his esophagus...the scoping showed that his esophagus looks good! He also has had some tests done to check to see if he has any heart conditions....those tests came out good as well! He has been able to drink about 20 cc's from a bottle at least three times since yesterday and he is being fed mom's milk! Good job Jami!! Things are coming along and Brian and Jami are doing well and are grateful to everyone who is thinking about them and sweet baby Ezra! They definately appreciate all the love and support from friends and family! I have not spoken to Brian since Thursday evening so all of this information that I have given is mainly from the text messages that he periodically sends us throughout the day.

Words from Brian and Jami

2008-09-12T00:54:00.000-07:00

Brian did a post last night on their blog of the baby and gave an update! Go check it out and see how cute he is and learn more about what is going on with Ezra.

The latest news

2008-09-11T13:04:00.000-07:00

Well, both Brian and Jami were able to fly with the baby into Salt Lake yesterday morning. They made it to the hospital and it sounds like Ezra was seen by the doctors right away. As of right now the baby has been having lots of tests run...genetic testing, echocardiogram, esophagus and throat exams, nasal exams, x-rays, and so forth. He is also scheduled to have a sleep study done on Monday. There will be no surgery scheduled for this week. So he will most likely be having his first surgery done sometime next week. The syndrome that Ezra has is called Pierre Robin Sequence. If you want to know more about it you can go to www.pierrerobin.org. Thank you again for all your concern...Brian and Jami really appreciate all the prayers.

Update on Baby Ezra

2008-09-10T08:35:00.000-07:00

As of 8:00 this morning Brian and Jami had to be at the hospital to meet the care flight scheduled to take Ezra to the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. I'm not sure yet if both Brian and Jami are going to be able to go with the baby on the helicopter...I should know in the next couple of hours.
Ezra is going to have to have reconstructive surgery on his little chin. When he was born his chin was pushed back much further than normal. The doctors are led to believe that his sunken in chin was the cause of him having a cleft pallet. However, the primary concern for him right now is his chin rather than the cleft pallet. With the way his chin is fromed right now, he is unable to breath onless he is on his side or his tummy and he has to be fed through a tube that is inserted through his nose and goes directly into his stomach. So as far as I understand the doctors are going to have to insert some "extenders" in his jaw to bring his whole jaw and chin forward. There is so much unknown at the moment and we are just waiting to hear the new news throughout each day. It has all been changing so fast and has been extremely emotional for Brian and Jami! Please please keep their family in your thoughts and prayers! Thank you for all your concern. I will keep updating as I find out new information.

Meet Ezra Nolan McCombs

2008-09-08T22:55:00.000-07:00

Well, here are some pictures of the baby that you have all been anxiously waiting for...especially Aunt Jen!!

As you can see the baby does have a feeding tube in his nose. Ezra is in the Intensive Care Nursery at the moment until he is able to eat on his own. The reason he is not able to eat very well on his own is because he was born with a cleft pallet...simply put, that means a hole in the roof of his mouth. He is doing well though and the fact that he was born at over 8 pounds is definately in his favor. Brian and Jami are planning on coming home tomorrow from the hospital. However, Ezra will have to stay until he is evaluated by some more doctors and is able to take a bottle rather than the feeding tube. He is a sweet little boy and is so cute! Please remember this precious little angel in your prayers tonight!!!

He has a good amount of beautiful brownish blondist hair! Jami says it's just like Simons was when he was born!

Here is Brian holding Ezra up to the window for us to see and to steal a picture of him

Another new life!

2008-09-07T21:44:00.000-07:00

My oldest brother, Brian, and his wife Jami, just welcomed their third child into the world this afternoon! We went to the hospital after he was born to meet him but I was unable to get any pictures because there were so many people in the room! He is absolutely precious and I will post a picture as soon as I get my hands on one! Jami and Brian are doing well and Jami looked amazing after having the baby...all thanks to epidurals! The new babies name is Ezra Nolan McCombs! Ezra after my Grandfather and Nolan after Jami's dad! He weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and measured 20 1/2 inches long! Stay tuned for a picture of the new baby...I hope to be able to get one tomorrow!

Our Megan is two months old!!

2008-09-04T23:06:00.001-07:00

It's hard to believe it's been two months since Megan was born!! She had her two month appointment today and had to have five shots!:(:(:( Wyatt came with me to her apt. and I had to explain to him that she was going to be getting some shots from the doctor and that he needed to be quiet and still while she was getting her shots. He was a wild man up to the point that she got her shots...however when the nurse gave her the shots he stood by me and held my arm and I could see that he was very concerned about his baby sister. After all five shots were given he was so sweet and was giving her kisses where her bandaids were and giving her hugs and kisses on the cheek and telling her that she was all done and that she was all better now and that daddy was going to come home soon from California and that she would be allright! Seeing how sweet and concerned he was for his sister has probably been one of the sweetest moments I have witnessed as a mother of these two children! I love everyday that I live with these two sweet children in my life! I am the luckiest mother in the world!

Here are the stats from Megan's two month appointment:

Weight: 11 lbs, 11 oz. = 75%

Length: 24 inches = 97%

I knew when Megan was born that she was probably going to be tall because of the size of her feet. She has really pretty, long and skinny feet!

HE DID IT!!!

2008-08-12T20:52:00.000-07:00

Monte and all three of my brothers participated in a half Iron Man in Provo over the weekend. For those who are unsure of what a half Iron Man is...it is a triathalon where you swim 1.2 miles, ride bike 56 miles, and run 13.1 miles! This was Monte's first time ever competing in a triathalon and it was quite an accomplishment for him!

This picture was taken early in the morning before the race!

Wyatt, Megan, and I had to wait in the car for awhile until the sun came up over the mountain, because there were mosquitos everywhere! So we killed some time by taking lots of pictures in the car! We missed the swim start but were still able to see all of the boys finish the swim and run to the transition area where they picked up their bikes to start the 56 miles ride.

I fall more in love with this little boy everyday! He has his sour moments like any two year old, but these are the moments that I remember the most!
Two tired kids! Well, Wyatt was the tired one...Megan just sleeps all the time anyway!

Here is Monte running into the finish!!!

He worked so hard all day to get to this point! He made it and we were all there to cheer for him and greet him on his first triathalon finish! Good job Honey! I love you and am so proud of you!! What an accomplishment!!

I'm not gonna lie...watching Monte do this race was quite a turn on!

Our family!

Without a doubt...our kids have the raddest dad!

Poor Monte...he hasn't even gotten the chance to sit down! He probably wished the pictures could have waited till later...but who knows if he was going to be able to get up once he sat down!

(from left to right: Chris McCombs, Wyatt Johnson, Monte Johnson, Geoff McCombs, and Brian McCombs)

How cool is this...all three of my brothers and my husband all together after they all completed the race! This day was really neat to be able to watch all four of these men conquer and complete such a huge task! Great job boys!

All good things must come to an end.....

2008-08-11T23:26:00.000-07:00

....but only for a little while!

My sister and best friend is moving away from me tomorrow. I have been dreading this day for quite sometime now, hoping that it would never come. Now it's here and I am really hating it. Jen and I have done everything with eachother since we were in high school together! She is without a doubt my forever best friend! I can not even thank her enough for all that she has done for me! She is a wonderful sister and an amazing Aunt to my children! I wish her and Cody the best of luck down in Las Vegas for the next two years while she attends Dental Hygiene School! I am so excited for them and this new adventure that is ahead of them! I also have to thank Cody and Monte both for never complaining about Jen and me spending so much time together! They will be missed by all of us here in Reno, but mostly missed by me and and my sweet little boy Wyatt! I have promised Jen that I will not let Wyatt forget her by talking about her everyday and making sure he sees pictures of her all the time!

We love you both and can't wait for you to come back home!

GOOD LUCK and HAVE FUN!!!

Feeling a bit lighter!

2008-08-10T23:46:00.000-07:00

I have been growing my hair out for a very long time! I kept saying that I was going to cut it and donate it to Locks of Love....it was a whole lot of talk and not alot of action for a very long time! But last week I finally did it! I have no regrets for cutting off more then half my hair! Take a look!

Monte has been the one to trim my hair for quite awhile now, after I first tried experimenting with Jen cutting my hair! That didn't turn out so well, (Thanks for trying Jen, I love you! It was actually kind of funny!!) and from then on I had Monte do it because I am too cheap to pay $15 to have someone trim a half an inch off my hair!

I didn't realize how long my hair was until after I looked at this picture!

Just the ponytail itself measured over 14 inches long!

I feel like a new woman! When the lady first cut off my ponytail I felt relieved and very refreshed!

No worries...it will grow back! As for now...I was ready for something new!

Lake Tahoe Fever!

2008-08-04T22:37:00.000-07:00

After living in Reno my entire life, I think that I have just recently fallen in love with Lake Tahoe! We rarely ever make the short trip to go up to Tahoe to enjoy what it has to offer. As for this year, we have been up 3 times since the baby was born and I just love it! Wyatt especially loves being at the beach!

Here we are at my new favorite beach, North Tahoe Beach!
I don't thing he could be more content! He loves being at the beach...dirt and mud in every direction!

Sweet Megan just hanging out and avoiding the sun! At first I was worried about her getting too hot, but the weather up at the Lake is pretty mild and not too hot!

This is a mud hole that we found at the beach. The kids loved playing in it! It kept them occupied all day! It was especially nice because it kept them all in one main area the whole day and they never got bored!

Simon, Annacy, and Wyatt enjoying the mud hole!

Wyatt got a mouth full of sand and kept gagging! Surprisingly enough he didn't mind too much because he was busy having fun!

Annacy getting warm in the sand

Mom and Jami McCombs

Jami is 6 weeks away from having a baby in this picture! Doesn't she look fabulous!!!

Gotta love having a sister! Jen and I have been trying to spend as much time as possible together before they move to Las Vegas! That day will be a very sad day but this day was alot of fun and it was good to be together!

Brian and Simon still loving the mud hole!

I've been tagged...ENJOY!

2008-07-25T14:07:00.000-07:00

This is all about my wonderful husband and best friend, Monte! So sit back, relax, and enjoy getting to know a little bit more about him!

1. What is his name?
Monte Robert Johnson

2. Who is taller?
Monte is...By about 6 inches

3. Who eats more?
Usually I would say that he eats more but life around our house has changed a bit in the last month. I would say that I probably eat more due to the fact that I am nursing and feel like I could eat a house half the time! And Monte is training for a triathalon and so his eating habits have changed some too!

4. Who said I love you first?
He did! It took me 4 months to tell him I loved him after he told me for the first time! Sometimes I wonder why he kept me around, but I am sure glad he did!!

5. Who is smarter?
I would have to say that together we are a smart team. Things that I don't know much about, he does...and visa versa. I guess you could say that we complete each other!

6. Who is more sensitive?
There is no doubt that Monte has a sensitive side...however I would probably be the more sensitive one out of the both of us!

7. Who does the laundry?
I don't even know if Monte knows how to work our washer and dryer?! However, sometimes he will surprise me and fold and put away the laundry. I always know if he has helped out with the laundry when I find my clothes in wierd places! It's the thought that counts! But I would just rather take care of it!

8. WHo sleeps on the right side of the bed?
I do! What does this question have to do with anything?

9. Who pays the bills?
The first 3 years of our marriage monte took care of the bills...Since then I have taken over. It was one less thing for him to have to worry about!

10. WHo cooks more?
I guess I cook more! If you count making sandwiches or breakfast for dinner cooking! I don't mind the cooking, I just hate the mess! Actually, I don't really prefer to do either!

11. WHo is more stubborn?
No question about it....Monte. He would probably admit it too!

12.Who is the first to admit they are wrong?
Me! I think I can count on one hand in the six years we have been married that he been the first to admit he was wrong or say sorry first! I guess that is one thing that makes us fit so well together.

13. Who has more siblings?
He does

14. Who wears the pants in the family?
We are both pretty equal in that area! We most often check with eachother on things before we go ahead and do them! Our marriage is not a dictatorship!

15. What do you like to do together?
Play with our kids, go to Sam's Club and Lowes (I am no longer a fan of Home Depot), hang out with our families, work in the yard or around our house, go on drives to see whats new or whats old, watch television, play games!

16. Who eats more sweets?
I don't know! We both have a definate sweet tooth, but I would have to say that his is probably a little larger than mine is!

17. Guilty pleasures?
The bran muffins at Claim Jumper! Don't be fooled by the "bran"...they are to die for!! I thank my sister in law Kjersti for introducing them to me every time I eat one!

18.How did you meet?
At the LDS Institute/University Ward in Reno! We knew all along who eachother was and in a way we were kind of stalking eachother without either of us knowing, and then we hooked it up at one of the ward activities. And the rest is beautiful history!!!

19. Who proposed?
He did...then I tackled him and laid a fat kiss on him!!

20. What is his best feature?
I love everything about him! Most of all I love his sweet smile and sexy blue eyes!

21. Greatest qualities?
I love how he loves our family! He is such a hard worker and wants to succeed at everything that he does! I love to watch him interact with Wyatt! Those two are inseperable and are so cute when they are together! I love watching them play together and I fall more in love with him when I see how much he loves our children! He is such a great husband, father, and friend! He is my best friend and I can't say enough about him to give him the credit he deserves! I feel so lucky to have him in my life!!

Babies First Photo Shoot!!

2008-07-23T17:15:00.000-07:00

If you would like to see some really amazing and, of course, beautiful pictures of Megan click on Sam and Marielle's blog and then go to Marielles photo blog from there! They are so sweet! While you are there check out all of the other pictures she has posted. Marielle has such a good eye for taking really great pictures! Thanks Marielle for doing Megans pictures! I love them all and can't wait to see the rest!

A variety of pictures

2008-07-22T07:51:00.000-07:00

Here is Megan at two weeks old! I must say that she is just the most beautiful baby girl!

Believe it or not I was told by three witnesses that while I was at the store with Wyatt that our little miss rolled over from her tummy to her back! Isn't that lovely? I hope this is not a sign that she will be crawling early!

Monte's brother and his family was in town last week to be here when Brett returned from his mission. This is a picture of Grandma with all of her grandkids!

Megan's first bath! She did fabulous and only fussed a little bit when I took her out!

Wyatt was a good helper during his sister's bath! He actually stayed happily occupied the whole time by playing with his cars and trucks in the water.

Annacy McCombs holding Megan. Annacy is going to have a new baby brother in September! She will be a great big sister to the new baby!

We are so in love with our sweet boy! Ever since we brought the baby home we have found that our little boy isn't so little anymore! He seemed to turn into a giant overnight!

Isn't he cute!!!

Our growing family!!

2008-07-10T14:04:00.000-07:00

Here is our sweet precious baby girl! We are so in love with her and are so happy to have her in our home!

Monte took two weeks off to be home with us after the baby was born! Yes, I know...I'm outragously lucky! Monte and Wyatt have been playing non-stop and by the end of the day they are both pooped! This morning they both surprised me with a delicious breakfast in bed! All I can say is that I am not looking forward to Monte going back to work his usual 60-70 hour work week. It's been a treat for all of us to have him home!
Wyatt can't get enough of Megan! He is always kissing her and checking up on her when she is sleeping! He loves holding her...but not for too long...he's over the holding thing after about one minute!

Our beautiful All-American babies!!!

This was something special that we got for Wyatt for when we brought the baby home! He absolutely loves it and feels like such a big boy on his new motorcycle! Hopefully this is the only motorcycle he will ever own!! Monte and I think that it's pretty rad too! Don't you love the training wheels!

There wasn't a dull moment on his new toy!!

Wyatt Welcomes Baby Megan

2008-07-02T21:19:00.000-07:00

Megan Diane Johnson

Born: 7*2*08 @5:40pm

Weighing 7lbs 7ozs and 20 1/4inches longWyatt welcomed his new baby sister Megan to our family today. Amber went in to be induced this morning at around 11:00am. She had a healthy baby Megan at 5:40 pm. Amber and Megan are doing great!!! Here are some pictures of our beautiful baby girl!! We love her so much and are so grateful for our wonderful family and for all of our many wonderful blessings. We truly are blessed!!

Can you believe that dark hair?

Wyatt loves his new baby sister. He was so gentle with her and obsessed with her.

We were very fortunate to have the most wonderful nurses,especially our very good friend Lauren Altom. She was so wonderful and was so supportive. We were so lucky to have her. Monte's cousin is also a nurse and was able to be there. She hooked us up too with a private room. Its great to know people.

Amber and Beautiful Baby Megan

Chris and Dad peeking in on the action

Monte's cousin helping out

Amber just before going to the hospital. Doesn't she look amazing!!!

Today is the day!

2008-07-02T07:27:00.001-07:00

Hooray! We were able to get a spot at the hospital today at 10 am! We are soooo excited! It's kind of nice to actually know when we will be going to the hospital...it makes planning a whole lot easier! Stay tuned for updatesand pictures!

Is she here yet!??????

2008-07-01T13:38:00.000-07:00

For those of you who are anxiously awaiting to see if we have welcomed our new baby girl into the world...we are still awaiting her arrival!!! Today is my official due date, which is also Monte's 30th birthday! He would love for this little babe to be born on his birthday, but we are not so sure when she plans on making her debute?! As for an update on how things are progressing...I am currently dilated to a four, and my doc can't schedule me for an induction until next week sometime because of availability at the hospital. My Dr. says that i probably won't make it to next week anyway but still plans on setting up a time to do it anyway, just in case! So, that is where we are at up to this point...hopefully we won't have to wait much longer...we are getting very anxious!

Green is Beautiful!!!

2008-06-23T19:29:00.000-07:00

We have GRASS!!! We were finally able to plant grass in our front yard about one month ago. Monte seeded it and once it started to sprout it grew like crazy! It's been quite an exciting thing for us to have color in our front yard...seeing as when we moved in almost 3 years ago it was hideously landscaped with just rocks. It has been a long and expensive process to get to the point where we could actually plant some grass, so it is very rewarding to us to finally have grass! We still have alot more grass to plant on the other side of the yard, but that will probably have to wait until the fall.

Wyatt loves to be in the yard when his Dad is! If you didn't notice Monte in the last picture...he is mowing the lawn for the first time since he planted the seed.

Wyatt and Friends

2008-06-09T14:58:00.000-07:00

Wyatt's cousins Jared Johnson and Annacy McCombs.

We went up to the park last weekend and got to see a huge Navy helicoptor take off from the park.
Wyatt and Monte just chillin before bed time

Wyatt and Ethan Hodes

Wyatt and Ethan love being together! Ethan and his family have been renting out our basement for the last year and just recently moved into their new house that they purchased out in Stead! It was a bitter sweet thing to have them move. We are so excited that they were able to buy a house but we are so sad to have them gone! We really miss them! We developed a really great friendship with their family while they were here!

Wyatt and Simon McCombs

These two just reek of trouble! Can't you tell! Here they are playing nicely with eachother at Grandma McCombs house. I emphasize "nicely" because these two seem to have a love/hate type of relationship going on! They love eachother very much but know just which buttons to push to get the other one going!

Baby Shower

2008-06-09T14:40:00.000-07:00

I work about 7 hours/week doing some misc. office work for two of the best ENT Dr's in town that are right down the street from my house. And of course all of the ladies at the office wanted to throw a shower for the baby, especially now that we know the gender of the baby! So last week they threw this shower for me and the baby at the office. It was so thoughtful of them and they all gave me some really cute baby girl outfits that I can't wait to dress her in. The office also chipped in and bought me a sweet double stroller! It's a cherry red Combi side by side stroller! I am way excited about that too!
Wyatt was so excited about helping me show Monte everything that we brought home from the party! He pulled everything out of the bags and showed his dad and then held it up to him and would say "Look Mommy, cute! I like it!" It was pretty funny and kept him entertained for quite awhile!

Pregnant at 37 weeks

2008-06-08T22:44:00.000-07:00

Here I am at 37 weeks with only 3 weeks to go!

I guess I have needed to update news about this pregnancy for a long time, so here it goes:

"Bed rest" really ended up just taking it easy for the first few weeks after the cerclage was put in and then I was pretty much back to doing everything I was doing before with a few exceptions. I continued to see a perinatologist every two to three weeks and she would monitor how my stitches were holding up and check the baby out as well. Which I couldn't really complain about getting to see the baby so often through the ultrasounds! So , that was a definate bonus! Throughout my frequent visits to the doctors the baby went breach at about 27 weeks or so and has been breach ever since. At about 32 weeks I went in for an ultrasound where the doctor found an abnormal growth about 4 cm in diameter right next to the babies bladder. Turns out it was a cyst or a tumor growing on the babies ovary...so now we know that we are having a baby girl! So my dr. refers us to a pediatric surgeon in town and tells us that the baby will have to have surgery within the first few months of life to remove the cyst!:( Not cool! Three weeks later I went in for my last checkup and ultrasound with the perinatologist and she was unable to locate the cyst after searching very thoroughly! I was extremely relieved but then I wondered if the baby really was a girl...I asked the dr. if she was sure it was a girl and she confirmed it by showing me a shot of the babies "girl gear". So as of right now the plan will be to do an ultrasound on the baby after she is born just to make sure the the cyst doesn't exist. I know that the Lord had a hand in this tiny miracle for our sweet baby! I know that many prayers were said on her behalf that she would be watched over and be healthy! We are so blessed!

If baby girl hasn't turned by Tuesday this week at my next appointment, my Dr. will schedule a time to try and turn her later on in the week, and take my stitches out at the same time. I have been hoping and praying that she will turn on her own!

Wyatt is excited about his baby sister...he's told us from when he first knew we were going to have a baby that it was a girl/sister! However, I think he believes that his baby sister is going to continue to live in Mommy's tummy forever!

Fun with our little boy

2008-05-28T22:40:00.000-07:00

Monte put this together with some of Wyatt's cars the other night and Wyatt thought it was pretty cool! Our boy is OBSESSED with cars! It's pretty much pointless to have any of his other toys around because all he really cares to play with are his hundreds of cars! Not to mention that he is very protective of them when his friends and cousins come over to play...which is where the car obsession becomes a problem. What can I say other than that he is a two year old little boy...and...boys will be boys!
We went to Target the other day so that Wy could pick out some "Big Boy" underwear and hopefully get excited about wearing them and not the diapers anymore. When we got home I let him open up the package and look at each one. He thought that it was lots of fun! For each pair he pulled out he would say "I like this one" or "So cute". I thought that it was pretty funny how he kept calling his new underwear cute!

Here we are on a day where we didn't do much but stay home so Wyatt refused to wear any clothes, which made him quite happy and hyper, until he crashed and hit his mouth and chin coming up our hardwood stairs!

Wyatt and Arie

2008-05-22T13:15:00.000-07:00

Wyatt seems to be enjoying the hug...I'm not so sure Arie feels the same way!
Arie is such a princess and makes sure we all know it! She liked dancing to the music with Wyatt! She danced like a dainty ballerina and he danced like any untrained boy would! Arie tried to show Wyatt how to dance with her and he just kept tripping and falling on top of her, which usually ended up in him wanting to wrestle with her! Hopefully we can fix this before he has his first real dance with a girl who is not his cousin!:)

Wyatt loves music and loves to groove!!!

Mother's Day

2008-05-21T20:37:00.000-07:00

For Mothers Day this year most of my siblings were at their in-laws. So Monte, Wyatt, me, my parents and Chris all went up to Dale and Liane's house for dinner. It was as fun as Sunday dinner can be!:) It was nice to visit with Dale and Liane and the girls and Sarah's Fiance' Rob! Congrats to Sarah and Rob on getting engaged and setting a date! We are so excited for them!!!
Wyatt made Grandma a fruit loop necklace for Mother's Day! Once Grandma put it on, Wyatt wouldn't leave her alone and ate almost all of her necklace before we even sat down to eat dinner!

Grandma is so nice to share!!

Why is it that even on Mother's Day the women end up cooking the meal! I thought Liane looked pretty good heading up the BBQ! Nice job Liane, the meat was excellent!

On Saturday before Mothers Day we took Monte's Mom out to Pizza (at her request) and then went to the park afterwards so the kids could play. Wyatt absolutely LOVES his cousins Arie (almost 3) and Jared (almost 7)!

This is the tallest twisty slide I have ever seen, it was probably at least 12 feet high. Wyatt loved it and couldn't get enough of it!

A taste of political craziness!

2008-05-12T14:10:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went to the Peppermill Hotel and Casino for an ice cream social and to meet Mr. Mitt Romney. There were a ton of political crazy people there and they were all dressed very fancy. As you can see, we are not really dressed up for the occasion...surprise, surprise! Wyatt was loving it, except for the part where we had to stop him from running around to get our picture taken! However, he did like sporting the "McCain/Romney" pin!

Just for fun!

2008-03-30T15:55:00.000-07:00

Here is Wyatt enjoying the fun things he got from Ethan Hodes birthday party!!
Wyatt is soooo in love with his littlest cousin Maxxwell!!! Maxx is just about 5 1/2 months old. I myself am quite fond of Maxx also, given the fact that he has red hair!! Hopefully he keeps the red hair and gets his moms rad curls!!!

The joys of owning your own home

2008-03-27T22:27:00.000-07:00

When we first moved into our house about 2 1/2 years ago the first thing I wanted to get rid of was a huge cottonwood tree in our backyard! I hate cottonwoods and there was no way I was going to keep that beautiful but trashy tree in our yard. So last year we had the tree cut down and then just today we finally had the stump removed! The stump was huge and just made the yard look awful especially after many attempts of trying to dig it out...which was not going to happen! I saved some money that I was able to earn myself until we had enough to have 3 stumps around our yard removed. Some girls save up there money for a new pair of shoes but I hated looking at that huge stump in our yard so it was definately worth the money we paid for them all to be gone! Now we can get our yard underway and hopefully get some grass planted! I also don't have to worry anymore about kids falling into the trench that was dug around the stump. This may be fairly boring to those who are reading this, but it's actually pretty exciting for us!

Our backyard...a work in progress

2008-03-27T22:06:00.000-07:00

Now you see it!!
Now you don't!!!!!!

Wyatt has a crush!!

2008-03-25T14:19:00.001-07:00

Wyatt loves his girlfriend Alli Hurrle! I watch Alli and her older brother Nathan once a week at our house. The three of them play so well together...so it's always nice to have them over!

Happy Easter!

2008-03-25T14:04:00.001-07:00

McCombs Family Picture.
Monte, Wyatt, and me

Here is Simon sharing a piece of his Easter candy with Wyatt

Wyatt with a very full Easter basket

Could her smile get any sweeter?

Simon finding eggs

Moderate bed rest? Now what does that "really" mean?

2008-03-25T09:37:00.000-07:00

Well, the doc put me on moderate bed rest until 36 weeks...which is ten weeks from now! I'm a little confused about the whole thing but just know that I am supposed to slow down and take it easy. This means no traveling, exercising, no long shopping trips even to the grocery store, no lifting, and lots of other similar stuff. It kind of stinks! However, I do believe that I have the ideal situation for having to be considered somewhat on bed rest! The hardest thing is not being able to pick Wyatt up and having to explain that to him. He is slowly starting to get it. All in all the baby is doing well and right on target with its growth. Hopefully things will continue to progress the way they have up to this point...and I'm sure they will as long as I am following doctors orders!!

More pictures of baby #2

2008-03-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

My favorite feature in this picture is babies cute little thumb sticking out up by the head!
Here is baby praying!
Look how you can notice the bones in the babies arms...it's that crazy!

Growing up to be like his dad!

2008-03-17T14:45:00.000-07:00

Wyatt has loved playing any kind of ball since before he turned one! Now that Monte has been playing basketball with the church team Wyatt is even more obsessed than ever! Now whenever we go to the church he thinks that we are there to play ball. This is where a valuable lesson comes into play in helping Wyatt to understand that we don't play basketball on Sundays...we are at the church to learn about Jesus. I think that he is actually grasping the concept!

Trying to take it easy!?

2008-03-04T12:11:00.000-08:00

Well, all went well with the procedure/surgery on Sunday. The worst part of it all was being so completely numb from the belly button down. I was so anxious to move my legs that once the anesthesia started to wear off I was having some pretty out-of-control leg spasms. At first it was extrememly comical, then it got a little annoying. However, as for right now I am trying to take it easy. Which is turning out to be quite difficult! Especially when Monte is working a ton of hours and comes home exhausted...making it hard to ask him for help. I don't know how moms with several kids make it safely through their pregnancies?!

Do you know what a cerclage is? (sounds like colage)

2008-02-29T14:43:00.000-08:00

Well, I went to an OB specialist called a perinatologist yesterday for a second opinion on what appears to be a short cervex. I guess that my cervex is supposed to be measuring at 2.5 cm when it is currently measuring at 1.9 cm. So I was refered to this specialist by my Dr. for a second opinion. The second opinion Dr. said that if I don't want to have a very premature baby then she needs to sew up my cervex so that it won't get any shorter. Because if it were to get any shorter I could go into labor extrememly early. I am a little nervous about the procedure not for myself but for the growing baby inside of me. I just don't want anything to go wrong because this is usually a procedure that is done pretty early in a pregnancy...and I am more than half way through this pregnancy. The Dr. says it is a very low risk procedure however I may have to stay overnight in the hospital after the procedure for some monitoring. However, I'm not anticipating that that will actually have to happen...I hope that I am right! As far as recovery, I think I just shouldn't lift heavy things...like my 32 lb 2 year old! I go in for the procedure on Sunday morning in the labor and delivery department at Renown so I will keep you all posted on how things go from there!

More ultrasound pics

2008-02-29T14:37:00.000-08:00

Here is the baby as of Thursday February 28th. This is one of the 3-D ultrasounds. The baby is sleeping using its little arms as something to rest its head on.
Picture of baby's cute profile

Wyatt and Mommy

2008-02-29T14:24:00.000-08:00

Me with one of the loves of my life!!

Here I am at 5 months! Fun!!

Wyatt is not quite sure what we are talking about when we say that there is a baby in mommy's tummy! He could really care less at this point. However, we can sometimes get him to kiss the baby in my tummy...well his kiss is usually a lick followed by an interest in my bellybutton because it is already sticking out. He thinks it is pretty funny looking! The crazy thing is that I have alot of growing to do and hopefully my outie bellybutton doesn't get too out of control!

Recent pictures of Wyatt

2008-02-25T13:52:00.000-08:00

Wyatt loves jumping on our bed and he also loves running around the house with most of his clothes off. He threw a fit for me when I wouldn't let him have his pants off, otherwise he would just be in his diaper here!
Here's our boy showing his muscles to the camera!

Wyatt was being silly today before I put him down for his nap so I took the chance to try and get some pictures of him actually looking at the camera rather than his profile. I asked him to show me his teeth in these two pictures to see if I could get a smile directed at the camera....it's quite the overexagerated smile but it worked and I think is pretty darn cute!!!

Wyatt and Annacy walking to the corner of the block. Wyatt loves all of his cousins!!

On Wyatt's Birthday Day we treated him to dinner at Q'doba and ice cream at Dairy Queen! He would only eat the chips and salsa at dinner and he of course loved his ice cream blizzard at DQ...so did Monte and I!!

Thanks for the adoreable hat Marielle!!! Wyatt will definately be using it alot!!!

For those of you who don't know already.....

2008-02-25T13:40:00.000-08:00

Yep, you guessed it....we are expecting baby #2!!!
This is a picture of "Baby" at 21 weeks. Boy or girl? We don't know! It will be a much anticipated surprise for us all when the baby arrives!
Expected due date is July 1, 2008, which also happens to be Monte's birthday!!

This is the baby at 10 weeks and growing!

Wyatt's date with Jen at the park

2008-02-11T14:26:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday, Jen took Wyatt up to the park by our house while I was cleaning. However, little did I know she had a professional photo shoot for him in mind! Jen had arranged for a good friend, Breann Hall, who is settting up her own photography business to take these pictures. She did a dang good job, and I couldn't be more excited about it!! Wyatt is hard to get even one good picture of and she got a handful that turned out just awesome!!! Then for Wyatt's birthday Jen wrapped up some of the pictures in some frames and gave them to Wyatt (more like gave them to me and Monte)!!! I was going to go and get his pictures done at JC Penny later on this week but now I don't have the need. His little personality really shows through in a lot of the pictures! And I can't even tell you how many times I have looked through all of the photos!! So take a look at the next post to see what I am raving about!!!
I also have to mention that today at 10:27 am Wyatt is officially 2 years old!!! Happy Birthday WY GUY!!!

2008-02-11T14:16:00.000-08:00

2008-02-11T13:47:00.000-08:00

SURPRISE!!! SURPRISE!!! Well it's about time I get back on the blogging ball and clue people in on what has been going on in our lives!! It's ONLY been four months....so I will spare you my long list of lame excuses and just let you scroll down and check out the new posts! Enjoy!

2008-02-11T13:26:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY WYATT!!!
Wyatt had a Lightening McQueen Birthday party. From his natural love of cars, trucks, airplanes, trains, and pretty much anything that has wheels...he obviously loves the movie "Cars". Monte and I made this Racecar Birthday Cake for the birthday boy. I was actually pretty happy with my creativity here because I'm really not the creative type. So we were pretty pleased how this turned out! Especially since my thoughts for the cake didn't really come together until the day of Wyatt's party.

The toy Wyatt is holding is from his cute little friend, Gordon. It is a toy wooden truck that his dad Ryan made from scratch and his own pattern. It is really cool and Wyatt loves it!! I imagine it will take alot to break this toy! Also, he painted a little licence plate on it to say WJ2. So it will always be a good memory from his 2nd birthday party!!

Wyatt opening another truck with the help of his dad.

Wyatt wasn't quite sure what was going on and why all these gifts were for him...but he just went with the flow and had fun with his friends and family!

2008-02-11T13:03:00.000-08:00

Wyatt loves to color pictures. He especially loves to color on things other than paper. So we have learned to keep a close eye on him whenever we do any coloring activity.

Wyatt got this little man suit from his great grandma and aunt for Christmas. Pretty flashy but ended up being pretty cute!

Arie, Jared, and Wyatt at our house. Wyatt most often will not sit still for the camera or give a cheesy smile. He is too busy! Jared and Arie on the other hand couldn't be more cooperative for the camera. Wyatt LOVES all of his cousins!

Wyatt is almost two here and I still bath him in the sink. He loves it though! Plus, I am usually able to clean the kitchen while he is playing in the "bath". So it works out for both of us...however the sink bathing will soon have to come to an end for my "little" 3 foot and over 30 lbs little guy!!!

Wyatt loves to wear his dad's bike helmet. I think that even if we had one that fit him he'd still want to wear his Dad's.

Wyatt and his daddy, or as Wyatt likes to call him "Monte", sporting their swim goggles.

IT'S A BOY!!! IT"S A BOY!!! IT"S A BOY!!!

2007-10-18T21:23:00.000-07:00

Here he is!!! Maxxwell Grant McCombs

Born on October 17th at 6:45 pm

Weighing 6 lbs 13 1/2 oz.

Measuring 19 1/2 in. long

Seems to be that the strawberry blonde hair is a dominant gene in the McCombs family!
Chanika is a rock star!!! Her water broke around lunch time on the 17th while she was outside cleaning out their garbage can. They waited for a little while and then went to the hospital after they got everything together. Chanika went through her entire labor and delivery with no epidural!! Way to go Chanika!!

Chris and Chanika are so in love with their precious gift from heaven!!
So are we!!

Close up...sorry, it's a little blurry

Yawn!!!!!

Chanika's first diaper change! She did it like a pro!!!

She is going to be an amazing mother!

Jen, Chris (daddy!!!), and baby Maxxwell!

Jen was thrilled because she and the baby share a birthday!!

Chris had just been back from Hawaii for only two days before the baby came! He came home earlier than everyone else just in case the baby was to come! Good thing! Close call Chris!

We love you Baby Maxxie!! Welcome to earth!!

These flowers are REAL!!!

2007-10-16T01:15:00.000-07:00

This picture is sideways, but you get the idea of how awsome looking this bouquet was!
I have no idea what this thing is called but it is pretty RAD! I almost wonder if it is edible...it looks delicious!:)

The bright colors of the flowers in Hawaii are just unbelievable!! There are flowers almost every where you look! And of course they are all so beautiful and unique!

WET LUAU!!!

2007-10-16T00:39:00.000-07:00

Tonight we went to a Luau at a hotel resort. It was lots of fun but started raining short after we got there...and rained the hardest and longest that it has since we have been here in Hawaii! It was really quite the downpour!! So, the staff handed out ponchos to anyone who wanted one and continued on with the meal and drinks but eventually canceled the show. It was actually quite fun! We all got saoking wet and lived a memory that we will never forget!
Here we are eating our meal in a small dry tunnel that Dad and I found once we realized that finding shelter under a large tree was not working in our favor!! So we found this spot to eat because our food plates were filling up with water quite fast and turning our meals into a not so appetizing Hawaiian soup! If you look at the picture above there are two people in the back of all of the family who also found shelter in this small tunnel that we were all cuddled up in...ironically we came to find out that they are from Silver Springs near Fernley!! We all thought that was pretty funny! It just goes to show once again that it seems like no matter where you go, you are likely to run into someone from either Fallon or Fernley!

Here's Dad just being himself and trying to put on a show for all of the dissappointed Luau guests! I'm sure that anyone watching was probably thinking that he had had too many drinks!
Does that surprise anyone reading this blog who knows my father?

Here we are again in our lovely ponchos! We came out of our tunnel and went back to our table because the rain had let up quite a bit....but that didn't last for long! Downpour!

This may look like your average "Luau Nightmare in Hawaii"...but it was actually pretty fun! Although we didn't get to see the show where the men dance with fire and show off their greased up bodies and muscley calfs...we still got to eat some good food and enjoy the sunset with the company of lots of rain of course!!!

Thank goodness for the tunnel!! We loved the tunnel!! Thank you tunnel!!

Update

2007-10-15T01:57:00.000-07:00

We have posted some videos from raceday below. Scroll down to see Geoff crossing the finish line!

IRONMAN DREAM BECOMES IRONMAN REALITY!!!!!

2007-10-14T22:14:00.000-07:00

Moments before the gun went off to start the 2007 Ironman World Championships! Over 1800 athletes treading water in Kailua Bay. A sight you have to see to believe. The moments before the race are eerie. few words are spoken. It's hard to capture the feel of the pre race anxiety. The beginning of that swim was scary. I hung back to avoid the mele of 1800 athletes sloshing next to each other in such a confined space. It's really like a cross between swimming and wrestling. I thought the first frantic moments of the swim would be over after a few minutes, but it was crowded the entire way. Regardless, I had the best swim of my life. I reached the turnaround boat in 30 minutes, and I thought I was going to post a 1 hour swim split. Unfortunately the swim was even more crowded on the way back to the pier. I had my goggles ripped off and swam the last hundred meters with salt water in my eyes. Then someone elbowed me in the mouth, and I got a major cramp in my left calf. I had to stop and tread water while I massaged the cramp out. I finished the swim, but as I entered the transition area with a fat lip and a leg cramp, I wondered if my race was over.
I thought I'd just get on the bike and see how it went. The entire bike was total agony. The cramp wouldn't leave, and I tried to stretch it out while I rode. The winds on the island are something I've never experienced before. The lava fields were brutally hot, and we had a headwind the entire way out. When I made the turn at Hawi, I had a tailwind for about 10 miles, but then the crosswinds were so strong that I was almost blown off the bike several times. I made the turn back onto the "Queen K" highway about 20 miles from Hawi, and the headwinds started up again. They were my constant companion all the way back into Kona. It was brutally discouraging. When I finally made it back to T2, my leg was still cramping, so I had to visit the medical tent before heading out on the run. The amazing medical volunteers helped some, but my leg was still killing me. As I sat down to put on my running shoes. my leg cramped up everytime I bent over to lace up my shoes. I took it slow, and I was finally able to get my shoes on thanks to a very patient and concerned volunteer. I decided to start the marathon.

As you can see from these pictures, I walked the first 3 miles of the marathon. I thought my cramp was going to force me to walk the entire marathon. Amazing that a cramp from over 7 hours before was still preventing me from running. My family was waiting for me 3 miles into the marathon, and they walked with me until I felt like my leg could handle the stress of running a marathon. Thanks to the encouragement of my entire family, I began running and didn't look back the rest of the way. The sun was setting just as I entered the energy lab at mile 16. The energy lab is a 4 mile detour off the Queen K highway which is named due to the barren vast expanse of lava fields where the the state has installed huge solar panels to capture the sun's radiation. The energy lab has the reputation of sapping the energy of the strongest athletes, but it's where I gained strength that was not my own. With each mile, I felt stronger and stronger until I couldn't run fast enough. I ran strong the final 10 miles and posted a 4:40 marathon when it was over. I was hoping to beat my first Ironman time, but I was off by just 3 minutes. Total time: 12:40:01. Running down Alii drive was an amazing experience. Surprisingly, I wasn't emotional at the finish. I carried my nephew, Simon, down the final stretch into the finish line.

Walking on Alii Dr. at mile 3. This was going to be a very long marathon.

Feeling good. Now, I'm running down Alii Dr. at mile 6, and I didn't stop until the finish.

Who says I don't have sexy buttocks!

MINUTES AFTER THE RACE!!!

2007-10-14T21:56:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of the finish dome!

Chris and Brian helping Geoff bring his stuff out from the transition areas after he finished the race.

Geoff after the race!!! He's been looking forward to this part of the day since since the race began!! Geoff McCombs is an Ironman!!!!

Video from race day

2007-10-14T03:29:00.000-07:00

It is late here in Hawaii and I need to turn in for the night...so I will be back tomorrow with more pics and maybe some video of Geoff out on the course and from his awsome finish!!! I hope that you all, whoever that may be, are able to enjoy this blog. Thanks for tuning in and for everyone's concern and support for Geoff...He is indeed very grateful!!!
Goodnight all!!!

Click on the links below for videos from the race.

Just minutes after the swim. I was still fighting the cramp in my left leg. In this video, you can see me stretching it as I coast down the hill. Terribly painful....and discouraging.

This is the last hill in town before a hard left turn onto the Queen K Highway. Miles and miles of asphalt stretching through seemingly endless lava fields. The cramp in my leg wasn't feeling any better, so I was forced to get out of the saddle on the downhill segments to stretch it out. Needless to say, the thought of riding 112 miles into a strong headwind and scorching heat totally exposed to the suns rays with an agonizing leg cramp was very scary. I considered pulling out several times in the first 2 hours, but I had too many reasons to keep going.

Running down Alii Dr. to the finish. This is the pinnacle of achievement in the endurance world. Most triathletes can only dream of the day they are running down Alii Dr. to the finish of the Ironman World Championships! For me, it was finally a reality. After 6 long years of hard work and dedication, I was there! Unbelievable! I'm so glad my whole family was there to share it with me. Simon had no idea what was going on.

2007-10-14T03:03:00.000-07:00

We loved seeing Geoff on the course to cheer him on....He loved it too!!!

It was so good to be here to support him and encourage him throughout his race! He was amazing!! I have never seen such amazing and inspiring athletes like we saw today on the race course!!! Our hats go off to all of the athletes in todays race!
Sleepy Simon! Cheering for Geoff wore him out quite fast!

Sleeping Wyatt! Thank goodness for these strollers! I hope the kids will forgive us for running them so hard on this trip!

These boys are just busy little bodies and only stop when they sleep!! Well, that's only 50% true for Simon, but 120% true for Wyatt! These two have loved playing and laughing with each other during our vacation! Wyatt has had a bit of a rough time with being away from home, so whenever he is upset or needy...Simon likes to step right in and try to help his cousin feel better! So sweet!!

After the race!!!

2007-10-14T02:36:00.000-07:00

Taking a breather with the family...before the walk back to the car!

Annacy did not leave Geoff's side the first hour or so after he finished!
These two are two peas in a pod! Simon loves his Uncle Chris!!

If this picture doesn't scream Shirley Temple!!

Together again after a long and fun day for us all....ESPECIALLY GEOFF!!!! Well. maybe not so much fun for Geoff!!!

IRONMAN EVE!!!

2007-10-13T02:09:00.000-07:00

12 hours til the start of the race and counting!
Geoff watching the sunset...knowing that they next time he will see the sun he will be gearing up for a 2.4 mile swim!!
The yellow wrist band on Geoff's left wrist is one that all of the athletes that are competing in the race have to wear.
I believe the youngest one in this race is 18 years old and the oldest is 77! Pretty amazing!!

Mon, Geoff, and Dad

Here are Mom and Dad at a beach near our house. This beach had AMAZING underwater sightseeing!! Most of us went snorkling and saw some absolutely amazing fish! Not to mention the huge see turtles that we were all able to see up close! Monte got lucky and was able to see 8 sea turtles swimming all together!! SO SO COOL!!!

Brian, Cody, and Geoff at the beach the morning before the race! The waves at this beach are perfect for body surfing and boogie boarding! If you look close at their stomaches you can see how red they are from laying on the boogie boards....know I know why surfers were those swim shirts in the water. All the boys were complaining how much it hurt. Geoff only went a few times...he didn't want to overdue it or risk getting an injury before the race.

Wyatt LOVES being at the beach and in the water...especially with his daddy!!!

Simon is still trying to figure things out about where he is...seeing as he has only been here for less than 24 hours.

Three boys with the three babies!

A little time to relax!!!

2007-10-13T01:54:00.000-07:00

Wyatt and Simon brushing up on their kazooing skills!!

Brian and Geoff getting Geoff's bike ready for the race before he has to go and drop it off at the Ironman Village

Hanging out....Eating and being lazy!

I guess Dad needed a nap!
This is a site of Dad that all of us in the family are used to! I guess us young kids just wear him out!!

I love this girl!!! Don't you!!

2007-10-13T01:43:00.000-07:00

Geoff at the entrance to the Ironman Village in Kona...less than 24 hours before the start of the race!!
Geoff and Mark Allen who is a 6 time Ironman World Champion!! Now that is just amazing!! Geoff was thrilled to meet him and get his picture with him!! He especially can't wait for Rick Bird to see this picture...Geoff rubbing shoulder with the all time PROS! Rick is Geoff's great friend and has practically been his trainer and mentor throughout his career as a triathlete!!!

How cool is it that Geoff can stand next to that sign!!! Not just anyone can take their picture next to a sign like that and have it actually mean something!! Way to go, Geoff!

Ironman in Training...the clock is ticking!!!

2007-10-13T01:06:00.000-07:00

Ain't that the truth!!!

This is Geoff in front of the finish line the day before the race! He is hoping to finish aroung 6 pm on the day of the race! The race starts at 7 am and he will be going nonstop until he crosses this finish line!!!

This is what Geoff will look like on the day of the race! Here he is on a short ride from the house we are staying in to the main part of town where the race will start and end, also refered to as "Ironman Village" this time of year! He had to drop his bike and all his gear off the afternoon before at the "Ironman Village"

This is about 16 hours before the start of the race!!

Hopefully he will be smiling tomorrow when he is riding his bike in the hot sun!

We drove the bike course on Thursday and found that he will have no relief from the hot sun by shade! Pure heat and humidity the whole 112 miles...

This is a picture of the Ironman Symbol on Geoff's ankle...also known as "M Dot".

It's just a temporary tattoo...he wanted to show some added spirit for the race!

Here is our Triathlete of the Year!!!

2007-10-11T00:31:00.000-07:00

Here is Ironman Geoff preparing for a practice swim on the actual swim course in Kona. Three days til race day and counting!!
Geoff needs to be as mentally prepared as he does physically...especially for the swim! He will be swimming 1.2 miles straight out into the open ocean and then back!! That takes alot of guts!!!

Geoff swimming in the open ocean!

As I write this blog Geoff recalls his first year at scout camp when he had to take the swim test...that was probably the first test he failed!!! Due to his humiliating failure he had to stay inside a sectioned off area close to the pier and even closer to the lifeguard! I think that he also recalls Chris being right along side with him! It's funny how some things never change as the years go by!!:)

Look at him now! Luckily he didn't let his failed swim test drag him down! Way to go, Geoff!!

Here's Wyatt giving his Uncle Geoff a much needed massage for his feet! Maybe Wyatt will give him another massage after the race on Saturday!!!

It was really good to meet up with Geoff today!!! I think he was getting lonely and we needed a change of scenery...and it was a positive change of scenery at that!! Kona is soooooo breathtakingly beautiful!!!! From the little bit of the island that I have seen so far, it is by far more appealing and beautiful than Oahu! I am NOT saying that Oahu isn't amazing and beautiful...This is Hawaii....of course it's beautiful!! This island just isn't as run down by tourists as much and also we are not in the heart of downtown. I would very much reccommend this part of Hawaii to anyone planning on taking a trip to the Hawaiian Islands in the upcoming years!!!

Wyatt wanted to take a picture and this is what he got out of it!! Not too bad!!! Good job Wyatt!!

Here we are....Our first day in Hawaii!!!

2007-10-11T00:21:00.003-07:00

A guy stopped us on the street and wanted us to hold his birds....for money of course! But he didn't ask us for money until after he took our picture with his birds. We had just gotten into town and didn't have any money smaller than a $100.00 bill! Sorry dude!!!
Monte wasn't too thrilled about holding the bird!:)

Laie Hawaii Temple

2007-10-10T23:58:00.000-07:00

We had to make a trip to the temple on our trip even though we wouldn't be able to go inside with Wyatt. This is about the fifteenth temple we've been able to visit since we were married five years ago!!!

This was a nice stop for Wyatt...he needed to run around and let off some energy!

DOLE PINEAPPLE PLANTATION

2007-10-10T23:47:00.000-07:00

Here we are a the DOLE plantation! We were only there for a little bit, so we didn't take many pictures.

Pineapples grow out of the ground! It's amazing that the plants can hold up the pineapple. I think they grow for about 20 months before they can be harvested. Don't quote me on that!

WAIKIKI

2007-10-10T19:21:00.000-07:00

Oops....this picture is a little blurry! Anyway....here is Wyatt playing in the sand at Waikiki beach in Honolulu!

Monte and Wyatt enjoying the beautiful water! It was hard to get these two out of the water...but who can blame them!!!

ALOHA------BEAUTIFUL HAWAII!!!

2007-10-10T18:35:00.000-07:00

Traveling always wears Wyatt out so fast!! This is a picture of him after a morning at the beach on Waikiki! When we got back to our hotel for him to take a nap he had just barely fallen asleep and I HAD to give him a shower because he had sand all over his little body. So I got him ready to get all cleaned up, and he is sleeping this whole time mind you! So we both step into the shower while he is asleep and believe it or not he slept through the whole shower!!! I could not beleive it! I washed his body and hair and even his face and he was dead asleep the whole time! He did wake up a little bit when I washed the soap out of his hair but was back asleep in seconds!!!! So we got out...got him dressed and he woke up three hours later! Now...that is one for the books...a one and a half year old sleeping through his shower!!

Sunset at Ala Moana Beach Park in Honolulu!!!
This beach was awesome! We were sad we found it on our last day there!

Monte and Wyatt at Ala Moana Beach

Father and son footprints in the sand
Can you guess who's is who's?

Wyatt loved this beach!!! We played there until it got too dark to play anymore!

The water in Hawaii is so nice and warm!! You don't even need to bring a towel to the beach with you except for having something to sit on! Wyatt loved playing in the water...I think mainly because it was so warm and there was no initial shock to have to get used to!!!

We weren't planning on going to the beach...so that would explain why Wyatt is in his diaper! He didn't care...I hope no one else had a problem with it though. We were practicall the only ones there anyway.

We had to take a million pics of Wyatt because he never sits still long enough for us to get a good picture of him. We tell him to say cheese for the camera and he runs up to whoever is taking the picture, cheeses just inches away from the lense and runs away!! So this picture of him is about the only one of the dozens we took at this beach with him actually looking at the camera! Now if we could only get him to flash his cute little tooth filled smile!!!

Going to Kona!!!

2007-10-05T23:01:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of the Jersey that Geoff is going to wear on race day in Kona, Hawaii!!!

We are all sooooo excited to go watch Geoff compete in the Ironman in Kona!! He has worked so hard to get to this point in his athletic career and we are so proud of him and his accomplishments!!! Way to go Geoff....we love you!!! Best of luck!!!!

Family Journal Jog

2007-09-17T23:55:00.000-07:00

This past weekend the entire McCombs Family participated in the Reno Journal Jog. It was a lot of fun! Monte and I were the J team and we came in 9th of the husband and wife couples. Not to bad for a first running race for the both of us!

Here we are before the race! It was such a nice morning for a run! Oh yeah....the run was 4.8 miles of fun!?!?!?

Chanika walked the 4.8 mile route. She was walking fast too, because she wasn't too far behind those that ran! I think that she was the only pregnant person to do the race....look at that belly...I love talking to her baby and rubbing her belly. I hope Chanika doesn't mind!

After the run we all went to mom's house for a hot breakfast. Nothing like filling our bodies with greasy bacon and eggs after a nice long run!:) It was delicious!

Everyone that did the race in our family is in this picture except for mom. Sorry Mom!

The Great Reno Balloon Races

2007-09-09T22:08:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was the Great Reno Balloon Races! We love this time of the year when we get to wake up and see tons of balloons right over our neighborhood!
I hope Del Taco appreciates this free advertisement!

Here we are right outside our house. What a view!!!

Tons more balloons!

We got lucky and got to go up in a balloon that landed right up the street from our house!

Wyatt wasn't too fond of the idea right at first...but was okay after the first minute or so.

There we go up.....up........up about 50 feet!

Wyatt loves the balloons better from a distance!

This was my absolute favorite balloon this year!! It stayed in the park and didn't go far off the ground....just enough to give rides to kids.

"Gimme a kiss baby!"

Weekend at Lake Tahoe

2007-08-28T22:32:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we all went up Tahoe for the weekend. Billy and Heather were in Tahoe for a wedding and were extremely nice to invite Monte's family up to stay with them in a condo they had rented at Incline for a few days. We stayed all together for two nights in a one bedroom/one bath condo!! All of us included...6 adults and 5 children!!! It was crazy and lots of fun at the same time!! It was especially nice to spend some time with Billy and Heather and their two very adoreable kids!

Check out Tanna's crazy hair in the picture above!!:)

Monte and Arie

Jared and Dane Johnson

Wyatt is just thinking about going for a swim in the very cold water

Wyatt and Tanna have a snack and some fun together!

Summer Fun!!!

2007-08-09T15:43:00.001-07:00

Nothing screams summer more than kids running around outside with barely any clothes on!

Especially Simon!!

How cute are these two!

Annacy is a big cheezer for the camera!

Simon is always making us laugh! This picture is just one example...he had no help getting this pose together.

Annacy loving the water! Wyatt...not so much!

Don't we all wish this was us sitting on the porch in our underwear?! Oh, to be a kid again!!!

4th of July at Lahontan

2007-08-09T15:36:00.001-07:00

Waterskiing for the big kids and playing in the sand for the little ones! Does it get any better than that?!

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