Life at the Larrabees: July 2011

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Larrabee Family Trip

Every other year for Christmas Corey's parents give us a family trip. It's always so fun to see where we're going and anticipate the fun we'll have together. This year we went to Hatch......Utah. You may not have heard about Hatch but I'm willing to bet you've heard of Zion National Park & Bryce Canyon National Park, both a quick drive from, you guessed it....Hatch. One thing you should know about a Larrabee family trip is that it's a trip, not a vacation. We try to cram in all the fun possible and I think we did a pretty good job this year. We went to Navajo Lake and had a picnic lunch and caught bunches of frogs in every type of container we could find, bread bags, alfalfa sprout boxes, etc.

Kari & Aubrey...beautiful!

Proud frog-catchers

Tate really got into the toenail painting. I let him do mine and I wish I would have thought to take a picture. It took Kari more than a second to fix them!

Zion was amazing as usual. When Corey and I were going to school in Cedar we had a year pass because it was so close, but I don't think we've been down since and it's just breathtaking. So fun to hike around with the kids and be amazed at all they do.

I'd never been to Bryce Canyon and it was amazing as well. We went to a ranger presentation and learned all about it. We went so the boys could earn their jr. ranger badges, but I'd highly recommend it, very interesting.

We couldn't resist the cousin photo op!

These two have been best friends from the start & I love it!

We also hiked around in Cedar Breaks, went to Panguitch Lake,had a few good runs, a few good bike rides, a few movies that most of us fell asleep to, and much more. The boys favorite part of the trip (ironically) was catching horned toad lizards at the cabin. Thanks Stan and Blyth! It's always so good to be together!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Thanksgiving Point Farms

This is the first of our summer cousin get-togethers, seriously fun!

Mac and the baby cow, this guy actually tried to eat the pockets off my shorts!

hayride

Tanner riding the big truck

Avery on the tracter

Gretel unloading the harvest

Thanks for a great day cousins!!

Kids Say the Darndest Things.....

Avery: "I know what coal is...it's a dirty rock"
Avery: "McKay, did you see me plant-face?!!"
Avery: "I'm going to do a singing show" Brecken: "That's going to be embarrassing for me, I'll just climb under the table."
Avery: "What is that big thingy?" Me:"It's a turkey! And on what holiday do we eat turkey?" Avery: "Mothers Day!!"
Me: "where did you hear about this?" Avery: " I just saw it on a appetizement"
Brecken(showing a new friend Averys room): "We're not supposed to jump on Avery's bed, but we do jump when we're sneaking."
Keaton (talking to me about a bike ride): "Ya, we'll take Tate. McKay needs a recovery ride anyways, I've been pushing him pretty hard."
Avery: "why didn't I go in your tummy and Bwecken go in Daddy's tummy?"
Me to Avery: "what should we make for dinner Darlin'? Avery: "CUPCAKES!"
Brecken: "Is anybody going to go up to heavan.....in their car?" Avery: "cars can't go to heavan Brecken!" Breck: "they can, if they fly" Avery: "cars can't fly" Breck: "they can wis a lil' bit of pixie dust"
Brecken "Dad, why do we have lights on our car?" Corey "Why do you think buddy?" Brecken "So we don't be scared"
"What did you learn at church today?" Keaton: "about ordinances" Avery: "THAT'S WHAT'S ON CHRISTMAS TREES!!"
Brecken and Avery playing: Brecken "You can't put us in jail, we're bad guys!" Avery: "why?" Brecken: "Cuz we're teenager bad guys!"
Brecken saying a prayer "thank you for mommy (Avery whispers "and Avery"), and daddy, ("and Avery"), and McKay ("and Avery"), and Keaton ("and Avery"), and Tate and NOT Avery."
Avery: "Mom, Tate said he's gonna chuck my Barbie out the window in the sprinklers" Tate from the other room: "JK Avery JK" Avery: "That is not even a word to say Tate!"
Avery: "Did you hear that??? My bum grumbled"
Avery: "Mom, what are you doing?" Me: "Trying on Brittany's dress" Avery: " Did you have an accident?"
Me: "Do you know who Karl Malone is?" Keat: "Oh yeah, he's a car sales guy"
Me: "So what do ya think you want to be when you grow up?" Brecken: "uhhh, a dinosaur!"
Avery: "I don't like the pink shoes, they make polka dots on my feet"
2012
Avery: (bugging Breck) " I am a robot and I know it and I'm not afraid to show it"
Avery: "What is that fing by the window?" Me: "I don't know" Avery: "I guess we just haf to fink about it!"
Me: "Hey buddy what are you guys doing?" Tate: " Dads fake-riding his bike downstairs and watching Star Wars and so are we"
Brecken: " I don't wike dat scawey Santa Cwas"
Tate brought a project home from school with a cute reindeer on it and one question: "How did Rudolph get his shiny nose?" Tate's response was " FRUM jESiS MAD RODOLF RED NOSE"
Avery: " Ipods are made of socks"
Santa: What do you want for Christmas Miss Avery?" Avery: " I can't have an Ipod" Santa:"well, what do you want" Avery: " a dollie"
Avery:"dis is my bus" Me: " oh yeah, how do you know it's your bus?" Avery: "cuz it's pink" Me: "is everything that's pink yours?" Avery: " uh huh!"
Brecken: "I'm gonna go see Avery and wook at her and smiwel (smile)."
I grabbed Breck and held him tight. In a dreamy voice he said to me: " Mom, I love...my truck"
Avery: playing with a beloved pilgrim she just broke the leg off of: " Look Mom he's hopping...boing, boing, boing."
My parents told the twins they were taking them to McDonalds for dinner. When they got there Avery asked "where's old MacDonald?"
Me brushing Brecks teeth:" Open up lets get those sugar bugs!" Tate: "It's actually called plaque Mom"
The twins were peeling boiled eggs for a potatoe salad. Avery: "did we grow these in our garden?" Me: "No, chickens lay eggs" Breck: " But these are not chickies cuz that would be weird in our salad!"
Me: "Avery! I'm so proud of you! You're the best pottier!" Avery: "I know my am"
Dr. Balif: "So these are all your kids, and she's your only girl?" Brecken: " and I'm the only Brecken"
Brecken softly touching his hair after his bath: "my hair is so nice"
Keaton: "Most of the time when you get a new haircut and you get home we're like "what the?" But then we get used to it."
Avery playing dress ups: "I'm Harry Potta" in a perfect English accent from watching the movies...funny.
The kids were going through everyones initials when they came to me "Mom is MAL." You know....Mom Amber Larrabee
Tate: "Mom, why isn't Dad at work?" Me: "He's at the dentist" Tate: "What's it called? Is he getting a snap-on-smile? It only takes two visits to the dentist....I saw it on t.v."
Me: "Love you baby girl" Avery: "Love you baby girl...Mom"
Tate: "Dad, McKay says Claire is part of our family" Corey: "No, she's our friend" McKay "Dad....Heavanly Father....we're all brothers and sisters"
Brecken: (walking up to me with his pants undone) "Mom, wi you push my button?"
Corey: "See ya later alligators" 5 minuites later........ Breck "Bye awigator"
Tate: "do you know what's bad about school?" Me: "what?" Tate: " you can't always go to school, I want to ALWAYS go to school"
Brecken's rooster: "Bok-a-do-da-dddooo"
Tate to Corey: "Keaton put his hands around my neck" Corey: "Keaton, what are you doing choking your brother?" Keaton: "I wasn't choking him, I was using a pressure point!"
Me: "Tate, what was the best part of your day?" Tate: "well I know what was the worst part of the day, when Trever slid into me on the carpet. He should be sended to a place to be trained how to be nice."
Tate showing me that he'd cleaned up the camping chairs as part of his jobs: "Here's the chairs, it was pretty hard so I said a little prayer but it didn't work that good." Me: " Looks like your prayer worked just fine, you did a good job" Tate: "Mom, you can't SEE prayers, no one can!"
Quizing his cousin Tate said: "Aubrey, is Jesus more importanter than soccer??"
Often when Avery's being mean to Breck he'll say to me "Avery, timeout!"
Tate: "Mom what do you want to be when you grow up?" Me:"I am grown up" Tate: "Then why aren't you being anything?"
Keaton (aka: carrott-lover): "If I were a caveman I would eat dirty carrotts....if I had to."
Tate: "Mom Mac got his-self a little friend" Me: "oh yeah, what kind of bug is it?" Tate: "I dunno, we got to discover it."
Tate:"Mom, why did Jesus create itchiness?"
In the car we were voting on teams....Corey "Who likes the Jazz? (kids raise their hands) Who likes the Utes? (kids raise their hands)Who likes BYU?(kids raise their hands) Who likes SUU? " (kids raise their hands) McKay: "Hey! Who likes MTC?"
Tate (as I was running out of the tv room to switch laundry during the commercials): "Mom, the guy said don't go away!"
Tate: "Mom, you have fat leg cheeks!" (pointing to my calves)
Whenever Avery wants to go anywhere she says "set go!"
Tate (holding up his card to the Aquarium) : "Mom! Is this card inspired?"
Tate: "Dad, wanna wrestle, I'll go easy on ya!"
Ice cream dripping down his chin...Tate: "Wook! I have a UT!" Keaton: ":You must mean a goatee"
Pointing to puddles along our front yard Breck: "Wook, dwink!"
Sitting in the tub he just drained Breck: "Spiwed, dwink spiwed (spilled)"
Tate: "What does servant mean" Me: "it's someone who serves someone else" Tate: "So you're my servant!"
Tate: "Mom! Come here!! the lizard is shedding off its head!!"
Tate: " Mom, when I push your leg like this it shakes your booty."
Keaton: "We got hot lunch yesterday cuz Dad had NO IDEA how to make us a lunch!"
Getting in the car leaving Grandmas....Tate in a singsong voice: "McKay, you forgot something.......my seatbelt." Apparently doing up Tate's seatbelt is Mac's job!
Tate: "Mom! You know who broke that (refering to a dollar store hula hoop)?!" Me: "who" Tate: "McKay, he should go to juvie."
Corey: "Have you guys ever been bullied at school?" McKay "Well, one time a first grader kicked a ball and it hit me in the head."
Tate: "Mom! Dad is a toof stealer, the toof fairy is not real, it's just regular people, not flying!"
Tate: " Dad, did you know that some statues are made out of marbles?!"
Tate came in upset because his big brothers didn't like how he was playing. I told him to go get his jammies on so he could have a treat. He replied "Den can we read Harry Potter without dem."
Tate was sitting in the rocking chair as I changed Brecken's diaper, Avery walked in and I said, very dramatically "oh no! are you stinky too?!" Tate's response: "They are twins Mom."
I asked the kids what they wanted for lunch and Mac said "pasta" Keaton chimed in "yeah, pasta la vista!"
Tate came into our room in the middle of the night with a "scarey dream." Corey sleepily asked what was wrong and Tate said " I don't know Dad it was jus a little dream!"
Me to Brecken: "close your eyes and fold your arms" Brecken: covers his eyes with his hands.
Avery: (bugging Breck) " I am a robot and I know it and I'm not afraid to show it"
Avery: "What is that fing by the window?" Me: "I don't know" Avery: "I guess we just haf to fink about it!"
2012
Avery: "Mom, what are you doing?" Me: "Trying on Brittany's dress" Avery: " Did you have an accident?"
Avery: "Mom, what are you doing?" Me: "Trying on Brittany's dress" Avery: " Did you have an accident?"
Avery: "Mom, what are you doing?" Me: "Trying on Brittany's dress" Avery: " Did you have an accident?"
Avery: "Mom, what are you doing?" Me: "Trying on Brittany's dress" Avery: " Did you have an accident?"
Avery: "Did you hear that??? My bum grumbled"
Avery: "Did you hear that??? My bum grumbled"
Avery: "Mom, Tate said he's gonna chuck my Barbie out the window in the sprinklers" Tate from the other room: "JK Avery JK" Avery: "That is not even a word to say Tate!"
"What did you learn at church today?" Keaton: "about ordinances" Avery: "THAT'S WHAT'S ON CHRISTMAS TREES!!"