Wyner Family

Our life the last few months

2010-10-14T12:56:00.011-06:00

I think it's about time that I update my blog, don't ya think?? :) I don't know how I got out of the loop.. it must of been the crazy summer or that I'm lazy. Our summer was really fun, especially with Avery being older and seeing her get so excited over the things that we took her to do. Although we had such a fun filled summer, I have to say that I was a REALLY bad picture taker!! Which isn't like me, so again, I don't know how I got out of the loop with that either. Here are some of the fun things that we did...

Paul and I are over Youth Conference for our ward and this year was the Stakes turn and they did Trek. We didn't think that we would be involved this year but they asked us to be the Ma and Pa for our kids in our ward. We were really excited about it... except for the dressing up part :)

This was the Womens Pull.... I'm glad that they had us do this... it's such a cool experience! It was VERY hard but cool to have all the men standing on the sides, silent and watching. It makes you have a lot more appreciation for these Pioneers that actually had to do it.

This was our group. They were a fun group of kids!

This was the view at the end of our Trek, the whole Salt Lake Valley. When we reached the top they give the kids letters that their parents had written them and then we all sat up there in silence for a little bit looking at the view. It was a very spiritual experience.

In July, I got Avery and I season passes to Seven Peaks. We went every week for most of the summer and Avery LOVED it! She also got black, which I was jealous about :) I didn't take any pics of the times that we were there and I'm so mad at myself for that!! Next year, right??!!

Paul's Birthday is the 4th of July and this year he turned 29! His mom, sisters and I threw him a surprise party that we knew would totally thrown him off!! And it did!! Again, SO mad at myself for not taking any pictures! It was a fun night! His mom did a big Road Ralley and we all split up in teams and did a big scavenger hunt across town. After a few of us went to Boonedocks and did some mini golf and drove the race cars! This was the only pic I got :(

The week of the 24th of July we had a week long camping trip to Jackson, Wyoming and Bear Lake. While at Jackson we went rafting down the Snake River, which is a first for me. I was totally freaked out of falling in while we were going over rapids but thank goodness it never happend.... it was after the rapids that my lovely husband decided to push me over. I actually was really mad about it.. ha ha.. it was FREEZING!! They had professionals on the sides taking pictures as your boat was going over the rapids and I couldn't figure out how to steal them and put them on here :) Sorry!! They were pretty dang funny!

Here are the pics of Bear Lake:

This was Avery the whole time on the boat! She had to stand and no one could touch her!! She just LOVED the wind and looking at all the water! :)

I just thought this picture was cute...

One of my favorite parts of camping at Bear Lake is sitting around the fire while eating your Raspberry Shake!!

I just wanted to throw in a picture or two of Avery cuz she's so pretty..
I'm saying, "Where is Avery?"

"There she is!!"

Paul's mom and dad bought a tent trailer this summer so we went on a little weekend camping trip with them to Payson Lakes. We had fun playing games and eating good food!!

Avery giving kisses to her daddy through the tent trailer window :)

One sad thing we did this summer was sell our Nissan Altima. This was once my husbands baby.. before Avery or I came along. I had so many memories in this car, but to cut down on bills we needed to sell it. I've never cried to hard for multiple days in a row over a car. Ha ha!! Now that I have some extra dough in my pocket, I'm not so sad anymore :)

Labor Day Weekend was spent at Lake Powell! This time it was done differently than normal. We camped it!! Normally we stay in hotels but since my in laws bought a tent trailer we stayed out in nature :) The water was absolutly wonderful! We joked about us all getting old because no one hardly did any of the fun things in the water. We just drove around in the boat most of the time keeping the kids asleep and exploring the canyons.

Beautiful girl

My dad also had a birthday. He turned 51 and my family went to Midway for a night. We had lots of fun considering it was only a one night thing.

Relaxing after a hot tennis match :)

This was hilarious because my dad and brother were hurting so bad!! Look at their faces... I was laughing so hard because of the things that were coming out of their mouths... that I won't repeat.

We had some awesome chicken fights and good pics of them but they aren't downloading for some reason. Sorry.

Last but not least... FAMILY PICTURES!! I thought they turned out cute! (I'm now just realizing that some of the pictures didn't download either. So, here are the ones that did.)

Our fun year isn't ending just yet! My brother gets home from his mission less than a week!! We are so excited and we have a cruise and Disneyland trip planned. Also we are finding out if we are having a boy or girl in a few weeks! I'll let ya know all about it! :)

Good News

2010-08-02T10:11:00.002-06:00

I wanted to wait longer but I can't.... I'm pregnant with baby #2!! We are so excited but I'm more excited for the sickness stage to go away!! I'll give ya the updates as they come!

Lake Powell

2010-06-14T21:31:00.009-06:00

Summer feels like it begins when Memorial Day comes because that's our first official summer trip down to Lake Powell!! It's always fun to pack up and go down there for a few days and know that you have to do nothing but put your suit on, hang out on a boat all day, eat, swim and spend time with family!!

Here are the great people that make it happen!! Thanks Greg and Gayle!!

The only downside of the trip, other than the water being freezing :) , our little Avery was sick.. I'm sure us hovering over Avery was a scene you saw the whole weekend.

But somehow we always saw her smile :)

Paul's always helping me out with Avery. He's so great!

At the end of our first day, good ole' Jeff got fried crisp! I did too but I'm sparing you the pics!

The group eating dinner at our hotel

Paul was so brave to get into that bone chilling water!

I've never seen Avery so into looking at what her dad was doing!! At first she just kept laughing and laughing watching Paul wakeboard! I didn't quite get why she thought it was so funny!

I couldn't find two better pictures to end this post on. This is the face that I get to see everyday! I love her!!

Like always we had a great time! Thank you to Paul's great mom and dad for always making these fun trips happen and creating great memories! We love you both very much!!

Avery's 1st Birthday

2010-04-28T15:05:00.005-06:00

Wow! I never thought it would take me this long to do a post on my only daughters FIRST birthday! :) Better late than never, right?? Avery had such a great birthday! She got two cakes, lots of gifts and two fun parties with all her family! It's very hard for me to believe that it's already been a year since she was born! It's been a great year and I love Avery so much! She's been nothing but pure joy for Paul and I! Hopefully it always stays that way :) We love you Avery!

Cake #1...

She dug into that thing and ate every bit of it!! That's my Avery girl!!

Opening some gifts.. doesn't she look so cute in that chair?

The Twins :)

Cake #2

And as you can see she loved the 2nd piece just as much!

2010-03-25T12:43:00.007-06:00

I have decided that I don't have much to blog about during the colder months because their isn't much going on.... hense the reason why I haven't been blogging :). I have been keeping myself busy with the cute little face you see below.... ever since she's been crawling she's been wearing me out, in a good way though, I'm not complaining :). I've been taking some pictures of the things that go on daily in our home. Enjoy!

Paul LOVES to get down and play with her, tickle her, throw her in the air, chase her around, fly her through the house, get in her face, make silly noises, pull funny faces, and of course kissing her to death!

If you know Avery really well, you know that this girl LOVES to eat! It's crazy how much food she consumes each meal. If the bowl is empty and she's still hungry... WATCH OUT!

Like her dad I also love to get down and play with her...

And give her kisses....

She LOVES getting into our cupboards and pulling everything out.....

Did I mention the ziplocks too?? I'm very thankful for those little thingys that make it so they can't open drawers...sorry Avery, Mommy can't pick up hundreds of ziplocks 3 times a day, everyday.

Avery has always rathered to play on her feet than on the ground... she's mastered walking with this little walker and with each step she makes a sound of excitment!

She loves her books too!

One day I was playing with her and I kept saying "Hello" as I picked up her phone and put it to my ear and then hers... quicker than I thought she caught on...

Then FINALLY the weather got pretty decent and I went to Thanksgiving Point with some girls in my neighborhood and looked at all the animals. It was a blast and Avery loved it! Sometimes she would look at whatever animal we were by and just laugh and other times she would just stare at it!

The cow was one of the animals she kept giggling at....

And then it licked her hand... gross...

Near the end I took her to ride the ponies. She got the smallest pony they had. It was adorable seeing her ride this thing.

I'm excited for the warmer weather to have more interaction with friends and to be outside in the sun! And to see Avery get way more of a tan than I ever will! :)

My Birthday!

2010-02-09T13:22:00.009-07:00

I celebrated my 25th birthday last Friday! It's so weird to me that I'm already in my mid twenties. It's a good feeling though :) The day was so fun thanks to my wonderful husband and all my family. Paul came home early from work and we ordered pizza and he gave me all my gifts... later on that night we met my family at Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then to see a movie, When in Rome. Not my favorite movie but definalty had some funny parts in it. Here are some pics from the night.

I HATE it more than anything when I get sung to at restaurants and luckily everyone listened to my threat :) But on the way out my fam just HAD to pull out the saddle and made me take a picture on it.

Paul got me passes to go skiing with him up in Park City at The Canyons! I was so so so excited! Paul has skiied all his life and is very good at it. I have only skiied one winter in middle school and haven't ever since. So this gift was a huge surprise! He took the day off Monday and we made a big day of it! The weather was perfect and it wasn't crowded at all! We skiied over and under bridges and passed by multi million dollar cabins that were gorgeous!! We ate lunch at this little hamburger stand that was up top on the mountain. It was so pretty up there!! The rest of the day after lunch was awesome. I must say that I was pretty proud of myself how well I did after all those years. Here are some pics of the day!

Going up the ski lift! I hated this paticular lift! I totally biffed it getting off of it once and the other two times we went up it I had major anxiety about getting off of it! Paul was laughing at me cuz I was so scared :)

This video was of me going down a hill that to me looked impossible to get down.. you can see that I had some trouble! :)

I tried to download another video clip of me doing a little bit better :) but for some reason it wouldn't work. Oh well!!

Thanks honey for such a great birthday! You continue to make me feel special everyday! I love ya!

BATH TIME

2010-01-22T10:47:00.004-07:00

I just recently gave Avery some bath toys to play with in the tub. She loves them! She also loves to sit up in the tub now and hates to lay down. She kicks her legs so fast to see the water make waves and she loves it... and I love watching her play and that's why I had to pull out my camara. I know some of the pics are the same but I wanted to share them all with you.

Here she is kicking away!!

Her feet get so wrinkly... so cute

Look at those eyes!!

New Years

2010-01-07T14:04:00.000-07:00

New Years was another great holiday for us! My cousin Steven came home from his mission (the same mission my brother is in right now) and we were able to go to the airport to greet him. Later on that night we had a big Mexican dinner at my mom and dad's house with my whole family, grandparents and all. We attempted to play a game (there was too many people to quiet down) so we ate, hung out and talked. It was a fun night and we are so happy to have Steve home with us. I didn't get hardly any pictures so enjoy the ones I do have!!

Christmas!

2009-12-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

Christmas this year was a blast!! One of the best I have ever had! We spent a lot of time with both our families and had a great time. This was also our first year celebrating Christmas as parents. Avery was to young to know that it was Christmas and that she had a TON of presents to open from both her Grandmas but it was still so much fun to have her there with us! We definalty got spoiled by our families and we are so grateful for them and all they do for us. Enjoy the pics!

Christmas Eve

Avery was really interested in all the presents but thankfully not enough to rip them apart.. she'd just picked them up and stare at them.

She really liked the ornaments on the tree too...

Look at her cute smile :)

Avery and Daddy

Christmas Morning... our FIRST one as a family :)

Grandma Wyner got Avery her first stocking!

Daddy helping Avery open her first present

It's a doll!!

She kept clapping when we put the bows on her head :)

My youngest brother Brad got an XBox for Christmas and here they are playing away! Next year Kev will be playing with them!

Thanks Grandma Michels!!

Until next year everyone!!

2009-11-17T13:00:00.000-07:00

I have these pics of Avery that I've been meaning to post. They are some of the things that Avery does that we think are so cute! Here they are.

She loves her Baby Einstein Video: Baby Neptune and I'll sit her in her Bumbo chair and she will sit and watch for the full 23 minutes! Which means I have 23 minutes to hurry and do something! :)

Avery's favorite book is this Baby Touch and Feel Animal Book.. she loves holding it and turning the pages!

I was in the kitchen when I looked over the counter and saw this toy sticking up in the air.. I started to laugh and came around the counter and she was just laying there with this thing on top of her and just staring at me.. it gave me a good laugh!

One second she's in the middle of the living room and the next I look over and she's laying on the kitchen floor! She's a fast roller!

Avery HATES bottles! So her pediatrician told me to start giving her a sippy cup. Well this is the first time that I gave it to her.. as you can see she's examining it and then soon after started chewing on it. It's been a good month and she still hasn't gotten the hang of what it is really used for!

She's the BIGGEST joy in our life! We love you Avery Jayne!

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-02T13:17:00.000-07:00

Halloween was awesome! Paul and I have never been big into dressing up and going all out but this year was different..... Paul's co workers gave him the idea to be Kanye West. We loved the idea and while we were at the Halloween store shopping for Paul's costume I felt super left out and randomly came up with what I was gunna be. I ended up dressing up as a black disco chick. It doesn't sound great but when I was done getting ready that day I think it looked ridiculously funny! Same with Paul. I'll let the pictures show you what we ended up doing but let me tell you how our night went. We went to Paul's mom and dad's and had a really good dinner with Pumpkin Soup, Broccoli and Cheese Soup and some scones. Then we got all the grand kids together (there's 4 of them) and took some adorable pics!! We then took them trick or treating around the neighborhood. I was trekking around in these honkin' huge shoes... good thing I had Avery's stroller to keep me balanced! Afterward we went over to my parents house. Everyone and I mean EVERYONE was decked out!! Even my 90 year old grandparents! This has never happened before and so it was really fun to see everyone. We had karioke... and with my family I thought it would be more of a hit but only a few of us got into it. I have to tell Brent, my brother in law, I sang I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL and got it on camera! Paul was a chicken though!! My mom had some food out and we played a few games and passed out candy to all the kids that came to the house. The night didn't end there.. after we got home it took about 1 1/2 hrs to clean ourselves off! It was quite the process and I still have black smudges on me that I can't get off! It was worth it though! Enjoy the pics!

Avery before we got her pumpkin on her.. I thought she looked so cute in all black

The cutest "black" and white family ever!
Kanye and his pumpkin
This is what Paul's hair looked like all over
Our adorable nephew Connor as a pirate. He wouldn't stop staring at me so I thought I'd take a pic of him! ha ha
Lexi the Lady Bug and Avery the Pumpkin
All the kids

My red eyed mother and my Jamaican Papa

My dad's twin brother Rick... doesn't he look like the ugliest woman ever?! ha ha.. it was good!
Haylie was a shot glass girl, whatever that is.... so here we are takin our shot for the night.. apple juice.
Sweet family!
The group minus my little bro Brad.. who was a member of the band KISS... he looked awesome!

Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-19T16:30:00.000-06:00

A few weeks ago Paul was on his way home from work and passed this pumpkin patch that looked like a lot of fun. So we invited some of our family to come with us and we all went last Friday night. Before we went we had everyone over to our house for some Taco Soup and rolls and then headed on out. Here are some of the things that they had to do there.

Bean Bag toss... Paul and Ryan

This was a big blow up maze that you went into and it was PITCH black inside! You couldn't see a dang thing!! We thought it was an interesting looking entrance!
Ryan, Paul, my mom and I were they only ones that went in. Paul and Ryan kept scaring my mom and I and it really was so scary cuz of how dark it was! They got us everytime!! I just so happened to get a really funny shot of my mom in the middle of a scream!!

They had some animals there and this picture didn't do this pig justice. It was GIGANTIC!!

I love this picture! My brother (far left) looks so funny!!!!!

Horse swings!
They also had these bikes and a little track that you could race around!

GO PAUL!! My dad and his twin brother Rick decided to race too! THAT was fun to watch!!
My daddy poppin a wheely!!
At last we went through the corn maze that we ended up giving up on and just came back to the entrance. Paul and Ryan ended up racing to see who could get to the finish line first for the prize of ten bucks from my dad! Ryan ended up being the winner but split the prize money with Paul :)
And all the while our sweet baby girl just sat in her stroller all bundled up and warm!
It was a fun little pumpkin patch! We did some other things that I never got pictures of, but I'm sure as you can see that we had a great time!

Weekend in Vegas

2009-10-15T09:26:00.000-06:00

Last weekend we decided to take a short trip down to Las Vegas and go to the BYU game. We planned on going with Paul's cousin and his wife but they got sick and so we never ended up seeing them :( We brought Haylie and Jeff along with us so it was fun anyway! We dropped Haylie off in St. George to spend time with her best friend who's going to Dixie and Jeff, Paul, Avery and I headed down to Vegas. We walked down the strip of course and made a stop at the Cheesecake Factory for lunch (that's my vacation restaurant that I always have to go to when I go to Vegas). We were surprised how many BYU fans we saw down there. When we got to the game the section we sat in was filled with BYU fans and Paul said that he felt like he was at a home game. The weather was perfect which made everything else even that much better! We had a great time!!

On our way to Cheesecake Factory

Paul and Avery standing out in front of the Bellagio Water Show. You can kinda see the water in the background.

Paul's a MUCH better photographer than I!
Half time PIC!

Paul and Jeff
As you can tell we didn't get hardly if any pictures of Jeff and Hay with us. Sorry guys! We had fun with you anyways!

Avery's first BYU game!

2009-10-04T12:45:00.000-06:00

Avery has officially attended her first football game ever! We went to the BYU game against Utah State on Friday night. We packed tons of blankets and gloves and beanies but luckily didn't use hardly any of it. Avery was perfect as usual and slept in her Grandma Wyners arms and then into her daddy's for the last part of the game. When I was pregnant Paul and I had gone to a game and went to the bookstore and bought a BYU shirt, jacket and hat for Avery that she could wear when she was old enough to come to games with us. It was really fun to finally be able to pull it all out and dress her up in it! I really wanted to get a picture of Paul, Avery and I but never did :( ... hope you enjoy the ones we took!

FOOD!

2009-09-25T14:51:00.000-06:00

A few weeks ago we started to feed Avery rice cereal and vegetables. We haven't started with the fruit yet. I was SO excited to do this. I wanted to see how well she ate, if she liked it and what her reaction would be. Here are a few pictures that will answer those questions for ya!

This was the first time I fed her rice cereal. She ate it really well. Her Grandma Michels got her this Bumbo Chair that we love!

I love seeing all the food all over her face!
Isn't she so pretty?! I never thought I would be jealous of my own child!

This was the first night we fed her vegetables. We tried sweet potatoes first.
HA HA! Love the look!!
Aren't they both cute? :)
Avery is so much fun and growing so fast! She is getting so big and we love every second of it!

Last Vaca for the summer

2009-09-20T21:39:00.001-06:00

Two weekends ago we had our last vaca for the summer. Sad day, but it's been nice to be home on weekends too. We went with my family to Bear Lake. We are used to going up there over holiday weekends when it's super busy and the KOA is jammed packed, but this weekend there was hardly anyone there. It was awesome! The weather was just right... my Uncle Rick brought up four wheelers, we had our bikes and also hung out at the beach. It was a relaxing trip and nice to have most of the family there.

Our first night up there my cousin Eric brought his guitar and we all sat and listened to him, Natalie and Jeff sing while sitting around the fire. They are so good at singing! It was a very nice night. Paul and Avery enjoying the warm fire and music

The next day after breakfast some of us got ready to go on a bike ride around the town. We obviously thought we were pretty tough.

No hands!
Avery and Taylor!
Avery was ready for a nap and so my dad held her and sang to her until she fell asleep and it didn't take very long! Thanks Dad!

Here's the best picture of them all! Paul and Brad 4 wheeling! The boys did this all day and had so much fun!!
Thanks Mom and Dad for such a fun and relaxing weekend! We will miss Bear Lake!

Until next year!

2009-09-07T17:21:00.001-06:00

The Wyner family went down to Lake Powell for Labor Day. Of course we had a great time like we always do. Jill, Ryan and Lexi had other fun plans and didn't make it but we sure missed them there. The weather wasn't supposed to be the greatest but luckily it turned out perfect! We had a great time water skiing, wake boarding, riding the tubes, swimming, eating 24-7, and cruising around in the boat. Paul and I are so lucky to be able to go to Lake Powell as much as we do thanks to Mom and Dad Wyner! We love you both so much and thanks for all you do for us! Until next year Lake Powell!!

This video is of the Wyner and Allen family right when we got on the lake.

Wyner family

Paul is such a good water skier! Look at him!

Brent and Isaac

First time Avery got into Lake Powell water! She loved it!

Paul and Isaac

Paul and his older sis Jen.
Jen and I getting ready to ride my new and favorite tube! I'm more daring on this thing! It doesn't flip over!

He's such a cutie!

Jeffer and Greg enjoying the water

I haven't seen a cuter 5 month old!!
At first Paul thought this pic was scary! Ha ha! She has the prettiest eyes!

She's 5 months old!!

2009-08-31T17:04:00.001-06:00

Avery turned 5 months old yesterday! Our little girl is getting so big! At her 4 month appointment we found out that she is in the 97% for her height and 86% for her weight! She's a big girl for her age! We are hoping that she turns out tall! At least taller than her mom :) There are a few new things that are going on in her life. She is now rolling all over the place! And on her very own! One day we woke up and put her on the ground and she just started rolling all over our living room floor! We couldn't believe it. She is attempting more foods other than milk. We have been trying out rice cereal and so far so good! She's doing just fine with that! I'm excited for when we can move on to fruits and vegetables! Mom and Dad love you Avery girl!!

Avery does this new thing where she screams really loud and it ends with her spitting and blowing bubbles! It's so cute to us!

She also crosses her feet! She does it in her sleep, while she's playing, while I'm feeding her and when I'm holding her! I love it!

I tried to get a video of her rolling over but she just didn't want to do it yesterday! Oh well! She wanted to grab her feet instead. That's something else she does and sometimes she will suck on her big toe :)

This picture was taken this morning in her new toy that helps her sit up.
She was really concentrating on the t.v.
And last but not least, Avery sitting in her toy at home for the first time!

Lava Hot Springs

2009-08-24T14:48:00.001-06:00

Paul and I went to Lava Hot Springs this past weekend with my mom, dad, brothers and sisters. It was a short trip, but still fun and needed! My Uncle Rick came with his wife and kids, my cousin Jeff, Amanda and their 2 kids and my Grammy and Pop-Pop. Lava Hot Springs is in Idaho and it's a little town with a few fun things to do. Our favorite was renting tubes and going down the river! You had to drive up the road a ways and kinda hike down the mountain with your tube to get to the river. The water was a bit cold but you got used to it quick. There were a couple good sized waterfalls that we went down and some fun rapids too. Our first time going down a lot of us got some nice battle wounds from all the rocks in the river. That didn't stop us from going down again! The rest of the day and night was spent at the hot pots, swimming pool, and relaxing and talking around the campfire. It was a fun trip and if you haven't been I would recommend you go!

Our first time down the river... we thought we were pretty tough!

My brother Brad found a baby snake in the river where we were eating lunch and Matt (my other brother) thought it would be funny to scare my mom with it at first but then changed his mind and chased his wife instead. Sorry Brittany!!

My Grammy and Pop-Pop... we love you!
Paul and I in the trailer after dinner. If you know my family we are all about pictures and making silly faces in them!
We like the smiley ones too!
Avery and her dad hangin out around the camp. I think she was ready for bed!
These two are the life of ANY party! We love being around Hay and Eric!
I made some Chex Muddy Buddie Mix and Brad loved it! Almost with every bite he would tell me how good it was and as you can see he pretty much ate the whole bowl!

I had to laugh when I saw this because almost every time I walked around the corner or came into the trailer Paul was sitting in this postion trying to figure out how to put something together or make something work. There are definatly no complaints though! My parents have said so many times that they are so grateful for all of Paul's continuous help.

Thanks Mom and Dad for a great weekend!

I have a few videos that I'm trying to download from this trip so check back!

Homecoming 2002

2009-08-20T15:34:00.000-06:00

Today I was going through my picture box and organizing my cd's and pictures and I came across a cd that said Homecoming 2002. I put it popped it in the computer and couldn't resist cracking up! These pics are of Christie Jensen, Lindsay Bunker and I when we were Seniors in high school. I forgot about how everytime we took pictures together we always had to take a million pictures of us doing random things! Trust me these are only a few, there were lots more! I remember that day really well. Us three girls went to a beauty school to get our hair done and by the end of the experience Christie and I were in tears! We HATED our hair! So, we ended up ditching Lindsay for like a half hour and we went to eat Taco Bell. We were mad at her because her hair turned out good! HA HA HA! I remember we went back to Lindsay's house to get dressed and do our makeup and we had our friend Ashley Nelson come over and fix mine and Christie's hair. We were relieved!! I guess at the time I was really into bronzer because as you will see when you scroll down and look at the pictures my face is bright orange! Anyway, I just had to post some of these on here for some good laughs!!

Lindsay is doing her famous Who face

This was our group. As you can see the kid down at the bottom came as our butler for the night. He carried around a silver platter with gum, mints and Aqua Di Gio on it. Oh yeah and the ENTIRE night he talked with an accent. It was pretty funny!

I would love to know what Lindsay and Christie were staring at that I obviously thought was so funny!

2 Years and goin' strong!!

2009-08-18T11:52:00.000-06:00

Paul and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary yesterday! We couldn't believe that it's been that long already. Paul took off work and we both slept in till 10!! That hasn't happened since way before Avery was born, it was great. We then made breakfast together and watched our wedding video. We love that video... it's priceless! I was getting super emotional over it but had some good laughs too. There were a few of our family members that looked SO different! When we've watched it in the past there was a picture that would come up of Paul and his brother Jeff, who was serving a mission at the time, Paul would always cry every time that pic would come up. Well, now that Jeff is home and my brother is gone it was my turn to cry every time he would come on the screen. :) It was fun to remember how special that day was. Then later on in the day we went to one of favorites... Olive Garden! That place will never get old for me! Paul kept mentioning how weird it was to him to be out and about on a week day and he couldn't believe how many people were out too! I guess he thought everyone should be at work :) We then went and bought 17 Again and went home to watch it. Which led to going on a nice walk and then eating ice cream. It was a good anniversary! I wouldn't have wanted to spend it any other way.

It's fun to look back on life and see how much has changed. Over the course of 2 years we have had a daughter and bought and moved into a new home. Our families have changed so much too. We have seen siblings get married, gotten a neice and more nephews, our brothers coming home from missions and also leaving for missions, Paul's sisters moving from out of state back to Utah and most of all Paul and I learning to grow together and love each other more and more. Happy Anniversary sweetie! I sure do LOVE YOU!! I will FOREVER!

We took like 8 of the same picture trying to get Avery to look at the camara but obviously it didn't work! Oh well! :)

The cutest kids in the WORLD!!

2009-08-13T08:45:00.000-06:00

I'm so excited because a few months ago I took Avery over to my mother and father in laws house and we had Jenny Weston (an amazing photographer) come over and take the first photo shoot of all 4 grand kids together for the first time. I just got all the pictures I ordered yesterday and I know exactly where I want to put them in my house! It was really fun because all of these kids are at completley different stages in life and trying to get them all to sit together and look at the camara was quite the job. Isaac, the oldest, wanted to run around the yard, Connor was totally into the flowers and kept wanting to eat them, Lexi was just chillin and looking at everyone and Avery wasn't able to sit up at all so she kept falling and sliding down and closing her eyes. We still mananged to get some REALLY good pictures of all of them together though. I'm glad that I got to do this with my sister in laws, Jen and Jill, it was so much fun and I'm looking forward to doing it more! Here are the ones that I ordered.

Avery and her cousin Lexi. They are 3 months apart.

Lexi, Isaac, Connor and Avery... the cutest kids in the WORLD!!

Good friends=Good weekend!!

2009-08-09T12:44:00.000-06:00

Paul and I had such a great weekend with our good friends Val and Jared. We went up to Pine View and stayed in a really nice condo for 2 nights and we have to give a big thanks to Val and Jared because they had to sit through a long and painful sales pitch to get that room. Hopefully it was worth it :) From the great food, cool weather, drives around the town, going to the "farmers market", watching shark week on Animal Planet, playing Tetris and Dr. Mario, Dominos, playing tennis, racket ball and tether ball, going on a hike (I saw a freaking snake for the first time out in the open! EW!), skipping rocks at the lake, hanging out with our kiddos and eachother and being ever SO grateful that we didn't bring up my in-laws boat we had a pretty dang good time! After this weekend I had one of those moments that I've had many times where I feel like I wish I saw my friends more often. I truly feel like I have THE best friends in the whole world!

This was our first Farmers Market that we have ever been to. We were laughing about it because as you can see there isn't much there.

After we took these pictures we realized that the hole was for little kids to throw bean bags in, not for a picture! I was thinking that it was a strange place to put your face!!
Tennis sure wore us out so we decided to stop and take some funny pictures instead. When I was in Elementary school I LOVED to play tether ball and when Val told me that they had one I was really excited to play. Well Paul has never played and so I was teaching him how and the whole time he was laughing so hard that he could hardly breathe and I found out after it was because I was so into the game and taking it so seriously. It was pretty fun!
Jared and Paul held the baby's while we went on our hike.

My long time friend Val and I. Funny story! When we went on our hike Paul set the oven to 500 and put the potatos in to cook. Well, we were gone longer than expected and when we got back and took them out and cut into them they were almost rock hard and we only got to eat a small portion of what was left inside. What was edible tasted good though :)
We love you Val, Jared and Jimmy! We missed you Emmy! Thanks for a really fun weekend!

We love Bear Lake!!

2009-07-27T15:15:00.000-06:00

Over the 24th of July we went to Bear Lake with both of our families. We had a great time! My mom and dad bought a brand new tent trailer a few days before we left and Paul and I got to stay in it. It's really nice. It has a microwave, fridge, sink, 2 stoves, toilet, and 2 showers (one inside and one outside). It was so nice to have and to keep Avery out of the sun and in a nice cool and slightly air conditioned place. In fact, I loved that tent trailer so much that I got labeled the "inside person" by my brother-in-law! :) I guess I hung out in there quite a bit! Here are a few pics of our trip. I didn't get pics of everyone that was there.... I kinda slacked on my picturing taking.

The Group

The BEST steak griller ever! My dad is one of the funnest people to be around! I love you Dad!
The MOLECULE!! Best tube ride ever!!! Jill would have to agree, right Jill?

SISTERS!
Paul's brother Jeff, Haylie and I cooking dinner

Avery's head is finally getting big enough to fit this hat! :) We put her in the lake for her first time ever and she was ok at first but after a little while I think the cold water didn't feel to good to her.
I love my little family!!

Summer Vacations

2009-07-06T15:19:00.000-06:00

For the Wyner Family our summer has already started out with some great vacations. In June we went to Disney World for a week. Paul and I had never been so worn out by the heat before! There were a few new rides at the parks that were awesome and we definatly got some good use out of our new video camara!

Here is Avery on the plane headed to Orlando. She did pretty good for her first plane ride.

Avery's Grandma Wyner got her and her cousin Lexi matching dresses and sunglasses. So cute!
The American Idol Experience is new at Hollywood Studios (formerly known as MGM) and Paul and I loved it. It truly looked like the real set. They had a show with live singers and judges and they put it on like they would the real American Idol. It was so cool.Avery meeting Mickey Mouse for the first time. She got a little scared at first!
Going to Lake Powell was fun too! We went with both of our families. Pauls birthday is on July 4th so it was an extra special day. My mom took some really cute pics of us in the water and us at dinner with his decorated cake so I'll have to put those on later. We had a great time!

On our way to Lake Powell! Avery's Grandpa Michels loves singing to his grandkids and you can tell by her face that she really loved it!Avery in her life jacket and new hat! It didn't really want to stay on her head. Paul and Avery... don't you LOVE his new look?!

Good times!

2009-06-06T21:19:00.001-06:00

So there have been a few fun things that Paul and I have done the last little while that I haven't blogged about so now I'm catching up!!

I took Avery to the Hogle Zoo for the first time! Although she had no idea what was going on or where she was, it was still fun! I went with my husbands family. We were a little disappointed though... all the big animals were hiding and sleeping and they didn't even have a lion there! How lame is that? My biggest complaint is that the whole zoo is all up hill almost! It bites to be the mom that has to push the stroller up all those hills! We still had a good time though.

These are just some cute pictures of Avery that I took of her one day. She was in a great mood!!

My little sister Haylie graduated from Alta last Thursday! I'm so proud of her! She got voted Class Clown in her senior class and I'm not surprised one single bit! She's hilarious and such a fun girl to be around! Paul couldn't attend the graduation but he met us right when it ended and we all went to dinner at Olive Garden. We had a great time! Congrats Hay.. we love ya!

I put Avery in her swing for the first time ever and she loved it! It was so cute because she wouldn't take her eyes off the toys that hang down! She kept looking at one and then the other and then back to the other... it was so dang funny!! She's noticing things like that now and the other night she was staring at her fingers and wouldn't stop.. we love seeing her growing and doing new fun things!!

Paul went to the Air Show with his Dad and brother Jeff. He had a great time! It was his first time taking Avery with him on an all day outing with out me. He was excited to have a fun day with her and luckily she was good for him! Paul used to go to the shows with his Dad and brother back in the day so it was nice to do it again but this time Avery was able to join!

Avery's Blessing

2009-05-30T17:32:00.000-06:00

Last Sunday was the day that Paul blessed Avery. We had lots of family come and support us, it was such a great day for Paul and I. Avery looked so dang cute all in white. I loved getting her ready in her big white dress, white shoes and of course her headband. Paul gave such a great blessing to her that I was so grateful for. After church we went to our clubhouse and ate some good breakfast. We had lots of different kinds of breakfast casseroles, fruit, danishs, muffins and juice. Thanks to everyone that helped! It turned out to be a great morning and most of all Paul and I are so happy that Avery is in our lives!

Welcome Home Jeff!

2009-05-18T20:32:00.000-06:00

Paul's only brother Jeff came home from the Portugal, Lisbon Mission this past Friday. It was so fun to all go to the airport with signs and balloons. There were 3 or 4 other families there waiting for their missionaries too. As soon as we saw Jeff we all cheered and gave him lots of hugs. He missed a lot of the changes that happened in the family over the past 2 years. Paul and I got married, 2 new neices and 2 nephews! We had a great weekend being all together for the first time in a LONG time! We are happy you are home Jeff, we love you!

Avery and Lexi

2009-05-12T22:47:00.000-06:00

Avery and her cousin Lexi were zonked out on Jill the other day and we couldn't resist taking a picture or two of them! I hope that one day Avery and Lexi will become great friends!!

4 weeks old today!

2009-04-27T22:36:00.000-06:00

You all might be thinking that it's been forever since I've blogged and it has.... for no other reason than our computer broke while I was in the hospital with Avery and I have to wait all day till Paul get's home to use his work computer. We finally got it fixed and I had it for a few days and it freakin broke again! So now I'm back to waiting till he get's home. It sucks.

I wanted to post a few pictures of Avery that I took tonight. Paul and I were making dinner and she was chillin' nice and quietly like she always does on the boppy. It's weird to me that I seriously think she looks different almost everyday. It's crazy how fast these kids grow and change!

Paul and I have been doing great with getting use to having Avery in our lives. It was tough at first but just like always things smooth out and we get the hang of it. Paul has been SUCH a great dad and has helped me out so so so much! I couldn't have gotten through those first couple weeks with out him. One of his favorite bonding moments with Avery is when he gets up in the middle of the night to feed her and he turns on 24 and they watch it together at 2 or 3 am. :) He sure loves being with her. Avery is 4 weeks today and I can't believe that it's already been a month since I had her and left the hospital! Time sure flys!! Mom and Dad love you Avery!!

Welcome Avery Jayne Wyner!!!

2009-03-30T22:20:00.001-06:00

Today was our little daughter's birthday! Avery Jayne Wyner was born Monday, March 30, 2009 at Intermountain Medical Center. We arrived at the hospital at 5 a.m. and she was delivered at 4:50 p.m. She was born 7 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches and she had lots of dark brown hair just like her dad. As you can imagine, both of us are really tired but we wanted to make sure everyone could share a part of this special day with us.

It's finally March 20th... but no baby!

2009-03-20T20:32:00.000-06:00

I know it's not very common to deliver your baby right on your due date, but Paul and I were at least hoping that it would happen a few days before. Today was one of the hardest days in my whole pregnancy. I was up since 3:30 am along with my poor husband. He was so sweet... he kept suggesting to play nintendo, watch a movie or tv, or give me a massage. I just kept telling him to go to sleep and not worry about me but he wouldn't. So at about 5:00 I went downstairs to try and let him get some sleep and I thought that I left him with some peace and quiet but 5 minutes later he came down and said, " Your pregnancy is my pregnancy so I'm staying up with you." Isn't he the sweetest thing ever?! So, we watched the old movie Annie (btw, I love that he can watch those kinds of movies with me). At about 7:30 I finally fell asleep and Paul went upstairs to get ready for work. I didn't sleep very long and woke up to him leaving and decided to slowly get ready for the day and get some things done that needed to. It didn't really work out because of the major lower back pains that I was having and being exhausted from no sleep was not a good combination. Then the tears start flowing and I was finally feeling that I HATED being pregnant. I remember reading on the internet that sometimes when you are about to go in to labor the contractions start in your back and work there way to the front so funny as this sounds I was actually getting excited! Now that the day has come and is almost gone I'm feeling a little better and nothing more has happened. So, when Paul came home from work we decided to go walking around the middle school track by our house and make this baby come out!! I attempted to run a little too, ha ha, that didn't work out to well!! But we ran/speed walked for 2 miles and it took us like 45 minutes. If nothing happens tonight you better believe that I'll be at that track again tomorrow morning!

Also, Paul has been SO excited to put all the big things together that needed to be. Here are some pics of him putting together the stroller. He kept bugging me for days to open up the box and set it up.. ha ha.. so he was very excited when we finally had time to do it!

Rascal Flattin' all night!

2009-03-01T19:47:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday night my sister and I went to Rascal Flatts concert. It was my birthday present from Paul. We had SO much fun! Especially the part of just me and Haylie hanging out together. We went to dinner at good old Rafaels and then headed down to the Energy Solutions Area. When we were walking down to our seats we got even more excited than we already were when we saw how close our seats were and that they were nice padded chairs, not the hard green ones! Which me and my prego back were grateful for :)!!! If any of you really know me, you know that at one time I was OBSESSED with Jessica Simpson. Well, she was the opener for the concert and I had never seen her before. I was actually quite impressed with how well she sounded live. Then she started singing her new country single Come On Over and all the sudden in the middle of the song she stopped singing and was just laughing. She forgot the words!! HA HA HA! Who does that??!! The whole second verse was her back up singer singing. Ha! At the end of the song she says, as she was laughing, that there hasn't been a concert that goes by where she doesn't forget the lyrics to that song that she wrote herself. Then she says, " And I'm not ever a real blonde!" Even though she made a fool of herself I can't help but still like her. The rest of the concert was awesome! It was so cool to be so close to the band and to hear them sing all my favorite songs and sing along with them! I LOVED IT! We will see if my husband lets me go next year...

Baby girl hands and feet

2009-02-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

So, if you look at my background you will notice that I changed it. I chose the background titled baby girl hands and feet. I'm now entering the month that she will be born and can't even begin to explain how happy and excited I am. I would be lying if I said I'm not nervous. I am, but over all so excited for this new part of my life. I'm getting bigger by the day and my hands are getting more swollen by the minute. When I look back and think about the time that I first found out that I was pregnant it's been a great experience. I must admit, I've had it pretty dang good. Paul and I have been so grateful that there weren't any major issues with me or our little girl during the last 9 months. We realize that we are really blessed. It's amazing also how just having a baby growing inside of me has brought Paul and I closer together. I can only hope that we will get closer once she arrives and have so much fun together raising her and seeing her go through all the fun baby "first time" moments. Just the thought of picturing Paul as a dad makes me smile and love him more. We are so excited to see her and hold her! EEEE! I'm gunna be a mom!

Happy Birthday to ME!

2009-02-10T10:32:00.000-07:00

February 5th was my birthday and because of my amazing husband it was the best birthday ever!! He snuck out of bed early that morning and the next thing I knew I was getting woken up by him singing happy birthday to me with breakfast being brought to me. HE MADE ME BREAKFAST IN BED!! He made me french toast and it was so good!! He had to leave for work that morning so I took my time getting ready and doing other things and when I went downstairs on my kitchen counter there was a vase with pink gerber daisies and a card and also 4 envelopes. All the envelopes said DON'T OPEN UNTIL... and there was a time on each of them. It was funny cuz the first time was 10:00 and it was exactly 10:00 so I was so excited!! To make a loooong story short the first envelope was me picking him up for work @ 12 and going to lunch. We went to Olive Garden (my fav), the 2nd envelope was fun time and he had a couple options of what we could do and so I chose to go to a movie, so we saw Bride Wars. After the movie we went home and played our favorite nintendo game, DR. MARIO! We LOVE that game! My 3rd envelope was dinner time and Paul made me SUCH a great dinner. I wasn't allowed to help at all in preparing the food and the clean up. He spoiled me :). Then came the last envelope.. to say the least I was sad there was only one left.. but he had planned a whole bunch of red box movies reserved and I was supposed to choose one of them to watch. We ended up not getting any of them and watching a show we had taped on our DVR. It was such a great day and it was all because of him! I love you honey! Thanks for the best day ever!!

It's about time!

2009-02-06T21:04:00.000-07:00

FINALLY I have started my blog. . . after about a year of Paul telling me he wants me to start one and lots of my friends and family, I finally sat down and did it. I'm so excited about it cuz I look at my sister in laws and lots of my friends and they are so dang cute and fun to read! Hopefully everyone feels the same about ours. Paul and I live in Lehi and are having our very first child, a girl, in March. No, we haven't chosen a name for her yet and we aren't even telling the choices and it's driving our families nuts! :) I'm due in 6 weeks so soon enough we will all know. I'm so happy to say that I am starting a family of my own. It's so exciting. Here are some pics of what our family is now.. just Paul and I! And soon I'm sure this page will be loaded with our new addition!