Friday, January 10, 2014
One Year in One Post
I guess I only post annually now, but hopefully more often since we now have internet.
We've had a long year. A move, new job, and new baby!
Aspen is a very big bundle of strawberries, cute and sweet!
She smiles a lot and has a similar mellow nature that Grant used to have. Emphasis on the 'used to'.
Kenzie was beyond estatic she finally had a new baby sister
She is quite the easy baby and has made the 2 to 3 kids a good transition. More on her later, right now, I'm going to wrap up 2013 in one post using only pictures. They tell most of the story :)
Our last few months in Atlanta were so fun!
We were so sad to leave all our friends and the beautiful country.
Our new house is also very, very old. Josh spent his teenage years living in this house, built by his great grandfather.
There's plenty of room on the outside; a trampoline, a dog, cats, and chickens! The kids could have played outside all day every day and never be bored!
and Happy New Year!
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Let's Cram Everything Into 3 Weeks!!
Life has been insane the last several weeks. So crazy in fact, that this isn’t Christie at all. Yep, it’s Josh. So sit right back you’ll hear a tale, from a long time ago, in a Georgia far, far away…
Back in December, we flew out to Utah for Christmas and Stephanie and Stephen’s wedding. The flight out there was riddled with detours, reroutes and illness. Luckily, we were rerouted to Phoenix where Darissa and Roark put us up in a nice hotel for the night. It seemed they had the same idea for festive infection as we did. They were a life saver… four actually!
As soon as we arrived in Utah, we proceeded to defy death as we pulled a 360 going down the freeway. Thankfully Sharon handled the car with grace and poise, unlike its occupants. Thanks Sharon for keeping us alive!
A big shout out to Richard, Sharon and Katie for putting us up at their houses and putting up with our eccentricities. I just saved 15% or more by switching to staying with family!
Christmas Eve graced us with two feet of beautiful snow. Richard and I seemed to be the only ones inclined to go out and play in it though. The women-folk said something about not wanting a snowball to the face or some other unpatriotic nonsense. Eventually, we prevailed and they came out. Christie white-washed me too, without any provocation!
Christmas Day was fantastic! Christie gave me the best present any man has ever received from his wife… You may now call me Captain. McKenzie now has a Tangled princess of her own and Grant is the crusader of Gotham… but only at night. McKenzie was very helpful in unwrapping everyone else’s presents too. Her favorite gift was probably anything that Grant got; cars, fire truck and tractors. That’s my girl! Opening presents was topped off by the 2nd annual Bagley Nerf War. Once again Richard hoarded the ammunition and Stephanie got creamed!
Stephen and Stephanie’s wedding was beautiful! It was wonderful to be in the temple with Christie’s family again. The reception was a blast! McKenzie had a little too much. The lady at the food table said she had 20 glasses of chocolate milk, each with a new cup. The last one I caught her with was a wine goblet… we are going to have to keep an eye on her. We had a great time seeing family and dancing the night away. McKenzie took her 2nd cousin Degan out onto the dance floor. They made quite the adorable little couple, spinning around the room holding hands. That is, until Degan shouted, “We all fall down!” With the loud music, I guess we didn’t hear the rest of the words.
Flying out to Missouri was much less eventful, most of us were well and we were only delayed once. Arriving in Missouri we found my parents waiting outside in their big red battle tank with banners flying. Their four-wheel drive came in handy. Kristen and Mackay were also visiting from Utah. This was the first time the whole family was together since McKenzie and Grant were blessed. Props to mom and dad for finding enough space in the house for 14 people, four of which were under three! Thanks Chelsea, Sara, Jacob and Emily for giving up your rooms!
We had a blast getting everyone together. I think McKenzie took about a day to get over her terror at Henry’s more active version of playing. Afterwards, they were fast friends. The only one who was truly traumatized was Lizzy, my family’s little terrier. She may have toddler-induced PTSD. Hopefully she will get some peace now. For Christmas, I gave Jacob a matching shirt… America is just that much safer folks. McKenzie finally got her own kitchen set. Looks like we will have to start washing our own dishes again.
Traveling home was perfectly uneventful. We finally stumbled through our front door three weeks after we left. McKenzie walked through the house and said, “Daddy, this is our house! Daddy, do you remember this couch?!” I replied that I did and then collapsed on it.
Thank you to everyone in the Bagley and Foster sides of our family. We had a wonderful Christmas vacation and are so grateful you made it such a great experience for us. We hope you had as much fun as we did.
Back in December, we flew out to Utah for Christmas and Stephanie and Stephen’s wedding. The flight out there was riddled with detours, reroutes and illness. Luckily, we were rerouted to Phoenix where Darissa and Roark put us up in a nice hotel for the night. It seemed they had the same idea for festive infection as we did. They were a life saver… four actually!
As soon as we arrived in Utah, we proceeded to defy death as we pulled a 360 going down the freeway. Thankfully Sharon handled the car with grace and poise, unlike its occupants. Thanks Sharon for keeping us alive!
A big shout out to Richard, Sharon and Katie for putting us up at their houses and putting up with our eccentricities. I just saved 15% or more by switching to staying with family!
Christmas Eve graced us with two feet of beautiful snow. Richard and I seemed to be the only ones inclined to go out and play in it though. The women-folk said something about not wanting a snowball to the face or some other unpatriotic nonsense. Eventually, we prevailed and they came out. Christie white-washed me too, without any provocation!
Christmas Day was fantastic! Christie gave me the best present any man has ever received from his wife… You may now call me Captain. McKenzie now has a Tangled princess of her own and Grant is the crusader of Gotham… but only at night. McKenzie was very helpful in unwrapping everyone else’s presents too. Her favorite gift was probably anything that Grant got; cars, fire truck and tractors. That’s my girl! Opening presents was topped off by the 2nd annual Bagley Nerf War. Once again Richard hoarded the ammunition and Stephanie got creamed!
Stephen and Stephanie’s wedding was beautiful! It was wonderful to be in the temple with Christie’s family again. The reception was a blast! McKenzie had a little too much. The lady at the food table said she had 20 glasses of chocolate milk, each with a new cup. The last one I caught her with was a wine goblet… we are going to have to keep an eye on her. We had a great time seeing family and dancing the night away. McKenzie took her 2nd cousin Degan out onto the dance floor. They made quite the adorable little couple, spinning around the room holding hands. That is, until Degan shouted, “We all fall down!” With the loud music, I guess we didn’t hear the rest of the words.
Flying out to Missouri was much less eventful, most of us were well and we were only delayed once. Arriving in Missouri we found my parents waiting outside in their big red battle tank with banners flying. Their four-wheel drive came in handy. Kristen and Mackay were also visiting from Utah. This was the first time the whole family was together since McKenzie and Grant were blessed. Props to mom and dad for finding enough space in the house for 14 people, four of which were under three! Thanks Chelsea, Sara, Jacob and Emily for giving up your rooms!
We had a blast getting everyone together. I think McKenzie took about a day to get over her terror at Henry’s more active version of playing. Afterwards, they were fast friends. The only one who was truly traumatized was Lizzy, my family’s little terrier. She may have toddler-induced PTSD. Hopefully she will get some peace now. For Christmas, I gave Jacob a matching shirt… America is just that much safer folks. McKenzie finally got her own kitchen set. Looks like we will have to start washing our own dishes again.
Traveling home was perfectly uneventful. We finally stumbled through our front door three weeks after we left. McKenzie walked through the house and said, “Daddy, this is our house! Daddy, do you remember this couch?!” I replied that I did and then collapsed on it.
Thank you to everyone in the Bagley and Foster sides of our family. We had a wonderful Christmas vacation and are so grateful you made it such a great experience for us. We hope you had as much fun as we did.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Graduation Vacation
I love flying, but with a toddler and baby, it made it a little more challenging than just catching a flight!
We had a great time! But it was a little more work than I anticipated on the flight. There was plenty of family to help out while on land though. It was great to see family and watch the sister graduate. She is so smart!
Josh wasn't coming, according to Stephanie, but everyone else knew he was! I got some of it on video (to share later) I knew there would be tears, it's been a long time since we've all been together.
We borrowed a house and had our 4-day long party!
This was my room! wow. It was so light and airy, lots of good decoration inspiration has come from staying there.
And this would be the perfect room for Kenzie, I'm going to recreate those curtains someday! So pretty!
Kenzie discovered foosball, completely blew her mind and she laughed the entire time. Henry was so helpful in putting the balls through the hole and watched for them to come back out.
Grant man had his first Easter egg hunt! (A common Bagley practice, occuring anytime between March and May when the family is all together)
But I think he liked being held by uncle Matt more...
Kenzie enjoyed the hunt, although she was too busy helping Riley pick up her treats and opening Riley's eggs to find her own.
Didn't see it coming, but Kenz managed to get the bottom half on an easter egg stuck in her mouth, smooth side in. Luckily Grandpa noticed and got it out! (These must have been the beginning stages of that)
Josh really enjoyed the egg hunt too, he dreamed and woke just in time to grab and bag and run!
Did you notice the sword and shield behind Josh?
Dad came up with a cute! little skit for Stephanie, she was the main character. She played Princess Stephanie, locked away in her 'ivory tower', waiting for prince charming to rescue her. Her fairy godmother was helping guide her to the right choice between Masters and Job. There were many distractions from doing her Masters degree like money (Josh), fun (Katie's friend), and dating (Daniel). Though in the end, Sir Graduation came with his sword and shield and saved her from the ivory tower! It was very creative and very fun, Stephanie played along really well for having learned of it 10 minutes before. What a good sport!
Katie did all the shirts and props, she's amazing at art and creativeness!
Sorry honey, money never wins... :)
It was a great family reunion/Graduation party. It came to a close for most of the family Sunday night. We put on our shirts that we decorated (each member drawing a picture on another's that reminded them of that person) and took a fun family picture (now going on my wall). It was just nice to be in Utah again.
My trip doesn't end there! I'm still working on Utah trip part 2
Sew many projects!
I caught this very contagious craftiness bug, it was quite serious. No medication for it either! The only cure was to turn on Toy Story 2 and give in to the crafty bug! I pulled out the sewing maching to stay and have managed to find time to tackle the many crafty ideas I've had on the brain.
First is a car seat cover for my sister-in-law. It's super cute, actually, I think it's the best one I've made yet! I love the pattern and the colors! And it came together very quickly. Quality prep work can make all the difference. Hobby lobby has fabric? who knew! The store here in Atlanta carries the Calico line, so cute! I added a layer of batting to add weight and keep the baby girl cozy and wind free. So bold! and classy! Just like my sister-in-law :)
Next are the toddler aprons, I just couldn't say no! Originally, it was going to be one for McKenzie but then I thought how fun it would be for her cousin to wear one with her out in Utah.
This picture makes me laugh so hard! A perfect little kid picture!
She will have this apron to 'grow into' for sure, I made it bigger for that reason.
The little miss has discovered the use of a stool and has carried it all over the house, nothing is safe anymore! So I'm hoping the apron will make time cooking with mommy at the counter a more organized event than her randomly appearing by the cutting board, yikes! Now I know why the knife set is kept on the fridge at my Mother-in-law's house.
It's fun, and not that much fabric or skill involved.
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