The Lasiter Family

what we've been up too

2010-09-30T13:16:00.000-05:00

We have spent a lot of time with crafts. Both the kids and myself.

Time outside riding our bikes and enjoying the weather. Jace learned to ride without training wheels. That was a big accomplishment for him.

We've gotten to spend time with family now that we live a lot closer to them.

And we have been spending time at the soccer fields.

Things I miss about Columbia, MO:

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our great friends our church home
small group
Shakespeare's Pizza
the parks
our great friends
play dates
the weather (though I may not feel that way this winter)
the shopping
our great friends.
Thanks for an awesome 5 years Columbia and everyone who made it home for us.

Kiddos rooms

2010-08-06T21:27:00.000-05:00

So we have been doing some painting around here. I finally have the kids rooms pretty much done. I still need to finish one set of Brynleys curtains and paint her dresser black. That will complete her room.

Haydens room was a pain to paint. Don't buy duck tape brand painting tape. FYI. You will have to repaint a lot where the tape pulled off the paint. No fun. I am pleased with the final results though. I plan on puting constuction signs up to decorate his walls. Then his room will be complete.

Jace's room is done. The orange and navy are looking lighter in this picture than they do in person. He really enjoyed helping me paint and he loves the final results!

I have a new couch and new kitchen chairs on the way and I can't wait for them to get here. Next room to tackle is the master. No painting need though, thank goodness.

Moving

2010-07-08T07:40:00.000-05:00

That is what we have been up to. Moving. It is has been a long two weeks for us. The movers showed up, packed us up, loaded us up, and took off. We then went to Odessa to spend a few days while our things made their way to Texas. Clint and I came to San Angelo to paint Brynley's room. Our stuff was suppose to get here the next day, but didn't. So we did some errand running to pass the day. Then our van's transmission decided to give out. That meant we no longer had a working vehicle since Clint's car was still in transit. We spent the afternoon stuck at our new home with no furniture, tv, computer, games, anything. Thank goodness for Iphones! Finally our things got here and we started moving in to our new home. Two days later we had all our family here to celebrate Jace's 6th birthday (pics on that later.) This week the boys spent a few days with there cousins so Clint and I could get more work done. 2 weeks have passed since our movers showed up in Missouri and we are close to being done. Almost all the boxes are unpacked. Now it is down to finding where I want all those random items to go and decorating. Stick with us and I will post some more pics soon. Here's a couple to tide you over.

She's 1!

2010-06-12T08:28:00.000-05:00

Last weekend we had Brynley's 1st Birthday party. We celebrated at a park just outside our neighborhood. I couldn't have asked for a better place or weather. It had been hot and humid all day but by party time the wind picked up. We were in the shade, under the shelter, and with the wind it felt great out there. It was too windy for the decorations to stay up, but that was okay. Brynley and all the guests seemed to have a great time. We ate great food, yummy cupcakes and icecream, and the kiddos played on the playground.

Brynley and her Birthday outfit.

The dinner spread

Good times on the swing

The cake

Too windy for the candle to stay lit

Testing it out

This sure is yummy,

but I have had enough.

Horray for Birthdays!

Daddy and Jace helping with the presents.

Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate!

Hello

2010-05-18T21:18:00.000-05:00

Hello there. I have been lacking in time to blog and something worthy of blogging about. So for the handful of you that check in on us here, I decided I better give you something new. Here are a few pictures of what is consuming our time.

Jace seems to really love playing both tball and soccer. Makes both Mom and Dad happy!

For Mother's Day, Jace's teacher asked him some questions. Here they are and his response.

*My mom is "33"years old and she weighs "50 lbs." (that's why he is my favorite!)

*My mom's favorite food is "egg sandwiches." (I do like me a good egg sandwich but I wouldn't say those were my favorite)

*My mom's favorite TV show is "NCIS". (definately one of the top)

*My mom's favorite thing to do is "to play the Wii with me." (also at the top)

*My mommy is so smart, she even knows "what we are going to eat all the time." (If I didn't we would all starve right!)

*If I had a million dollars I would buy my mommy "a dress to wear to church." (That would be one heck of a church dress alright!)

*My mom is funny when "she says Stop hitting your head." ( I have to say that way to much.)

I will leave you with a cute pic of my sweet, almost 6 year old.

Shelter Gardens

2010-04-16T10:16:00.001-05:00

We have been having incredible weather here in mid-Missouri. The kids and I have been taking great advantage of it. Yesterday we meet some friends at Shelter Gardens. It is a beautiful garden area here in town. We had a picnic lunch and the kids played around for several hours. Here are a few pics of our day.

Hayden spent most of his time throwing pepples and mulch into the stream.

Brynley was such a good girl playing on the blanket and posing for the hundreds of pictures I took.

Jace and his friends tried to torment the water bugs.

I even managed to make them stand still for me for a few minutes to get a shot of all 3 of them.

9 months/3 years

2010-03-05T14:36:00.000-06:00

I want to start out by saying that I wish I was a writer. I wish I could make my blog post whimsical and comical. I wish I knew if I was spelling those words correctly with out using spell check. But I can't, and I don't. So here is the plan old boring updates for those few who still check in on us from time to time.

Brynley is now 9 months. I took her to the doctor today and she is 17lbs 12oz and is 27 3/4in long. No shots were needed today for her. Yea! Hayden went today for his 3 year check up (a little late but worth the two for one trip to the doctor.) Hayden weighed 26lbs and was 35in tall. He is still on the small side but is no longer below the charts... he is at 0% now. Hayden had to get one shot, but no crying for him. He was tough. Here are a few pics that we had done the other weekend. I finally got a good shot of the three kiddos.

Happy Love Day!

2010-02-12T13:01:00.000-06:00

A whole lot of lovin going on here! I just love these 3 to pieces!

Hayden is now 3

2010-01-16T22:48:00.000-06:00

Last weekend my little Hayden turned 3. We had a Mickey Mouse birthday party at a local gymnastics place with all his favorite buddies. Hayden had a blast running around, eating his cake, and of course opening all the wonderful presents he received. He was even fortunate enough to have Nana and Pops come in for the event. The pictures are acting up so I won't label each one. They are pretty self explanitory. The last one is his cool new ride.

Where did it go?

2009-12-14T22:21:00.000-06:00

Time has flown by and I am not sure where it went. Brynley is 6 months old already. I can't believe it. I am amazed at how quickly it happened. She continues to be such a joy and blessing in our lives. My heart grows bigger everyday as my love for her grows. Brynley is such a laid back baby. She can roll over but chooses not to most of the time. She sits a little on her own but still falls over a lot if not supported. We have begun baby food and she seems to enjoy it all so far. Brynley's stats are Height: 26 1/2 in and Weight: 16lb 7oz. I sure love this baby girl!

Letting Go

2009-12-08T19:49:00.000-06:00

I am having a hard time of letting go... of control that is. I like to decorate my christmas tree a certain way. I think it looks nicer. Last year it was just Jace helping to do the tree so I could control it pretty well. This year with Hayden and Jace doing it, I had to let go. It is much more rewarding to do it as a family and watch my kids really enjoy themselves than to have what I would consider a greatly decorated tree. I have to admit that they did a great job (and I moved a few around when everyone was done :) All in all I was pleased with the final outcome. I love Christmas time!

compare and contrast

2009-10-27T22:37:00.001-05:00

I like to look at my kids pics and see how they compare to each other at the same ages. Here is all three of them at roughly 5 months. Brynley definately has more hair than the boys did! Let me know what you think about how she compares in other ways to the boys. Jace is on top, Brynley in the middle, and Hayden on the bottom. (Jace's pic was scanned in so the coloring is off, sorry.)

apple picking

2009-09-26T19:56:00.003-05:00

Today our church went apple picking. An orchard nearby donates apples to the food bank. Local churches and organizations go and pick the apples to be donated. Today was our day. Jace has been asking about picking apples again since he did it last year. He was pumped to go today. While it was the end of the picking season and not many apples remained but a few on the top of the trees, we still managed to fill up a massive crate with apples. And the boys had a blast. I say the mission was accomplished!

KC visit

2009-09-14T09:54:00.004-05:00

Over Labor Day weekend we got to go to Kansas City. We began our weekend by hanging out with some of my high school friends. Here is a shot of all our kiddos. We enjoyed catching up on our lives and the kids had a blast playing with each other.
The following day we went to Great Wolf Lodge. Jace and Hayden were so excited to go. That didn't last long for Hayden. He got squirted in the face with water after about 1 minute of entering the water park and that ended his fun for the day. On the second day however, he warmed up and was going down the little slides by himself. Jace had a blast the whole time. It wasn't very crowded so Jace and I or Jace and Clint spent much of the time going down the big slides. Brynley didn't get in the water much since it wasn't all that warm.

We ended our trip with a Royals game. My friends and their families joined us which made it more fun for the kids. The weather was awesome and the Royals won. All in all it was a fabulous trip!

3 month pictures

2009-09-10T07:46:00.002-05:00

Not much to say in this post. Just wanted to post pictures of the pictures we got done last week of Brynley. They were done at the Picture People again.

Messy Night

2009-09-02T14:17:00.003-05:00

Monday night our Parents as Teachers organization held a Messy Night. Here are a few pics highlighting the kids evening.

Blowing bubbles is always a favorite for Hayden

They had squirt bottles with colored water and a white sheet to squirt

Glue with odds and ends to put on paper. The boys could have spent hours just at this station

This was Jace pouting at first because he wasn't getting to choose what we did. He got over it though and joined in.

Play dough and a hammer, what more does a boy need?

Once again glue and odds and ends

Clint and the boys doing some painting with golf balls While Brynley didn't get to participate, I had to include a picture of her in cute fall attire. We have had such cool weather I have had to break out some warmer gear.

3 months

2009-08-28T15:43:00.002-05:00

Well time is just flying by. It seems like I just had Brynley last week, but here she is turning 3 months. My little girl. I can't believe it. Here are a couple pics of her favorite things. Actually her most favorite thing is to be in someones arms, but second to that she loves her playmat and the bumbo. Brynley is already a busybody. She likes to be sitting up and looking at what all is going on. She likes to be in the know. Brynley also loves to talk. She will lay there and blow spit bubbles and coo at you all day long if you will let her. Love my sweet girl.

What's your preference

2009-08-25T07:16:00.003-05:00

Everyone has a different preference on what to sleep in. Some like pjs, some like boxers, some might prefer nothing. Here at our house we definitely have our preferences. Jace likes to go with the new. I had taken out all the clothes I had for the up coming fall/winter to take stock, see what I still needed to buy for them. Jace found some new pjs and that is what he has been wearing. Now Hayden prefers the silly, well because Hayden is just silly. I loved his choice of sock last night! Slept all night with that thing on. Gotta love the individuality of the boys.

Soccer Camp

2009-07-30T08:45:00.004-05:00

This week Jace has been attending soccer camp at a local college. He has absolutely loved it. This is first taste of organized sports, and I wasn't sure how he would like it. Jace concentrates so hard and tries to do exactly what the coaches ask him to do. I think that for his first experience he is doing awesome. I think we might have a pretty good soccer player on our hands! Jace will be playing on a soccer team this fall too and as he puts it he will be playing "real soccer". On his first day Jace wanted to wear the soccer uniform that was his cousin Riley's. It is still way to big for him. The jersey hangs to his knees so I wouldn't let him wear that, but I can tie the shorts tight enough they at least stay on.

Jace ready to start

Dribbling awayWearing the penny during a small scrimmage

Jace and his friend Mark

Doing a drill together

My little soccer star, Jace

Is it different?

2009-07-21T09:31:00.003-05:00

I have had many people ask me if it is different having a girl now. So far the only difference is how fun it is to dress her. I have never considered myself a very girly girl. I also never thought I would be one to put bows on their little girls head, but I do. I love all the cute little girls clothing and I do believe we have a bow to match just about every outfit. On my defense I will say Brynley only dresses up and has a bow when we are going out to a function or to church. On a normal daily basis she is just in normal clothing sans a bow. I am enjoying having a girl so far and I hope that continues into the emotional "I hate you mother" teen years!

Dressed up for church on Sunday

I finally finished her nursery. Here is the art work for over her crib.

I thought I would also include a copy of Brynley's birth announcement.

They call me Peter

2009-07-17T13:53:00.003-05:00

Clint has been calling Hayden "Peter" for awhile now. Hayden has loved it from the beginning and joined right in by calling Clint "Peter" too. While it is a cute little thing between the two of them, I am wondering about the long term affects it may have. Hayden now will tell you his name is Peter. When you ask him what his whole name is he will tell you Peter Hayden Davis Lasiter. He says it all cute like with a huge stress on the word Lasiter. I tried to get him to do it on video to show you, but of course he wouldn't cooperate. When you ask him what Daddies name is he will either tell you Clint or Peter Daddy. Just hope I don't have to explain this to his Kindergarten teacher in a few years when she calls out for a Hayden and he tells her his name is Peter! Couldn't post without a few pics of my Peter Hayden.

Already?

2009-07-04T17:08:00.004-05:00

I just can't believe it. Jace is 5. 5 years old. I just can't believe it. We had his birthday party at Chuck E Cheese this year. They had a blast. They played games, ate pizza, played games, ate cake, and played games. They were in heaven. Here are a few pics from the party!

Jace enjoying his pizza

Blowing out the candles on his Transformers cakeLevi, Jagger, Jace, and Mark with Chuck E

The toys of choice these days are Legos and Transformers. I believe we own 20 Transformers now. The picture below is all the Lego sets he got for his birthday. Jace and Pops have spent much of the last 36 hours putting them together.
I will leave you with some recent pictures of my big 5 year old!

one month old

2009-06-28T18:17:00.002-05:00

I can't believe it has been a month already. Brynley is growing like a weed. She is starting to give us little grins, which I adore seeing. Her brothers continue to love on her every chance they get. Brynley is pretty easy going and just goes with the flow of our family, not that she had a choice. I am enjoying the fact that it is summer and we don't have set things on our schedule. I am sure it will be interesting come school time when we have to get into a schedule. Just a few pics for you all. I thought she looked adorable in her pillowcase dress. I am a little biased though!

Brother Love

2009-06-23T13:14:00.004-05:00

I wasn't sure how the boys would handle another baby in the home. They have taken to her so well. Jace would hold her and be all over her if we let him. He absolutely adores her. He is such a great big brother.
Hayden seems to love her too. He likes to hold her every now and then. Other than that he likes to give me a play by play of what Brynley is doing. I frequently hear "She wake up." "She crying, I think she hungry." He doesn't seem to mind her being here at all. I am thankful for that.

I just hope the boys continue to love her and look after her as she grows up!

2 weeks

2009-06-12T18:49:00.003-05:00

I don't have much to update but wanted to put some new pics on for the grandparents! Brynley is 2 weeks old now. We had her appointment today and she is up to 9lbs 13 oz. Poor girl had to get her heel pricked again to give some blood. She didn't like that at all. Who can blame her though. So far she is a great baby. I am sure I am going to jinks myself by typing this. She has had her days and nights straight from the time we brought her home. She is already going between 5 and 8 hours between feeding at night. I am amazed at how rested I feel compared to last time. I truly am blessed. Her little miss is all dressed up to go to church Wed. night.

Brynley's arrival

2009-06-02T09:31:00.004-05:00

Brynley Grace Lasiter arrived on Thursday, May 28 at 2:00 pm. She weighed 9 lbs 6 oz and was 21.5 in long. The c section went well and was definitely a different experience for us all. We went home on Sat. and have been recovering well at home. The boys have done great so far. They have been getting lots of attention from the grandparents that have been here. Thanks Nana and Pops, and Nana. Here are a few pics from the hospital.

Dad and Brynley leaving the OR

Love those chubby cheeks!Will Brynley be my 3rd thumb sucker? Hope so!

Jace adores his little sister

Hayden wasn't too sure at first but He likes her now.

Me and Brynley.
Little girl ready to head home.

Done

2009-05-22T10:36:00.004-05:00

Well we are wrapping things up around our house. Getting ready for summer and Brynley's arrival. One thing now done is Jace's year of preschool. He had his graduation on Wednesday and was so excited about it (if you can't tell by the look on his face!)
I am done with my pregnancy, well almost. We will go in on Wed. night to begin the induction. This picture was taken about 3 weeks ago. Just imagine it a little bigger now and you will get the picture of how monstrous I look and feel!

Brynley's nursery is ready for her. I just have one wall above the crib to find something to put on it. I made the new bedding and Clint painted the changing table black to match. I love it.

Just thought I would finish up the blog with a cute picture of Hayden and Jace in the shirts Nana gave them. Do we have a future doctor and baseball player on our hands? Not according to Jace. As of now he wants to work at the airport gate. (directing planes, loading luggage, anything out by the plane.)

St. Louis

2009-05-14T15:37:00.003-05:00

A couple weeks ago Clint had the week off from work. We used the week to get things done around the house mostly. We had to make some time for fun though and decided to head to St. Louis for a night. Our first stop was the afternoon at the zoo. It was perfect. The weather was great and not many people where there. After that we ate dinner and checked into our hotel. The next morning we went to tour Busch Stadium where the Cardinals play. They took us into some great VIP places and out on the field and into the dugout. It was great. I have to admit that Clint and I enjoyed it more than the boys. Following that we headed to St. Louis Mills mall for lunch and a little shopping. The boys got to play on their indoor playground. We finished up the trip with dinner and play time at Incredible Pizza. It is a great place to take kids and I would highly recommend trying one out if you can. It is like a chuck e cheese on steroids. Here are a few pics from our adventure.

Me and the boys in front of the elephants

Clint and the boys at the zoo

Hayden loved the penguins

Jace checking out the Kangaroos

Jace not wanting his picture taken while in the dugout

Hayden giving a goofy smile while in the dugout

The family behind home base.

Bee Farm

2009-04-19T15:34:00.005-05:00

This past week Jace's class got to enjoy a trip to a local Bee Farm. While it was interesting to learn about the bees and honey, they had so much more for the kids. As you can see from the pictures below, it was cold and wet. The kids had a blast anyway. Jace loves any excuse to wear his rain boots!

Waiting to pet a rabbit

Planted a flower

A peacock trying impress the female!

Learning a little about the goats

Not to sure about the emu, kinda ugly and scary.

Making their own beeswax candle

No better way to end a trip, ICE CREAM! (even if it is cold out) It was made with honey.

Easter 09

2009-04-13T17:11:00.004-05:00

We celebrated a wonderful Easter yesterday. I am so thankful that our Savior died for us and we can rejoice that he rose from the grave and joined his father in heaven. I hope we can continue to teach our children the real reason we celebrate Easter. Here are a few pictures from the days activities.

Jace with his basket

Hayden with his basket

Off to church we go

My sweet family

Jace is on the hunt for eggs

Hayden filling his bag
This is all the kids who joined us for our Easter Eggstravaganza this year.

Updates

2009-03-25T08:36:00.002-05:00

While there hasn't been tons to blog about, I thought I might as well update with the latest happenings around the Lasiter Household. First thing we have been dealing with is Hayden's desire to be in charge. One of the main places he likes to do this is with food. He doesn't want to eat (unless it is chips or dry cereal). I started not letting him down from the table until he has eaten X amount of bites. Well one day Jace and I had finished lunch and Hayden refused to eat. We left the room and Hayden sat in the kitchen and talked to himself for awhile. Then he got quiet and I went to check on him. This is what I found. Poor kid. Did he win this battle or did I? He never did eat anymore lunch.

The boys have been into playing pirates. What is it about pirates with little boys?

Jace's class at MMO did a couple plays on different fairytales. Jace was in the one called Cinderlily (a take on Cinderella). He got to be a butterfly and was so excited because, and I quote, "I don't even have to say anything!" Well he did a great job not saying anything and pulling Cinderlilly in the pumpkin wagon.
We also have started preparing for Brynley's arrival. First on the list was to put up bunkbeds so the boys can share a room. Jace was so excited. We haven't moved Hayden yet, we will do that in a couple weeks. Not 24 hours after having completed the bunkbed building, we had our first accident. Jace was trying to hang from the top bunk and flip his legs through his arms. He let go in mid flip and his front two teeth hit the side rail of the bottom bunk. They both bent inward. Blood gushing everywhere. It was a sight. Clint pushed them back straight and we went to see the dentist the following day. We are still watching for infections but they look pretty good. One of the teeth is still loose and may fall out. We will see.One of the best parts of the last couple weeks is Spring creeping in. We have taken advantage of some warm days with playing outside and walking to the park. On this day Jace found a ladybug and it crawled all over him for around 5 minutes. He loved it. Haydens favorite thing at the park is the slides. He will go up the steps and down the slide over and over again. (excuse Jace's funny looking smile. He was still very swollen from the bunkbed incident)

and the winner is...

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Brynley Grace Lasiter shall be here name.

25 weeks pregnant

What is Love

2009-02-14T10:17:00.002-06:00

Bubbles on a warm day

A big foam pit to play in

A chair just your size

Spending time with Daddy
Two boys that seem to forget all your faults as a mom

Love and Respect

2009-01-26T16:57:00.003-06:00

I just need to comment on the study our small group is doing. It is a video series that I am absolutely loving. I would recommend you all look into doing it at your church or attending it somewhere. I have learned so much from it and can't wait to see how it positively affects my marriage. Here is a link to the website if you would like to check it out. http://www.loveandrespect.com/

The wait is over

2009-01-15T22:20:00.004-06:00

IT'S A GIRL!!!

The Lasiter house will soon be filled with pink, ribbon, and bows! We had our sonogram yesterday and everything looked great. Now comes the hard part, picking a name!

The picture above is a front view of her face and the picture below is of her profile.

She was very cooperative with the pictures. It took all of two seconds to find out it was a girl.

Hayden Turns Two!

2009-01-11T21:40:00.005-06:00

Okay. So blogger is not letting me move my pictures so they will just have to stay in this order. Sorry!

Hayden turned two yesterday. I can not believe how fast it has gone. He has changed from a baby to a very expressive, animated young boy. He talks all the time and is very easily understood. Why he is still very small in stature, he is quite the fireball. Hayden is into everything, a typical now 2 year old boy. Some of his current favorites are Elmo, building with blocks, wanting everything his brother has, and saying "No" and "Cause Why".
We celebrated his birthday with family a week or so ago and then had a few people over for dinner to celebrate on his birthday. Here go the pictures.

Opening a new Transformer

Loving the attention of everyone singing to me
Yeah for ELMO!

Blowing out the candles

I thought I would also include pics from the last two years for a trip down memory lane!
Birth

9 Months

6 Month

3 Month

1st Birthday

Christmas Time

2008-12-19T17:26:00.004-06:00

Well I thought I should include some photos of what we have been up to so far this holiday season. We went to a Christmas party where Santa and Mrs. Claus made an appearance. They boys had a blast. I might add that no one was scared of Santa this year!

Hayden getting his present from Santa

Jace getting his present

The boys with the Clauses
All the kids with the Clauses

Today the boys had their program at school. Hayden's class sang Jingle Bells and If Your Happy and You Know It. Hayden decided not to sing, but I did get a picture of the one motion he participated in. (even if it wasn't at the right time). At least he didn't cry through the whole thing! Jace's class sang Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, and Joy to the World. The also did a play of the nativity scene. Jace was a shepherd. He had one line to memorize and did it perfectly! I apologize for the bad pictures. We were far back and the lighting was not great. But I had to include them for the grandparents anyway!

Lastly we want to wish everyone a happy holiday season. May you all be safe in your travels. Enjoy your time off and have fun with your families.

Life Lessons Learned

2008-12-10T07:52:00.003-06:00

1. If you forget to put sugar in while making a cake, it will not turn out correctly.

2. If you put a Pyrex pan on a hot burner, it will explode. If this pan has a freshly baked sopapilla cheesecake in it, it will make a huge gooey, glass filled mess.

(Unfortunately these lessons were learned in a span of two days. I do not recommend trying them out for yourself. Just take my word on it.)

Did you hear?

2008-12-03T18:21:00.004-06:00

What is this?

Could it be?

That our 2

Will soon be 3!

Baby Lasiter #3 due June 3rd!

Thankful

2008-11-20T10:36:00.003-06:00

With Thanksgiving around the corner and nothing too exciting to post on, I thought I would jot down some things we are thankful for right now in our family.

Jace:
Video Games
Clothes
Transformers
Toys
Family

Hayden:
Elmo
Cereal
"Pips" (chips)
Class (church or mmo)

Clint: (made up by Kristin)
A day off
Coming home at a decent time
Texas Tech Football
My wife

Kristin:
A heater (it is already a cold winter)
Mothers Morning Out (every mom needs a morning off)
The rare times Jace climbs into my lap to snuggle
Walmart (I love one stop shopping)
Hayden saying "Watch mommy watch" as he shows me whatever he thinks is cool
A husband who sacrifices so much to provide for our family
A good day
Lemonade
Seeing my boys play together
Family
Friends

There are so many other things I could add to list list, but it will do for now.

halloween 08

2008-11-01T15:48:00.003-05:00

Just in case you haven't gotten enough of pictures of peoples kids at pumpkin patches and in their Halloween costumes, here are a few more. Although these may be the cutest kids out of all the pictures you've seen. We spent the morning at the pumpkin patch on Thursday. It was an absolutely beautiful day with incredible weather. We got to pet all kinds of animals, go on a hayride and run around the farm. The boys had a wonderful time.

Jace and Hayden (Jace feels the need to do funny faces and poses now)

Hayden and Jace on the hayride

For Halloween we had some friends over and grilled out for dinner. We then took our first trip trick or treating. Jace really got into. I have never seen that boy walk so fast for so long. It was cute. Hayden even walked up to a couple houses too. He got over that pretty quick though. Jace was Optimus Prime and Hayden was a golfer this year.

Jagger and Jace
Best picture I could get of all 4: Jagger, Jace, Hayden, and Cash

Check Us Out

2008-10-16T17:35:00.002-05:00

Well the boys and I have now been in Texas for a little over a week now. The trip has been fun and I will post pictures when I return back home. I just wanted to let everyone know that my sister and I are in a trade show this weekend for our embriodery business. If you are in the Dallas are, please come by and check us out. The website for the show is www.marketinthemeadow.com. Even if you can't come by please check out our new website. It is just now up and running and has a lot of fixing to be done, but you can get and idea of what we do. The web site is www.heavenlystitchesembroidery.com.

Budding Artist

2008-09-27T21:16:00.002-05:00

My little Jace has just amazed me with the things he can do since he started pre-school this year. He has learned the months of the year, days of the week, writing a lot more letters, and counting higher. Most of all his artistic skills are starting to show (see example below). This past week they created a family crest in class. I had never seen him draw people so that was exciting for me. He also wrote his last name. That was definitely a first. I was just so proud of Jace's work that I had to share it with you all.
A brief description of what the pictures are of: Top Left: Clint and I getting married Top Right: Our family skateboarding (which we have never done) Me on the left with Hayden on my shoulders, Clint in the middle on a skateboard with Jace on the right, and the sun of course. Bottom: Last name on the bottom.

Knights in Shining Armor

2008-09-13T14:37:00.001-05:00

Not sure if that is what it really looks like to you, but that is what Clint and Jace were playing. They were knights sword fighting. Gotta love a 4 year old imagination.

Photo shoot

2008-08-28T13:16:00.009-05:00

Here are the pictures from Jace's 4 yr and Hayden's 18 month shoot. It was an adventure. It is the first time we have taken pictures since Hayden has become very mobile. He didn't want to sit down or stay still at all. The lady taking the pictures did a great job getting shots whenever she could. We also had pictures done of my niece and nephew and some of my sisters and me. It was fun. I would highly recommend The Picture People if you guys are looking for somewhere new to get pictures done.

Jace at 4 years old

Hayden at 18 months

My boys: Don't they just melt your heart!

The Cousins: Hayden, Micaela, Riley, and Jace

Micaela and Riley

Riley at 8 years old

Micaela at 5 years old

My sister Tonya with her sweet kids

Tonya, Me, and Stacy

Texas Trip

2008-08-20T14:19:00.007-05:00

Sorry it has been so long since I updated. I was busy with VBS for awhile and then we went to visit grandparents in Texas. Here are some pictures from our trip. We started off in Odessa. The boys had a great time playing with their Nana and Pops and there cousins.

Hayden and Jace at the Park

Pops and Jace

Playing with the rocks.
What else do you do with a bottle of rocks but pour them down the slide.

Hayden and Nana Kisses for Nana
A ride on the merry go round
Lexie, Hayden, Lauren, and Jace

After Odessa, we headed to San Antonio to visit my side of the family. We had fun going to see the glider plane Pops is learning to fly and we also visited Sea World. I don't have any pictures though because the battery decided to die on my camera. We also got new pictures of the boys taken why we were there. I will post those soon.

My sweet Hayden

Jace in the plane
Pops giving everyone a lesson

My boys and Pops

Hayden, Jace, Pops, Micaela, and Riley

If you haven't noticed the boys call both grandpa's the same thing, Pops. Both grandma's are spelled Nana but they are pronounced different. It can get quite confusing.

Finally

2008-07-17T14:31:00.003-05:00

Well Hayden has decided it might be okay to walk. Here is a short clip of it. I can't get much because everytime I break out the camera he crawls on over to try and get it. He started taking steps about 2 weeks ago and now he can make it across the living room. Go Hayden Go!

Happy Birth4thversary Day!

2008-07-10T07:48:00.004-05:00

That's Right. Happy Birthday Jace! Happy 4th of July! Happy Anniversary Clint! All of these happened with in 4 days of each other. So here it goes posting about all of them.

We celebrated Jace's Birthday a couple weeks early, so on his actually birthday we went to Chuck E Cheese with just family. Jace had a blast. Clint's parents came in to join in on the celebration. Jace got a lot of great things for his birthday this year, a bike, games, a leapster, a dump truck, fire truck, digger, tractor, and much much more. Jace was so funny. We kept telling him he was 4 now all day, but he said he was 3-4. He said he wasn't 4 until we sang happy Birthday to him and he blew out his candles. Here a few pictures of his birthday.

Jace on his big bike...Look out pedestrians!

Jace and Hayden enjoying a ride

A Family Picture, no wait that's not Clint

Jace blowing out his candles

On the fourth we had some friends come over and grilled out. After a great meal and a few great desserts we headed outside for the boys to try out some snaps and sparklers. They had a great time. After about 2 sparklers Jace was done with those, he much rather would throw snaps at peoples feet! We also had to keep up with the baseball score the whole time. If you can't tell by the picture, the Hajicek family are huge Cardinals fans. They came over decked out in Cardinals gear, ready to sling some insults toward Clint's favorite team, the Cubs. Clint of course was in his Cub's gear, ready to return the taunts. We ended the evening with Jace running inside screaming because our neighbors decided to let of some real fireworks. Jace was not real fond of them.

Jace, Mark, Justin, and Grant

Jace and his first fire work

Our last celebration was our Anniversary. 7 years. My what changes in 7 years. Add 2 kids, a new house, a few new cars. Speaking of new cars, I thought I would show you a picture of what we got each other for our anniversary.

Okay so not really. We did get to drive this around to dinner and a drive in movie though! I do have to say it made me want one, some time down the road post driving kids around in car seats that is! One thing that has changed the most over these 7 years is my love for Clint. I never new how much it could grow and deepen. I love you honey!

Jace's Birthday Party

2008-06-23T08:59:00.005-05:00

On Saturday we had Jace's Birthday Party. His birthday isn't for almost 2 weeks but we had a combined one with his best friend Anna before they move. We celebrated at a place called Bonkers. Loads of fun. Jace wanted to have a backhoe birthday party and Anna wanted High School Musical. So we had two of everything. Here are a couple pictures.

Jace and his cake

Anna and her cake
The Birthday kids!
Jace playing at Bonkers
Who doesn't love skeeball? If only we could get the ball up there every try!
Jace opening his gifts.
Thanks to all our friends for being there!

Summer Fun

2008-06-18T15:00:00.006-05:00

Well you are going to have to bare with me on this post. I am going to cover several activities and there will be a few pictures.
About a week and a half ago we had a fun Saturday morning with some friends of ours. Every summer a church by our neighborhood puts on a family event. They have bounce houses, snow cones, popcorn, hot dogs, music, games, and a puppet show. The kids love it.

Jace and Mason in the bounce house

Hayden, Mason, Jace, and Anna ready for the puppet show

The next week my niece Micaela came to visit for a couple of days. We spent one day at a park with a creek, playground, and spray park. We had some friends meet us there and had a great time.

Hayden would rather play on the rocks than the water

Jace posing on the bridge for me

Micaela playing in the water which she told me was boring (does she look bored to you?)Jace and Jagger looking for some fish...no luck though
Jace and Micaela (you may notice the ribs, I swear I feed him)We drove back to Kansas City to take Micaela back to my sister. We spent the afternoon at Crown Center. They have a place called Kaleidoscope. It is a free place run by Hallmark. Kids can go and make all this art stuff. It is completely open play and allows them to get creative. After that we went to a restaurant called Fritzes. I don't have pictures of this, they are on my sisters camera. It was so cool though. Jace was in heaven. You sit at a booth and order your food on a phone. Then a train brings you your food. It runs along the wall and the tray hangs from it. When it gets to your table it drops the tray on to a lift and then it lowers to your table.
Jace coloring a card for daddy at Kaleidoscope
Hayden, Aunt TonTon, and MicaelaHayden painting. I think he liked dipping the paintbrush in the water more than anything

Today we had a bunch of kids over to my house for a morning of fun. We made foam door hangers with their names on them, had popsicles, played outside, played with sidewalk chalk, bubbles, and water balloons, made tshirts, and ate lunch. It was great. I think all the kids slept great for there mommies!

Mark, Anna, Jace

Mason, Caden, Chase, Jagger

Hayden, Cash

Walt Disney World

2008-05-31T21:41:00.005-05:00

We just returned from a wonderful trip to Walt Disney World. We went with Clint's parents and his sister and her family. Everyone had a fantastic time there. We stayed at the Yacht Club. It is one of Disney's resorts and it was fabulous. The rooms were big, the food was good, the atmosphere better, and the pool was a blast. We did so many incredible things I don't even know where to begin writing about it. We were able to visit Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Downtown Disney, and Typhoon Lagoon. Jace turned into a little dare devil why we were there. He rode everything he was tall enough to ride (except for the tower of terror which he wanted to but we wouldn't let him). Clint and I were so amazed by him. Hayden didn't get to ride near as much, but I am pretty sure he didn't really care. We did two character meals on the trip, one a Cinderella's castle with the princesses and one at Hollywood and Vine with some PlayHouse Disney characters. Jace is normally terrified of characters. At chucky cheese he runs screaming and hides under tables to avoid Chuck E. We were so proud he didn't do this at Disney. It did take him a while to warm up to them, but he did great. The whole trip was great and we can't wait to go back. I do have to say most of all we enjoyed spending time with our family. Thanks for such a wonderful trip.

Uncle Joel and Jace on his first Roller Coaster ride

Clint and Jace on Dumbo

Clint helping Lauren get her Drivers License

Nana, Jace, and Lauren getting ready to spin on the teacups
Clint and Hayden enjoying It's a Small WorldOur family with Mikey Mouse

Jace, Lauren, and Lexie with Handy Manny
Cousins with JoJo

Lexie and Lauren with Jasmin

Jace loved seeing Belle. Not sure why but t was so cute

Belle left Jace with a reminder of her

Hayden enjoying the Chocolate Crown
3 Cousins at Epcot

Lexie and Jace being "Wild Animals"One more shot of the Mouse we came to see
Here are just a few of the shots we took. We have tons. Thank goodness for digital cameras. I don't have any of all of us. We got some taken by the Disney people in front of all the landmarks of the parks but I don't have any of them yet. Maybe I will post those when I receive them.

my little ones...literally

2008-05-02T09:41:00.003-05:00

I wasn't expecting to have really large children, but I don't think I expected to grow em this small. Jace is such a skinny minny. People often ask if he is tall for his age, which he is not. I think that is just because he is so skinny. He will turn 4 in 2 months. He stepped on the scale last night and appears to weigh the same thing he did when he turned 3. A whopping 30lbs. Since about 18 months I have struggled to keep his pants up. Luckily they have adjustable waist pants out there. He is still wearing some of his 18-24 month shorts this spring (as long as they aren't too short). How sad is that. Oh well. He is still such a cutie. I've included a picture of his new obsession. Tattoos. The one across his chest is suppose to be an arm band, but was way to long. So he though his chest would be the perfect spot. My other little one just went to the doctor for his 15 month check up. He is in the 1% for height and below the chart for weight, like -5% if you could go negative. He just seems content to not grow very much. I can't complain much about him weighing 19lbs since he still isn't walking and I have to carry him. I had gotten a bunch of 12-18 month clothes for him to wear this summer. They are huge. I had to get in the attic and bring out all of Jace's 6-12 month summer stuff. Here is Hayden's new found love, the little tikes car. he loves to sit there and turn the steering wheel and open and close the door. Entertains him for a long time.

Chicago

2008-04-21T21:02:00.003-05:00

Clint and I just got back from a trip to Chicago. It was my first time visiting there and I loved it. We did a lot of great things, but I thought I would just list my top 10 of the trip.
10: Visiting the Museum of Science and Industry. It wasn't that great of a museum, but we did see a Nazi submarine that was really cool.
9: Riding on a train. We took the train from Missouri to Chicago. It was wonderful to both relax. No one had to drive and there was so much more room than on an airplane.
8: Shopping. The Magnificent Mile has tons of great shops. I couldn't afford most of them, but it was great to look!
7: Public Transportation. I believe this was my first time riding in any form of public transportation. I have never ridden a city bus or taken a taxi before. We mastered the bus system and saved tons of money doing so.
6: The food: Who would have thought we could find a great Mexican food restaurant in Chicago. It was fabulous. We also enjoyed some good Chicago style pizza.
5: Hancock tower: We went to the top at night time and there was an incredible view. Very romantic!
4: Navy Pier Ferris Wheel: I am not one for heights. What made this one of my favorite things on the trip was watching Clint crack up at me why we were waaaaaay up in the air.
3: Cubs game: I have never gotten to see the Cubs play in person. For those of you who don't know, Clint is a big Cubs fan. This might be his number 1 choice.
2: Grandparents: How could we have gone on such a fabulous trip with out someone to watch our kids for us. We are lucky to have some great parents who love our kids. Clint's parents came to watch Jace and Hayden. Knowing they were in such great hands made our trip that much better.
1: Alone time: I actually had 4 days and 3 nights alone with my husband. It was so incredible to get away from all that business of our everyday lives and focus on each other. It really helped me to remember why I fell in love with him in the first place.

View of all the tall buildings

Sculptures in Millennium park
Ferris Wheel on Navy Pier
view from the Ferris wheel
Hancock Tower
View from Hancock Tower (sorry it is kinda dark)

San Antonio

2008-04-09T11:18:00.005-05:00

This past week we went to visit my parents in San Antonio. We had lots of fun and got to visit a few places we had not been. Our first stop was the San Antonio Children's Museum. Jace's favorite parts were the trolley and the airplane that he could drive. Hayden enjoyed the mirrors and throwing the balls around.

Jace driving the trolley

Nana and Hayden on the trolley

Jace driving the airplane

Hayden admiring himself

We also enjoyed the warm weather and visited the park a few times.
Our final excursion of the trip was to play putt-putt. It was Jace's first time to play. He had a great time. If only he was great at taking turns and not getting in the way while others are putting! I am sure he will get the hang of it. My dad and I even got a hole in one! You might notice the pink ball Jace is using. Still his favorite color, although now he adds an after thought that he likes all the colors too.

Some of my favorite parts of the trip were shopping at the outlet malls and eating some goodMexican food. Unfortunately the best we have up in Missouri for Mexican food is Bueno!

Thanks Nana and Pops for a great time.

Easter

2008-03-27T21:11:00.004-05:00

We had a great, but cold, Easter at the Lasiter household. We started the morning off with searching the Easter baskets. Hayden received a little candy and a bike helmet. Jace got a load of candy and a Mickey Mouse beach towel.
After that we got ready for church. Don't they look sweet in their matching outfits!

Of course Clint and I had to fit in with matching outfits too. It may be kinda corny but I am going to take full advantage of it while I can. It won't be too long until the boys are old enough to refuse to match their mommy.After church we had about 20 people over to our house for lunch and an egg hunt. It had kinda snowed while we were at church, but stopped and the sun had come out. When the boys went out to hide the eggs, it started snowing again. It looked like a blizzard coming down for a few minutes. Not much stuck and it ended quickly. We bundled up all the kids and headed out. Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures of the kids hunting eggs, but here is a picture of the egg in what little snow that stuck.

painting eggs

2008-03-21T09:59:00.004-05:00

Last night we painted our Easter Eggs. This was Jace's first attempt. Of course we let Hayden in on the action too. However, his egg ended up with lots of cracks in it! I was a little disappointed in the colors they turned out. Most of the colors wouldn't get very dark. I'll make sure and pick a different kind next year. But the most important part was that Jace had fun and was proud of the final results.

Now I will just post a few pictures of the last few weeks. We have been lucky to have a nice day or two every month this winter. This is last month when we took advantage of the weather and went to the park. Here is Jace and his friend Anna.

By summer Hayden will hopefully be walking and will enjoy the park more, but he still had fun.It is much more fun to drink from a cup that is about as big as you. He figured out how the straw worked pretty quickly, and acted shocked every time he got something out of it.
Jace has enjoyed the rain we have been getting. Thanks Cousin Riley for the coat and boots.Hayden was ready for his close up. He wants to get a hold of the camera so badly.

Bear Hunt

2008-02-21T20:22:00.002-06:00

So what do you do when you are stuck in the house all day with two young kids. This doesn't happen too often to me. I always find a reason for us to go somewhere. However, this morning I had no choice but to stay in. There was freezing rain coming down all morning long. So we had to entertain ourselves. One way we did this was by going on a bear hunt. Care Bear to be exact. Jace was dressed in camo with his gun in hand. He loved searching for the bear, but he wouldn't ever shoot him!

Ready for the hunt

What a trophy

Hayden followed Jace around most the time. He always wants to be in the middle of whatever we are doing.

Whatcha doing Mom?

Hayden one year pictures

2008-01-26T16:24:00.000-06:00

Hayden(1) and Jace(3 1/2)

Me and the boys

Hayden at one

Jace at one

I put this last on in for comparison. What do you think? Do they look alike at all?

Our little one

2008-01-17T15:33:00.000-06:00

is now One! I can't believe it. How the year has flown by. Just one year ago he looked like this.

Now he is such a big boy. We had his birthday party the other day. He didn't really get into the presents, but oh how he loved his cake! Clint's parents were there and we invited a few families over to celebrate with us. It was a fun time.

Hayden opening his gifts

Jace helping Hayden blow out his candle

Let me see what this tastes like!

Mmmm! I think I like this!

I think all that suger has kicked in!

Christmas

2008-01-06T20:39:00.000-06:00

Well Christmas time came and went so fast for us. I am sure it did for many of you too. We spent the holiday in Texas. Our first stop was Odessa. I had the pleasure (or pain) of driving the 15 hour drive by myself with the 2 boys and our dog. I drove to Dallas the first night and stayed with my sister there. Along the way I hit Oklahoma City at rush hour and had Jace throw up in the car 5 miles from my sisters. The 10 hour trip took us 13 1/2 hours. The next day went much better. It was only a 5 hour drive. Once in Odessa we had a great time. Jace and Hayden got to play with their cousins and be spoiled by family. We saw some of Clint's family that we don't get to see very often. The following picture is all of Clint's Mema's great grandkids. (our kids are the boys, Clint's sister's kids are the 2 older girls, and Clint's cousin's kids are the 2 younger girls)
From Odessa we headed to San Antonio to spend Christmas day and the rest of the week with my family. We have a Christmas tradition of everyone wearing coordinating PJs. The following picture is of our kids and my sister's 2 children.
My family in our Christmas PJs. You may also notice our great stockings in the back. My brother in law made them for us.
Hayden enjoying his first Christmas. Opening his stocking to see what he got! I wasn't sure what to expect with him. I thought he might enjoy the paper at least, but he was kinda blah about the whole thing. He would play with a new toy for a few minutes but he mostly just wanted me to hold him.
Jace received a Bob the builder (by request) and a race track from Santa. He was very excited.
I will finish with Jace's letter to Santa this year. Happy New Year to all!

Dear Santa:
I would like a Bob the Builder please. I would also like a pink present. I have tried to be a very good boy and obey my parents and be nice to my brother and my dog. Could you bring Hayden a Bob the builder too, and bring Maverick a puppy Bob the Builder. Thank You. Jace

Happy Holidays

2007-12-19T22:07:00.001-06:00

Videos

2007-12-15T09:28:00.000-06:00

This is just a little clip of our little singer. He was singing "Go tell it on the mountain" This is one of the songs they are singing at his Mother's Morning Out Christmas program. I should add he is singing in his "funny voice". I couldn't get him to do it normal. In case you don't notice, he never stops moving. This is how he is if he is awake, constantly moving...and talking or singing.

This second video is of Hayden crawling. He has finally mastered crawling on all fours. Jace couldn't stand that I was trying to get Hayden on video and had to keep getting in the way. You may also notice the billions of toys everywhere. Hayden has figured out how to dump his toy bucket and this is usually one of the first things he does every morning.

Adventures with Santa

2007-12-12T15:50:00.000-06:00

This past weekend we had a Christmas party with a group from church. The family that hosts every year does a bang up job. The food was wonderful as was the time to visit. The highlight for the kids is that Santa and Mrs. Claus make a guest appearance. When the door bell rang, the kids all ran up stairs screaming "Santa's here, Santa's here!" All but Jace off course. He slowly came up the stairs and then as soon as he saw Santa he ran and climbed into Clint's arms. We went downstairs for the kids to receive their gifts. Jace stayed about as far away as he could be, but still be able to see what was given out. Hayden received a cute teddy bear and Jace got a car from the movie Cars. Here are some pictures.

Mr. and Mrs. ClausHayden getting his first gift from Santa

Jace getting his gift as fast as he could and then running back to the safe zone

Mrs. Claus reading a story

The best picture we could get. It took awhile to get Jace to sit on her lap.
Hayden's first picture with Santa

All the kids

A Daily Conversation with Jace

2007-11-30T18:06:00.000-06:00

and I mean daily. At least once in a 24 hour period I have this conversation with him, and many more like this but with a different topic. He has turned in to the gotta know everything kid.

Jace: "Where is my daddy?"

Me: "At work."

Jace: "Why is he at work?"

Me: "To make money."

Jace: "What does he make money for?"

Me: "To pay for our house, and clothes, and car, and food, and stuff."

Jace: "Why does he pay for our house?"

Me: "So we can live in it."

Jace: "What we want to live in it for?"

Me: "So we can be warm and safe."

Jace: "Why we want to be safe?"

Me: "We just do Jace."

Jace: "Oh!"

Gotta love him!

Texas Trip

2007-11-15T13:48:00.000-06:00

A few weeks ago we made our trip across Texas. It started out with me and the boys flying to San Antonio to visit my family. Then my mom, the boys, and myself drove to Dallas to see my sister and her family. This is when we had our trade show. Clint flew in that weekend to join us. From there Clint, Jace, Hayden, and I headed to College Station. We got to visit with some friends there. Then we headed to Odessa to see Clint's family. We made a pit stop along the way in Abilene. We ate some great food at Sharon's restaurant and toured campus a little. They have made some great changes since I was there last. While in Odessa we took some family pictures. Here are a few snapshots I took while we were there. They are not the best, but this was pretty much the only time I took pictures.

Jace, Clint, Johnny (Clint's dad), and Hayden

Jace and Hayden
Cousins: Lexie, Jace, Lauren, and Hayden
My family
After my two week trip went to head home and a warning light came on our vehicle. It was Saturday and no one was open to look at it, so we had to switch and take Clint's parents vehicle home with us. It all worked out and we made it back safe and sound to the dirty house and mountain of laundry to awaited me!

9 months

2007-11-06T14:52:00.000-06:00

A few weeks ago Hayden turned 9 months old. I can't believe how fast it has gone. He now has 4 teeth. He is not crawling yet, but he gets around with an army crawl/scoot. He has gotten much better with the eating and will eat just about anything now. I have started giving him real food some and he loves it. Here are a few of his pictures. They were so hard to narrow down, but these area some of my favorites. The last one is him sucking his thumb. He always holds his other hand!

The show

2007-11-04T21:18:00.000-06:00

For those of you who don't know, my sister and I have an embroidery business. We started it about 5 years ago. Unfortunately my sister is left with the work while am not living in Texas. However, I do get the opportunity to come to Dallas for a weekend to do a trade show. It is called Market in the Meadow. This year was our third, and best year. While it is not near enough to make up for all the work she does the rest of the year, it does give us a chance to work together. I enjoy that most. We get the chance to design and create products, but spending time chatting with Tonya is the best part of it.
The week/weekend was crazy. I got there a few days before the show and it was non-stop work from there. Luckily we enjoy doing it. We are also lucky that our mom comes and watches the kids for us. We couldn't do it with out her.
A little about our business... We mainly have a baby line and a home line. The baby line includes things such as bibs, burp cloths, pantie covers, hooded towels, blankets, and personal blankies. Our home line includes things such as kitchen towels, aprons, guest towels, napkins, place mats, and pillow cases. And like I said before, we started about 5 years ago. It was slow going at first and a lot of learning on our part. But now Tonya stays busy all the time with orders. We have not created a website yet, but have plans to do so after the first of the year. I can't wait to see where it leads us.

Happy Halloween!

2007-11-01T14:59:00.000-05:00

Halloween came upon us fast this year. I let Jace choose what he wanted to be and he wanted to be Superman. I had great plans to make a costume but ran out of time, so he got a store bought one. Hayden also got to be superman. Here are some pictures of Halloween day. Our church had a trunk or treat so we got to spend the evening with all of our friends.

Jace and Hayden's Tshirts

The three of us, Hayden wasn't too excited about anymore pictures

My Super Hayden

Jace and Anna

Jace and Mark

Jace and Jagger

Jace's friend Caden was there too but that picture is in his mommy's camera.

The night before we painted pumpkins. Clint and I have always carved pumpkins, but thought Jace would be able to participate more with the painting. We had a great time. I will let you guess who painted which pumpkin.

Long time

2007-10-31T15:22:00.000-05:00

Sorry it has been awhile guys. We just spent two weeks in Texas visiting all the family. I will write about that and show some pics soon. I am currently trying to get my house back in order and the erupting volcano of laundry done. Here is a picture to tide you over.

Pumpkin Patch

2007-10-09T21:41:00.000-05:00

Yesterday we attempted and outing to the pumpkin patch with some friends. We had a great time for about an hour. The kids saw some animals, took some great pictures, looked at the straw maze (they were all to chicken to go in), and ran around and had a great time. It started to sprinkle just as we got on the hay ride. By the end of our hayride the rain was coming down pretty good. They dropped us off at a patch of small pumpkins so each kid could pick one. The problem with this was that it was as far away from our cars as possible. By the time we got our pumpkins and got to the car we were all soaked. We had planned a picnic to eat there, but had to move it to one of our houses. The kids had a great time anyway!

Jace and a miniature horse (or something)

Hayden looking so cute and posing for mommy Mason, Anna, Jace, Hayden, Jagger, and Mark Me and my boys (Hayden was ready for a nap)Jace soaking wet

KC

2007-09-27T14:26:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to post a few pictures from our trip last weekend. We went to KC to see my sister and her family. They were in town for a conference and I went to entertain my sweet niece and nephew. We also got to visit with some of my friends from high school. Unfortunately I don't have any pics of that.

Micaela and Jace at the Nature Center
Jace and Micaela at the park

The only picture of Hayden... at the park
Jace, Riley, and Micaela at the KC Zoo

You just never know...

2007-09-17T12:28:00.000-05:00

what you will see or hear with Jace around. Just a couple quick stories for you. The other day I was driving to Taco Bueno with the kids to get some dinner (Clint was on call and still at the hospital). We see a fire truck and Jace says to me "I like red, but a pink fire truck would be my favorite!" Pink is his favorite color right now. I hate to admit it has lasted longer than all his other favorite colors. Second story. This morning we were heading to our weekly walmart trip. I walked into the garage and pushed the button to open the garage door. I turn to close the door to the house and I hear Jace screaming. I turn around and see Jace hanging on to the garage door as it is lifting him of the ground. By the time I get across the garage, Jace is 3 feet in the air. I couldn't stop laughing, but felt bad about it because Jace was crying because he was so scared. Last Story. This morning the Orkin man came to spray our house (no we don't have bugs it was a preventative thing). Jace is normally very shy. For some reason though Jace followed him around the house talking his ear off the whole time. I was amazed. You just never know what you will get with Jace around.

Labor Day

2007-09-11T10:46:00.000-05:00

I know this is a little dated, but I had nothing else new to blog and have been meaning to get pictures of Labor day posted earlier. Clint's parents flew in for an extended weekend. The boys and I went to pick them up from the airport in St. Louis and went to the zoo for the afternoon. Here are a couple pics from the train. This was probably Jace's favorite part, except maybe the camels. After the zoo we headed back to Columbia for the night. On Friday we went to Kansas City to the Great Wolf Lodge. It was a blast. It was basically a large hotel with an indoor water park. They had an outdoor pool area too. The room was great. It was decorated like a lodge would be and had a little log cabin with bunk beds in it. Jace loved his new room as he called it. The following pictures are of Hayden swimming with his pops (Jace swimming on his own, with floaties, behind them) and Jace counting to 3 before he jumps in to his daddy.
On Monday Clint and his dad played golf why the boys and Sandra and I hung out. We had a great time and would recommend anyone going there. They have one opening up in Grapevine too sometime soon I believe.

Miscellaneous Adventures...from Clint

2007-08-26T20:53:00.000-05:00

Hello all. Clint here. I got the directive from Kristin that I needed to learn how to do this blog thing, especially since I always tell her it needs to be updated. So...without further ado, here is my first shot at this thing.

The last week or so has been very adventuresome for Lasiter gang. We had the good fortune of having my best friend, Chris Kneip, come up to visit us from Jackson, Mississippi. He is an orthopedic surgery resident in Jackson. We hadn't seen each other in over two years since we graduated from medical school. The last time Jace saw him he was only 11 months old, now he is 3. That didn't matter though because Jace took to him like he had known him the whole time. Of course he did call him "Curse" or "Cursey" the whole time, but they had fun together nonetheless. Kristin and I also enjoyed getting to spend some time with him again catching up on old times and playing some golf. Thanks for coming Chris!!

Here is Chris with the boys.

This weekend was also very fun for us. On Friday night the Tidmores kept Jace and Hayden for us so that Kristin and I could go to dinner and a movie. We had a great time and really enjoyed seeing "The Bourne Ultimatum." I highly recommend this movie to anyone who has not seen it, especially if you liked the first two "Bourne" movies. On Saturday we reciprocated the favor by keeping the Tidmore kids, Anna and Mason, so that they could have a nice dinner and a movie. Kristin and I decided to be brave and get out of the house even though we had four kids. The first annual Columbia Balloon Festival was taking place Saturday night and we knew the kids would enjoy it, so we went. You should have seen the looks on people's faces when they saw Kristin and I with two double strollers and four kids all 3 and under! Luckily the kids were great and the balloons were awesome. Jace and Anna really liked seeing all of the balloons right there in front of them as they filled up and took off. Unfortunately the wind started blowing toward the end of the night and they had to cut the "illumination" portion short, but it was still tons of fun. Here are some pics.

Jace, Anna, Mason, and Hayden

Balloons, balloons everywhere!

Aren't we just a good looking family!!

Lastly, but not leastly (does that really make sense?), the gang had one last adventure before the weekend was over. To the batting cages and driving range. Kristin and I got some cuts in so that we can rule our co-ed church softball league and then we hit some golf balls. As you can see below, we have the next great golfer in our midst. Jace had a blast swinging at the golf balls, and he even hit a few too!

Look at the setup. This one went at least 5 yards!

Like father, like son!

Well, I hope you have enjoyed my first post. Hopefully there will be more in the future, but I will have to see what kind of reaction I get from this one and also see if Kristin lets me do it again! Thanks for reading.

Future Wildcats

2007-08-04T20:53:00.000-05:00

Paying those big bucks to Abilene Christian University is paying off big. Not only did we receive a great education, we found each other. One other big perk is the free t-shirt you receive after you have a child! Seriously, so worth the thousands upon thousands spent. Thanks mom and dad! All jokes aside, we do love ACU and really hope our children decide to go there too. Maybe they really are born to be a wildcat like the shirt says.

ACU has a magazine called the ACU Today that they send out to Alumni and people who donate money the ACU. Each issue they have a page or two of peoples children in there free t-shirts. We never took a picture to submit off Jace so we took one of the two of them and will see if they make it into the magazine. Here is the best shot we got.

Is it a bad thing that Jace, being 3 years old now, and Hayden, almost 7 months, can both fit into the same size shirt? They are both wearing a size 12 month onesie!

Family Pictures

2007-07-23T08:28:00.000-05:00

We went to get pictures taken this weekend, Jace's 3 year, Hayden's 6 month, and new family pics. Just thought I would share them with you. I thought The Picture People did a fantastic job.

In Laws

2007-07-17T12:54:00.000-05:00

My in laws were just in town for a week. Some of you may be thinking that you are glad it was me and not you. However, I really enjoy having my in laws around. We had fun, relaxed (a little) and got tons of work done. The point of this blog is mostly to brag on my father in law. A few years back Johnny decided to get into wood working. One of his first projects for us was a couple of picture frames, which hang in our living room. I also had him build some flag boxes for both of my grandfathers flags. Johnny has gotten so great at it. You can tell him what you want, and he makes it happen. Here are some examples.

Dresser that was in Jace's nursery and now big boy room

Changing table that has been in both boy's nursery
Jace's toy box
Rocking Motorcycle (sorry this is the only pic I could find for some reason)
Our newest addition, Jace's big boy head board

I don't know if you can tell, but the bed posts look like baseball bats. It is incredible. I am telling you, there is nothing that man can not do. Thanks for everything Johnny!

Hayden's turn

2007-07-11T16:19:00.000-05:00

I will now give Hayden a turn to be showcased. He just turned 6 months old. I can't believe it. He has the biggest smile that will make anyone grin, and oh those dimples. Before long he should have a couple teeth to accompany that smile. He has been working on his first tooth (possibly 2) for a couple days. Here are some pictures from the past 6 months.

Jace turns 3!

2007-07-07T16:47:00.001-05:00

Jace had his 3rd birthday party today. I can't believe how old he is already. Life flies by so quickly, if you don't watch out it will pass you by and you may not even notice. I have definately noticed. All the things Jace has accomplished in 3 years, amazing. Smiling, sitting, crawling, standing, walking, eating, talking, throwing a ball, doing a puzzle, coloring, counting, saying his ABC's, pointing out colors, all amazing things. The most amazing thing though would have to be giving me a kiss and saying "I love you" with out being prompted. Here are some birthday pics from Jace's life.

a couple things

2007-06-30T21:41:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to share with everyone that Hayden is beginning to sit up. It is so exciting. This is the one thing I have been waiting for him to do. I can't just leave him yet, he still likes to try and nose dive. It is so nice that he can sit there and play though. It looks like Jace is trying to hold Hayden up by his head, he was just patting it though.

Now for something totally different. Have you ever been trying to discipline your child, and they make you laugh. It totally negates what you are trying to do. Tonight at dinner we just couldn't help ourselves. Jace was trying to lay on his belly on the table during dinner. I was getting on to him and telling him how we need to remain on our bottom while we eat. Well he gives me this little smile while I am trying to talk to him. It is his "Aren't I too cute to get in trouble" smile. I told him this was not funny. Then he decides to crack this huge fake smile. Clint and I both started laughing. Of course Jace thought he was so funny that he kept doing it, and we just kept laughing. I still won this battle though, Didn't I?

And finally. Does any parent look at their child and think "He's not too bad looking I guess." I like to assume they all feel the same way I do. I think my boys are so incredibly adorable. Not just a mothers adorable, but a EVERYONE must feel my kids are so cute adorable. Not sure if that made sense, but I think you get the point.

ADORABLE!!!

LUNCH TIME!!!

2007-06-26T13:40:00.000-05:00

Hayden has been eating cereal since he was 4 months old. He loves it. For the past couple weeks we have been introducing vegetables. The way we do it is to spend a full week introducing only 1 new veggie. The first week was green beans. He absolutely hated them. The second week was squash. Didn't like that at first, but toward the end he was tolerating them. I also continued to try green beans in the evening, still not liking them. Yesterday we started peas. Doesn't like them either, at least yet. At this rate I don't know what this kid will eat. Is he destined to have a sweet tooth? I think maybe. Of course I will take the blame for it since I am the one who mixes his cereal with apple juice. Or I can blame genetics and say he gets it from his daddy.

The one thing Hayden loves about eating veggies, is to blow raspberries as soon as you put the food in. By the end of each meal he and the whole highchair are covered with little droplets of baby food. He thinks it is hysterical.

I will add that I know he is wearing a birthday bib, and no it is not his birthday. What can I say, time to do laundry.

Like Daddy 2

2007-06-17T15:07:00.004-05:00

As a tribute to Clint on Father's Day I thought I would talk about how much Jace idolizes him again. Last night at dinner I mentioned Clint being on call next weekend. Jace then goes into his role play of daddy. He said he was on call and he was a doctor at the hospital. He pretended to be returning a page on his pretend phone. It was so cute and so surprising. You never realize how much children absorb into their little minds, and then they start mimicking you. It can be a real eye opener to your behavior if you don't watch out.

I couldn't have asked for a better husband and father to my children than Clint. All you have to do is watch him interact with Jace and Hayden, and you will know. I hope that one day Hayden feels the same way about his daddy as Jace does. Daddy can fix anything, daddy can always make me feel better, daddy is so fun to play with, daddy hung the moon.

Like Daddy

2007-05-31T08:29:00.000-05:00

Ever had a time when you realize your little boy is not so little. I have been having many of those lately. Time 1: Jace is well on his way to being potty trained. We started last Monday. Besides 2 not so great days, he has been so easy. Time 2: If you don't already know, Jace is such a Daddy's boy. The moment Clint gets home, I might as well not be there. I don't mind though, it is so fun to watch them together. Jace wants to be like his daddy so much, he tries to copy him. Clint likes to sing. ALOT. He walks around the house singing all the time. Jace has started doing this. Most of the time Jace is singing either twinkle, twinkle little star or his ABC's. Most of the time he makes up his own tune to words or just adds his own twist two it. It is a site to see. Time 3: His is thinking of his future already. Yesterday we were leaving to go to walmart and Jace was talking about how he wanted to be a basketball man and a baseball man (player). While driving we saw a garbage truck and he started to talk about how he wanted to be a garbage man. Now these are his typical things he talks about being. A minute later I said "Jace, What do you want to be when you get big?" I was curious to see which one he said. To my surprise he answered "Like Daddy." This was one of those heart melting moments for me.

my munchkin

2007-05-17T11:41:00.000-05:00

Well Hayden is officially 4 months old. We took him to the doctor on Monday and he is doing great. He weighs 14lbs 1 oz and is 24 1/2in long. I call him my munchkin because he is alot smaller than Jace was. Jace weighed 15lbs 6 oz and was 26 in long. Hayden also likes to be dramatic with the shots. I know they hurt, and I don't like them either. He is in a bad mood for like 24 hours after his shots.

Jace really likes his little brother. So much so he is all over Hayden all the time. He also likes to take Hayden's toys to show him how to really play with them. Hayden is learning how to stick up for himself already!

2007-05-03T15:20:00.000-05:00

We just brought down the exersaucer from the attic. Hayden seems to like it for short periods. Here is a pic of Jace on the left and Hayden below so you can compare if they look alike or not. I have had many people say they think that they do. I see it some, but not much.

We also have this cool seat called a Bumbo. New thing since Jace was born. It is made so that little babies can sit up in it without falling over. He likes it if you can't tell. It is amazing that even with all these inventions, toys that we have that a baby's favorite entertainment is people. Hayden would much rather be sitting in my lap with me talking to him than in either of these. Thing is, I like it. I would much rather sit with him in my lap smiling at me, than doing anything else. These baby days go by so fast. Hayden will be 4 months old in a week. How time flies.

ST. Louis Trip

2007-04-25T08:23:00.000-05:00

Well this past weekend we went to St. Louis to spend a day of fun with the the kids. We went with our friends the Tidmore's. Our first stop was the Magic House. It is a great children's museum. They had a lot of fun activities for the kids. One of Jace's favorites was the fishing pond. The pole had a magnet on the end to catch a fish. I think he would have stayed there the whole time if he could have. I have also included a picture of Anna and her mom Heather. They had a ball you could touch that put out static electricity. Anna loved it so much she talked about her hair standing up the rest of the day. Jace was too scared to do it. There was also a 3

story slide that would have been so fun. However, adults were not allowed on it and both of the kids were too scared for it. I don't blame them for that one.

After we ate lunch we went to the St. Louis Zoo. We had fun but were exhausted by the end. The traffic was so bad getting in and out of the Zoo that Clint said he would never go back. We will see about that. After a great dinner at Fuddruckers we headed on home.

Smile

2007-04-15T21:03:00.000-05:00

Hayden is now 3 months old. Here is a picture of his smile finally. If you can see, he has dimples! I sure hope they stay. Right now his favorite thing to do is spit bubbles. I think this boy is constantly drooling or spitting. He also loves to see what is going on. I think he is going to be nosey.

Easter

2007-04-08T20:33:00.000-05:00

Thursday we went to an local event called Tons of Trucks. They had everything from Firetrucks, to mail truck, to bulldozers, and much more. Jace loves to point out every type of truck and bus that we pass as we are driving. Clint and I thought he would love going and getting on all of these vehicles. Jace got on some of the vehicles like the school bus and UPS truck, but he was scared of many of them. The fire truck pictured below was one truck he refused to get on.
Today was Easter. Jace got to do his own egg hunt when he woke up. He loved it. He wanted to open up each egg when he found them. We had to encourage him to keep looking so it wouldn't take us an hour. We then went to church where our preacher delivered an incredible sermon, like always. After church we had a few people over for lunch and a larger egg hunt. I say a few, but it ended up being around 35 people. My house was packed but we had a great time. Here are a few pictures of our matching Easter outfits. It is kinda corny but I have fun picking them out and think the boys look so cute. I'll enjoy it until Jace is old enough to tell me he doesn't want to do it anymore.
And one final thing, but no picture and you will thank me for it. Clint wanted me to inform everyone that Jace peepeed in the potty for the first time last night, standing up. He hasn't done it since and I don't think he is ready to potty train yet. It did thrill Clint to death cause he is bound and determined Jace is gonna learn standing up from the beginning. All I can think of is the messes I am going to have to deal with.

changes

2007-03-28T13:15:00.000-05:00

Hayden is currently deciding if he wants to be a thumb sucker or stick with the pacies. Clint and I are both rooting for the thumb. I say that with mixed feelings. I know how wonderful it is for them to all ways have their thumb and not have to go find the pacie in the middle of the night. The down side is you can't take their thumb away when they get too old. We are dealing with Jace right now, trying to limit it to only in bed or the car seat. I have been marveling over how fast kids grow and change. Hayden has begun rolling on to his side, and wiggling around on the floor so much he turns in a circle. He has also gotten pretty good at holding his head up. Jace is using sentences, sometimes even with correct grammar. His imagination is really taking off. I think that Jace is going to take after my Dad. He keeps growing up, but not out. That boy has the smallest little bottom. If he didn't still wear diapers, his shorts would fall off of him. I don't know what we are going to do when he is potty trained. His legs are so skinny too. They look like little toothpicks sticking out of his shorts. Don't know if you can tell in the picture very well or not. It is all okay though, he is still such a cutie.

King of China

2007-03-03T21:17:00.000-06:00

Clint went to china about 2 years ago and brought back this outfit for Jace. It was of course way too big for him then. I found it while getting some things out of the attice. Jace wanted to wear it and soon became the king of China. I am amazed at what great imaginations kids have at such a young age. Yesterday morning I kept a friend's kids, Anna and Mason. Anna is Jace's age and they are the best of buds. We call her his girlfriend. I walk into the living room where Jace had the remote control up to his face saying "smile!". Anna was across the room from him saying "cheese!". Jace was pretending to take pictures of her. I thought it was so funny. Jace is also way into trains right now. He got a starter set from his grandparents for Christmas and more parts from his other grandparents. Add on what we have gotten him and now there is an enormous thing taking up my whole computer room. He loves it though.
Hayden is 7 weeks old and growing like a weed. Don't know if you can tell from the picture but he is starting to regrow hair on the top of his head. I still can't get him to smile for the camera but I will keep working on that. He is also beginning to talk, well if you can call it that.

Little Men

2007-02-20T15:03:00.000-06:00

We finally are above freezing! It has actually been in the 50's yesterday and today. I decided to take the kids for a walk yesterday. I took Maverick too. Big mistake. The retractable leash wasn't working correctly and there was running water and soot every where from the melting snow. It was not the relaxing walk I had hoped for. I came home more aggravated and tense. Oh well, maybe I'll have better luck next time. Here are pictures of my little men before church on Sunday. Hayden will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. My how time goes by so fast when your not sleeping much!

The Launching

2007-02-13T13:49:00.000-06:00

Well this our first post. I thought this might be an easy way to keep our family and frinds up to date with what is going on in our lives. I can't promise you how often I will update this, but I sure will give it a try. Nothing is really going on right now. We had another snow last night so we are all staying in and trying to stay warm. This is the second time schools have been canceled on a Tuesday and Jace was unable to go to Mothers morning out. I think this affects me more than it does him. Hayden is now a month old. He is chuncking up and going bald! He smiled for the first time today (deliberately I mean). I will try and get a picture of it soon. Jace has turned into a sweet big brother. He can't go to bed with out giving Hayden a kiss and a hug good night. I think Hayden and Jace both have colds. We have used more kleenex than I ever could imagine. Here are a few recent pictures for you.