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I finally got around to copying my pictures have have been stuck on my old lap top onto our new computer. There were over 1000 pictures to transfer. It was fun to go through them again. Here are some pictures from the last couple of years, pre-blog era!

Tayson

Cute Baby!

"I love the 80s"

Mr. Potato Head Tayson
(why I like to make my children look ridiculous, I have no idea...I think it is a sickness)

Again, why do I do it??

Halloween 2007 - Tayson and the dog he drew his inspiration from, Daisy.

This is why he dressed up as a dog, because when someone would knock on the door, Tayson would run to the door and bark at them through the window...like his friend Daisy.

Halloween 2006. Bryce didn't like this costume at first. I thought he was so cute in it. It is coming out of retirement this year for Jaxson - can't wait to see him in it!

Tayson and Claire - only 2 months apart. We just went to Claire's 3rd birthday party on Tuesday. I hate it when they grow up.

Tayson feeding Rod. If you look real close, you can see speckles of white milk that Tayson was getting all over Rod. It was good practice for Rod, now that he has baby Aubree.

Hee Hee! Tayson's first snow - and first face plant.

Blake

Blake's inspiration...

for this. What kind of parents let their child do that? (Answer - cool ones:)

Nice hair, again. Seriously, what is wrong with us??

Halloween 2007 - In case you don't get it, he is a sumo ballerina - duh!

What up

I'm just glad he didn't throw a gang sign on a Sunday

Friends and Family:

Back in the day - when Brooks was a baby.

Last year about this time - Catie and Alyssa were gorda! (Don't hate me for putting these pictures up girls - you are both glowing with that pregnancy glow)

One year ago - I was in New York City baby!

2006 - KeHS High School Reunion!!

I heart Kamri!

I love my little girl. I always wanted a girl, especially before I found out Blake was a boy. Then I wanted one before I found out Tayson was a boy. Then with Kamri, I had pretty much come to grips with the fact that I was likely going to have another boy, like all the Wagars do (with the the single exception of Alyssa). When I found out I was having a girl, I actually got worried. Everyone felt it was necessary to tell me how difficult girls are, and how much trouble they will cause me. Well, next time someone tells you the sex of the baby they are having, just say "That will be fun!" and leave all your horror stories for another day. So right after I found out, I got scared...and then overwhelmed. I didn't buy a single outfit for her until I was about 7 months pregnant. (I have gotten over being overwhelmed and love shopping for her.) Would I still love Kamri just as much if she was a boy? Of course. Do I love her more than my boys? Of course not. But I love it that she is a girl, that I get to dress her in dresses and in pink, that I get to put bows in her hair, and that one day she may want to take dance class!

Kamri and Tayson after church. I wanted Blake in the picture, but he decided to act like a missionary and walk to members houses to collect fast offerings instead of walking to our house and then having Bryce drive them. We couldn't find him for about 1/2 hour and he didn't understand why we were upset.

Kamri in da hood! Bryce loves to dress her in sweat outfits. He says it is because they come in sets and he knows that they will match. If I want him to dress her cute, I have to pick out the outfit (and hair bow) in the morning before I leave. But she is cute in whatever she wears.

This is an outfit that someone gave us recently that was a little small. I put it on her and took a picture and now it will go in the too small pile!

I just love to put her in brown and pink. She matches her room when she wears this!

Tuesday Night Lights!

Blake was so excited for his first game under the lights. He played Stevens Middle School at Edgar Brown Stadium tonight. This was his third game of the season.

How cute is he??? I don't really understand the one glove but I assume there is some purpose to it :)

This is Blake after the game. He scored three touchdowns, kicked two extra points, and had many great tackles. He actually got into the end zone four times, but one got taken back because of blocking in the back. After the game, Tayson gave him some pointers on how he could tackle better (I am serious, Tayson actually took Blake's leg and told him "You should hold on to their leg and take them to the ground like this")

Blake's cheering section (all the way to back to Bryce's uncle with the black hat)

Future cheerleader (LET'S GO, LET'S GO, L-E-T-S-G-O)

Tayson's pregame show

This is as much zoom as I got with my camera. However, this is Blake's first touchdown of the game. Last game he almost got a penalty for thowing the ball down after his touchdown. This game he was very careful to place it down on the ground. We are so proud of him!

Slap Face

That's What She Said ...

I LOVE THE OFFICE. Some may say I am a little obsessed with it. Odds are if you are around me enough you will hear me say "that's what she said". Only rarely does it apply to what is being said but I will say it anyway. When children are around, I try to say it under my breath but I still say it. I have season one, two and three and watch at least one episode a night before I go to bed. Most of the time it is 2-3 episodes. I have watched them so many times that I don't need to actually see the t.v. screen to know what is going on so I feel ok closing my eyes and drifting off to sleep every night. Now season four is out and Bryce won't let me buy it until it is at least down in price to $25.00 ... so if any one sees it on sale somewhere let me know. Needless to say, I am so excited for Thursday. Season premier. Good thing Bryce has the night off because I will be ignoring my children for the whole two hour show.

I couldn't figure out how to post the video of Slap Face to this blog so it is right after this. This was a little diddy that was played during the Olympics. I have watched it about 20x but I still think it is hilarious. Thanks Libbie and Damon for introducing me to The Office.

Blake turns 13!!

We now officially have a teenager in our house. Although, he has been acting like one for many years. We had a small family get together on Saturday. His cousins came over. Blake introduced them to a little game called "Polish Ping Pong". Apparently it is regular ping pong but when you lose a point, the winner gets to hit the ball has hard as humanly possible at the other person's bare chest. Only teenage boys are stupid enough to play this game. And while I would like to say that I didn't know about this until it was over, Bryce and I both watched the game happen and laughed our butts off when one of the boys would get hit. They broke 4 balls during their game. This is why we built a basement!

Kyle, Cameron, and Blake

Couple good ones on Kyle.

They got a couple good ones on Blake.

Cameron was the obvious loser.

And yes, those are welt marks from a little plastic ping pong ball.

Thank goodness for little girls! Here's cute Kamri, happy Kamri (with cousin Jaxson) and Crazy Hair Kamri!

Kamri's Blessing

Kamri was blessed on September 7, 2008 by her daddy. All of Bryce's family was there and so was my mom. She looked beautiful in her long white blessing gown. I am so thankful for my little girl and my cute little family!