The Farrer Side

One of my favorite pies

2012-01-15T14:41:00.000-08:00

INGREDIENTS:

1 baked and cooled (9" size) pie shell
***BLUEBERRY APPLE FILLING***
1 can (15 ounce size) blueberries in heavy syrup, drained, reserving juice in one bowl, berries in another
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup finely diced red delicious apple
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
***SOUR CREAM TOPPING***
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon unflavored gelatin powder
2 tablespoons cold water

PREPARATION:

In a 2-quart saucepan combine diced apples with water, sugar, and salt at medium temperature until the apples are done but not mushy, about 10 minutes.

While apples are cooking mix cornstarch with 1/4 cup water and dissolve cornstarch. When apples are done add lemon juice and berry juice, cook and stir until blended. While stirring on medium heat add dissolved cornstarch slowly and stir constantly until thickened. Add berries and cinnamon mix through. Remove from heat and cool before placing into cooled prepared pie shell. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.

Sour Cream Topping: Dissolve gelatin in 2 tablespoons water and set aside. Mix the sour cream, sugar, cream cheese, dash of salt in a pan warm on low heat until sugar in dissolved and everything is mixed thoroughly, stir and watch that mixture does not burn or dry out.

When all is smooth and blended add vanilla and stir. Then gradually add gelatin until mixture has a firm consistency of soft pudding, remove from heat. Sour cream topping may be smoothed over blueberries while lukewarm and chill. May be garnished with whipped cream.

478 calories, 17 grams fat, 80 grams carbohydrates, 4 grams protein per serving.Top of Form

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Christmas time

2011-12-12T18:02:00.000-08:00

This is the first year Wyatt has really gotten into the Holidays...Halloween was a serious hit and Thanksgiving was pretty good too. Christmas however is a serious deal! Since the first snow (back at the beginingg of October) Wyatt has asked almost daily if is Christmas time. He sings little made up songs about stars, Christmas time, baby Jesus, and snow. What fun it is to have him around to make Christmas time that much more fun!!!

Watt lost a finger nail after a run in he and a door and his finger had ouch!!!

2011-12-12T17:46:00.000-08:00

It was just one of those days that I had to write down so i could remember what a fun job I have.

Bella paints her pajamas, face and hands with finger nail polish I swear I hid last night
while cleaning that up she and Wyatt terrorize the kitchen with their breakfast and proceed to dump out a box of graham cracker crumbs. While I clean up that mess ( sweep and mop the floor, dishes, clean off Bella's baby etc.) Bella gets into my makeup. She proceeds to squeeze out a bottle of my foundation all over Wyatt's bed, the couch, her cloths, her face, and every surface of the bathroom. Just FYI foundation is like chocolate or blood, almost impossible to get out! Then I clean up that mess (which takes at least an hr), Put Bella in the bath which she poops in. Clean and disinfect the bathtub which had poop bits in it :). While cleaning the bathtub/the entire bathroom, Wyatt breaks my bedroom full length mirror.....glass bits everywhere. I vacuum and pick up the remnants of the mirror and through it all away. Just FYI I am still not showered and it is almost lunch time. Dan come home ...a miracle I know....and feeds the kids lunch while I go running. Oh yeah I sorted laundry and completed three loads all during this fun time. Moral of the story ..if a kid makes a mess don't clean it up cause you will just have more messes to clean up...just let your house be messy...and your kids too!

Summer to Fall

2011-10-06T11:29:00.000-07:00

Today is the first snow of the season...Wyatt said to me "It's Christmas!" I wish! We are not super eventful however things do happen! Like Wyatt's face scrape! There is a scary sex offender man that just got out of prison and he moved in like a block away. Needless to say I am kinda paranoid about the whole thing and one night coming home ALONE with the kids to a dark house...... I got the kids out of the car (Bella and Wyatt were screaming who knows why?) and I was freaked out about someone popping out of the bushes etc. and Wyatt was refusing to go in the house so as I was directing him into the house he lost his step and caught himself on the pavement with his face. So now not only was I scared from the sex offender but I was a child abuser and both kids were screaming. We got in the house and calmed everything down...and then I suddenly smelled smoke. (It is 9:30-10:00 pm) My mind immediatly went to.."there is someone in my house who is smoking and it is probably that creepy guy down the street and he is here to hurt me and my kids." I called Dan who was just leaving Pocatello (it takes at least an hour to get home) and I was not doing well....I was embarassed at my inability to get a hold of my fear and freaking outness and Dan is in a carpool so I got off the phone with him...Then my friend called just cause and I was a crazy person! I am sure she was like who is this person not the Sarah I know..????Anyway while I was on the phone finding out thtat someone was burning a field for some reason in the dark Dan texts me and says he is sending the cops to check out the premises...so the cops came and I was embarassed and they checked out the premises:) I told the cop my fears of the sex offender and he was like oh we dont know all the sex offenders by name..I then told him his name etc and he knew tons about him...that comforting. He then went on to tell me that this particular man doesn't attack women in their home, he attacks them in public places. Anyway oh what a night!

Other than that story we pictures here of just some normal everyday stuff like dumping out a box of goldfish and jumping on them cause its fun....then cleaning them up, Bella getting in the tub fully dressed, and Wyatt enjoying the last few days of being able to take your cloths off and ride your bike:)

Disc Golf

2011-09-04T16:16:00.000-07:00

back in june when the fam got together for the family home union. We went and played a bit of dic golf. I am not going to bragg or anything but i pretty much had the most points! Dont feel bad for the other players though we all had fun and thats the entire point!!!'We also had a fun time goofing around with the camera and taking some real classic shots!!!

Summer 2011

2011-07-28T19:56:00.000-07:00

so it pretty much took an hour to load these photos. Awesome!! That's why i don't update!!! I love this top picture of FHE lesson I couldn't help but take a picture of how attentive evryone was being :)! If you are wondering who mows the lawn in our family wonder no longer....dress and all! Bella has a habbit of getting in my drawers and pulling out cloths and "trying them on...pretty much she just wraps them around herself and parades around like a princess. Super cute!

Thomas is a ......Choo choo train

2011-06-09T11:51:00.000-07:00

Over Memorial day weekend we took the kids to Heber City Ut for the Thomas the train event thingy. If I do this again I will make sure I get the soonest train ride after our arrival. I bought the events tickets weeks in advance and I signed up for a 1:30 pm train ride. We arrived at the staion at 11:00 ish because there were several other things to do there. However those other things were not #1 on Wyatt 's priority list. He saw Thomas and he wanted to ride him right then! We spent the next hour calming a confused Thomas hungry 3 yr old. Once the riding time had arrived we were all joy and excitement. Waiting isn't a characteristic of most 3 yr olds and Wyatt in particular is quite insistent on getting what he wants. Now don't think I just give into his fits and give him what he wants when he screams for hours on end oh noo I patiently parent with love!! So all in all it was a fun trip and no ones behavior was at all shocking including Dan's. :)

Cheeky

2011-05-23T22:30:00.000-07:00

Showing a little cheek:! Wyatt wants the picture on his underwear to be in the front. We have been going through this battle for months. Then we had a talk about how the underwear "pocket" goes in the front. Underwear is now properly worn with the picture on the bum and the "pocket" in the front. Bella and I riding the Tiger at the Zoo. Wyatt refused it seemed to real and too risky to ride. Bella has been waving and saying hi to everyone these days she is also starting to have a miriad of facial expressions. It is cute to see her express herself:)!

pics

2011-04-17T17:10:00.000-07:00

Never ending Winter! This was yesterday.....just kidding it wasn't
Wyatt threw our Skipbo cards in a sink full of dishes. I went to the gym came back and found them as a surprise at the bottom of the sink. Teach me to put off dish doing!
Bella the water baby! She would take 10 baths a day if I let her. If she hears that water going she goes a running full speed towards it!
Wyatts' broken foot :( ! This was half way through the healing. No worries he is all better now!

Update

2011-04-17T17:09:00.000-07:00

Several not so exciting things have happened since November. Bella had a birthday numero uno! Wyatt broke his foot which was quite a battle with the ER, the gauze, the bandages, etc, and the boot. Thankfully little kids are quick healers! It snowed forever!!! It still isn't warm here, But there is no longer snow piles in my yard:) Also since November (thanks to Pa Pa ) we have the egress windows %95 done, ( I am going to finish filling in the hole tomorrow (maybe)). We have a framed bathroom with all the electric an plumbing ready to go, a door for the bathroom and doors for the furnace up. I am hoping we can get this bathroom project finished before June!! I have all the drive to do it but zero know how so once I learn maybe I can be more of an asset to the progress:).

I am very much looking forward to this summer. We got a zoo pass and we are members of a gym with an outdoor pool. We have a backyard with swings. Hopefully we will have a sand box soon, and I am excited about making my yard look pretty! I have already pruned the heck out of multiple trees and bushes! It is nice to have established foliage but it takes quite a bit of taming when the previous owner didn't do much taming. So thats that!

Fall to Winter

2010-11-15T19:57:00.000-08:00

About a week and a half ago i took the kids on a 6.5 hour drive that actuallt took 8 hours to Casper. This picture is of Wyatt admiring the diggers in the field. This was taken from the park behind my old home in Casper. Laura took it=== thanks!! The weather was great! The roads were pretty good for this time of year so I cannot complain about that. The difficult part of traveling is having strapped in kiddos that just want to break free. Who claim they have pooped so that you pull the car over to change a daiper only to find absolutely noithing in there. Wyatt learned that if you tell mom this you get to get out of your car seat.

On another note we have been remodeling our house. I ripped out two layers of seriouslly ugly wall paneling in our front room only to find a third layer of the stuff and no drywall. So we have drywalled our wall in the front room, or shall I say that Dan's dad drywalled. I am learning a lot like sand then paint, don't start a project till the other big one is done, and you are going to have to live with the results of demo longer than you think! I thought that I would find a nice drywall wall behind the paneling, I thought the project would take a day maybe two. It turned into a two week project. However I am pleasantly pleased with my new living room!! I will post some pictures of my newish kitchen and living room as soon as they are picked up, vacumed, all the dished done, floor mopped, everything put away etc. So it might never happen :). I feel like i just can't keep up!!

house pics

2010-09-15T16:42:00.001-07:00

Sweet Kithchen cabinets...nothing a little paint can't fix!

The backyard is perfect for a two year old!

Fireplace for those cold Idaho days!

The home was built in 1962 and the wall paneling really shows it!

Goings on round here

2010-09-15T16:32:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update. Dan is now attending Idaho State University. He got into the Marriage and Family counseling program there and his is very much imerssed in it. He reads and reads and reads some more. I honestly think I haven't seen my husband more than an hour a day since we moved to Idaho after Wyatt was born back in 2008. I am really grateful that we got into the program!! However I still miss my husband. S
On another note we are super close to buying our first home in Idaho Falls. It is not our dream home but it is what we can afford and it suits our needs for now. Our needs pretty much being a back yard for Wyatt and a place for all our stuff. We are supposed to close on it on October 15th but we are really hoping that it will be sooner!! S
So in the mean time we are living at Dan's parent house. They have been so generous to us in so many ways and I just can't believe they haven't kicked us out yet. Wyatt has been pretty destructive...shocking I know. So all in all things are going pretty well! I am still a tired mommy that doesn't sleep but I am grateful that there is a roof over my head and that our prayers have been answered in regards to Dans schooling!

June 2010

2010-06-17T15:38:00.000-07:00

We climbed Red Rock. Very cool! We went to the Zoo--very full of animals! We cut holes in a box so Wyatt could see were he was going when he puts boxes on his head. Wyatt not so gently loves his sister. Wyatt climbs in Bella's toy.

Pics

2010-06-17T15:34:00.000-07:00

more pics

2010-06-17T15:28:00.000-07:00

I just want to squeeze it, Why wont you let me?

Climbing Red Rock mostly lifting a 30+ pound child up thousands of steps my calves are sore!

Dori and Nemo

here little birdie see how I am crouched down this means I am nice...he he he.

ELEPHANT!!!

today

2010-06-07T19:48:00.000-07:00

Tent or something like that.
Another water spill, this is a very very small version of what usually happens

Swimming!

unloading the dishwasher for me, mostly just throwing the silverware back in.

Taking pics

2010-06-07T19:44:00.000-07:00

I am taking Natalies advice. I took my camera with me today and captured the moments. Notice the cereal on the rug and the naked bum. For some reason Wyatt likes to be naked.

just another day in paradise

2010-06-06T17:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Sunday! Just curious does any one else ever feel like all they do is take care of their kids? This is my basic 20 things i do each day.
1. Lets start early shall we 3.am Bella is awake looking for some love and food.
2. 6 am Bella is awakelooking for some love and food
3. 8am Bella is awake for good this time looking for some you guessed it love and food.
4. Wyatt is also awake looking for some food and some sesame street, sometimes he sleeps til 9 though:)
5. We play and eat and clean up food and change diapers I also like toshower at some point that is usually cut short becuase one or both of the kids wants some love or food. 10am
6. I try and go somewhere and do an activity to get some energy out of Wyatt. But before we leave Bella needs some food. 11am
7. 11.30 yep it takes awhile to lock and load when you must pack diapers snacks cars juice wipes etc.
8. The activity usually ends up with me chasing Wyatt somewhere while holding a car seat. If it is the activity called Walmart it usually ends with Wyatt screaming for a banana while the cashier weighs them in. Or reaching for the candy, gift cards, etc and screaming cause i wont let him throw them all on the floor.
9. home again after loading them back in the car and giving Wyatt his banana the he smeared all over himself and sometimes the car window.
10.Clean the car window and Wyatt sometimes I just give up on that cause Bella needs to be held and givin love and more food.
11. Lunch we only use ketchup on the days I feel like giving Wyatt a bath after lunch.
12. Nap, well not really anymore but I still try everyday! Wyatt usually ends up throwing all the blanckets on the floor while yelling mooooom over and over again. Sometimes I just leave him there so i can clean up lunch and give Bella some more food.
13. I try and do some chores and prep dinner while Wyatt dumps something out
14. Bella sleeps for 20 mins until Wyatt wakes her up
15. Dinner seems to take allnight for some reason maybe it is because it takes exeptionally long to prepare it while battling the kiddos. I usually dont get a chance to eat it until Dan comes home to tag team it with me. which is at 9:30
16. Get Wyatt ready for bed, bath, book, songs, prayers. Attempt to put him to bed but usually fail because he didn't get his nap so he is overexhausted.
17. Eat my dinner, feed Bella
18. Go to my room and attempt laying Bella down by herself. She usually gives me 20 mins before she wakes up and notices I am not holding her. I think to myself I cannot wait until she sleeps through the night!!!!
19. Get a hug from my super hard working husband try and have a conversation which usually ends in us being too tired to finish,. Clean up the kitchen and living room, fold some laundry which is all wrinkly now cause I was too busy to fold it when it finished drying. Then we say
prayers fall asleep....until Bella needs love or food which usually isn't very far off.
20.Do it all again
I love my kids I just feel like they are exeptionally demanding! Does anyone else ever feel like that? why are my kids sooooo hard when everyone else seems to have good kids? I just need a nanny!!!! ps...Please dont think I am a bad mother because my baby eats all the time and my 2 year old ends up running away from me in public.

Family pics the cheap way

2010-05-21T14:30:00.000-07:00

This is a funny shot. Dan talking to Wyatt about hitting and me laughing at them.:)!

On Mothers day we went out back and Amanda (Dans sister) took a couple shots of our family for us. This is the way to save money! Normally we would go to Sears or something but i didn't want to spend more than $5 so here is our 2010 family pics.

Waiting

2010-05-20T13:31:00.000-07:00

For those of you who know me, know that one of my favorite things to do is to worry. Well my biggest worry for the last year has been grad school. Will we get in, where will we live, how will we pay for it etc. I say we because even though Dan is the one who will be the student I am his cheerleader, bookeeper, application filler outer, etc. etc. This is a family pursuit!! If we dont get in we will need to find a job, preferably a job related to his field (psychology/counseling) so that when/if we start this wonderful process over in the fall he will have more experience. I guesse I just am feeling overwhelmed today and a bit stressed about what will happen and how we will get our crazy kids moved and settled somewhere (for at least a year or two).

I guesse I am asking for prayers! If any of you go to the temple just slip our names in on thoe prayer list as well. Dan is on a waiting list for ISU. We have been waiting since January and I am about all burnt out from it! So just pray pray pray that we get accepted and if not that something wonderful will come along that will be even better. PS since you will be praying anyway just add a little petition that Dan will be a successful salesmen this summer:)!

Denver

2010-05-11T14:05:00.000-07:00

So we have officially arrived in Denver Colorado. Dan is selling pest control again this summer and so far this experience has been a lot different than last summer. Number one I am not feeling sick and number two Dan is having more success this year.
Here is my baby Bella she is four months old. Her cheeks are getting chubbier and her hair is becoming scarcer.

Update

2010-03-31T17:27:00.000-07:00

So Bella was blessed on the 14th of March. My parents and my brothers Adam and Levi along with my sister Emily came up from Casper. My sister Laura her kids and her husband Milas were also able to be there. Jacob came up from Provo too. It was like a mini family reunion. All that was missing was Ben (on his mission coming home this friday:)), Leah, and Seth and his family. Growing up each time my mother had a baby and the baby was blessed it was just another Sunday for us kids, but now as we are all having kids is seems to be a bigger deal. Who knows why?? Maybe it is a Utah Idaho thing or maybe it is just an excuse to get the fam together.

Anywho my sister Laura and her family came up driving through the night and while Milas worked on an audit in Salt Lake during the week Laura stayed with me and we hung out. We went to Artic circle for lunch one day and this play place in idaho Falls called BLAST OFF, but other than that we pretty much changed alot of diapers and fed alot of kids. What do you expect when there is 5 kids 3 and under one roof. So it was fun to do my menial chores with a little company that week. Wyatt unfortunatly is still a horrible sharer and has the classic the world revolves around me why isn't everyone acting like it syndrome. It is fun to see the difference in how Wyatt plays and destroys EVERYTHING and how little girls like to read and be held. Even now Wyatt is tackling Dan while he tries to study. He runs and yells in his deepest voice"TACKLE" and jumps on Dan or whoever is on the floor. Oh thats over now and he just dumped out a bin of toys on the floor walked away without playing with any of them and is continuing his war path to the laundry baskets, so I better go. :)

pics

2010-03-30T13:28:00.000-07:00

Wyatt is in the saying what we say and doing we what we do stage. So he has decided to shave early. Dan started shaving when he was 13 but this is a bit out of control.

Sunday I made a cake. Monday Wyatt found the cake in the fridge and proceded to create havak.:)

Blessing and TP

2010-03-23T11:28:00.000-07:00

I only have one hand to type with right now so I will write more later :)

2010-03-02T20:55:00.000-08:00

2010-03-02T20:48:00.000-08:00

5 weeks pics

2010-03-02T20:16:00.000-08:00

There is an awesome lady in my ward named Brianne Serrano. She is also the gla who took my sister Laura's family pics. They are friends from BYU-I, anywho she took these cutie patootie pics and I love how amazing they are! She sure has an eye for good pics!!!

Bella's pictures

2010-02-24T11:24:00.000-08:00

Here are just a few photos of sweet baby Bells. These photos were taken by Shelby, an awesome lady in my Mother in laws ward.

Going to the Gymn

2010-02-21T20:32:00.000-08:00

We have afternoon church and this is what 4:00 lunch/dinner looks like on Sundays. Afternoon church is the worst when you have kiddos that need their nap! You should hear our sacrament meeting the kids are out of control! It is sooo loud! All the kids need naps!

Any-who, we went to a gymnastics gym in Idaho Falls on Presidents day and when it was all said and done I had two really tired guys!! Wyatt wasn't scared one bit, he had the time of his life!

Pics

2010-01-17T13:38:00.000-08:00

Bella Corinne Farrer

2010-01-09T20:44:00.000-08:00

Bella Corinne Farrer, born January 5, 2010. She was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 19 inches long.

GDM

2009-12-05T11:54:00.000-08:00

So if any of you are wondering what GDM stands for it is Gestational Diabetes Melliutis. And you guessed it I am yet another Jensen who gets to claim hold of the daibetes gene. Pre baby having days I used to think being pregnant was no problem. Look at my mom she made it look easy! Now I know that it wasn't as easy as I once thought it was for her. So I am just going to vent about the joys of pregnancy as they are in reality for this preog mamma.

First sign of pregnancy, getting so mad at the airline people for taking my face wash that I overreacted and of course cried after I was rude to them ( I sitll think it is a stupid rule that I can't fly with face wash over 4 oz.) Sign #2 Here it comes 5 months of naseau, constipation, sleeplessness, and popsicle eating Sign #3 Horrible headeaches that last weeks sometimes (once the headaches come though I know the naseau is almost over) After those joyful months you get a little break except you start to look fat, not pregnant, just fat. This is the stage where people wonder "Is she pregnant or just chunky"? I am now in the I am so uncomfortable and tired but I still have if I am lucky 6 weeks left stage. This is the stage where you run into cute lil preggo gals who are due next week and look like they just had a big lunch and I have what seems like forever left and people say you look like you are going to pop. Whatever just let it roll off your shoulder right!! This pregnancy the next stage goes something like this; a.Oh here drink this sick sugar crap drink that makes you feel like hurling and then we will do it again next week only you get to hang out in an uncomfortable chair and not move for three hours. b. Guesse what you have gestational diabetes and we are going to put you on a diet for thanksgiving and christmas. c. Oh yeah here poke your finger til it bleeds four times a day. d. Don't eat cereal or anything good really. Soon my favorite stage will come and it is going to go something like this here are some drugs, here is your baby and then I think, "That wasn't so bad!" ahhhhh

So anyway back to the GDM, it turns out I have been eating pretty good this pregnancy and they actually want me to increase my calories. I just have to eat more protein and monitor carbs. I am supposed to snack three times a day which kinda throws me off. I get to have 30grams carbs for breakfast, 20g snack, 50g lunch, 20g snack, 50 g dinner and 30g evening snack. I haven't eaten this much my whole pregnancy. I just need to keep the blood sugar thing in check and I will be fine. It really isn't that bad just inconvienent. Dan and I are considering getting a stationary bike we found on craigslist though so if I do have that extra cookie I can bike it off. My problem is ( yeah another one) that I have low blood pressure , I get light headed and breathless, and I get contractions the second I stand up and move around. So exercise is really hard!! But boy do I miss it!!! I have been having a lot of dreams lately of being "Normal" and riding water slides, tubing, and having energy. It is my subconcsious mind telling me what my conscious mind already knows I just want to go have some serious fun Seriouslly!!!

The point of this rant is this, love your mom!! I love my mom more now that I have been prego than I did pre prego!! So thanks to all the mammas who give years of their life to bringing us into the world and then raising us!! Go mammas!!!

Update

2009-11-23T13:51:00.000-08:00

There are pictures of Dan at about this age and he is making a sour gaggy face as he looks into a pumkin. Wyatt looks like his dad but he was definantly not afraid of any of the Halloween stuff or gaggy at the sight and feel of pumkin guts.

Both my boys get sucked into TV. If The TV is on at all it doesn't matter if it is lame comercial on I know not to speak to Dan, he is just not going to hear me. Wyatt has already started working on his zoning skills. If finding Nemo is on he is zoned! This is Saturday morning, the boys are watching finding Nemo intently. The funny thing is they have both seen this movie at least 100 times!

There is a cubbord type shelf thing in the living room where I keep Wyatts farm and blocks. Wyatt likes to climb into spots just to see if he fits. I often have to save him from being stuck under the table or in closets, etc.

So just so you all know don't leave styrafaom on the floor if you have and 18 month old. Wyatt dug his nails into this styrafoam and threw it all over the floor. I didn't freak out at all just so you know, he was having fun and I knew I would have to get the vacume out so why not just let him go crazy!!

Too Long!

2009-09-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

It has been quite a while since I have posted anything! You know when you move and get settled and you can't find the right cords and all that jazz to get the system up and running again, well I am still kinda there. Plus our computer freezes on us ALL THE TIME!! It is not a matter of if it will freeze it is when. Anyway if anyone wants to come over and kick our computer tower into shape be my guest!

So on another note more exciting news, Dan and I found out on the 8th that we are going to have a GIRL!:) I had a little smile on my face and teary eyes when we were getting the ultrasound and the gal told us. You know that feeling when you are anxious/excited about something and your heart jumps, well I had that right before the ultrasound. I really would have been happy with another boy becuase Wyatt would have a friend but I am glad it is a girl. Now I have to focus all my chi on convincing her that she is a calm child that doesn't need to be colicky!!! I have been told by many a source that Wyatt was the worst baby ever! I say your probably right!! Now if I had two worst babies ever it just wouldn't be right don't you think!! I deserve a girl who likes to quitely read books and play with her dolls, who sleeps through the night before her 1st birthday!! What I amsaying is I would like the attributes of one of Lauras' girls. Everytime I am in Vegas I am in awe at how happy and content her babies are. Last time I was there I asked her what she eats when she is prego that makes such good babes. She just said it wasn't her but thats the way God sent them to her. So we have a boy and girl (kinda) so I guesse that means we don't have to have any more kids ha ha j/k. I just love babies too much for that to be the case!

2009-08-03T19:42:00.000-07:00

Grass and shoes

2009-08-02T21:43:00.000-07:00

I love this age when they start mimicking what you do! Like trying to put those big Daddy shoes on! Those are some tough shoes to fill kid! Oh yeah and whats better than a naked baby and a little grass, dirt, and rocks? Apparantly nothing if you ask Wyatt.

Lake Michigan

2009-08-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

It has been awhile since I have written anything. So here it is first the pics, sometimes on Sunday around sunset ish we like to walk down by the lake. One such Sunday we did and I should have know better than to take Captain dirt/water baby to his Meca and not expect him to get in. So we went and Wyatt couldn't help himself but get into the freezing cold lake. He didn't want to get out even when his teeth started to chatter. He just wanted to throw that rock one more time. So the chattering stated and that was my last straw so I took him out shook him off, changing that soggy diaper and wrapped him in my hoodie. You know Wyatt really does look good in blue! Next time we went to the lake we brought swim trunks, a towel, dry cloths, a water diaper, etc. Wyatt is a true outdoors man and he is only 14 months old!!

He can walk!

2009-08-02T21:18:00.000-07:00

Don't mind me in my awesome robe. I was talking to my mom on the phone and she was telling me how I needed to get some walking pics/videos on the blogg so here it is.

Haircut

2009-07-16T21:03:00.000-07:00

We are happy to announce that Wyatt now looks like a little boy now!

HAIR

2009-07-01T10:59:00.000-07:00

I am having a hard time cutting Wyatts' hair. I am afraaid that if I cut it those cute lil curls will not come back, so Wyatt is sticking with the current trend of longer boy hair. I know the day will come when I have to cut it but look how cute those curls are.

Chicago-where no summer is j/k

2009-06-14T16:47:00.000-07:00

The Bean

City view

Saying hello to the duck

Wyatt and Papa at Navy Pier.

On the boat tour Wyatt didn't really hold still too well.

Happy Birthday Wyatt

2009-06-14T16:30:00.000-07:00

He kept the hat on for a good whole minute.

All the sweet new toys! We got wyatt some shape blocks and two$3 t-shirts. One says S is for Spider and the other one says I am the BIG brother. Yes we all know what that means. In order to be the big one there has to be a little one. So here it is I am like 8ish weeks along and I am feeling like pooh! So there it is! Wyatt also got way cooler toys from Dans parent a little peoples farm that makes farm noises, a ball, and a bunch of books. So we are set with toys for awhile! Thanks for spoiling our kido! They say that once a child is one yeat old they can do a lot of things; eat honey, dring whole milk, walk, sleep through the night ect. The one I am most thrilled about these days is sleep through the night! Wyatt started doing this about the second week we were here in Chicago. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am!!! He is also now official weened as well, he know a bottle when he sees one and he loves chocolate milk (that is how we weened him)!

Almost 1 year pictures

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We were waiting outside the temple for my Aunt Karen's wedding. Wyatt was trying to get into the dirt.

Bed head and cards

2009-04-08T10:03:00.000-07:00

This is Wyatts' awesome hair style after he woke up from his nap. He is a sweater and when you sweat and then stay in a crazy position for a couple hours this is your result. AWESOME!!

Wyatt found the Skip BO cards and was swimming in them after throwing them everywhere. It was pretty cute watching him roll around in them like they were money or something. I thought is was funny even though it was another mess to clean up he had fun :).

Wyatt's friend :)

2009-03-27T14:56:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Wyatt and Adelyn Abbie and Jordan Taits daughter. I was watching her this afternoon and they were both pretty fussy. I was trying to put Wyatt down for a nap while holding Adelyn. I had to run and get something so I set her in the crib for a second, I had my camera in my pocket from the sippy pictures and snapped this sad shot. They both know exactly what happens in cribs SLEEP! ha ha ha

As most babies Wyatts age Wyatt puts everything in his mouth. He took some pretty sweet chunks out of this football don't worry we fished the pieces out of his mouth.

Sharing an Eclaire:)!

Belly Laugh!

2009-03-06T11:53:00.000-08:00

Sandbox

2009-03-06T11:44:00.000-08:00

These are the only pictures I have from our visit to Las Vegas. Wyatt and I took a little trip to where there is no snow the last week of Febuary. It felt so good to get out of the winter! Alas we are back and the wind is a blowing!! Wyatt didn't like the plane, I cannot say I am surprised. As many of you know Wyatt is a very loud indivual and when he is displeased we all know it! Well we made it through the flight, thankfully it was only 80 mins. While in Vegas we unfortunatly gave Laura and her family the flu, so sorry!!!! We went to the park, went shopping, and Laura and I went on a date. Thank you Milas for babysitting! It was really good to see my sister and I was really sad to return to Idaho. I missed Dan but to be honest I really don't see him much and it was really nice to just be around people especially my sis! I wish we lived closer!! Maybe someday.

Oh yeah do you notice Wyatts face. He is definanly an only child. He likes his space. Just wait Wyatt just you wait ha ha ha!!

A bit of everything

2009-02-20T13:20:00.000-08:00

Dan and I went to the Sweathearts ball at the school. I felt like we were chaperones at a highschool dance. The kids there seemed pretty young like maybe ten years younger than me. Wyatt is crawling and climbing. Dan got me a ring for Valentines day at his jewelry job. The managers there love him so much they just gave him this $600 for free! Yippee for me!

Ahhhh....

2009-02-07T13:52:00.000-08:00

These pictures were taken by a gal named Shelby who lives in my parents-in laws ward. She is an up and coming photographer who just needed the cutest baby to take pictures of. :)

To Wendy

2009-02-07T13:30:00.000-08:00

Dear Wendy I have tried and tried to access your blogg. However I have been unsuccessful. Wendy my invitation has apparantly expired. I would so much like to become a fan!!
Love
Sarah

Rub a dub dub

2009-02-06T11:14:00.000-08:00

Howdy

2009-02-04T12:56:00.000-08:00

Wyatt has this way cute cowboy shirt that he inherited from his uncle Clarke. Clarke no longer fits into it but Wyatt looks dashing! Wyatt is also a cuddler! Sometimes he just gets in the mood to cuddle and it is so cute! Wyatt also really loves his Daddy! Whenever Dan comes home, Wyatt gets super excited, he flaps his arms and kicks is legs really fast and reaches for Dan. These pictures of Dan and Wyatt are a rare moment when Dan gets to sit down with us. He is usually sooo busy with school and work that he doesn't have much time to hangout with us. Anytime we get with him is awesome!!!!

Living Room

2009-02-04T12:50:00.000-08:00

My mother in law Nancy just got a new furniture set for her fron room and so I inherited the old furniture. The coach we have always had..(I got it at DI for $85.) The side chairs are my new inheritance. I am pleased with how well things are matching! Now there should be a place for everyone to sit so come on over! We will play my new favorut game ticket to ride.

2009-01-23T18:58:00.000-08:00

Haircut

2009-01-22T13:00:00.000-08:00

I have had not had a real haircut in years and years. I have had trims here and there but the style of my hair has not changed. So I was itching for something new and so I just went out and got my hair cut yesterday. I didn't cry or anything. I actually like the freedom. I am excited to try this new look!

Paralyzed

2009-01-20T15:57:00.000-08:00

I dont remeber exactly how this game was invented but I think it roots back to a late college night with Laura and Andrea Fox. Anyway The object of the game is basically to move someone your team mate who is trying to be "parylized" into a certain position designated before the game begins. Well it was late Saturday night and my friends Tiffany and Annemarie were up from Utah visiting Dan and I and reminding me that I do have friends!! We were thinking of what game to play next and the rousing game of paralyized came to mind. Tiffany and Anne didn't want to participate but I still wanted to play so Dan and I gave them a demonstration. I have not laughed this hard in a really long time. I dont know what it is about this game that I find so funny but I do. It is just fun!! Tiff and Anne had their cameras out and they took some video. I would post it but I am sure it would take several days to download using this site. Anyways when you dont know what game to play and your spouse needs a good workout lifting you etc. play paralyzed!!!

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Wyatt likes the sink for his bath, a better vantage point I suppose.

Wyatt has also learned how to stand up supporting himself with the crib. These crib pictures were taken in the middle of the night over Christmas break.

We also went sledding last night here in Rexburg pretty fun if you ask me!!

Let it Snow! Yeah Right!!

2009-01-08T14:20:00.000-08:00

Here in Idaho it has been snowing quite a bit! There are snow banks outside our house that are 4 feet tall. It is not an easy task to shovel the drive way, good thing Danny does it!

Over Christmas break we spent some time in Idaho Falls with Dans' family. We made ginger bread houses from scratch (what an endevour), we tried to buid a snow hill at midnight, we crashed a youth dance (not intentionally), and we had a wonderful Christmas! Wyatt loved the wrapping paper! For Christmas dinner Dans' sister Amanda and husband Derek gave us all a sparkling juice drink and a larg beer glass to drink it in. Num Yummy. Notice Dan's beer eyes:).

In other news Wyatt has just experienced his first ear infection. Those of you who know Wyatt know that he does not handle even the slightest discomfort well, and so it was really sad to see him experience real pain!! It is hard to see your baby so sad!

2008-12-01T19:32:00.000-08:00

Wyatt seems to like it when you hold out your hand so he can clap it! One thing about having a Bi-polar baby is that eventhough he can throw a royal fit he is also quick to laughter! The laughter however, may or may not turn into a cry (usually it turns into the cry).

2008-11-06T20:56:00.000-08:00

Laura and Milas came a couple weeks ago and Lydia had some hair issues with all the static electricity.

2008-11-06T20:43:00.000-08:00

Last weekend Dan and I went to Casper. I had an eye infection and we figured it was cheaper to pay for gas to Casper than to pay a local Optometrist $$$ so away we went. The ride there was plagued with a screaming baby who just wanted out of the darn carseat. Wyatt is starting to arch his back and push his heels against the car seat to get to try and get out. On Saturday we went on a hike on Casper Mnt. I haven't hiked much since Wyatt's birth and frankly I am not the same hiker I once was!!! Wyatt is also very cute in the bath!! Check out the awesome butt shot!:)

2008-10-28T13:05:00.000-07:00

We carved pumpkins as you can see I carved a crazy kid and Dan carved a Batman symbol. I do not remeber the last time I carved a pumpkin and it was actually more fun than I remember. Wyatt liked chewing on the pumkin which was weird but whatever:).

We also went to a hay maze where there were some scary guys saring us I hated it Dan loved it. He made friends with the one Goblin dude I just ran away!!! Wyatt slept through the whole maze even the parts when I screamed from being scared. He sure is an outdoorsman! He just seems to be perfectly content whenever he is outside. This quality will come in handy when he is older!

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2008-10-17T15:26:00.000-07:00

6 quirks of mine

1. When I am in church I get motor leg, ya know when you just shake your leg. I find myself doing a lot I dont even realize I do it.

2. I am obsessed with well many things. First of all I like to go shopping there is nothing like finding that deal and then saying, "I got that outfit/dresser/carseat for $3." I have to admit I am pretty good!:) I also like chocolate and pie and cookies!

3. I love eyes too... Especially Danny's eyes he has these lucious lashes that every girl dreams of having, Wyatt has them too. How much you want to bet our girls will have my meger lashes.

4. When I have company over I like to play games like crazy! I love having people over, I like to cook for them and for them to say things like ohhh this is the best ________ I have ever had and then I say yah I know I am good:)! I am home alone alot and so when people come over I get really excited!!

5. If I had the means I would buy a house, that I helped design and I would decorate it to my hearts delight!!!! You can tell I have been watching a bit of HGTV!

6. I like Sierra am also not a fan of talking on the phone, I used to work at Rexburg Opinion Center and I think I saturated my share of phone time! I also am not a fan of when Wyatt throws hissy fits!! He happens to be throwing one right now so I must jet, so much for the nap ahhhh!

2008-09-27T17:05:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday we went canoeing. To be honest I have had that much fun in a long time! No offense to Wyatt but he is a hanful and 24/7 with the kid is pretty well lets just say a handful! Dan's mom Nancy took Wyatt for us and I cannot thank her enough! To be out in the fresh air with good fun people is all a girl could ask for. Except for the falling out of the conoe in the last 100 ft as the hail, wind, and lightining surrounded us it was awesome:)!

Wyatt is getting cuter by the minute except the minutes when he is throwing fits! Sometimes when I sing to him he makes humming noises along like he is singing too it is pretty cute! Dan is a working schooling man these days and we are so grateful for all he does, we sure miss him when he is gone! I wish we could see him more!

2008-09-27T11:30:00.000-07:00

2008-09-10T15:13:00.000-07:00

We are here in Rexburg now. It was really hard to leave Utah! This is picture in front of our old aprtment in Kaysville with our neghbor Lilly we really miss our friends the Arnspigers!! The other photo is Wyatt sporting a nice ball cap as you can see :)!

2008-08-23T13:20:00.000-07:00

Wyatt is becoming more alert, he is reacting to smiles and laughter etc. He still has a sour attitude but it is not

nearly as bad as it was when he was a newbie. He has cut his first tooth and so he drewls all over and sucks on his hand a lot! And beleive it or not he really really loves his mom!!! He also looks quite good in a Bumbo!

2008-08-03T15:35:00.000-07:00

These are some pictures from the Jensen family Reunion this past week. On Tuesday we spent the day at Bear Lake and had a good time in the cold water. Luckily enough we all got doused with sun screen so none of us got burned, but we forgot Wyatt's hat so we used Adam's dude rag.

2008-08-02T14:58:00.000-07:00

This last sunday we blessed Wyatt in Sacrament meeting. All in all everything went really well, but he wailed the whole time. These pictures here are from the lunch afterwords. As you can se he often quite joyful. Our family reunion was also this past week and it was so good to see everyone! Thanks to all who came to the blessing especially those Las Vegas people!! :)

2008-07-20T19:38:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went to a rodeo in Ogden, and had a great time! Our friends Tiff, Coby, and Cade came as well, so Wyatt always had someone to carry him. We brought the diaper bag with us with a few diapers and wipes included, but Wyatt had quite the accident. Let's just say that the diaper didn't quite catch everything, and his new outfit now has quite the stain. To top it off we didn't have an extra onesie so Wyatt was in a diaper and a blanket the rest of the night. Before the night ended we changed 2 more diapers with paper towels. :)

2008-07-13T19:18:00.000-07:00

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We had quite the Fourth of July weekend. Dan and I went up to Idaho Falls to visit Dan's parents. We went to the parade where we met up with Jacob. It was fun to watch the parade with someone who could mock the bazillion trillion cheeleaders/dancer/gymnists that came by. No offense but it is like they are breeding them up there!

After the parade Dan and Jacob decided to slide down the cement ramp at the boy sout office (Dan's dad is the scout executive) where they broke the door with their landing.

After that event Jacob and Dan lit the neighbors juniper bushes/trees on fire. Nice! This subsequently gave them a ticket and it nearly gave me a heart attack! They were fighting the fire with buckets and hoses before the firemen arrived and I thought Jacob was engulfed in flames, he wasn't so no worries.

Saturday, we had family pictures taken and Wyatt had his naked pictures taken, super cute!!

On a different note Wyatt is 12 lbs and he is quite strong. His lungs and voice box work very well too! The idea of letting him cry himself to sleep is no longer working and I am currently on a no diary diet which is supposed to help the colic, no luck yet. He does have his sweet moments though! He is smiling at me now and again and it is sooo precious!

2008-07-01T10:09:00.000-07:00

Well Wyatt is four weeks old now and he is doing pretty good! He eats and poops alot and he likes to cry like a big baby! He is pretty good during the day, but it seems like as soon as the sun goes down he becomes quite paticular about everything!! You have to hold him a certain way and there has to be the correct amount of light in the room, he must be fed a his diaper needs to be dry, his blanket must be wrapped ever so snuggly, and if he changes his mind about what he wants ahhhhhh. The last couple of nights I let him cry himself to sleep, he was fed and dry. He cried for about 5 mins and then he just drifted off YES! I think he is learning his lesson!

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Great Grandpa and Grandma Davis came to meet there first great grand child.

2008-06-10T15:30:00.000-07:00

By request these are pictures of dear ol Wyatt only, except Cody the buffolo is in one of the pics for Laura to see. :)

Grandma Farrer and Wyatt

2008-06-05T15:40:00.000-07:00

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Sarah waiting on the baby to come.

2008-06-04T22:27:00.000-07:00

2008-06-01T16:15:00.000-07:00

These pictures are the super prego stage. The pink shirt is 39 weeks the day before being induced. The other pictures are 38 weeks before church ahhhh.:)

2008-05-18T19:21:00.000-07:00

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2008-03-31T08:00:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was quite eventful! On Saturday we went down to Spanish Fork for the Hare Krishna festival of colors. You you have ever been you will understand me when i say it is a riot! There are all sorts of crazy people there just thowing paint at eachother! So Fun!! On Sunday was our 1st anniversary so we had a peice of our cake ahhhh! Also there is a 30 weeks prego pic.

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2008-02-16T11:51:00.000-08:00

So I figured that I ought to set something straight here. Farrer I realize is an odd last name and it has always been mispronounced. It is not Farr-er or Fer- arr, but Far, like "The Far Side", "Far Far Away" if you're a Shrek fan, or Farr's Ice Cream if you're from Utah.