The Knight Family

Rainbow Pancakes

2012-01-30T05:20:00.000-08:00

What a better way to warm up on a freezing morning then with some rainbow pancakes. Tucker loved mixing the colors into the batter. These little flapjacks turned out looking sooooooooo coool! and they are just as fun to eat as they are to make.

I think we are going to try this again, but with a few more colors next time!

Piper Turns 1: Photo shoot baby!

2012-01-29T00:22:00.001-08:00

We have a dear dear friend names Caitlin from CZ photography who snapped some shots of cute little Piper for her 1st girl, isnt she a cutie!

Piper Turns 1: Time for a PINK PARTY!

2012-01-28T23:26:00.000-08:00

Being the girly girl that Piper is ( or that I am forcing her to be ha ha)

I decided to have a pink party for her 1st birthday.

Because she is turning 1, I wanted to celebrate, but also make it casual where people could come

visit and relax. I had everyone where pink- or white- or red ( not everyone had pink, but I wanted to get as close as possible. I think she has fun, and she got a cute new outfitt for her party from grandpa and grandma!

Happy 1st Birthday, baby girl!

Fairyland!

2012-01-27T22:42:00.000-08:00

Fairyland has been around for lots and lots of years. My mom used to go when she was little and she used to take her kids too. Its a magical place if you are under the age of about 8. I have been fortunate enough to Tucker a few times. This was Piper ( and Jedi's) first time this last visit, and it was fun seeing her discover all the wonder that fairyland holds. Tucker is a little older then when we went last time, so I think he was able to enjoy it alot more. He really liked the Peter Pan ship, and the puppet show!

Bird Aviary!

2012-01-27T21:51:00.000-08:00

While out at my parents house this last December we visited a bird aviary/sanctuary. We were litterally walking among the birds. They were all over the place, and Tucker had a blast running through them and watching them fly up in huge swarms. Piper was a little more apprehensive, but she still seemed to be in awe with the birds, we all were!

Traditions!

2012-01-27T01:49:00.000-08:00

One tradition we have in our family is to buy an ornament for baby's first Christmas. This is hopefully an ornament that will last a lifetime. I still have mine from my first Christmas when I was just a little month old baby. It still goes up on the tree every year at my parents house, weather I am there or not.

This year because Piper was old enough she got to help pick out which keepsake would grace our tree for years to come. We picked a beautiful carousel horse, which we though appropriate since we were at the Christmas Carousel when we picked it out. I can't wait to see how it looks on our tree next year!

I love having traditions and something for our children to look forward to, other then presents!

Merry Christmas to All.....

2012-01-27T01:37:00.000-08:00

Christmas Morning in our new jammies, we stumbled down the stairs at the early hour of 8 o'clock * which is pretty much the record in my family for latest we have ever done stockings* and preceded to locate our hidden giant footwear with all the goodies inside. The kids seemed so entertained by this concept, they pulled things out of their stockings for a good time,almost as if savoring each item one at a time. We played with our new treasures for a while and then had to get ready for church. I whipped out the cute Christmas outfitts and started snapping away on my camera:

I just couldnt resist these munchkins cute faces :) I love the picture on the end P looks like she is at a party!

Oh my sweet kids, how they grow up so fast!

Chris

Ugly Sweater Contest!

2012-01-27T01:12:00.000-08:00

This year we went to grandpa and Grandmas house in California for Christmas. Thats where I donned my horrible button up attire and pranced myself around like a clown trying to win the ugly sweater contest. I scoured the DI for the worse sweater I could find. But alas, mine was not the worse. Check it out!

Pinchy Pinch!

2012-01-26T23:59:00.000-08:00

Soon after we had our first snowfall, it all melted and we got to go back to playing outside.

Look at these cute munchkins, dont you just want to pinch those cheeks!

A little Downhill fun

2012-01-26T23:56:00.000-08:00

Our first snowfall of the year, brought out our snow gear for a little sledding. Initally I had planned to just have Tucker sled and keep Piper bundled up, but she got to join the fun too.Lucky girl, one of my friends took pity on her and saved her from her bundled warmth and put her on a sled with her daughter. She was unsure of what to think, but I am glad she got that expierence!

Home for Thanksgiving!

2012-01-26T23:46:00.000-08:00

A scary thing happened for us this year at THANKSGIVING....we held it at our house. Thats right, I have now graduated to having my own Thanksgiving at my very own abode, with my very own guests. Boy, was I nervous.

My brother Taylor and his wife Kara, came and spent Thanksgiving with us. It was so much fun, sitting around, eating too much food, playing too many games, watching too much football. It was by far, one of the most relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgivings I have had in a long time. For the meal, we met up with some friends, and split up the food making duties, and food consumption, so no one made too much or took took much home. It was perfect! Thanks Taylor and Kara for making this an awesome THANKSGIVING!

This is my brother and his wife....arent they cutie cutes!

Happpy Halloween :)

2012-01-26T23:38:00.000-08:00

I have a lot of catching up to do. I better do it now, at the beginning of the year so, before it gets to far into it. I made a new years resolution to make this blog more like a journal for a family. Which means I have to post more! So first in my catching up is Halloween.

Halloween this year stressed me out......I wanted the family to do themed costumes, but Piper already had a cat costume and Tucker wanted to be Super Tucker....oh yes, its a new breed of hero. So I relinquished my desire to dress my kids alike and just let them do there own thing this year, but next year....they will not escape me. I am thinking Peter Pan all the way.....complete with Hook, tinkerbell, Peter Pan ( which Tucker wants me to be so he can be Smee, or the crocodile.) lol. Oh yeah, next year is going to be good. But for now, here are some pictures from this year!

Ha, I made his costume, well the cape, the shoe covers and the mask ( two of them actually this first didnt fit so well) He also has gloves which he wore for all of about 2 seconds.

I am so excited for all of Piper's first this year. First everything. Carving Pumpkins is always a fun family tradition for us, so I had to take time to shoot these beauties of my baby girl!

My Knights Birthday!

2011-12-13T09:16:00.000-08:00

Look who turned 26 :)

Family Picture Time....

2011-12-13T09:15:00.000-08:00

We got our family pictures taken in October. I LOVE THEM! I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM! I have a hard time picking a favorite. Tara Larson Nearants of Tara Photographics is incredibly talented. Not to mention fun to be around. I wish I could use her for all my family photos from now until eternity!
Heres some shots from our shoot :)

Trick or Treat.......

2011-12-13T08:27:00.001-08:00

Wow. Talk about some catching up to do:

Shame on me, I wanted this blog to be a way to journal our families events yet I havent posted since like Sept. Shame shame shame. I think this new year resolution is going to be to blog at least once a week, on the haps of our familia.

but for now, here is an update of what we have been doing this year :)

Halloween:

I love Halloween. My goal to is to acheieve the perfect Halloween ensemble by putting my family into matchy match outfitts. Well, that didnt happen this year, but I did have fun making a Super Tucker costume! Check it out!

arent they just the cutest things ever!

LOVE-ly!

2011-09-11T23:01:00.001-07:00

Little Doll Face!

2011-09-11T22:50:00.000-07:00

Bear World

2011-07-02T21:29:00.001-07:00

happy easter from my crazy kids!

2011-04-27T14:19:00.001-07:00

Piper's FIrst Photoshoot!

2011-04-05T17:36:00.000-07:00

My friend Mckenzie at Simply Spice Photography took some beautiful photos of Piper for her blessing! She was so good and cooperated for all the pictures. She is such a little sweetheart!

Meet the newest and littlest Knight...

2011-02-03T17:09:00.000-08:00

This is Piper Lynn Knight. She was born on 1/11/11 by c-section. She weighed 9 lbs. 7 oz. and is 21 inches long. She is beautiful. We couldn't be happier to have her as a part of our family. She has such a sweet temperment. She is super tough, and has to be with a big brother who likes to give her a little to much attention sometimes. She makes us so happy. Welcome to our family precious girl!

maternity photos!

2010-12-25T16:44:00.000-08:00

I didnt get photos with Tucker. Somehow having someone shoot a picture of me when I am at my fattest, just didnt seem appealing. My friend Nikki though asked me if I wanted some done and since they were free I figured why the heck not? They actually turned out pretty dang cute!

Finger Painting Bath Monster!

2010-12-25T16:38:00.000-08:00

I learned how to make some finger paints on the internet. Super easy and super fun. I put them into ice cube trays thinking I could freeze them and then thaw them out and use them again when I was done. Yeah right... they were GONE, by the time Tucker got done with them. I liked it because they were made from soap which means no staining and a clean shower ( well sort of) by the time we were done with the bath.

Snow fun....or not?

2010-12-25T16:32:00.000-08:00

We have been cooped up inside for months now. Literally. Our lifes have consisted of movies and indoor entertainment...so a friend of mine and I decided to bundle up our kids and venture outside into the cold. It took me a painstakingly 20 minutes to get my kid ready and after 5 minutes he wanted to come back inside. Not before I snapped a couple of cute photos of him and his buddy Sam though!

Thanksgiving mishaps.

2010-12-25T15:38:00.000-08:00

Its sad. We had such and adventure at Thanksgiving, but I left my camera at home. Oh how I wish I had it when we were stuck in the snow in Nevada and had to spend the night in a hotel on our way home from California. How I wish I had it when we had to try to fit 22 people into my parents dining room for Christmas. and how I wish I had it when Tucker threw up an hour from home all over the back seat of the car and onto aunt Auvie. Oh what fun, if only we could have documented it with a picture or two. I will never leave my camera home again :)

Cute Little Cowboy!

2010-12-25T15:33:00.000-08:00

oh the catching up I have to do. Up first, Halloween. We had a great Halloween this year. Lots of candy and treats. We went to two partires and a neighborhood trunk or treat. Tucker was a cowboy. I was a cat that ate a fish bowl and Jedi was a guy you can count on. We went trick or treating with our friends the Sonderegers and it was so cute seeing Caleb and Tucker going door to door together. We even got carmel apples from one house. Yum!

The tale of the little Garden!

2010-10-26T07:41:00.000-07:00

I always thought it would be fun to have a garden of own...okay not really, but I couldnt think of any other way to start the blog post. So wanted a garden this year and the school provided with a 10x10 plot and some seeds ( for about $10). I was all gung ho. went and picked up my seeds...made the sign for our plot...and....then...I found out I was pregnant. Yeah, that put a damper on things since I got really sick. Really sick. I had spent the money though so I was determined to plant something. I made the mistake of dragging my kid out there with me, fun family project I thought...little did I know he would be trampling all over the other garden plots, hmm yeah next time he stayed home. So we went out there to plant, but what I didnt realize is I would have to till, hoe and de-weed the plot before I could plant it. I guess somehow I thought it would be done for me. So with all the energy I had....I made four mounds and managed to plant for thing....onions, broccoli, pumpkins and watermelons. Then I felt sick, I thought maybe I could convince my overworked and exhausted husband to come and plant the rest for me.That.Never.Happened. So we just went with the four things, I think I made it out there to weed once, then I saw the bees. I dont like bees, so I left. and never went back...until....this week. My poor little garden actually produced some product....one pumpkin not quite orange and three stocks of broccoli. I was so excited....maybe next time we will try when we have our own backyard!

Donuts, Donuts and more Donuts!

2010-10-26T07:18:00.000-07:00

So I'm flipping through the cookbook the other day and my little son saw the page with the dounts and really got excited. so Jedi and I decided....why not, lets try our culinary skills and whip us up some holey confections....
hmm it was an interesting result!

Yum! Whip me up some of that!

He was so cute and insisted o helping....by eating the uncooked dough

The final product!

One person in the family couldn't get enough!

Happy Autumn!

2010-10-18T22:04:00.000-07:00

Happy fall from the Knight family...

we have been potty training this last month and now that Tucker can finally say the words " potty training" I think he finally also gets the concept. I had to take a cute picture of him playing in his shirt and undies....what a sweetie pie. Gotta love this kid.

My handsome Boy!

2010-09-27T08:01:00.000-07:00

Tucker is growing so fast. He turned two in July and he is so cute and grownup he keeps me laughing all day long. He has a little vocabulary and his favorite words to say right now are "weedwhacker" and "okappi". I had to get a picture of this cute kid yesterday dressed in his church clothes before he got any bigger.

Daddy and Tucker 9/26/2010

Circus Circus!

2010-09-27T07:54:00.002-07:00

On the way home from our trip to California we stopped in Reno at a place called Circus Circus. Its a aracade-restraunt-indoor circus kind of place. We won Tucker a stuffed animal, ate lunch, played around for a while, and then headed back on our 15 hour drive.

he was a little over stimulated at this point and was more then ready to be on his way!

Circus Circus!

2010-09-27T07:54:00.000-07:00

he was a little over stimulated at this point and was more then ready to be on his way!

Suprise! We went to CA!

2010-09-27T07:50:00.000-07:00

We took an impromptu trip to California in August for my grandmas 82nd birthday! It was nice to get spend a week with my family. Our first night there Jedi went out to play some macho tennis and came back with an injured knee. I'd like to say that he had fun laying on the couch watching tv the rest of the trip, but he was in a lot of pain and couldnt really enjoy himself. I did get him out on one of the last days there to go to the beach. We went to the tidepools and saw a school of sea stars. We climbed through rocks and jumped across crevices...ad Jedi laid on the blamket, but at least he got some sunshine.

And the Winner is....

2010-09-27T07:37:00.000-07:00

Week 24. 6 months along. 4 months to go. We are on our way to welcoming baby number two ( ultrasound picture to come soon) and we found out a couple of weeks ago we are having a girl. YAY, commence with the collecting of girl clothes and little shoes and hairbows. This is a whole new world for me and Jedi, we are defintely having to get used to seeing clothes with ruffles on the butt....this is going to be one spoiled little girl. We can hardly wait to meet her.

Our fantabulous, fantastic trip to California!

2010-07-05T13:02:00.000-07:00

Tucker and I packed our bags and made a little journey to warmer land. We spent two weeks with my family in California, leaving Jedi behind to do homework and be a bachelor for couple of weeks. Tucker and I dedpite missing daddy, had a wonderful time. Many many adventures. Tucker would crash every night so exhausted that he would sleep for an entire eight hours. Here, are some of the amazing things we did:

1st up:
Fairyland. The cool part about Fairyland is that my great grandpa took my mom when she was little, my mom took me when I was little and now she gets to take her grandson. This place has been around for a long time and has a wholelot of memories. It is completely geared toward children which means Tucker was in little kid sized heaven.

2. We went to the beach. I havent been to the beach in so long, but it felt good to feel the sand beneath our toes and bask in th sun for a while. although, I did bask a little too long. My face was a crispy red ang my lips broke out in sun blisters that are JUST now starting to heal. But, its the beach and that day, it made us really happy to be there.

* So we had a sand castle contest and asked some strangers to judge. Here is the winner with his candy prize :) *

I am so very rarely in pictures anymore ( usually I am the one behind the camera, so I wanted to post this of me!)

what better then taking a nap in the sand under a cozy umbrella...

3. We went to CHUCK E CHEESE...you ever been there? that place is fun for alittle kid, just take a look.

4. We went to the zoo. It was a crazy day a little chilly and alot of the animals werent out, but we still had fun. Tucker really like the petting zoo. He even got to brush a goat.

and drive a toy car.

what a fun day.

The rest of the vacation was spent swimming in the pool, eating delicious food and spending time with all the uncles aunts and grandparents. It was such a fun trip, we CANT wait to go back. Tucker has talked about it everyday since we have been home,

Our big Announcement....Read it here first!

2010-07-04T18:45:00.000-07:00

Okay...here it is. Those of you who read my blog, are hearing the exclusive news here first....

We are pregnant... Thats right baby #2 is on the way! We are due Jan 14, 2011...which means I am about 12.5 weeks along. We are so excited!!!!!

Fairmont!

2010-05-10T07:58:00.000-07:00

We took a much needed mini vacation in March. We drove up to Fairmont Hot Springs in Montana ( about 2 hours away) for a family reunion. It was so fun, we spent our time playing games, visiting and swimming. What a great weekend:)

I didnt have time to edit these so here they are in raw form !first time in elevator. scary :)

PB book wreath redo

2010-03-25T07:07:00.000-07:00

So I saw this cool wreath in a pottery barn catalog:

So cute huh? So the wheels in my head started turning, why not make one myself? Bigger, better, one to put in my living room as a testament to my love of reading. So here, is my version of the Book Wreath from PB:

Okay so the book I used was bought at a thrift store for 50 cents.

I used a cardboard back and modge podge already on hand.

So the amount for this project:

50 cents

( unless you dont have modge podge then its like $3)

Sometimes its the little things....

2010-03-16T07:32:00.000-07:00

I heard once that we should enjoy 'the moment' before the moment is gone. My little guy is 20 months today. While that seems unsignificant to anyone but myself, it leaves us to ponder one thing...kids grow up way too fast. I swear it was yesterday that I held that baby in my arms after that crazy c-section and just took him in. I remmber smelling him and that new baby smell. Now he usually smells of first snacks and dirt. Oh, how I miss those sweet baby days. So little, so helpless and mine all mine. Okay, so he is still all mine, but he is not so helpless anymore. While his newfound ( and I mean NEW found) independence is nice, its a little weird for his mom. I am not quite use to the fact that he wants to go play on the playground while I sit and watch from the bench. Yup, the kid is growing up and there is nothing I can do to stop it....but, I can catch those little moments when he smiles at me. And I can still teach him, always teach him. While I love that he is growing up and learning new things, I can't believe how old he is getting!
I love these pictures...these protray one of the few moments he is actually sitting still, I love it!

Heart Shaped Pizza's and Pink Breadsticks

2010-03-01T11:21:00.000-08:00

Okay so we decided to start a new little tradition in our family. Every year for Valemtines Day we are going to have a heart shaped pizza and pink food. I have wanted to have this tradition in my family since I was a little girl dreaming about what my life would be like when I was married. This year, I got to make the Valentines Tradition Dream come true. I was so excited about the pizza that I think a little robbed off onto Jedi. When it came time to make the dough, he not only asked if he could make it, but he wanted to make a heart shaped pizza of his own. So we had two heart shaped pizza this year. And I decided to whip up some breadsticks that have been a constant request in our family. I dyed the dough pink, and they looked pretty cool. They dissapeared so fast I couldn't even take a picture. But here are our beautiful masterpiece pizza's. I think they look a little like hearts. Or heart blobs!

Jedis Pizza Aubrie's Pizza

And they tasted good too!

McDonalds Still provides Entertaiment!

2010-02-27T16:07:00.000-08:00

Okay so being poor college students and being that it is the middle of winter. Sometimes then best entertainment is free. We took Tucker to the McDonalds play place to play and have some fun. He LOVED it. We took a few fun pictures and I thought I would try out my mad photoshop skills and do some effects with these. So, when in bored in Rexburg. Make a trip to MC' D's

32 degrees is definetly freezing!

2010-02-27T10:21:00.000-08:00

So I finally have a chance to sit down and possibly, quite possibly catch up on my blogging. We will see how my little gus does today in letting me be on the computer and not vying for my attention. Lately he has been on this I need mommy more then usual kick and while it is sweet and makes me feel REALLY REALLY good, its hard to get any work done! So lets go back 2 months. January. We arrived in Idaho and unpacked all our boxes. I love picking out where things are going to go in my new home and arranging it all where I want, but the unpacking itself is exhausting. I think I could have sleep for 3 days straight.Too bad life doesnt allow me to be lazy. Tuker is adjusting well to the FREEZING cold weather. Coming from California it has been quite an adjustment. He stuck his hand in the snow for the first time and started crying. Poor guy, but he still wants to go outside so thats where we find ourselves adventuring quite often.

We have been trying our hand at winter activites around here. We figure if we are going to be in the snow we might as well embrace it and enjoy. So in true winter fashion we went sledding. The worse part of the whole day was trying to find a sled to buy. We ended up having to pay $12.99 for one, which I felt sick about, but at least now we have a sled, and a few days of enjoyment under our belt. I am not sure how Tucker felt about sledding. It was hard to read his face as he came zooming down the hill with his daddy! I enjoyed it though, I havent been sledidng in years. WE definetely HAVE to do that again!

We had been trying to find a Tucker a snowsuit since we moved up here. So we found him the cutest snowpants. Then we found the jacket. I think he is going to be wearing this jacket for a couple of years. Kid looks a little like an oompa loompa. But a warm at that!

Santa is Real...or is he?

2010-02-17T22:25:00.000-08:00

Because I have been backtracking a little lately trying to catch up on christmas posts here is another fun thing we did this season.

Jedi was asked to play Santa Clause in our ward. The costume fit him great, but he looked a little to young to be a really really old man. Enter the makeup. I finally coaxed him into letting me take some eyeliner to his beautifully chiseled features. A little eyeliner, grey eyeshadow and some masisve skills later, he was looking more like Father Christmas and less like a 24 year old father of one.

Although speaking of that one, he hated being on Santas lap, which I thought was quite funny becaue normally he loves strangers, I could not get him to stay on his daddy's lap though so we grabbed his candy cane and removed him from the area. He calmed down later though and was able to enjoy one of these...

a picture with mommy!

Thats so WICKED!

2010-02-17T21:57:00.000-08:00

It was Wicked, but it felt so good, so right, so happy, and it was given as a gift, so really HOW Wicked could it be?

This year for Christmas my parents decided that they were going to spoil the girls a little in the midst of all the holiday buzz and wedding hubbub. We got to go see WICKED and I have to say it was awesome. I think we pretty much talked through the whole play and drooled over all the cute guys and even sang along with the songs, but we didnt care what looks we got, it was a BLAST! We were even a little wicked ourselves and snuck in some puppychow to divulge in while we enjoyed the show. What a wonderful way to kick off the Christmas season!

A nose is a nose, like a rose is a rose....

2010-01-24T22:34:00.000-08:00

So I am finally back up and running this thing. I think I need to start filling in the holes and working my way forward. So lets take a little trip back to Novemeber. Nicki and my mother and I threw a bridal shower for our soon to be sister in law ( Go Taylor, go Taylor! ). We had the Bridal Shower the week of Thanksgiving and while everything that day went off with out a hitch, the week before was a little nuts. Kara, the B2B broke her nose playing in a Rugby game. Poor thing, lucky she is tough and has a good sense of humor. So since she had to have a nose bandage for her shower we decided we would get some fake noses for us all to wear. These were a big hit. We ended taking them off by the time the shower actually started, but we did manage to get some pictures. It was a fun day!

Deep Breath!

2010-01-10T08:07:00.000-08:00

My poor blog has been neglected for a while. Maybe with the move and all I have found myself not getting to my computer as much. We are almost settled and once I have the very last box unpacked, I will post some pictures for everyone's viewing pleasure! I do want to tell a story about the drive up though....my parents so graciously agreed to come us. As we began our journey we found ourself driving past old hang outs, mountains we hiked we were having one of those bittersweet moments. Then it happened. The dreaded flat tire. About an hour into our bittersweet memory fest we had to pull over in the sierras and fix the tire, in the freezing cold weather. The good thing that came out of is it that my son got to see snow. He stuck his hand into it an immediately started crying. Ah, the joy! So we fixed the flat super fast thanks to my speedy brother, hubbie and dad! Headed back on our way. Next exit rolls around, we get off. Something is wrong with the car. We put transmisson fluid into it. We head out. NExt exit ( no joke) we stop the car is shaking....we decide there is really not much we can do till we get to SLC. So we all drive super slow. What is supposed to take a 11 hour trip turnd into a 15 hour trip. You know what though, we made it here and that is all that matters!

2009-12-11T11:40:00.001-08:00

When will a dependence racket the young cathedral?

( this is a test)

New Moon Bonaza!

2009-11-20T23:06:00.000-08:00

I think I got another wrinkle. One right next to my left eye. It sits there staring back at me through the mirror, mocking me as I turn another year older. I am trying with all my might to salvage little youth in my that is screaming to get out( no I am not pregnant!) I had a birthday on Tuesday and my wonderful and very supportive husband fufilled my every birthday whim and made my a vampire cake in honor of the much anticipated NEW MOON. All I wanted this year was to go see the midnight showing of the movie and my dear dear lover boy along with my enthusiastic sister in law made it happen. One made me the cake, the other let me drag her until two in the morning to a movie theatre in the freezing cold with a bunch of screaming teenage girls. I think I screamed louder then all of them. If you haven't gone to see New Moon, go, its so worth the money and you get to look at eye candy for two hours so you may not want to take the hubbie along or he could catch you drooling! We were so excited for the event we even made shirts, thats right we made new moon shirts. They only lasted one day and it was so cold, no one really got to see them, but you my lucky readers get the sneek peak of the before-we-almost-froze-our-butts-off picture to see these beautiful shirts we created. So to you my fellow New Moon fan, I say Huzzah!

This is my shirt. You can see that whatever the iron on stuff we used started flaking off almost immediately, but I began to love it like I really was getting shredded up by a paper cute. Awesome.

I am not sure why you cant read her shirt in any of the pics I took, but the girl to right of me is my wonderful sis in law. Her shirt says, Bet You Cant Read My mind. The other gorgeous female is my friend Lindsay who we found out last minute was conming along. Totally make you a shirt next time Lins!

We finally made it to our seats...Yay! Now we just has to wait the hour and a half for the movie to start. We got a little shutter happy and began snapping fun pics so we wouldnt EVER forget how tired we were!

My sister wasnt able to come with us to the midnight showing on account that she is still in school and didnt want to wake up with bloodshot eyes the next day, but she got to go on Friday to the show. So of course we had to make her a shirt to.... hers is a Sadie original....Werewewolves are Hot like 108 degrees. It was cute!

Now, onto the cake, I had and I ate it too :)

major props to my husband for making this look so cool, you rock baby. You rock!

So as you can see we got ourselves a big mouth and some teeth with fangs and blood. then there is a ceramic deer, representing the vegetarian lifestyle and wolf, becuase you know Jacob! Not only was this cake rocking the looks, it tasted yummy too!

Geese and Green Water

2009-10-10T20:33:00.000-07:00

I am so tired, I am barely keeping my eyes open. I feel justified in being tired though in all the exciting things that we have been doing around here lately. Call me crazy, Call me the party girl, just dont call me late for dinner...okay so anyway. Besides the fact that my hubbie got job #2 this week ( trying to earn extra money for Idaho) Tucker and grandma and I decided it was time for a much needed outing, and not just to the park. First up was Heather Farms. It was so fun, they have a lake, that is green and mossy, but full of beautiful ducks that dont seem to mind swimming in the green goop. We walked around the lake. Looked at the rose garden and ate a picnic lunch on the grass with the geese swarming us. It was a green water, geese filled heaven sitting under the bright skin burner and relaxing our gams and munching on nourishment. After lunch while walking back to the car, we came across the coolest playground EVER. This thing is radiating so much coolnesss it has a rock climbing wall and a little kid park. We plopped the little guy down in the Sand and he had a great time walking around and playing on the structures and dumping sand on his head. Oh what fun. Follow that with some shop therapy for mom, and you have got a great day.

Next up. We hit the fruit stand. Okay so fruit may not be all that exciting, but what we went there for was. Every year around this time Windmill Farms brings in a bunch of Farm Animals with free admission. Its kind of like a petting zoo without all the petting. Tucker was bemused and befuddled, but in the end he defintely did not want to leave.

A little worse for the wear!

2009-09-03T21:27:00.000-07:00

We went on a family excursion last Saturday. It was so fun, and a little stressful and I mom am now reaping the hazardous benefits of spending hours in the sun. I did like a good mom slather sunscreen on my kid three or four times, even my husband I think got one or two coats. I wouldnt say that I neglected myself completely I just forgot one little crucial part when applying the suncreen to my body....my lips. Thats right I have not one, not two, but five...Five sunblisters on my lips. Just which are painful enough to keep me awake all night holding up ice cubes to my poor cracked and dried prunes where my mouth should be. The experience itself was worth it though, I will take sunblisters anyday if it means I get to spend some much needed time with my family.

So we went to Santa Cruz. I think that was probably one of the last good hot summers we are going to have so we took advantage of it and hit up the beach!

One cool cat!

2009-08-23T21:09:00.000-07:00

13 months. Thats a long time, if you are waiting for a package to arrive with some kind of goodie in it. Or if you have to wait that long before you can have your cake and eat it to, yup thats a long time...and one moldy cake. But, its not a long time, if you have a baby that is that old. It doesnt pass by slowly either nor does it make me feel any younger. At least my little one is one cool cat.

This cool cat has some new skills he has taken to lately. First off, he loves sunglasses. He loves putting them on his face and then pushing them up with his finger like they were slipping off. He roars if you ask him what a lion says. If you say "show me your stuff" he lifts his little shirt up and points to his belly ( thank you uncles, for teaching my child to flash people.) and if you ask him his name he will say " Tuckie Tuckie Tuckie". He is a ball of fun. He has added new words like: door, up, quoi (what), cat to his repertoire these last couple months and to our joy he has taken quite a liking to walking. Although his legs are far apart and he waddles like an old man, we are still proud that our little tiger is building his confidence and exploring the whole new world of walking on two gams.

I think I will take this in 13 months, instead of the moldy cake.

Lets get down to busniess.

2009-08-13T17:39:00.000-07:00

I have a lot of little projects going on right now. I started my own baby announcement business. Lucrative? We shall see, but it is super exciting. Yay, for cash flow! Anyway, if you want to check it out you can visit at http://perfectknightannouncements.blogspot.com. Leave a comment let me know what you think

Fabulous Friday GIVEAWAY

2009-07-29T08:32:00.000-07:00

I have my very first giveaway coming up this Friday ( click onto my other blog here at 8 am and you can enter to win). Yay, I am so excited....( insert clapping for myself here.) I am going to leave what it is a surprise until then, but I can tell you it is going to make you say aahhh or maybe it will just get you excited period. Okay so tell your friends and anybody you think might be interested. Tell your mother, tell your brother, tell your sister tell your friends. You get the idea There arethree ways to win and I really need support on this one ( sounds like I am in a AA meeting.lol)

the other me

2009-07-28T10:39:00.001-07:00

Lately, I have been feeling my creative juices flowing through my body like glitter in water. So I had to do it. I created a second blog. One that allows me to share all my projects and expirements without undermining my family blog and cluttering it up for people who just want to know how the Knights are doing. So if you are interested my creative blog address is http://stayhomeandplay.blogspot.com

Tuckers 1st Birthday Party!

2009-07-26T22:51:00.000-07:00

Its here. The long awaited pictures from Tuckers Birthday Party! It was so much fun. Tucker got to eat cake for the first time and I dare say, he is now in LOVE with cake. We went a little crazy on the theme this year and a Tucker is ONE come Join the FUN Party. We had his party on the 11th at 1 o'clock. We played on game. It was perfect.

Here are some fun pictures of the big day!

Free Roadside Hutch Renovation.

2009-07-03T22:11:00.000-07:00

Its here. I am so proud and so excited to show you the unveiling of my free roadside find, fixed up and renovated. It started out as just a lonely hutch. Discraded on the side of the road, tipped over and ready for big garbage pick up day. It looked so sad just sitting there. Enter the renovator. Moi! I passed on my daily walk a few times before I dragged my butt over there ( oh and a guy with some muscles) and hosited it up on top of my van, rescuing it from its fate as decor for a landfill. I took it home to my garage and assessed the damage. I wish these pictures would really show how beat up it was....

It has a broken drawer.

Its Doors were missing .

It had a Broken leg.

I washed the poor little hutch up and began discussing with my very skifull and exteremly talented mother all the possibilities for fixing it up. The rennovator in me told me to paint the whole thing. White maybe with some blue in the inside, antique it a little. Yeah that would be good. Then I really started looking at the wood. This wood was old world wood, It was a beautiful color and I just didnt have the heart to take away from the intregity of the peice. So I setteled for staining the already existing wood. ( It had scraxthed in it that made it look antiqued already) and gave the inside a little TLC with a nice coat of paint.

Here is the AFTER:

Not bad for a free Hutch.

Happy Fathers Day!

2009-07-03T22:03:00.001-07:00

Okay so I am a little late on my Fathers Day post, I wanted to get the pictures edited and perfect though before I did anything. So here we are almost a week late, but at least it is getting posted.

This year for Father's Day Tucker gave daddy tickets to see the Oakland A's ( oh and mommy got to come along too!) It was dollar hot dog night at the park, so we sat down munched on dogs, and cheered the A's who were playing the San Fransisco Giants. We rode BART in and everything. We wanted to get the whole experience. Tucker and daddy were both tired, by the time we got home. It was a great day!

Great Clips or Stupid Snips!

2009-06-29T22:32:00.000-07:00

I got a baaaaaaaaaaad haircut. Bad. I tell you. AWFUL. " I just want it a little shorter and lighter for the summer" I tell myself. I was thinking maybe 3 possibly 4 inches. 7 inches later, I am staring at my reflection in the mirror horrified as the lady cutting it tells me that I can still put it back in a ponytail. I could have SCREAMED. Quite possibly its not as bad as I am making it and bless Jedi for telling me he loves it ( he still thinks I should have shaved my head!), but now everytime I wash my hair and my hand stops a little over a half a foot short from where it used to. I. WANT. TO. CRY. Good thing it's summer and wearing your hair up is a perfectly acceptable style. I just have to breath, whip out my straighten to try and fool myself into thinking it will help my shoulder length hair look longer and I have to tell myself, that it is only hair and it will grow back. It will grow back right?

...gradumatation!

2009-06-13T00:27:00.000-07:00

I have been working on a number of projects lately, but no one gets a peek a boo until they are complete. I felt old agian today, I really think this me old thing needs to stop, but it doesn't. Today my youngest brother graduated from high school. We are so proud of him, here are some fun pictures of the event!

Waiting for Jesse's turn

Finally has the diploma!His Lai's and everything weighed so much, it looked like he was going to fall over!
Our Future football player!We made Jesse a candy boquet for his graduation gift. YUM!

In Memory of Mike Knight

2009-06-01T18:34:00.000-07:00

Jedi's uncle passed away when he was quite young. He left behind a devoted financee and a unborn little girl. He was a lifeguard and I know Jedi looks up to him quite a bit. So here is my latest project. Jedi had an old t-shirt that was commerative of the Knight challenge at Mission Beach they have every year, to honor Mike. The shirt was getting worn and ratty, but the picture on it was still looking good, I couldnt bear throwing it away, knowing how much it meant to Jedi so here is what I did:

Okay so I colored this in a little because it was completely black and white, but I love love love how it turned out.

Here it is the finished project, white mat, black frame. Leave me a comment let me know what you think!

I think I love a Fish!

2009-05-27T15:15:00.000-07:00

I think having gills is a hereditary thing. Or at least being in love with water has to be. Enter Tucker. We took him into the water the other day. Not just his feet, I mean the have to put on your swimsuit and sit in your floatie kind of in and the kid had a blast. His uncles and grandpa got in with him and he was having so much fun he was mad when I took him out. ( call me mean, but the poor kid was shivering) This little guy I swear in his other life was a fish, he loves water so much. We are going to teach him how to swim young so he can enjoy a long long life of swimming. Now the only dilemia is to figure out how to keep him from burning, poor guy got his mother's pasty white skin! ( yeah for SPF 50)

Shortlived, but not short lived!

2009-05-24T21:07:00.000-07:00

Jedis back. Surprise to the world, but not such a huge surprise for us. We have known for sometime that Jedi would be returning to us, he got discharged for medical reasons. I can say that is is beyond amazing having him home. Having your husband gone for 2 months really makes you put things into perspective. He helps me out so much, he is a great daddy and he is an amazing man. I am so happy to have my wonderful husband home!

One persons Junk...Is another mans treasure!

2009-05-15T20:40:00.001-07:00

I dont know. Maybe this isnt something I should be admitting to . Then again maybe I have no reason to hide. Maybe, just maybe this will be seen as normal. ha, on that note. I LOVE YARD SALES. Not having them, going to them. It never ceases to amaze me the treasures to be had that other people no longer want, and all for rock bottom prices. Booyah! Ever week I scan craigslist for local yard sales and map out my route. There is some great stuff out there, stuff that normally I couldnt afford to buy in stores. MY loot. My wonderful loot. This weeks quest...clothes for all of us. Dont worry with a little sanitation and washer time they are perfectly wearable. Little Tucker is growing so fast, I cant keep clothes that are big enough for him. So tomorrow I start out on another wonderful garage sale journey to find baby clothing that is just waiting to become a part of our lives. YAY for yard sales.

PS. If you are still reading after this lame post, you are a true friend, THANK YOU!

Flower Power!

2009-05-03T22:13:00.001-07:00

Someday I will be caught up on all my posts. Thats what I get for not blogging in a while. My brother recently got married. It makes me feel old because to me he is and always will be my little brother. I guess I have to come out of my state of feeling like I need to be checking for crows feet and under arm flab and say congratualtions Troy and Nicki. They really are cute together and she has somehow already figured out how to deal it back when he gives her a hard time. Something that has taken me my whole life to master. Kudos.

So back to this wedding, a friend of mine and I undertook the huge task of doing the flowers for the wedding. We even went as far as to get up at 6am and go to the flower mart. 8 hours later we had hurting backs and pricked fingers, but we were done, and they looked amazing.

The result.

This was the brides boquet. Its in a pitcher of water her and in our garage to keep it cool, but the yellow roses were so pretty that day and her boquet turned out huge!

This is four bridemaids boquets, they are all jammed togther in water,

but you can see how pretty the colors are. I was happy because the flowers stayed nice all day long .

This was one of the six flower arrangements we made, I am proud of this one, it took a lot of work, but was well worth it.

Congratulations Troy and Nicki

April 11, 2009

Muirwoods

2009-05-02T10:07:00.000-07:00

After the beach we took a little walk around Muirwoods Park. Talk about some big trees. Tucker was so tired he fell asleep while in the backpack. We couldn't help but have a little laugh as people made comments when we walked past. No worries, we did rescue him shortly after this from this neck buster.

Beach Bums

2009-05-02T09:54:00.001-07:00

This is a little late in coming, but before Jedi left we took a little trip to the beach. We were excited for Tucker to get to feel sand on his little toes for the first time and the beautiful salty brine and the crunchy wet sand with the bright sunburning sun did not let us down. Tucker loved kicking around in the sand and it was nice we all got to go as a family.

no clothing coercion here!

2009-05-02T09:25:00.001-07:00

Everytime I take Tuckers clothes off, he makes a mad dash as far away from me as he can. What can I say, he loves to be in just a diaper. This time, though instead of grabbing him and immediately coercing him into his clothes, I decided it was the prefect time for a photo op. Here is the result. I by no means am a professional, but we both had some giggles.

Iron Man

2009-05-01T21:49:00.000-07:00

Its update time. Below this excerpt is about a million and one pictures, I have taken so many cute ones lately, I had to post a whole bunch. We decided a couple of weeks ago that Tucker wasnt getting enough iron. So my mom and I made the trip to the local drugstore to get some baby vitamins. Every night we proceed to hold Tucker down and get as much of the dropper as we can into his mouth. Most of the time, more ends up ON him then IN him, but I think we now almost have it mastered. He makes the cutest little discugsted face when he as to eat, but I can tell the vitamins are working. He has had more energy and never stops moving. Not. Ever.

Tucker is standing by himself, he has a little help leaning against the wall, but I didnt even know this was a skill he had mastered. We attempted to try it one night when we found a picture of me leaning against the wall and standing when I was about 8 months old. Little Tucker is going to be walking soon, I can feel it. Then I really will be chasing him.

MY own little workout plan. Seriously I should market the concept of chasing babies around the house as a form of excersise.

Tucker loves hanging onto his bike, but he hasnt quite figured out how to take a step yet, He just kinda pushes the thing forward until he is almost flat on his belly on the ground. Its actually pretty hilarious!

This is one of Tuckers favorite toys right now. Unfortunately he can only go backwards. Its cute wacthing his face as he tries to figure out why he is getting further and further away from where he wants to be going. Hang in there, little guy!

whirlwind world

2009-04-28T10:47:00.001-07:00

I have been really bad about writing on this blog lately. For some reason life has gotten a little crazy around here, and i havent had the desired time to sit down and poor out what is on my mind, which has been a lot. Its hard to believe Tucker just turned 9 months old, where has the time gone, he has gone from liking applesauce and bananas to pancakes and madrain oranges. He is more verbal now and even though the words are not understandable its cute to see him trying to talk. I wish I had more time, but as I have learned a mothers duties are never done so I go now, until next time my faithful followers, until next time.

30 seconds and counting.

2009-04-12T23:18:00.000-07:00

I finally got a letter from Jedi the other day. Two actually. And despite the mixed feelings going on in everyones mind about how to feel about this ( including me) I have to say I am VERY proud of him. Him going into the arm goes beyond just fighting for his country. Jedi wanted a way to provide for his family and in a downward sprialing economy he wanted to know that our finance were secure and that we would be safe as a family. Okay so down off the soap box. Jedi's letter was intriugung. His first week and a half he spent in what is called reception ( insert long billowing groan here) Basically its processing where all the paper work is finalized and where they go over all the details of boot camp, they basically just run drills ALL day, Jedi said that once he gets to BCT (basic training) that there will be physical training in in the morning and then speicalised training later in the day. Jedi thinks the he has a good chance to become Platoon Leader. They base it off of test scored and leadership abilities that are displayed int he 1st couple of weeks. Jedi is a prime canidate. I hope he gets the oppurtunity, I know he would be excited and it would help the four months pass by quicker for him. He got to call me today.... He said his sargent gave him 30 seconds to talk so I listened and answered his questions with a simple yes or no. Then he said he love me and I said it back and we hung up. I think a tear rolled down my cheek at that point because I miss him, but it still felt sooooo good to hear his voice. I will post a return address for Jedi as soon as one is available, these first two letters didnt say much, but I will keep you updated as to how Jedi is doing as I get letters. Thanks to all our friends and family who are supporting us in this. WE LOVE YOU!

Faceoff

2009-03-19T07:16:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the perfect- sit -on -the -grass- with- a- blanket -and -have- a- picnic sort of day. That is just what we did. Tucker and I met up with some other mothers and their kids and has a picnic and playground session. Tucker had fun playing with all the kids that were his age. I was having a good time myself until one of the mothers told me that her son had RSV. Tucker had been sharing his toys all morning. Oh the horror! Now i am in full blown watchmen mode to see if our little man comes down with any of the syptoms. Meet one stressed out mom. In light of everything happening in our lives right now, the last thing we need is to have a really sick baby who could potentially be hospitialized on our hands. Lets pray that he doesnt get what that little boy had. All I can say is " Let me at that mom who didnt warn us before hand. Let me at her, ( hold me back ) Let me at her!"

Happy Green Day!

2009-03-17T11:17:00.001-07:00

Happy 17th of March. Or if you are into the fesitiviness of smaller holidays....Happy St. Patircks Day. Nothing significant is happening in our little corner of the world today, although Tucker tries noodles ( plain noodles) for the first time, that was interesting. Plain noodles are bland and in my opinon gross, but I think he was happy to have something slimy and something other then applesause or squash. yum. We are in a whirlwind of packing up the house right now, which is what I should be doing instead of posting this blog, but I just couldnt stand to look at another box at the moment. Its amazing how many boxes you can fit into one room if you stack them all the way up to the ceiling. And it is something new for Tucker to explore. Anyway Happy St. Patricks Day from the Knight Clan.

...Dosie of an Announcement!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-03-14T21:18:00.000-07:00

We are about to head out on a new quest. One that strengthens our family, gives us pride in out nation and allows us to define and redefine ourselves. Thats right all you fellow blog readers, Jedi has joined the army! Its a new and exciting time for us. Jedi heads out to boot camp in Fort Knox Kenntucky April 1st and having just recieved his order to do so, we are now in a whirlwind of packing and planning and tying up loose ends. He is going to be gone for four months so Tucker and I are heading out for a good ol' California Summer to stay with my parents. Thanks mom and dad for putting us up, and putting up with us. I personally am excited to be able to take Tucker to the beach and to let him feel his little feet in the sand. So now the count in down to 11. 11 days until we have to be ready to go. We are packing up our little car until it is bursting at the seams with everything we might need for the next 4 months and driving as a family to California where Jedi will get to spend a few days relaxing until he heads out. We are excited and we are nervous, but we know we are doing something good and we are geared up for the adventure of a lifetime! Pray for our soliders!!!!!

2009-03-04T09:33:00.001-08:00

We decided to go play on the playground this afternoon, we had so much fun! Tucker loved the swings and the slides, we will have to venture out that way more often!!!!

Today was such a beautiful day ( ...and all you need is a light sweater) that Tucker and I ventured with some of our friends to a park down the street to feed the ducks. I dont think Tucker knew compelelty what was happening, but he did seem to enjoy being outside.

Incisor Inhabitants!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-26T00:17:00.000-08:00

Tucker has been grouchy lately. We couldnt figure out what was wrong until, low and behold last Friday I discovered two little teeth that had barely broke the surface in Tucker's mouth. I can't believe our baby is old enough to have teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Little Cupid!

2009-02-24T09:36:00.000-08:00

On Valentines Day Jedi had to work so Tucker and I stayed home and did a little photo shoot. He was so cute in his costume and had a blast playing with the paper hearts I made. At one point he even gathered them into a pile on the floor it was adorable. Jedi thinks Tucker looks like a girl, but I think he is just plain cute! Enjoy!

Welcome Wonderers...

2009-02-24T09:04:00.000-08:00

Welcome. We are the Knights. We are embarking on a journey through a life of humor, fun and out right outrageous adventures. We dont find funny things, they find us. We hope you will enjoy experincing with us, the humor, the laughs, the avdentures and the little insights into our lifes that shape who we are and who we have become today.