The Neal Family Blog

Crossfit UAC

2011-06-27T10:52:00.004-06:00

Hey everyone the Providence Gym is opening on July 5th!! There will be 4 classes starting at 6 & 7 a.m. And then 5:30 and 6:15 p.m. And at 8 a.m. On Saturdays! It is so awesome and there is great trainers! Go out and check it out! Right next to Firehouse Pizza!

Skirts

2009-12-07T15:08:00.017-07:00

Wow! Has it been awhile or what! I almost forgot what my password was to log in. Well I really needed to do this along time ago but have had a much bigger project going on. For those of you who did not know I started sewing these skirts for Texie and it has turned into quite the project. They look darling with leggings under them. I sold them at the Novemberfest and had such a huge turn out for people who want them. I promised everyone I would put them on my blog for those who want them. I only have 1 baby and 1 large and a few small and med left over. So here they are and if you are interested in on just let me know.

Baby $15.00 (0months-12months)

Small $20.00 (2yrs-4yrs.)

Med. $25.00 (5yrs-10 yrs)

Large $30.00 (11 yrs and up)

All the skirts come with the flower safety pinned on so you can remove to wash.

Thanks again for everyone who helped in getting ready for the Novemberfest. I could not have done it without all of you! Also thanks to all who helped in my booth those days you guys are awesome!!!

New Addition!!

2009-03-26T14:52:00.002-06:00

Well Cami had her baby on March 12, 2009. His name is Braxton and he is such a cute little thing. He has alot of dark hair and pretty curly in the back. I was having a hard time not being able to see him so I threw the kids in the car and away we went. The kids were so excited to finally see the big football player as Tyker would say. He just knew that baby braxton would come out and be a big football player to play with. It is always fun having a new baby in the family. I am glad we got a chance to see him and see Bailey be the good old blonde mommy with him. Congratulations Hess family and we all love you and miss you soo much!!!

Beaver Mountain

2009-03-10T12:57:00.005-06:00

Well I finally took my kids skiing the other day! I have not been skiing for about 5 yrs so it was quite the adventure. Texie had been 1 time and Taydem only wanted to ride the lift up and have misty carry him down. Aunt Misty, kiah and bug have been wondering when I was going to take them. We had such a good time and the kids loved it started out a little shaky and I was thinking we were going to be in the lodge by 11:00 a.m. We went in and ate lunch and then headed back out for some more. By the afternoon they were both on their own and finally enjoying it! They are both wondering when we are going again!!

Happy Birthday Taydem!!

2009-02-23T10:46:00.007-07:00

On Saturday it was Taydem's birthday!! He is six going on 26. His day started out with his last basketball game. He has improved so much since when he started. I am so sad that the season is over because he was just starting to feel comfortable out there and was really getting to be quite the ball player. That is all he does around the house is shoot hoops. He can turn anything into a hoop and a ball. We then went cosmic bowling at the fun park. Aunt Nancy came up and Uncle Jason, aunt Misty and Bug came along as well. Later that night everyone came over for cake and Ice Cream. I think all in all he had a great day and we love him so much!! Thanks to everyone who came and made Taydems birthday a fun day!!

Happy Birthday Taydem!!

All blogged out!!

2009-01-28T13:51:00.004-07:00

Well I need to apologize for not posting anything on my blog for a long time. Around the holidays things are so busy and there is just not enough time to get on the computer and blog. I have not even turned the computer on for a couple of months. Our family had a great holiday season and we hope you had one as well. We did some fun family activities and some not so fun activities. We went sledding, saw Christmas lights, played games, and then the not so fun thing, helped my sister move to Cedar City. It is the first of my family to move out of Cache Valley. I cried for a few days and then laughed for a few days. It was hard for my kids since they have been so close to Cami and Ryan. Tyker calls uncle ryan his COACH!! Ryan was always so good to put on his jersey and pretend he was Tyker's coach. We are so happy for them to finally be done with school and for ryan's new job but we miss them really bad to. They are really liking Cedar City and have a darling house down there. My aunt Nancy and I made the trip down with them to help them unload boxes and get settled in. My kids can't wait to go down and see there house and to have a little warmer temps than have been in Logan lately. We may go down on Feb 14 because Takesha is playing in a soccer tournament to we could watch her and visit Cami at the same time!!
Taydem is playing basketball and has a very good coach who has taught him allot about the game. He is enjoying playing even though he is the youngest one on the team. He can throw that ball up there and has scored a couple of points each game!! Texie is still dancing and she continues to amaze me how flexible and talented she is at dance. She has a few competitions coming up in the next couple of months she will be doing and we look forward to watching her shake her booty!! Then there is Tyker... that kid amazes me each day. He is so full of energy and is always wanting someone to play hoops with him. We attended the Aggie game last week and went to get some ice cream at Cold Stone. We were walking out the door and we turned around and Tyker had fallen and cut his upper lip wide open. We ended up in the E.R that night getting stitches in his lip. He was pretty good through the whole thing and now has them out and is healing right up. Well there is the run down of some of the things that are going on with our family. Again I apologize for not doing better at keeping the blog updated.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!!

2008-12-11T14:07:00.005-07:00

Well Christmas is in 15 days and we have only had a little bit of snow, but with the snow we have received the kids were able to build a little snowman and do a little bit of shoveling. They were so excited to put their boots on and go out. Taydem and Tyker shoveled off the basketball court and helped build the snowman. We are suppose to get more snow this weekend so hopefully we will have a white Christmas!

Thanksgiving Weekend!!

2008-12-02T09:17:00.005-07:00

Wow we had such a great weekend spending time with family and friends. We had Thanksgiving dinner at my sister Misty's. It was such a great time and Jason's family was all their too. They are great people and fun to be around. The kids had a great time playing football and basketball outside. Then on Friday Misty and I hit the sales at 4:45 a.m. I am sure it was not as early as some of you crazy bats went but there was not to many things that I couldn't live without this year and we got what we went for and that is all that matters!! Then we my aunt Nancy came up and all the gals went to the Novemberfest. We have been going to that for my whole entire life since my aunt Nina runs the show there. Then we all went out to eat at Fredrico's then back home to our house for some good old games of "NUTS" and Dominoes. Our family has not played the card game "NUTS" for a long time but is a family tradition card game. On Saturday Texie did her first dance performance for this year she did such an amazing job and is such a great dancer. We love going to watch her and hopes she keeps it up!! There is a wrap up of the weekend. I love this time of year and look forward to many more card and domino games and spending time with family and friends!!

Big Football Guy

2008-11-20T09:45:00.003-07:00

Lately Tyker has been such a character that I don't even know what to do sometimes. He wants to wear his football shirt or his aggie basketball jersey with aggie shorts all the stinking time. He puts on taydems Build a Bear helmet and wears it around the house all day!! He always wants to play football or basketball whatever he can get his brother to play with him that day. We have taken him and Taydem to play basketball at the rec-center while texie is at dance. so now he is constantly wanting me to drop him off to play basketball with the big guys. Mom me have practice with the big guys come drop me off. He has such and imagination that my other kids never really had. We are also potty training, so far he is doing very well. We have gone 4 days with no accident. I am not getting my hopes up because kids seem to do really well at first and then not so well for a minute so we are keeping our fingers crossed. I can't wait till I don't have to buy diapers anymore let alone change any!!!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-03T21:06:00.004-07:00

For Halloween this year Texie decided she wanted to be a Oompa Loompa on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory move. I decided to get busy making the costume the best that I could. I think all in all it turned out pretty cute!!! Taydem and Tyker wanted to be skeletons. We went trick or treating at my moms house with the family and aunt Nancy. It is always exciting when aunt Nancy is around!!

Carving Pumpkins

2008-10-27T09:40:00.004-06:00

On friday the kids didn't have school and they couldn't wait to carve their pumkins!!!

This is their finished product!!!

Family Pictures

2008-10-04T22:13:00.013-06:00

A couple weeks ago my sister took some pictures of our family at Mack Park in Smithfield. Those of you that have not been their should go because it is an awesome place to take pictures. The kids did a great job at making sure they were ready when the wild child Tyker was actually looking where he needed to look at the right time. I think all in all they turned out very cute and thanks Cami for taking the pictures.

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-03T10:01:00.006-06:00

This weekend we had a couple of things planned. My family went to Snow Basin to ride the gondola up the mountain and hike around. The kids were so excited however Tyker did not know what to think when we hopped on the lift. It comes around really slow for you to get on and then it takes of pretty fast. His eyes were as big as dollars. It is so gorgeous up there and I would recommend anyone who hasn't gone up to do so. On the way back down there is this water hole where a mama moose and her baby like to hang out. We saw them laying there on our way down so that was fun for the kids. Then ryan and his friends decided they wanted to go camping. It was labor day and all so you all know that finding a spot to camp would be pretty tricky, we ended up at Newton Dam!! Yeah not my idea of camping but I went with the flow and had Ryan get all the stuff ready while I was at Snow Basin. When we got home we headed for the dam. Dave and Heather borrowed Jaren and Tony's trailer and they brought Tony's parents motor home or should I say the Hilton. They warned us it was big but we didn't realize it was going to be that big. We had a great time and thanks to the Hollingsworths and Barson's for inviting us, we need to do it again!!

Back To School!!

2008-08-22T09:13:00.004-06:00

Well summer is officially over for us. School started yesterday and Texie was so excited she could hardly sleep. Her teacher is Mrs. Bennet. Texie seems to really like her and we are looking forward to a great year. Taydem is in kindergarten this year but he doesn't start until Thursday the 28th. His teacher is Mrs. Peterson. We went to Back to School night on Wednesday and met with his teacher. He is excited to go but mom is going to miss him at home with her.

Texie Special Day!!

2008-08-03T19:59:00.007-06:00

On August 2, 2008 Texie was officially the newest member of the LDS Church. Her dad baptized her and confirmed her. This was Ryan's first experience using the priesthood power. He was pretty nervous as he was awake till three in the morning stewing over it. But those of you that know Ryan know how awesome he is with words. He did such a great job and I am so proud of him. Texie we love you and are so happy for the decision you made to get baptized and your sweet spirit you bring to our family. Thanks to everyone who came and made this day special for Texie. We have such great friends and family who we all love.

Bear Lake 2008

2008-07-03T12:22:00.002-06:00

Bear Lake 2008

Arizona 2008

2008-06-30T11:54:00.001-06:00

Crazy Month of June

2008-06-30T11:07:00.010-06:00

Wow how time flies. This last month has been filled with all sorts of excitement. Texie and I made our trip to Arizona to visit with Uncle Tony, Aunt Lisa, Cam, Keegan and Savannah. We went down with Grandma Neal to watch Savannah's dance recital. Wow those girls are amazing dancers. It is like night and day compared to Utah. They truly devote their life to dance and spend hours upon hours dancing and it shows!! Savannah we are so proud of you and think that you are an awesome dancer. We had a great time spending time with them and can't wait to see them again. Thanks again for everything you guys did for us while we were and for letting me give Keegan a swirly in the toilet.

We also made a bus trip with the neighborhood kids up have lunch at Fred Rico's and then some Aggie Ice Cream. The kids get a kick out of riding the LTD and it was the first time for some of the kids in the neighborhood to ride it. We love our neighborhood and are so fortunate to have such awesome neighbors.

We also went camping in our new trailer we just bought. Grandma had a few days off and wanted to go so we took her up for a few days. We invited the Casey family up for the day Lexie says she has never been camping and wanted to go really bad. Dr. Dave took the kids and went to the river to catch some fish, while we stayed back and prepared our tin foil dinners. We had a great time camping and thank you Casey's for coming and spending the day with us and letting your kids spend the night in the trailer. The kids loved having them stay over and it was such a blast.

Cousins

2008-06-26T17:08:00.010-06:00

Shakiah, Takesha, Texie, Bailey,
Brinley, Taydem and Tyker

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-05-29T09:08:00.016-06:00

I can't believe that it is the end of May and school is getting out. We had a great weekend even though the weather wasn't the greatest. Taydem played in a 4 on 4 soccer tournament on Sat. He had such a good time and played very well. That night Ryan's sister and her family were down from Boise so we had a little cook out with them and the family. It was good to see the boys and get to spend some time with them. On Sunday we went to church and then went to the cemetery with my Aunt Nancy. We go pay tribute to all the loved ones that have past away. The kids look forward to going to the cemetery and putting the flowers on the graves. We then had a little cook out again that night with my family. The kids played soccer out back at my mom's house. We then decided that Uncle Jason would go and take the kids out to see his friends horses. He loves to feed the horses but we weren't sure he would get on one and ride it, but he did. He had a perma grin the whole time on the horse.
Monday the weather was rainy all day so we did a little shopping and just hung out together as a family. All in all it was a pretty fun weekend!!

Tyker's Birthday Party!!

2008-05-06T09:11:00.015-06:00

Saturday was Tyker's 2nd Birthday. We had a big B-BQ with our friends and family. The kids got to take a shot at the pinata to see if they could break it. The tie on the top came out of the pinata so we just had to break it on the cement. Tyker received some fun presents from everyone. Thanks to everyone who came and helped us celebrate his birthday.

2008-04-27T18:40:00.001-06:00

April Showers Bring May Flowers!!

2008-04-27T18:17:00.003-06:00

Well it is now almost the end of April and the weather has been a bit crazy in Cache Valley. One day it will be in the 70's and the next day SNOW!!! It has been very depressing for me but at least we have a few soccer games to keep us going. The kids started soccer and are really enjoying playing. Texie has not been able to play to much because she has dance on Tuesday and those are her game days. She also has had pneumonia and strep throat so that set her back about a week. Other than that she has enjoyed going the practices and catching as many games as she can. Taydem is getting more and more aggressive as time goes on. I told him I would give him $1.00 for every goal he made. He has so far received $7.00 he is doing very well, and as for Tyker he is constantly running around with them kicking the ball. He can kick pretty hard for a almost 2 year old. His birthday is this Saturday May 3. We are going to have a big B-BQ at our house for his birthday. Happy Birthday Tyker!!

Dance Xtreme

2008-04-06T21:34:00.009-06:00

This past weekend Texie danced in the Dance Xtreme Competition at the Energy Solutions Arena. She did her hip hop dance and the Production Show dance. The production show dance is a combination of all of the dances put all together. The older girls have the big Slinky's and the pom-poms and the younger girls have the jump ropes and pom-poms. It was a huge competition with about 15 different dance teams. It was Texie's first time going to such a big competition and was a very neat experience for her to get to dance in. They took first place in their hip-hop dance and I don't know about the other one. We went over to the Gateway in between dance's to let Texie Build A Bear and grabbed some lunch then went to watch Takesha play soccer in Salt Lake and went to the Spaghetti Factory for dinner then headed back for more dance. We had a great time at the competition and Texie had a blast dancing!!

Play day at the park

2008-03-31T13:20:00.010-06:00

2008-03-26T16:36:00.001-06:00

Easter Extravaganza

2008-03-25T13:24:00.002-06:00

Last Sunday was Easter and we had a great time doing all the fun easter traditions. On Saturday morning we got up and colored the kids easter eggs. The look forward to doing that so much that they woke up at 6:30 because they were so excited to dye them. Sunday we woke up to see that the easter bunny had visited our house once again to bring the kids candy and some fun toys. Texie got a new purple and gray Cat Osterman glove to play softball with this year. Taydem got a Air Hog airplane that can fly outside and Tyker got a nerf gun that shoots little nerf things. We then went to Grandpa and Grandma Neal's for a little visit and take them a pot of tullips from our family. We then went down to Grandma and Grandpa DeSpain's for the annual easter egg hunt and dinner. As always all the grandkids get spoiled by Grandma and grandpa. They all got a new webkinz and a bunch of candy and treats. We then headed to old main to roll our eggs down the hill. Taydem was asking when we were going to go to the place where the beagles (Seaguls) eat your eggs. We had such a good easter and enjoyed spending time with family. We hope you all had a great Easter!!!

Spring Fever!!

2008-03-11T14:48:00.002-06:00

It is starting to warm up a little in Cache Valley but as you all know the highs are only in the lower 40's but hey that is a heat wave for us lately. I am always going out and shoveling snow into the road so it will melt faster and we can go out and play on the grass. We still have quite a bit of snow but hopefully it will melt fast. We can't wait till we can play some ball outside and sit in the warm sun and tan our white bodies. Easter is only a week and half a way so much for having any easter hunts outside since we still have snow. Ryan is going to mesquite to play softball this weekend so he is excited about that. He has had his bags packed for a week waiting to go. He really looks forward to going down with the guys for the weekend. I don't know how much ball the end up playing but I'm not sure thats the reason for going down. I always tell him he should just go to have fun and not waist their time playing ball because they always loose the first two games and are done. But they continue to go every year to loose their two games and play around the rest of the time. Oh well he has a blast with the guys. Well I better go and shovel some more snow out so we can have tullips and daffodils soon. Happy Easter!!!

Taydem's annual Trip

2008-03-02T11:29:00.003-07:00

Well it was time for annual trip to Primary Children's Hospital for Taydem's yearly check on the kidneys. He was very nervous to go which I don't blame him but he was very brave and only cried when he had to put the cute little gown on. He then gets a catheter and I.V. so they can inject nuclear lasiks into him to see if both of his kidneys are pulling their own weight. Every year we go they continue to get better and better. This was his last chance to get better and if not then he would have to have surgery to open the ureter so it would drain faster. They sandbag him down for 45 min. while this big machine takes little pictures of how fast his kidneys get the lasiks out. We then go up to the pediatric urology office and the doc. tells us how he did. To are surprise and such a relief off of out shoulders his kidneys finally work about 49 to 51 so that is as close as you can be without being perfect. He no longer has to go there every year and mom and dad are relieved we don't have to put our son through that any longer. We then took Taydem to lunch and went to Build-a-Bear and let him build his own bear for being so brave.

We love you Taydem and are so glad you are better!!
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February

2008-01-31T10:27:00.000-07:00

It is now coming up on February and we can't wait for Taydem's Birthday. There are only 3 things that he has told us he wants, a J.C. Carol jersey, a foam #1 finger, and a mega phone cone thing that the cheerleaders yell in. He is totally and Aggie fan and that is all her cares about at this point in time. We have season tickets to all of the Aggie basketball games and the kids have really enjoyed going to all the games. There are only about 5 more games at home and then J.C. Carol will graduate. What a sad time at the Neal's house that will be. He came to our house last summer to sign Taydems aggie flag. He also brought him a basketball that he had signed and a T- shirt. That was really fun for him and also for me and Ryan to talk to him and ask him about his time as an aggie. I don't know what we will do next year when he is gone. We will really miss watching him play. Taydem will turn 5 this year and will start kindergarten in the fall. I am looking forward to having him in school but I will miss him at home with me.

The Neal's Family Blog

2008-01-23T12:47:00.001-07:00

It is now the end of January and I can't believe how fast time has just flew on by. Texie is enjoying school and getting smarter and smarter as time goes on. Taydem is in preshcool and is learning how to blend letters together to make a word. He is excited to start kindergarten this fall. And for Tyker he is just a out of control 20 month year old boy. He is just starting to say a few words. He sure does know his aggie songs and cheers. He is following in his brothers footsteps when it comes to the Aggies. He will run around the hose with the aggie flag singing the aggie song. Ryan is enjoying his job at Hickman Land Title and I enjoy staying at home taking care of the hoodlum.
Texie is starting to play basketball. Her first game is this saturday. Her and her cousin Bailey are on the same team so it will be fun to watch them. She is still taking dance and is going to perform at the Delta Center and at Logan High at the first of March. Taydem wants to sign up to play soccer this spring so we are excited he is finally old enough to sign up to play things.