The Woolseys

Christmas 2010

2011-01-13T12:57:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas this year was so much fun. The kids were more fun than ever! Oaklee woke up at 5! she went straight to the living room and saw all her toys from Santa. Then about 5 minutes later she walked into our room announced that Santa had come and climbed into bed and fell back asleep. It was so cute. About an hour later Max came out of his room and went straight to the living room.....only he never returned. So we slugishly made our way to the presents and found Max with Buzz and Woody in one hand and trying to play with Oaklee's toys with the other. Max then proceeded to open not only his but everyones presents. It was hilarious. Justin's parents came over to watch the kids open everything. We also drove to Cedar and spent some time and had dinner at my parents house. It was fun to have everyone there. Here are some pictures in no particular order.

Oaklee's Dance recital

2011-01-13T12:45:00.000-08:00

Ok so this post is just cause Oaklee is so funny. She had her very first dance recital this December. If you know Oaks at all you know she has quite the free spirit. At first she got out there and wouldn't do anything but smile so when they started their second dance I shouted "Oaks dance" to which she responded "ok mom" and away she went it was so funny....she is the one on the far left. She completely does her own thing.

Also here are a couple cute pictures of her and her cute cousin Cloee in their costumes.

Thanksgiving in Colorado

2011-01-13T12:24:00.000-08:00

We had the opporutnity to go to Colorado for Thanksgiving. We were able to visit with both sides of my family. The Buggs and the Garcias
This is a picture of my cute Grandma Bugg with all of us Buggs

Here we are with My adorable Grandma Garcia

My dad took Justin, the kids and I to a little amusement park we used to go to when we were kids called The North Pole. It was FREEZING. Oaklee and Max didn't seem to mind though. we didn't end up staying too long though for fear of frostbite.

Halloween

2011-01-13T12:08:00.000-08:00

We had no ideas for Halloween for our kids so when we went up to Salt Lake we walked into Old Navy to shop a little (not for Halloween) and Max ran straight to the dragon. He thought it was a dinosaur and walked around the whole store growling and showing people. Needless to say we couldn't leave the store without it. Oaklee couldn't be left out so she chose a giraffe. I tried to tell her we would find her something cooler but she didn't want to hear it. Giraffe she would be.

We also made a trip to the pumpkin patch. Our friend Haley came over to carve pumpkins with our kids.

Oaklee's 3rd Birthday

2011-01-13T12:01:00.000-08:00

Little Oaks had her 3rd birthday in July and we decided to throw her a fairy party. 1st of all because she loves Tinkerbell, 2nd because we spent so much getting her dressed up at Disneyland we HAD to use that dress at least one more time. So we invited all her cousins over and had a great time

California....

2011-01-13T08:42:00.000-08:00

This summer Justins Mom decided to take her family on an amazing vacation. So she booked a beach house in San Clemente and away we all went. We bought city passes and had a blast. The city pass is basically the best thing ever invented because it lets you go to all the parks for less money. on our way

We had it all planned out to do 3 days in Disneyland, a day at Sea World, A day at San Diego Zoo, A day at the beach, and maybe Universal if we were still sane by then.

The pool in our backyard.

Well unfortunately things don't always go according to plan (in fact that trip was very very interesting). A couple of days into our trip we got the news that Steele Henrie (Marilyn's Dad) had passed away. So the next day Marilyn and Craig made the long journey home and we ended up cutting our trip short to be able to be home for the funeral and family.

Despite everything though we did have a great time. We spend most of the time with Stoney, Lisa, Wendy, and Heidi. We had a blast at Disneyland and Sea World and although the beach wasn't that warm we had fun there too.

Oaklee got dressed up like a princess

Sea World

The Beach

If you don't already know.....

2010-08-18T13:32:00.001-07:00

Justin and I are expecting our 3rd child in March!.........more details to come

I'm terrible

2010-02-18T08:43:00.001-08:00

Ok.... so I swear I am the worst at blogging. At first I was really into it and did it often, but now I never get around to it. I hope I can be better.

A lot has happened since December(my last post). Max had his first Christmas and it was so great. It was so fun seeing Oaklee's face light up when she saw her presents and so funny to see Max be so confused as to why we were making him tear open paper.

Another thing that we did was play in the snow. Now if any of you know me you know I would rather die than go out in the snow..... So I sent Justin out with the kids. Oaklee was all set but we weren't able to find any snow pants for Max. Justin suggested we use some of Oaklee's from last year..... I warned him they were pink

The most exciting thing that happened is that Max turned 1! Wow I can't believe how fast his first year went. He is such a blessing in our lives. He has a smile that can melt your heart.

Wendy made him the neatest cake for his birthday. I always call him my little monkey and so she made him a monkey cake.

She also made the little one on the right just for him. She is amazing what would we do without Wendy.

At first Max wanted nothing to do with it...

Then he realized it was chocolate

He had a great time

The end result

Straight to the bath!

it was so much fun!

Our whole family was able to come celebrate with us. It was so nice to have them all there to support my little Max. Grandma even bought Oaklee a present so she wouldn't feel left out it was so cute. I just love being a mom

yogurt

2009-12-17T10:00:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when you leave a 2 year old watching movies with her little brother........

I went in to check on them and Oaklee was carefully placing her GoGurt on Max's head while he just looked up and smiled on her. When we went in she just said " Daddy Look". She thought it was hilarious. Max didn't seem to mind

WOW

2009-12-14T13:23:00.001-08:00

So it has been entirely too long since I have blogged anything. What a slacker..... Anyways tons of thing have happened. However due to my camera breaking some pictures are missing I'm sorry. I can't find the pics of the kids Halloween so I'll do a super late post when they are found. It's too bad really because Oaks was a fairy princess with the biggest puffiest skirt I have ever seen and Max was Mighty Max. My mother in law made him a super man costume with an M instead of the S and made his cape say Mighty Max on the back it was so dang cute. Oaklee is becoming such a good talker. She is talking in sentences and really expressing herself. Not that she never expressed herself before she has always put on a performance every time she tells us a story. She is such a little princess. I love her to death she really loves her brother too she calls him Matsi and gives him kisses every chance she gets.

Here she is at the Planetarium in Salt Lake. She loved it. She even sat through a movie!(as long as I let her hold the popcorn.)

Me and the kids at the pumpkin patch

Max in his 1st Halloween jammies. He is so tall that he only got to wear them once. :)

Max and His cousin Austin who is 1 month younger than Max

We also had a chance to take the kids to the Children's Museum in Salt Lake it was a blast. Totally worth it. Everything is hands on and they can do so many things

Here is Justin ready and excited to go in.

Max decided to sleep through the first half

But he woke up just in time to ride in a police car

And be an adorable cowboy

With his Daddy

Oaks being a Cowgirl (she wouldn't wear the hat though)

They even have a little grocery store for the kids to go shopping ( so cute )

A little car how cute

I made her put it on can you tell

Coolest thing in the whole museum (no joke). It's a mouse hole

View on the inside.... cool huh

And last but not least Santa

Oaks wasn't too sure until I told her he had candy haha.

Max just wanted to know who was holding him

And the most exciting thing that has happened since last time I blogged is.......

MAX IS WALKING!!! He is only 10 months and is such a little walker. Oh man I am proud of him. I love my kids more than I could ever say. I promise to be a better blogger and to post some pics and or a video of Mighty Max walking soon!

abc's

2009-09-22T09:09:00.001-07:00

ABC's of me....

A- Available/Married? Happily Married
B - Best Friend? Justin
C - Cake or Pie? Chocolate Cake or Confetti Cake yum!
D - Drink of Choice? Mountain Dew.
E - Essential item you use everyday? chapstick
F - Favorite Color? I want to say purple but I end up wearing blue lots of blue
G - Gummy Bears or Worms? neither
H - Hometown? Cedar City, UT
I - Indulgence? Peanut M&M's
J - January or February? January my birthday
K - Kids and their names? 2, Oaklee & Mighty Max
L- Life is incomplete without? My Savior
M - Marriage Date? 9/9/06
N- Number of Siblings?4- Sally,Laura, Mary, Danny
O - Oranges or Apples? Oranges
P - Phobia's/ Fears?Spiders and any bugs really
Q- Quote you love? I'll love you forever I'll like you for always
R - Reason to smile? My childrens smiling faces
S - Season? Spring, Spring, Spring,
T - Tag 3 People? ummmm
U - Ultimate vacation? Europe but i will settle for Disneyland with my kids
V - Vegetable you don't like?asparagus
W - Worst habit? not putting things away
X-rays you've had?My ankle i think
Y - Your favorite food? Spaghetti
Z- Zodiac Sign? Capricorn

3 years!

2009-09-08T08:52:00.000-07:00

On September 6th 2006 I married the most amazing man for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple! This Sunday we celebrated our 3 year anniversary! Word cannot express how much I love him. He is my everything, my bestfriend, my soulmate, and most of all my eternal companion. I'm so lucky to have Justin in my life. He is a wonderful husband and father.

For anyone who doesn't know we kind of have a crazy love story... I actually met him while he was in Iraq with the 222nd and we decided to get married even before we had met. When he was home on leave for 15 days he asked me to marry him and then off he went back to war. 5 very long months later he returned safely home and we were married. What a great story we have to tell our children and grandchildren someday.

Its amazing how much can change in 3 years.......
we moved from cedar
got new jobs
had two beautiful kids
and bought our first home

I just wanted to say how blessed I feel for having my husband and children in my life. They are the greatest blessings Heavenly Father has ever given me. I'm looking forward to forever with them! I love you Justin more than you will ever know!!!

Cereal!!!

2009-09-04T10:45:00.000-07:00

Ok so there aren't any pictures to go with this one but I just had to share......
Well because Justin and I both work, my kids have to get up pretty early to get ready and to the babysitters house by 7:30 every morning. Max has no problem with this all you have to do is say his name and he sits right up and is ready to go. Oaklee on the other hand is impossible to get out of bed. I've tried everything from talking to her, turning on the light ( so mean) and turning on her cartoons. Nothing seems to work. So yesterday Justin discovered the magic way to get her up. First let me explain that Oaks is obsessed with cereal. She would eat it all day everyday if we would let her. So Justin thought if he offered it to her she would get up. All he did was open her bedroom door and say "Oaklee are you hungry? Lets go get some cereal." Up she went did a barrel roll out of her bed and sprinted to the kitchen. It was hilarious. So this morning I tried the same trick. I asked her if she was hungry and if she wanted cereal. She wasn't quite awake yet and started to roll and rolled right off her bed and hit the floor with her eyes still closed, jumped up as fast as she could, ran to the kitchen and stood by the cereal cupboard with her eyes still squinted saying "pease(please), pease mom pease" it was so funny. She is so cute.......

Our summer adventures

2009-08-13T12:01:00.000-07:00

We have had a fun summer too bad it is over so soon! A lot of things happened be prepared this might be a long blog....

Well Max had the longest hair on the top of his head he looked like a little monkey so I decided to give him a little haircut. I put him in his purple, yes purple, bumbo chair (it was oaks and they cost 40 dollars so he can deal with purple) and away I went. He didn't even care. He just sat there and was a big boy about it.

I love how Oaklee likes to take pictures! Every time she sees a camera she immediately says cheese and pulls the cutest little faces

My beautiful little sister Sally got married this summer so off we went to Salt Lake to her wedding. My parents were married in the Salt Lake Temple and so were Justin and I so Sally followed in our footsteps and got married in the most beautiful place I've ever been

Here is the car ride up..... one awake one asleep

Here are some pics of my kids waking up on Sally's wedding day....

I curled hair for hours...

It was amazing day! The spirit was so strong. Sitting in the sealing room watching my little sis be sealed for time and all eternity was such an amazing experience.

The other exciting thing that happened this summer was my beautiful little girl turned 2! She loves the Backyardigans so we decided to have a small little get together with family and have a barbecue with the cutest cake ever! It was so fun.

So I am the assistant cheer coach at PHS and this year I got to go to cheer camp. I had so much fun with the girls they are awesome! I loved it! Minus the sitting outside in the sun all day for 4 days. The girls all made sure I had a fun time. I'm looking forward to many years with them. They are all so beautiful!

We were at cheer camp Monday thru Thursday and came home Thursday night. The next morning I got up packed my kids bags, repacked mine, and headed back up to Salt Lake for a fun weekend at the zoo with my family before I had to return to work. Oaklee had so much fun. She loves animals, especially monkeys. We bought both our kids a hat, although Oaks wouldn't wear hers, and spent the day just showing Max and Oaklee the amazing animals. Max slept through most of it but woke up just in time to ride the carousel. He rode on a little penguin and Oaks rode a hippo. I love how the simple things like going to the zoo light up the faces of my kids. It was so much fun to just get away and take my kids somewhere just for them. For no reason at all but to see them smile. We stayed at the Little America and took the kids swimming. It was a blast. It was probably one of the funnest trips I've been on in a while. It really made the end of summer great!

Our summer although it was short was wonderful. Spending time with my kids was the best thing ever. I thank Heavenly Father everyday for the wonderful job that I have that allows me to be with my kids as often as I am. I love my kids so much they bring so much joy to me. I never knew I could love someone so much until I met my husband and had my two beautiful kids. I love being a mom and look forward to all the many memories I get to make with my family!

long time

2009-07-22T09:57:00.000-07:00

Holy cow I haven't updated in forever. I promise to put up some new things in the next couple of weeks its been crazy this summer and I haven't gotten to a computer a whole lot. I promise to post soon.......

lots of things..........

2009-06-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

We have had so much fun lately..... Oaks loves going to the park so we try and take her as much as we can. She is becoming so inependent. Her biggest accomplishment is climbing the rocks all by herself. Good Job! my beautiful girl!!

The other day I was cutting hair and Oaklee kept pulling on me like she wanted me... but all she wanted was to wear my smock and be a haircutter like her mama.... how cute!

Next is my superadorable big boy! He is four months old and weighs 15 pounds! We call him squeaks cause all he does is talk in a little squeaky voice. He loves to bounce in his bouncer.

Oaklee's new thing to do is say CHEESE everytime i pull the camera out.

Here are some of her pics

Oaks loves her little brother.

My kids have the most wonderful Grandma

Max just started eating rice and he is not too sure how he feels about it....

ok so I thought this was really cute can you tell who is who?

the top is Max and the bottom is Oaklee

Words cannot express how much I love my Husband and my two beautiful kids. I thank Heavenly Father every day for blessing me with such a wonderful family! I'm so blessed to have a temple marriage and know that we will all be together for all eternity. Waking up to my two kids perfect little faces everyday is the best thing in the world! I'm so glad I have a husband who loves me and especially loves his kids. Justin is the best Dad in the whole world he loves his kids more than anything. Thanks honey I love you!!

CAMPING!

2009-05-24T21:35:00.000-07:00

We had our first camping adventure with both kids this weekend. It was so fun! We loaded the camper and the rhino and went on an adventure. Oaks had so much fun she was a trooper! So was Max he really likes outside. Plus my sister in-law Heidi passed on a bunch of her kids clothes to Max had the cutest little outfit on complete with a camoflauge hat. We took a big long ride on the rhino ( we left Max with Grandma) and went to carve his name on a tree that Justin and I started right before we got married. Anyways thats about it. We are supposed to be closing on our house next week and will be in it by next weekend HOORAY! it will be a whole new adventure to start!!!

It's a zoo in my room!

2009-05-01T07:15:00.000-07:00

First of all I just wanted to let everyone know that Marilyns surgery went great! she is doing really well and now we are just waiting to know what the next step will be.

So this weekend my husband had to attend meetings in Salt Lake. He was gone from Sunday until Tuesday which happens to be a really long time alone in a house with two kids. So on Sunday night I decided to go to bed early with the kids cause I figured if I had to do this alone I better get a little sleep. Well I pulled a cot into my room for Oaklee and put Max on the bed by me so we could all sleep together and proceeded to put Max to sleep first after I had laid Oaks down on the cot. She usually does pretty good at just going to sleep. So after I started to give Max his bottle and he was settled down Oaklee got up and started sprinting from one end of my room to the other. At least she was quiet while doing it. Anyways after I got Max to sleep I went to lay by Oaks on the cot to see if I could settle her down. after about ten minutes or so I thought she was asleep when all of a sudden I hear "eow (meow), eow, eow," so I said "Oaklee shhhh" which was followed by "roar" from her. then about ten minutes later I went to go back to my bed when she says " Oo Oo Ah Ah Ah". By this time all I could do was laugh and Oaks started laughing too! she then put her hands on my face until she found my lips in the dark and leaned over and gave me a kiss told me Nigh Nigh and plopped down on her pillow and was asleep in 2 minutes. My kids are great!

Easter, Stickers, and Smiles

2009-04-21T12:47:00.000-07:00

So I keep forgetting my camera at home so it has taken me a long time to put Easter pics up but here they are. We had so much fun! We took Oaklee to the park to do the Easter egg hunt and she had a blast. She kept saying Oh Wow! every time she picked up a piece of candy or an egg. I completely thought she would be terrified of the Easter bunny but she wasn't she jumped right up on his lap and gave him a hug. We had fun she was even brave enough to go down the big slide! Oaklee's Easter outfit was way cute too she even left the headband on half of the day. Max's outfit was a little too big so he stuck with a comfy little jump suit. No complaints from him on that one. Max was such a trooper. He was so patient and he really had fun out in the sun. Easter morning was a blast too. Oaklee was so cute this year with her basket she got so excited. Just the look on your kids face when they see something like that is the best thing ever! So she got stickers in her basket and this is what became of them later that day.... oh how I love my daughter! Max is getting so big he just turned 3 months and he just amazes me everyday he has the most adorable smile I have ever seen. His bib says it all.... I seriously think I am one of the most lucky people. I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband and two beautiful children. They are the most important thing in this world to me. I mean what could be better then holding your newborn in your arms and having him snuggling so close to you and have your toddler kissing him on the head and telling him she loves him. Heavenly Father sure knew what He was doing making women mothers huh. We find out about our house on Friday hopefully it will all work out and Justin and I will finally be able to settle into a home where we can stay and raise our kids and hopefully bring home a couple more kids......(in 3 years or so)

Cancer

2009-04-16T09:02:00.001-07:00

So my wonderful mother in-law just found out she has breast cancer... They think she will be ok and we all know she will pull through it. She is having surgery on monday so could everybody say a little prayer for her and keep her in your thoughts
thanks..

Brownies and Braids

2009-04-07T08:58:00.000-07:00

Even though I am a hairdresser, braids just don't seem to be my specialty. My little girl thank goodness is patient enough to let me practice on her. I thought they turned out pretty good considering I kinda suck and I had to convince a 2 year old to sit still long enough for me to do them. So needless to say I was pretty proud! Well..... a couple hours later I sat down to feed Max his bottle when I hear my dining room chair scooting across the floor. As soon as Max was done eating I turned to see what was going on. It turns out Oaklee had spotted a brownie on the counter and pushed the chair over to help herself. She had also pull her braids out :( All my hard work down the drain. Oh well she had a good time and looked pretty cute doing it.

Max's blessing

2009-04-01T12:53:00.000-07:00

We blessed our little boy on Sunday. Everything went great! Max looked so cute in his little outfit. It took me forever to find it. I was unaware of how hard it is to find a blessing outfit for a little boy. We had all of our family there it was so nice. My little brother even got up and bore his testimony in my ward (how brave) he is a cute kid. I had no idea he had a testimony like that, i'm proud of him!

Work and Acid Reflux and buying houses

2009-03-26T12:30:00.001-07:00

Ok so I've decided that I need to grow a money tree in my backyard so that I can stay home all day long with my kids. Poor little Max has acid reflux so bad he throws up all the time and is so sad. I feel bad for my babysitter that has to deal with that all day long. Plus when your kids are sick ya just want to sit and cuddle with them all day long and magically make them feel better. Don't get me wrong I love my job I just wish I could bring my two cute little babies with me. Plus work has been so crazy this week I think I'm getting grey hairs over a few things.

So Justin and I are trying to purchase our first home......without a realtor! (AHHHHH). If someone had told me it was gonna be this big of a mess when we started I would have thought twice. Holy Cow who knew they could make something so simple so unbelievably complex. I think all these lenders and sellers set out to make you drag it out as long as possible. I also love that they are so conveniently gone on Fridays ( the only day i have the afternoon off) so I end up on the phone half the day at work. But in the end hopefully it will all fall into place and we will finally have a beautiful home that we can raise our kids in. We can only hope!!!!

I have no idea what i'm doing

2009-03-25T09:38:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have never "blogged" before. But I guess I will give it a try. My husband Justin and I live in Panguitch. We have two children Oaklee who will be 2 in July and Max who was just born in January and is 9 weeks old. We love being a family of 4 its a little crazy at times but most definitely always worth it