Simkins Family

2011-06-09T17:03:00.000-07:00

Summer fun!! we took the kids to the park the other day and it was xanders first time swinging he had such a blast! It was so cute to watch him he just laughed the whole time!

Here is one of Jarrica it was so cute she loves playing with other kids and there was a little boy there and the whole time she kept on saying come on riggin lets play come her riggin but the funny thing was that was not his name but she wouldnt stop calling him that and couldnt under stand why he wouldnt come to that name.

Real boys wear pink! Auntie Josie bought this shirt for him and he just looked so cute and was full of smiles.

The most cutest kids ever sorry i have to be a little prejudice cause they are my kids after all.

She loves her little brother and he loves her they are so cute together they are always making each other laugh i love watching them play together its so cute!

2011-05-29T18:15:00.000-07:00

Jarrica is such a sweet heart and such a good big sister she has been so cute with Xander she is always making sure that he has a toy and his binky and is just always so willing to help me when i ask her for her help she always says i am a good big helper and that is so true! I Love you Miss!

She makes me laugh she is such a little dare devil when ever we are at the park she has to always go down the biggest slide and is not at all afraid of the water at the pool but when we went to the store the other day she wanted to ride the dino well she jumped out so fast and started to cry because it was scary and was going to fast. I had to laugh a little because it is the slowest ride ever i guess we will have to wait to go to lagoon. it might be to scary. so this is the best pic i could get of her before she got out.

I though Xander looked so cute in is sunday outfit and he was beening so smiley i had to take a picture.

I got a really cute hat for Xander from swankey stitches and i was trying it on him and he looked so dang cute in it i had to take a picture of him well jarrica went and got this hat and was being so cute and silly she wanted me to not forget her either so i had to take a pic of her too she looks so cute and a

little silly but i couldnt leave her out. Here are the ones of xander and his super cute hat.

Xander and his first taste of Carrots he didnt like them at first but now he loves them.

He loves the water i couldnt resit to take one of him in the tub he was having such a fun time.

Xander as captain america we were at the store the other day and dad just had to dress him up. I will say that he looks pretty dang cute!

I know these are a little late but here are some easter pic of the kids and all of there loot. It was a good easter my parents and sister came down to stay with us and we went to a movie and then they all went and took jarrica to the egg hunt i had to work so i missed out but they got a lot of good pic i just havent down loaded them yet.

Jarrica was so excited this year she was so happy that the easter bunny make it she kept on saying he came he came.

2011-03-20T21:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some up to day pictures of the kids. xander eatting his first bit of rice cereal it was a huge mess we got it every where all over him and all over me i think we will wait to feed him by the spoon again any time soon because i was hard he just wanted to help so much that he kept on grabing the spoon which caused the huge mess.

she is such a good big sister she always makes sure that he has a toy even if it is as big as he is.

my sweet kids i love them so much

we got this fake tooth at the store and she though it was pretty funny

jarrica getting ready to go out and play in the snow for the first time.

here she is making her first snow angle.

isnt she beautiful

jarrica and her good friend eathan how sad though she wont get to see him much any more because he doesnt live at grandma and grandpa homers house any more

xander and his little friend annelise which is one of my best friend julie's baby girl

holding his own bottle already man he is getting so big

look at his pretty blue eyes i never thought i would have such a blue eyed kid

jarrica giving her biggest cheesey

2011-03-20T20:56:00.000-07:00

this cute beanie and gloves he got from grandma homer i think he looks so stinkin cute!

Jarrica loves to hold xander but after a few sec she tells me he is to heavy take him off momma. that is what she was saying in this picture while she had her sippy in her mouth so it was a little muffled but i love this picture xander has the biggest smile and he is always full of smiles.

Jarrica and her cute new overalls which she loves she got them from grandma simkins jarrica always tells me they have pockets momma.

i love this picture just look at xander and how he is trying so hard to look at his sister

he looks so cute i just love sleeping babies

xander getting ready for hunting season. and jarrica for a girls day out

jarrica dressed her doll in xanders clothes she is such a little mommy

more smiles

his new toy and it is his favorite!

2011-03-17T15:38:00.000-07:00

look at how i have grown newborn

out of place pic woops

1month old

2months old

3months old

5months old

2010-11-29T09:28:00.000-08:00

We are blessing Xander this coming weekend and i just had to try on his suit already it was to cute and i wanted to make sure that it fit. I think he looks so cute he looks like a little man. Thanks grandma homer for the cute suit!

he was starting to get mad and was done with the whole picture taking bussiness

xander jarrett

2010-11-29T09:13:00.000-08:00

here are some resent pictures of xander. it is crazy how fast they grow he is already 10 pounds 4oz and is 21.5 inches long. he loves to be held which makes things a little hard to get anything done. i cant wait for my sling to get here so that i can have both of my arms again.

look at that chubby little face.

he is such a sweet baby i love it and i enjoy every mintue of him because he is only small for a little while befor i know it he will be as big as jarrica

2010-11-29T08:50:00.000-08:00

jarrica and her new brother xander she loves him so much she is always wanting to hold him. she is such a little mommy. jarrica got a new dress while she looks so cute in it. It even had a little dress to match hers for her doll she thought that was the coolest thing ever.

she was so proud of her pumkin

this is the finished product

jarrica painting her pumkin for halloween

Happy Halloween

2010-11-02T16:17:00.000-07:00

This halloween we spent it in slc at my parents house. It was a lot of fun. we all dressed up to take Jarrica tricker treating. Jarrett was a scary guy in a cloke, Jarrica was a witch and Xander was my little cow and i was spaghetti. The only thing that was sad was it rained the whole time we were out tricker treating so it wasnt as fun it would have been so much better if it would have stoped raining. But it was cute when we were leaving someones door she would say bye see ya thanks. it was so cute. here is an up close of the little cow

and one of my little witch. it was cute she had to help paint her face so i let her have at it. It made a little bit of a mess but she had a fun time doing it.

2010-10-13T20:08:00.000-07:00

Our new addition Xander Jarrett. After working my 12hr shift on monday i went for a walk with my friend Julie like we always did on the days i work and then after that on my way home i started to have contractions i wasnt quite sure if i was in labor or not seems how i was induced with Jarrica but the contractions were coming about every 2 to 3 mins apart and getting stronger so i called my mom and asked her what she thought she told me that i should head down to the hospital. when i got home i told Jarrett that i thought i was in labor but wasnt sure well after about a half hour we headed down. we got there around 930pm they checked me out and i was a 3 plus and 80% so i had changed from my last appointment. They checked me an hour later and i was a 4 plus and 90% and then my water broke so i was admited into the hospital where not long after that i got my epidural and i had changed to a 5 i had slowed down after that and had was stuck at a 6 well come to find out my water hadnt broke all the way so at 8am the dr broke the rest of my water and with in an hour i changed from a 6 to an 8 and then by 1031 am Xander entered the world. He weighed in at 7 pounds 8 oz and was 20.5 inches long. he has the cutest cry and so far has been a wonderful baby!! He is the cutest baby boy!! Here he is with dr clark getting his first check up

Jarrica couldnt stop kissing her little brother it was so cute to watch her with him. she is going to be such a good big sister. I have to say that i have the cutest kids ever. I love being there mom.

2010-10-13T19:58:00.000-07:00

Jarrica and her new little brother Xander. She just loved him and was so excited that she was able to hold him, she couldnt stop talking about how she got to hold her Xander. His first bath

Xander and his very proud Daddy.

Auntie Josie and Xander

2010-10-13T17:56:00.000-07:00

Grandma Homer and Xander our wonderful nurse Diane and Katie they took such good care of us and did such a wonderful job i couldnt have done it without them.

The greatest dr. ever dr. Clark thanks dr clark!

Xander weighed in at 7 pounds 8oz and was 20 1/2 inches long

the first time that i meet my little boy. he is purfect!

2010-10-13T17:46:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Jarrica! We love you!! I cant belive she is now 2 years old.

I love this pic of her sporting her new birthday outfit.

Jarrica waiting to eat some of her yummy cake.

Here is her birthday cake i thought it was way cute.

2010-10-13T17:30:00.000-07:00

Jarrica turned two on the 7th. we had a party for her at Grandpa and Grandmas simkins house because i had to work that day so my mother in law was wonderful and got the party for her all ready so that when i got off we could just celebrate. Jarrica had such a good time she got lots of gifts and loved evey one of them. Here she is with her new doll. I love how she posed for the pic. she knew just what to do when it came time to open all of her gifts it was cute to watch her beacuse this was the first time that i didnt have to help her open her gifts

here she is with all of her many gifts. she is so spoiled!

My birthday girl and I

my little birthday girl. she was ready to party

2010-09-12T17:26:00.000-07:00

Jarretts 29th bday. Happy bday honey! I love you! Jarrica and the fish that jarrett cought. she thought they were pretty cool.

jarrica getting ready for halloween

we went to las vegas a while back and this was at the cirucs circus hotel.

Jarrica loves my parents dog jezzy so much that she had to swing with her.

2010-09-12T17:14:00.000-07:00

Every year they have the cornfest here in town and this year they had this huge snake i thought it was nasty but jarrica loved it she kept on watching it and peting it she would of held it if she was big enough. she is just like her dad in that since. jarrica loves piggy my inlaws dog she is always siting by him and playing with him. she is such an animal lover.

every time we go to the store in town she has to push her own basket. the only thing that makes it hard is that she thinks she can put what ever she wants into her basket i really have to be on my toes when she is pushing it because if i dont she will have a basket full.

she loves to play out side and even more so if her cousin jake is there to play with. they were sittin on a baby chair pretending it was a car it was so cute.

she loves her babys every where she goes she has to pack one around with her.

picture time

2010-09-12T16:44:00.000-07:00

Jarrica is so cute at least i think she is trying to be like her dad when ever he leaves he puts on a hat, sunglasses and then kiss us good bye. She did just that and was telling us bye bye kisses. I couldnt help but smiling. Just a cute pic of my little princess

one morning she was sitting in her chair and she said to me a picture for auntie (Josie) then said cheese. It made josies day.

she looks so stinkin cute she was wanting to take a picture here also she always says a picture cheese.

we were heading home from one of my dr.s appointments where they had given her a sucker well she said to me mommy a picture she thought she was pretty funny that she had the sucker stuck to her face.

2010-09-05T18:38:00.000-07:00

Over the 24th of july we went to great grandma and grandpa schows house. It was kind of sad this year because i didnt get to stay for the whole weekend because it was my weekend to work. Jarrica and i went down on sat night and stayed a until the rest of the family got there. we then went camping. the sad thing was that we only got to camp for one night because it rained so bad and it was really hard to tell my little girl that she had to stay in the tent and that she couldnt play in the rain an mud even thought that would be so much fun for a little girl it wouldnt be so much fun for me so we ended up packing up and stayed the rest of our time at grandma and grandpas house. jarrica ended up staying the whole weekend with my family grandma homer loved it being able to spend some time with her grandbaby. I was sad not to beable to stay and have fun with the family but they were at least good to take some pictures of the fun time they had without me. here they are at the praide.

grandpa homer hung up a swing for jarrica she loved it swinging is one of her fav. things

the sleeping beauties

our camp sight

more 24th of july fun

2010-09-05T18:21:00.000-07:00

what a cute pic. jarrica looking at the cow at the carnival she loved and was super excited about it.

heres the cow she was excited about.

she was telling everyone about the cow.

after a hot day a drink is always the best.

2010-09-05T18:08:00.000-07:00

the things people think of. thank heavens for grandpas

a praide wouldnt be the same with out the candys!

uncle ryan

smokey the bear, uncle james and jarrica.

24th fun

2010-09-05T17:50:00.000-07:00

Jarrica and auntie Jeanette at the praide over the 24th of july uncles are so much fun. thanks uncle james for the fun shoulder ride,

grandma homer and jarrica

auntie laura and jarrica

waiting for the candy!

summer fun

2010-09-05T17:36:00.000-07:00

Auntie Josie spoils Jarrica wrotten she came down to stay with us and bought jarrica this really cool pool they played in it for a while and had a blast! They also ran through the sprinklers.

run jarrica run

what would jarrica do with out her aunt?

2010-09-05T17:21:00.000-07:00

Jarrica got a new pool for the summer she is such a water girl she is just like her mom and loves to swim. here are a few pics of her in her new pool. She put her lawn chair in the pool and is splashing like crazy. she thought it was great!

Jarrica also loves to just play outside like all kids but here she is on the side of our house diging in the dirt.

some things jarrica loves

2010-09-05T16:51:00.000-07:00

Jarrica loves her babys she is such a little mom. i love watching her these are her dolls that she has tucked into bed she kisses them all and them tells them good night and then covers them up.

Jarrica got these elmo hands from her aunt josie she loves them its so cute to watch her. They sing and they tell her to put her hands up in the air so that is what she is doing they also tell her to shake her body and and stomp her feet its so funny to watch her do it. Thanks auntie josie for the cool toy!

2009-11-05T15:21:00.000-08:00

cousins are so much fun! I loved this picture of her she was resting her head on her doll so cute.

Jarrica loves the park she is diffentaly a little dare devil. She will go down the slide by herself and and just laughs and she loves the swings.

double trouble. Jarrica and her cousin Jake.

Summer fun. Went to the zoo and by the end of the trip she was wiped out. We had such a blast though.

2009-11-05T15:10:00.000-08:00

The graffes

while we were at the zoo we went there animal show it was pretty neat.

jarrica had a fun time looking at all of the animals she kept on grabbing for them it was way cute

2009-11-05T14:58:00.000-08:00

the zebra

this bear was hanging on the edge sleeping i thought it was funny.

the penguins

oops here they are again

Aunt Josie and Jarrica arent they cute.

2009-11-05T14:46:00.000-08:00

the cougar

A huge turtle

Jarrica and i at the zoo

when we was at the zoo they had just gotten a new additon to the elephants a baby girl elephants the cool thing about it was we got to help name her. I am not sure which one they picked though.

2009-11-05T14:31:00.000-08:00

Grandma homer and jarrica at the zoo.

my beautiful baby girl!

this is a picture of jarrica that i took when she first started standing up in her crib all by herslef.

the deer in our back yard. This picture is taken from the window in my front room window.

2009-11-01T18:02:00.000-08:00

jarrett and james swimming in the freezing cold water at calf crick

a vist with great grandma simkins

calf crick falls. so pretty

2009-11-01T17:48:00.000-08:00

jarr and i at cafe crick

james and laura

cafe crick falls so beautiful!

hells back bone this is the view from the raod it is a drop off on both sides and let me tell you its higher than it really looks it freaks me out.

2009-11-01T16:53:00.000-08:00

fish lake

Jarrett and i went on a hike with james and laura up cafe crick falls it was long and hot but very worth it in the end.

jarrica loves the water what can i say she takes after her mom. when we was camping at fish lake is wanted to get in so bad so we found a little spot where she could swim.

the guys fished and they cought lots!

even winny had to go for a dip.

summer fun

2009-11-01T16:21:00.001-08:00

jarrica playing at the splash pad in st. george.

fish lake

sitting on the dock at fish lake

due rag girls

jarrica and her little buddy adien playing at the splash pad.

2009-07-11T17:48:00.000-07:00

Grandma simkins has a pool now for the babies and today jarrica played in it. She had such a ball and when it was time to get out she screamed and screamed. I think she would have stayed in there all day if i would have let her. She just splashed and turned in circles and had the best time of her life.

Jarrica has been sleeping on her tummy a lot these days i thought that she looked so cute today at nap time.

2009-07-11T17:32:00.000-07:00

mold mold and more mold!! So nasty!!! Jarrett and I were getting ready to move and we went down stairs to the room that was just a spare for when guest came well lets just say we found the most nastest stuff ever. I am just glad that we moved out because it is so dangrious. Here are just a few of the pictures we took of the mold it ruined a bunch of our stuff. one of our pillows

under the bed that stuff you see hanging from the frame is mold so sick.

a better shot of the mold and the smell is enough to make you vomet!!!

our bing bag covered in mold

this is just one of the walls in that room that is covered by mold. I am sooooo glad not to be living there any more.

2009-07-11T17:18:00.000-07:00

The day trent left for the mtc we went out to breakfast at ihop so yummy and after words we went over to the church and took some pictures.

Jarrica is 8and 1/2 months old in this picture i cant belive she is getting so big.

Uncle Ryan, Uncle Trent and Jarrica

Super cute.

as a family we went and walked through the new temple before they deadicate it. it was so beautiful. It pooped Jarrica right out.

2009-07-11T17:06:00.000-07:00

We had Tent's Farewell on fathers day he did such a good job speaking in church. I am so proud of him to decide to go on a mission. He went into the mtc a few weeks ago and will be flying out on tues morring. How crazy i cant belive the time and how fast it goes before i know it he will be home. He is going to Baltamore Maryland mission. He is going to love it. There were many who came to the farewell but excaped having there picture being taken. Oh well we still love them all any ways. Heres a few of the pictures i was able to get of those who came.

James napping at the party.

brady

the missonary mom

laura

2009-07-11T17:03:00.000-07:00

2009-07-11T16:51:00.000-07:00

such a mad baby.

Tara and Corewin look at her cute belly.

Trent and uncle Dale

Uncle Ryan and Jarrica

Grampa all pooped out.

2009-07-11T16:34:00.000-07:00

The homer family reunion was lots of fun we played water games and just visited oh and you cant forget all of the good food. Jarrica had so much fun that it pooped her right out.

The cook

the kids playing they were so cute together

We had a water fight it was fun but cold. Then wind was blowing so that was a bummer.

everyone visiting.

2009-05-19T23:19:00.000-07:00

Play time is the best!!

2009-05-19T23:14:00.000-07:00

we went bowling in vegas it was so much fun but we got in trouble by a little old lady she said we needed to read the bowling rules cause just an fyi your not suppose to take pic. oh well we had fun.

Daddy and Jarrica

kick back and relax.

2009-05-19T22:57:00.000-07:00

summer fun in Las Vegas!

The chipmunk's on the hike were not afraid of us at all.

2009-05-19T22:52:00.000-07:00

uncles are so much fun! this was on our hike in zions

Josie, James, Laura, Jarrica and Trent

how beautiful!!

camping is so tiring.

2009-05-19T22:48:00.000-07:00

our trip to zions was so much fun this was the view from our campground

playing games

jarricas pretty toes

2009-05-19T22:43:00.000-07:00

jarrica got into the butt cream. she was having a blast!

Jarrica enjoying play time.

Jarrica's first time eating peas she hated them.

2009-05-19T22:37:00.000-07:00

2009-04-05T10:58:00.000-07:00

Jarrica is most diffently an animal lover. She is playing with sassy our kitty. She is also so smart you can ask her were sassy or winy is and she will look for them until she finds them and she gets so excited when she see them. Its so cute to see her get so excited over the animals.

2009-04-05T10:14:00.000-07:00

We took Jarrica over to the elementary where my mother in law works and had her picture taken i thought she looked so stinkin cute i cant wait for the pictures to get back. This is the little outfit she wore i thought she looked so ready for spring!

2009-04-05T10:06:00.000-07:00

This is the best shot i could get of her ears seems how she is so wiggly.

2009-03-25T01:49:00.001-07:00

I finally did it. I talked Jarrett into letting me get Jarrica's ears periced. I just love it when little babys have there ears done. I have gotten a lot of crap from some people but I feel that it makes her more girly seems how she is so bald. I also wanted to do it while she was little so that she would be use to them and not pull out her earings. Which she has done a really good job at leaving them alone so far. The other reason i thought about doing them now was that she wont even remember the pain. I think she looks so dang cute i have a picture but i will have to post it later seems how i am at work and so i am not able to do it here. But i know you will all agree she looks so freakin cute!

2009-03-12T20:41:00.000-07:00

On Wed the 4th we were having a bad windstorm, it was so bad that it caused the neighboors tree to fall on our house. It scared the living crap out of me. Jarrett was gone and i was resting while Jarrica was down for a nap i was woken up so rudely the tree sounded as if the roof was being riped off in the wind. I ran out side to see what had happend and there it was the huge pine tree.

2009-02-21T19:56:00.000-08:00

So far this year we have just been enjoying our new baby and being parents and all that comes with it. I cant belive how fast she is growing. I love it she is so smily and loves to blow bubbles with her mouth. She also love making noise when she either does or doesnt want something she lets us know. She has the biggest temper i think we are going to have our hands full when she gets bigger.
This month my brother James just got married on the 7th to a girl named Laura. I think she is the sweetest girl and i am so happy to have her as a part of my family. The wedding turned out really nice, i enjoyed being able to see james happy and to spend time with the fam.

2009-02-21T18:05:00.000-08:00

This past year was quite eventful. On Aug, 16th we were cealed in the Salt lake temple. It was such a wonderful experiance. We are so glad that we are finally a family for forever! After being cealed we pack up and moved to Enterprise for those of you who do not know where that is it is in between st. george and cedar city. We are enjoying our little houes and being back down south.
Then on Oct,7th after a long 24hrs we were blessed with our beautiful daughter Jarrica Karlee. She weighted in at 7 pounds 14 oz but is growing like a weed and is now weighing in at 13 pounds.
Then on Dec 14th we blessed Jarrica it turned out really nice and enjoyed having all of our family around to enjoy the event.
We had a wonderful but different christmas this year we spent it in our house with the three of us so it was a little quite. later that day we went up to Jarretts parents house which was nice being with family. My family came came down to spend time with us after the holiday was over. we enjoyed having them around and dreaded when they went home.
Over all it was a wonderful year hope that this next year is just eventful if not more so.