Mitchell Family: June 2013

6.02.2013

Colorado Halloween

Getting ready to go trick-or-treating with our friends the Lindstroms

The fireman flexing his muscles and Buzz Lightyear with his sights on Star Command.

Cute little Ladybug, Lizzie.

California Trunk or Treat

Let's take a quick trip back to Halloween 2012... since 2013's is only 4 months away. :)

Jeff's parents' ward had their Trunk or Treat while we were there. I didn't have a lot of time to put a costume together for him, so we bought a fireman's hat at the dollar store along with some yellow and silver duct tape and I quickly assembled a uniform for him using clothes we had on hand. It turned out better than I'd expected and looked so cute on him. And it only cost about $4...

(The little badge was Jeff's when he was a kid. We found it in a box while we were there)

And what's a trip to CA without some In N Out?

We were in the midst of potty training during this trip and we told Austin that if he went potty at In N Out and wore the hat, everyone would know that he was a big boy and that he went potty. He was very proud to wear the hat and as we left the restaurant he saw an employee in the parking lot wearing a hat as well. He promptly shouted, "He went potty too!"

We're BACK! Legoland continued...

The past several months have been SO busy. I can't believe it's already June. I think I've figured out a way to continue posting pictures on this blog and I will attempt to catch up. Life is not slowing down at the moment, but I'll try!

Austin, the cutest candy-cane-light-pole at Legoland...

We took TONS of pictures of the cityscapes and cool things built with Legos. This gives you a good idea of how large and detailed these things were...

Las Vegas Strip

New Orleans

This was just ridiculous, but totally cool at the same time. They were doing some Volvo promotion and built this life-size Volvo out of Legos and put it on real wheels. Crazy!

Chewbacca and R2-D2

One of Austin's 2 favorite rides. He rode in these little airplanes at least a dozen times!

We were all exhausted by the end of the day, but it was a wonderful place to spend Austin's 3rd Birthday as a family!

About Us...

Jeff and I met in Provo, UT on May 1, 2006 playing volleyball on Stadium Terrace’s humble sand volleyball court. A few weeks later we started dating and now we’ve been married for 5 years! We both graduated from BYU in April 2009 and moved to Denver shortly thereafter. We have an adorable, talkative, three-year-old boy, Austin, who keeps us entertained and loving life. Jeff finished graduate school at the University of Denver in 2010 and started a job as an auditor with the public accounting firm McGladrey in November 2010. I have the pleasure of being a stay-at-home mom and am so grateful that I am able to be with Austin all day.

Austinisms

"What Mama doing?"
"I want breakas" (breakfast)
"I want somping to watch"
"I say prayer too!"
"No, no be nice to Dada"
"I catcha da foot-ball"
"Oh! Mama scare!"
"I like you!"
"I go upstairs, play cars"
"E-ma pretty" (He tends to add an 'E' to most names: E-ma, E-daddy, etc)
"Oh, dats a wicious!" (Oh, that's delicious!)
"I go take a rest"
"How I fix da rectangle, how?!"
"I excigig to go to da groshey store!"
"Airplanes have no wheels..." (end 2011)
"Oh! That so crazy!!" (1/5/2012)
"Garbepue chips!" (Barbeque) (1/2012)
"Tada! I make more tadadas!" [While playing with playdoh](2/2012)
"These stairs are steppy"
"Eleven, fourteen, eleven-teen, nineteen!"
"It's so everywhere here"
"He's so big and strong and smaller"
"Course I can!"
"That 'A' is so dancing!" (observing an 'Old English' font)
"It's so taste... It's so tasty." (3/2/12)
"It's just like a treasure. That's what I say."
"Woo! That's comtable!" (comfortable) 3/19/12
"That is a tricky jumper."
"Mommy, wiggle with me. That's a harder wiggly. Sway like this! That's a harder swiggly." (4/5)
"I'm doing a great job!"
"When I close my eyes, I see a purple egg!" (4/15)
"Actually, _______"
"Mommy, my soy is calling to me loudly!" (While the beans were grinding in the soy milk maker)
"Where did my head come from?"
"That's a stink bug... maybe he needs a diaper change."
"If I push my 'CD' I can dance. And I will be happy again." (He turns on his own music with the CD player in his room by pressing the 'CD' button) (5/15/12)
"It's not you, I think it's just me." (6/6/12)
"Eggs are not for eating, they're for cracking in something." (6/15)
"It's hot. We need some air out here!" (6/26 - it's been near or over 100 degrees for days)
Me: "Do you want a popsicle?" Austin: "I don't want a pop---gisk--- [sigh]. No, I don't want one of those." (7/26)
"Apples make me rumbly because I runned out of energy." (8/2)
"I don't want 10. I just want a few." (8/2)
"Hey little red bums (bombs), can you hear me? Hmm... their eyes are closed. Open your eyes up and hear me!" {Playing a game on the iPad}
"The air connection!" {when the A/C came on} (8/11)
"Mommy is not a clock." (9/14/12)
"T - O - H... Ducky!" {spelling out 'HOT' on the bottom of his bath ducky} (9/14)
"Wow! It sure is a beautiful, sunny day!" {after waking up from his nap} (10/3)
"Let's do the Hamily Foam Evening activities!" (12/12/12)

6.02.2013

Colorado Halloween

California Trunk or Treat

We're BACK! Legoland continued...

About Us...

Jeff & Amy

Austin Maeser

Austinisms

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