The Wilson Crew

This is how we roll!

2010-05-11T15:14:00.000-07:00

Or at least this is how Garrett rolls. Garrett plays with Brinley's toys (his old toys) more now than he ever has. He cruises all around the house in this little walker and today I finally took a picture which as an added bonus he didn't have pants on. I've already decided this will be the picture I show to all of his dates, one that will be on his wedding video and so forth. I love this kid!

And if the above pictures weren't enough here's a few more of the cutest kids ever. Or at least that's how Grant and I feel!

A few more details

2010-04-19T07:16:00.001-07:00

Wow can you believe our blog has been updated twice in the past few days. I know I can't either. Grant was sending a message to one of his mission friends and included the link to our blog so I was forced to mention that I hadn't updated this since Christmas. Grant was in shock. So I walked him through the whole process so that he could update our blog. In my head I was thinking great now Grant can take over and then I won't seem so lame. So the last post with no title and one family picture was Grant's first attempt at blogging. Obviously neither of us are good at this.

So here's a few more pictures and some details. We spent the end of March in Boise celebrating my Grandma's 75th birthday, attending two wedding receptions, taking family pictures and enjoying wonderful family and weather in Boise.

Brinley is now 8 months old! She's growing so fast and we think she's the cutest thing ever. She's mellow and sweet and loves Garrett's cool tricks.

The boys

My beautiful kids.

"The Grills" That's how Garrett says girls. It's so cute we are quite ready to correct him yet

My beautiful sisters.

The Whole Hanson Family.

2010-04-17T13:06:00.000-07:00

December Happenings

2009-12-21T08:28:00.000-08:00

As you can tell we haven't blogged in a while but that doesn't mean we haven't been MAKING MEMORIES. Although we failed to post Halloween or Thanksgiving pictures we've been having so much fun with Garrett and our new little one and watching them both grow. So to make up for my lack of posting, here's our December Happenings. (Sorry my pictures are so terrible)

This is our advent calendar. I let Garrett pick out any candy he wanted to fill it and he choose little packages of pez.So every morning Garrett wakes up asks what day it is and fills his little reindeer pez dispenser. I've never seen a happier child. Here's our beautiful Christmas tree that we went and cut down. This is the best one we found by far. Can you see a special little decoration in the tree?Garrett added his own little flair this year. He threw this empty 7-up bottle in the tree and was so thrilled that it stuck. He thinks it's the funniest thing ever. So I decided it could stay this year. It's grown on us.Elf is our favorite Christmas movie this year. Garrett loves it. We've watched it tons of times. We just bought the Polar Express and have been enjoying that for the past few days as well. It's been a nice break from Garrett's favorite movie UP.This is my wonderful nativity set that my Mother gave me last year. It's not a great pic but this might be the only year it gets used because if you look closely you can see the injured donkey in the front and nobody will fess up.

Other than that we've enjoyed some fun Christmas parties. I made my mothers famous Sugar cookies for a cookie exchange. (They we beautiful and delicious) We've played in the snow a little bit. Grant winterized the snow machines! We managed to not take a family picture in time to get a Christmas card out. I had all my Young Women over to my house yesterday for our Christmas lesson and breakfast. We've shopped and wrapped and curled ribbon and all those fun things and we're excited and ready to head to Boise for Christmas!!!!!!

P.S. we took some quick family pictures yesterday and I'll post them in the next day or too. So stay tuned.

Utah

2009-09-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

Since Brinley decided to surprise us a little early we were able to head down to Utah for little Miya's blessing. We had such a good time with family and enjoyed spending Labor Day with Thayne and Jennifer and there kids at This is the place.

Our cute little family at the wonderful luncheon. That's Garrett's "Happy Face"

Billy and Alesa and little Eliza. She's the second of the three cousins. Born 11 days before Brinley.

The Wilson Dads!

The cute little train ride at This is the Place. This was Garrett's favorite part. He rode this train like 5 times. I wish you could have seen his little face.

The horse ride. Garrett was so big and rode all by himself. Some fun family shots.

Garrett is 3!

2009-09-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

After we got back from Utah I turned around and headed to Boise to let my family meet little Brinley. We had such a good time there going to the zoo, riding the paddle boats, and celebrating Garrett's 3rd birthday.
This is the little announcement I sent out. Garrett is really into construction equipment.

Here's his cake. Actually it's called cow pie in my family maybe mud pie in other families. It was delicious and messy and best of all it looked like a load of dirt!

Garrett got this camera from Grandma Brenda and spent the rest of the night taking pictures of everyone!

She's here!

2009-08-25T08:07:00.000-07:00

Our little girl has arrived. Brinley Raquel Wilson was born on August 18th and we're so happy to have her here. We think she's the most beautiful baby!

Garrett loves his new baby sister and loves being a BIG brother even more!

This is my favorite picture. She's two days old!

More pictures and details to come.

Yellowstone

2009-07-20T06:51:00.001-07:00

We took a little trip up to Yellowstone on Saturday! The park was free so we were all over that. It was a hot and crowded day but we enjoyed seeing the sights, a few animals, and just being together.
Mammoth Hot Springs. This is one of the only pictures where Garrett is looking at the camera.

The upper falls complete with a rainbow that Garrett loved.A little church near Mammoth Hot Springs. Grant loves old buildings.

The classic Buffalo picture. Garrett loved the Buffalo!

Old Faithful

Garrett looking back to make sure his slow pregnant Mom can keep up. We live in such a beautiful area I'm glad we sometimes take the time to enjoy the sights. There were people from all over the world there to see what we have in our backyard. We talked with some people from Spain who said they'd been all over the world and that Yellowstone in the most beautiful place they've been. Imagine that!

High Valley!

2009-07-16T09:59:00.000-07:00

We went to Boise over the 4th of July weekend and spent most of the time up at High Valley at a Family Reunion. I left my camera in Boise so my wonderful mother mailed t back to me which is why this post if so late!

This is the beautiful land that my Uncle Miles owns.

Katie, Kelsey and Garrett on the four wheeler. Keep in mind we had been camping!

I can't tell you who had more fun camping, Garrett or his Dad, but they both loved to ride all the motorcycles that my Uncles own. Garrett would beg Grant to take him!

This is my cousin Bethany and Garrett. She was able to take leave from the NAVY and spend the weekend with us. We even managed to get a good picture with his Navy T on.

We snapped a few pictures of Garrett and his cousin Kiley after we got back home on the 4th. They had so much fun playing together and wrestling trees and picking wildflowers. They are quickly becoming little buddies.

And of course we couldn't have the 4th without some fireworks. Garrett loved it. Be kind we just got back from camping so no shower and no makeup! We had a great time and can't wait for the next reunion in August!

These boots were made for walking!

2009-06-30T13:48:00.000-07:00

We are long over due for an update! But first I had to post these pictures of Garrett. He wanted to wear his work boots just like Dad last night and as you can see we are in the beginning stages of potty training so this is usually what we sport around the house. Not we, Garrett! Anyway Garrett is growing so fast and so am I. I'm just heading into the 8th month of this pregnancy and getting more and more excited.

Since I last posted we had a wonderful Memorial day, a baby shower for Alesa, a trip to Utah for my other sister-in-law Jennifer's baby shower, lots of swimming in Jackson, and playing at the park now that the sun has decided to come out. We're heading to Boise for the 4th of July for a family reunion so I promise to take lots of pictures and keep our blog a little more up to date! Have a Great Independence Day!

Summer is HERE!

2009-05-19T15:08:00.000-07:00

Grant has been fighting me every summer since Garrett was born on the summer butch job and this year he finally won. I let him cut Garrett's hair but I wasn't very happy about the whole situation. It made it even worse with Garrett sitting on the bar stool crying because his hair was falling on the ground. In the end we all survived and I have to admit he looks pretty cute or so grown up. Here's the BEFORE....

And the AFTER!

Grant also requested that I take pictures of both of them since Grant was giving himself a haircut as well. Garrett is really into making funny faces in pictures.

My silly boys!

And last but not least a silly family picture. We're ready for summer now!

We're having a .....

2009-04-19T18:09:00.000-07:00

GIRL!!! We are so excited and Garrett is excited to have a little baby sista! I had my 20 week ultrasound on Friday and we took the classic belly shot which we never did with Garrett and you can see why. Grant never takes pictures and when he does he just hurries and takes it. So since I don't have editing software, you get to see the entire extended family of the couple we are house sitting for and the very attractive dog food. As well as the belly! So it's a girl and we couldn't be happier. It's getting warm and the snow is melting, I am past the morning sickness and I'm going to have a little girl. Life is good!

It's getting a little warmer!

2009-04-11T20:47:00.000-07:00

We've had a few nice days the past couple weeks. It's actually reached the mid 50's!!!! That's warm to us. In fact Garrett kept telling me, "Oh mom it's warm outside!" So we started off a nice warm day learning to water color. Garrett loved every moment of it. His favorite color is green can you tell? After we water colored for a few hours we enjoyed a nice green Popsicle outside in the sunshine. I didn't realize how cold it looks outside until after we took these pictures. You'd think we were crazy sitting outside with the snow all around us eating a popsicle but as Garrett says It's WARM!

Mexico!

2009-03-16T20:33:00.000-07:00

My dear friend Candace just informed me that she is taking an amazing trip to Cancun. Not only are they staying at an all inclusive resort but they got a steal on the the whole trip. So of course I'm a little jealous of the fact that she'll be lounging on the beach and soaking up the sun. But as promised I'm posting a few pictures of our recent trip to Mexico to get her excited. Just ignore the fact that I look awful. I was feeling a little pregnant but good news I'm feeling a little better. Now if we could just kick these colds we'd be great! So enjoy the pics and feel free to be jealous of the amazing ruins and beautiful sites we saw.

We saw some amazing waterfalls down south just outside of Palenque. The road up through the mountains made everybody sick but the falls were amazing and so worth it.

These are another set of falls a few miles further up the mountain. A beautiful view from the top and bottum. Unlike in the U.S. they don't have any guard rails or stairs or bridges for that matter. People were basically climbing everywhere to take pictures. Lorin, my father-in-law, liked to remind us that in Mexico you have to use common sense.

Thayne, Jennifer, Grant an dI riding the rails while touring a Hacienda (plantation) where henica was and produced

I can't post about our trip to Mexico without a picture of mangos. You can tell in the picture these mangoes are cut all fancy. Some are sprinkled with chili powder. Grant lived off mangos while on his mission in Mexico so he made up for lost time while we were there and tried to eat as many as he could.

The last three pictures are of the beautiful ruins in Palenque. They are amazing and the history was fascinating. Right as we were done with our tour is poured. It was my first time experience a true jungle downpour. The best part was that, I being the wife of a frugal man, decided we should ask the hotel for some garbage bags to use in case of rain. I knew they would come in handy. I wish I had a picture I'll have to steal one from my mother-in-law. Just imagine 5 Americans walking around in huge black garbage bags. It was awesome! P.S. I have to give Grant credit for the picture above. He had to climb all the way to the top of this ruin to get this picture.

We took many more pictures and saw such wonderful sites. We had a great time but we'd plan better next time and go when I'm not pregnant.

Alive and Pregnant!

2009-02-26T10:12:00.000-08:00

I know it's been forever since I've posted anything. I do have a good excuse. I'm pregnant!!! As you can tell from the picture below. I'm about 14 weeks and have been very sick. So for the past two months with the exception of an amazing Mexico trip(I'll post about that soon) we've been sitting at home just trying to make it. Grant thought for sure we were having twin girls since I wasn't sick at all with Garrett but were just having one and it will be interesting to see if it's a boy or girl. So that's our life and we're hoping things will be back to normal here in about a week and then I might even post some pictures of our AMAZING Garrett who is growing so fast! He tells me often these days that I'm amazing. When I tell him he's amazing he says no mom, I'm Garrett! So we are alive and doing great and so happy for a new addition to our family! We'll keep you updated.

Alright I just had to add this picture of Garrett just to prove how amazing he is. And yes that is Desitin.

Grateful for just a broken arm!

2008-12-01T09:12:00.000-08:00

We've had an eventful past two weeks. Last Wednesday Garrett fell off the couch and broke his elbow in two places and had to have surgery to get a couple pins put in. It was quite the traumatic incident. I think it was harder on me than Garrett. He hated the hospital but as soon as we left he was pretty happy. He's been so good about it. So it's been crazy but we are surviving and I feel blessed that it's only a broken arm, we can deal with a broken arm.

Our little guy coming out of surgery still out of it.

Keep in mind I hadn't showered that morning since I was planning to clean the house and we left for the hospital so fast I didn't even have socks on!

Drinking water. Poor little boy was so thirsty. Here's a more recent picture. You can tell how huge his cast is. He has to wear huge clothes that his arm can fit in.

So a week after this incident we loaded up and headed to Boise for Thanksgiving. We started off the day with a sweet Turkey Bowl game. The Gray team won of course!! It was so much fun and then my wonderful brothers cooked the most delicious Thanksgiving Dinner. Yeah for Talented chefs! It was so much fun and Garrett loved being at Grandma's house and playing with cousin Kiley! Oh we are so grateful for loving family and for our cute little one armed boy!

We all made shirts this year! Look how short I am. What has happened. Katie and Kelsey are sure growing up.

The winning gray team! I was trying to look tough but that didn't happen.

The Thanksgiving spread!My favorite part of this picture is all the dishes in the background. I should have taken a total of how many loads of dishes my amazing mother did.

See those green beans they were one of the best part. They were petite greens beans with bacon and an Alfredo sauce. A-mazing! When the Hanson family cooks we really cook. Garrett and Kiley hanging out while we played the football game. Thanks mom for being such a wonderful Grandma!

Stuck!!!

2008-11-10T12:48:00.000-08:00

Garrett has been doing the funniest things lately. The other night he was running around in just a diaper and got caught on the china cabinet. Oh it was so funny. He just kept yelling, stuck Garrett stuck. So Alesa and I started taking pictures. Poor kid he was stuck there for awhile while we got a few pictures and some good laughs and then we unhooked him. Then a few nights later he came downstairs to me with his arms out of his shirt totally stuck. I again laughed and grabbed my camera. Oh boys are so much fun! Oh, and at about 9 the other morning Garrett decided he was a little hungry so he pulled out the icecream from the freezer and sat down and starting eating it with his fingers right in the middle of the family room. I grabbed him a spoon before I grabbed my camera. Nothing like a little early morning snack. Oh how we love him!

Halloween Fun!

2008-11-03T07:00:00.000-08:00

I know I'm a little late on the Halloween post but I had to post pictures of the fun we had. Garrett was finally old enough to trick or treat and enjoy dressing up. This year he was a monkey!

At the beginning of the week we carved pumpkins. Garrett loved helping and pointing out which pumpkin was his.

Then Thursday morning we went to story time and listened to some books and made a spider and colored and ate good food. Dad even took his lunch hour and met us there.

Garrett throwing his spider at Dad.

Then Thursday night we hit up the Driggs Elementary School carnival. Garrett went to the duck pond fishing pond and even won a cupcake at the cake walk.

On Friday night we went to the ward trunk-or-treat. Garrett ate so much candy. His favorites were the sucks and smarties. He wouldn't even touch the good stuff like snickers.Last but not least we hit a couple of homes including Garrett's nursery leader, great grandparents, and cousins.

He's getting so old. What a fun holiday!

Haircut

2008-10-29T12:32:00.000-07:00

Aunt Alesa cut Garrett's hair awhile ago. Here are pictures from the big event. Actually his hair grows so fast we have to cut it often. We've found the key is a sucker and a tractor fruit snack after the event. I have to admit I love his long hair as seen on my last post but when the back gets long enough to put in a pony tail it's time for a haircut.

What a cute little boy!

Skater Boy

2008-10-17T10:10:00.000-07:00

I just had to post this cute picture of my little skater boy. Look at those wings! We had just gone to a baptism before going to pick our pumpkins out at Albertsons which explains his super cute church outfit. (Thanks Grandma Brenda) When we go to Rexburg we have to do as much as we can in one day!Oh I hope our little girls have as much hair as Garrett does.

Canning

2008-10-14T08:33:00.000-07:00

On top of all the raspberries my wonderful mother in law taught me how to can. Using apples from her apple trees we canned over 60 jars of applesauce and apple pie filling, and I don't have a single picture to show for it. It was a lot of work and a lot of mess but so much fun and a good skill to learn. We also we lucky enough to get pears from Merissa's trees in Utah and canned 24 jars of pears! Yum Yum!

Sorry the window is a little bright. My wonderful mother-in-law Liza
The finished product! Well most of it.

Raspberries!!!!!!

2008-10-14T08:12:00.000-07:00

Well now that summer is officially over and the snow is falling I thought I'd recap on some of our summer activities. Garrett and I and occasionally Grant picked gallons and gallons of raspberries from my mother in law's raspberry patch. At the beginning of the year Garrett was such a good helper although he usually ate faster than I could pick. Eventually he got bored of picking raspberries and would watch the tractors in the fields behind. So what did we do with all the raspberries you ask? Well I've made a couple batches of raspberry jam, frozen gallons for future use and made special deliveries to my family in Boise. We love raspberries!
Ummm!
Sneaking a few from Mom's bucket
Thanks Aunt Alesa for taking the pictures. Of all those days picking raspberries you would think I would have taken pictures once.

Garrett is two!

2008-09-29T13:02:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we celebrated Garrett's second birthday in Boise with my family! We had a John Deere party complete with a tractor cake. Garrett loved every minute of it. Thanks everyone for helping us celebrate! Garrett loved all his gifts. They'll keep him busy inside through the long winter months. This is his cake that is suppose to be a field of grain.
Grandma Brenda found the cutest John Deere fabric and had a blanket made for Garrett complete with two "tags" on each corner. I'll add a picture of the whole blanket, it's amazing.
Garrett opening his present from Aunt Katie and Aunt Kelsey. Two four wheelers.
We live in farm country and love John Deere.
Garrett attempting to blow out his candles.

Garrett could barely make it through the singing. As soon as we cute him a piece he tore the tractor off and licked it clean and was driving it on the table.Grant helping Garrett show how old he is.

Tractor Boy!

2008-09-17T16:45:00.000-07:00

I was finally able to do a birthday photo shoot! Isn't Garrett just the cutest little tractor boy ever. He loves tractors so much and enjoys riding with Gran, Grandad, Grant, Parley, Tav, Tate, Alesa, Billy. Pretty much anyone who will take him. He already knows that a "rake push gether" the hay. (Thanks Aunt Alesa)
Can you tell how much he loves tractors! Thanks Grandma Brenda for the cute tractor shirt!
Here's the final outcome.

Only Child!

2008-09-17T09:17:00.000-07:00

The other day I caught Garrett with this!!!! This was the result! I've been waiting very patiently to take a picture of Garrett for his birthday invitations. I've waited through scratches, cuts and now permanent marker!
But look how willing he was to give it up. I must have had a really mean look on my face. You can tell he knows he's in trouble!
Garrett keeps me so busy. He just might be an only child!

Horse Ride

2008-08-19T08:09:00.000-07:00

We took Garrett for his first horse ride just up the canyon from our house. Grant took us for quite a long ride clear up the canyon and by Grand Targhee and all the way down to his Uncle's barn. It was lots of fun but a little to long for Garrett who fell asleep on the way back down. We live in such a beautiful valley and love taking advantage of our surroundings. We haven't quite mastered the hold and shoot pictures.Cute Garrett looking a little nervous on that horse all by himself.

Nap Time

2008-07-31T09:42:00.000-07:00

My friend Candace wrote a post about how beautiful her children look when they sleep. Now don't get me wrong Garrett is beautiful all the time but this is quite typical of Garrett's naps. he usually is way in the corner or hanging half way out of the crib. It always makes me laugh. I don't know how he sleeps like that.

Lover Not A Fighter!

2008-07-31T09:19:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite things about Garrett is the kisses and hugs he gives not only to me but everyone. He's such a sweet boy. He's a couple pictures of Garrett and Kiley giving eachother kisses and hugs, and a few with Grandma Brenda and Grandpa Joe. We love you and miss you!

Roaring Springs

2008-07-31T09:17:00.000-07:00

We also went to Roaring Springs while in Boise and had a blast. Pictures coming soon. I have to wait for Katie to wake up and upload them onto facebook, but I wanted to save a place so my posts would be in order!

My Beautiful Sisters!

2008-07-31T09:01:00.000-07:00

I had to add a separate post just to comment on my beautiful sisters. I can't believe how fast they are growing up. I love you girls!

Katie thinks Garrett is doing a gangster pose in this picture!
This was my favorite picture from the weekend. Kels you are so pretty!

Twilight Criterium

2008-07-31T08:39:00.000-07:00

We went to Boise almost two weeks ago now, to watch my brother Matt compete in the Twilight Criterium. We had such a good time sitting downtown eating Popsicles and watching all the different races. Matt did such a good job and never cease to amaze us with your strength and determination! Way to go Uncle Matt!

This picture doesn't show the huge pack of racers but at least you can see Matt he's in the Blue.
Garrett and I enjoying the race. Notice he's toxic blue lips. Thanks Uncle Dave!
This is the toxic Popsicle that Garrett loved so much.
Cute cousin Kiley enjoying her popsicle.

Garrett's first camping trip!

2008-07-15T07:27:00.000-07:00

We went camping last weekend right up the canyon from our house. Grant got home from work Friday night, we ate dinner and he decided we should go camping. So we threw our stuff in the car and headed out. Garrett loved almost every minute of it. He seemed to be a little uncomfortable through the night, and of course was up at about 6:30 and ready to be out of the tent. Can't you tell how much he loved being outside and playing with sticks and rocks and dirt.
Cute little family pic. Keep in mind we were camping!
Grant and Garrett testing out the air mattress. I don't always get smiles like that!

Our beautiful camp site. I can't believe how beautiful it is here. We drove only a few minutes from our house and there were beautiful spots everywhere. Thanks for putting up with us Grant. We had a great time!

Marshmallow Brownies

2008-07-15T07:02:00.000-07:00

Hey Candace here's a picture of those brownies I created. They were actually really good, so moist and chewy. I used about half a can of marshmallow ice-cream topping and swirled it together. Give it a try!

Shanty get together!

2008-07-01T09:05:00.000-07:00

We had a little get together with some of Grants friends from college! Garrett had so much fun. There was a pool, tramp, swingset and sandbox with dump trucks and tractors. what more could a kid want right? The only problem was I didn't bring a swimsuit or a swim diaper for the poor kid. So after watching the other kids swim for about an hour he couldn't take it anymore. So Grant let him swim in his diaper. Let me tell you, the cheap generic diapers from Broulims hold so much liquid, in this case pool water. Everyone was taking pictures of poor little Garrett. He could barely walk around in the pool but he didn't care he was happy where he was. We also enjoyed the tire swing together. Grant would push us around in circles and we would try to kick him whenever we could. Garrett thought it was so funny to "get" dad.
This was the best picture I got of his diaper. He stayed in for 20 minutes after that.
How cute is my little boy.
Gotcha Dad!!!

Moving again!

2008-07-01T07:35:00.000-07:00

5 truckloads

Way too many boxes

Two professional movers (Tate and Tav)

2 full days

Moving in with our new four legged friend... PRICELESS

We moved last weekend for the 5th time in a year and a half. I'm so sick of moving! We are house sitting again which means free rent! But this time we have a little added bonus. We get to watch their dog Cleo. So we'll see how the next 6 months go. The best thing is they have these little stairs for the dog so she can get up on the couch. Garrett is pretty sure they are there for him so he can get on the couch easier.

This one's for you Mom!

2008-06-24T11:15:00.000-07:00

So I had to post these cute pictures of Garrett because I love him! Garrett loves popsicles and after a hard days play we like to sit on the porch together and split a popsicle. I love summer!

Air Show

2008-06-24T10:44:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago (that's how good I am about blogging) we went to the Rexburg airshow. I know your thinking it's Rexburg how cool can it be, but Grant's Uncle, John Bagley owns an air museum there and is an amazing pilot. It was an amazing show and a beautiful day to be outside. Garrett loved every minute of it. We left our house at about 7:30 and returned home somewhere around 3. So we were a little tired as you can see in the pictures below. We all had so much fun!

Grant's Uncle if flying the yellow plane and his son is flying the one in front!

This was Garrett's favorite plane and it didn't even move. It was in the musem hanger where it was nice and cool.

Garrett driving some kind of ARMY vehicle. Whatever it was he had to drive it!

Taking a little nap after we got home. Too cute. I had to take a picture!

Finally!!!

2008-04-11T18:32:00.000-07:00

I've been meaning to start a blog for weeks. Every time I get on to start one I get to into reading other peoples. Courtney you do such a good job keeping me updated on your little fam and your beautiful girl and you probably don't even realize it. You'll have to teach me a think or two so that my blog will look as great as yours. So here we go. Hope your proud of me mom!