The secret to having everything is believing that you already do.: July 2025

Friday, July 25, 2025

Heber Girls Camp Baker Edition - Day 3

Leighna took Addie and Bentley's engagement pictures while we were up at camp.

She got some very cute photos. Mine didn't turn out as well, but I wasn't trying very hard either, since Leighna was on it! She did a great job!

On our way back to camp we saw a moose! It was so cool!

This night we got to do the faith walk! It was so powerful! This was one of my most favorite spiritual experiences! I'm so grateful I got to experience it with my whole family! I am very grateful I got to go.

Mom and Dad have done a lot of work on this trail. They built the whole road and got everything set up and ready to go in 5 weeks! When you see it, you will be amazed that they pulled it all off in 5 weeks. There wasn't even a hiking trail when they started. I think it is so very cool that my parents get to be part of something so big! They have 700-900 people go on this walk every night! It's amazing! It will change lives!! I so very much want to be part of something that brings people closer to Christ. I'm happy for them that they get to have this experience!

Heber Girls Camp Baker Edition - Day 2

The brave among us went on the obstacle course.

It's 40 feet up and terrifying!

Daddy-O

You have to step off this ledge and fall 4 feet before the rope catches you and lowers you down....No Thanks!

Porter, Ty, Makayla

Bentley

Porter, Bentley

Bentley

A really cool plant! I think it's skunk weed.

My Mommy!! I miss her.

We also did this giant swing. They pull you up to a tree and then you let go and swing! It's so high!

Leighna

Hartley

They didn't pull the littles very far. Just a few feet.

The pulling crew!

Bentley, Adelah, Porter, Ty

Will did awesome! He wasn't afraid at all! At least he didn't show it.

Leighna, Porter, Bailer

Leighna and Porter

I even did this one, but it was scary! I didn't even breathe for two whole passes! It was so high. The pulling crew didn't even let me go half way. They pulled me clear to the top before I could think about it. I'm glad I did it though. I conquered a fear! I didn't conquer it, but I didn't let it stop me!

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Heber Girls Camp Baker Edition - Day 1

Axe throwing is actually really fun. We had a good time with this event.

Watch out for these crazies! This might not be safe!

The baby deer were so cute!

I got some Daddy/Daughter time with my daddy!

The most beautiful sunset as we hiked around the lake with my mom!

It was dreamy and so peaceful!!

I'm so homesick for my parents, so it was so nice to be with them!

Thursday, July 17, 2025

A Little Bit of Normal

I finished the lecture part of my CNA course, so today I made cookies! It felt good and normal. It was so nice, since nothing in my world feels normal right now!

Izzy came over to play with Will. Also, a little bit of normal!

My house was loud with the sound of children. I think it was good, but I don't have the same threshold that I used too.

Turns out a little neglect in the garden isn't so bad either!

I have clinicals tomorrow and Saturday. I'm not sure what to expect and I'm super nervous, but ready to just go do it!

Here we go!

Addie's Attic

"I guess me and mother will just eat the crumbs."
"I stepped on some gum. That's why my shoes are hoppin'."
"Am I gonna like lots of different kinds of pizza when I'm a teenager? 'Cause teenagers LOVE pizza! They can eat stacks and stacks of it"
"When I'm a teenager am I gonna wear interesting clothes? Will you buy me some beautiful clothes so I don't have to wear interesting ones!"
"After church we are watching Shitty Shitty Bang Bang."
"I didn't know a grounding was comin' to me."
M: "Addie, I am sick today, so I need you to be the mom and take care of Leighna and Porter for me."
A: (to Leighna) "Mom's sick so she said I'm the mom today, but you can still call me Add."
A:"Mom, I am NOT getting married, and KJ is not getting married too."
M: "Oh, you're not??? Why not?"
A: "cause, when you get married the doctor pushes on your feet and it hurts, really bad."
M: "what?"
A: "Mom, when you get married the doctor pushes the baby out your feet and it hurts really bad!"
To Grandpa Baker, on the phone..."I'm helping my mom make dinner...it's soup....do you want some? If you come to dinner, I'll give you a quarter!" (bribery at it's finest)
A: "I want you to watch me have a bath."
M: "No, I'm going to do the dishes, but you can call me if you need me."
A: " But Mom, I don't have a phone!"
"you're the best mom in the whole world and I'n not ginna run away anymore."
to Sarah~ "you never see us. You need to give those boys a break!"
"Mom, are you trying to be late to the wedding?"
"No."
"Then let's get crackin'!"
"I can see Uncle Craig's hair! He has the most beautiful hair! It's just gorgeous! It's kinda like girl hair, cuz it's a girl haircut, but it's is just beautiful! And Paul too. Paul has a girl haircut too!"
Dennis: "No foul language today Okay, Addie."
Addie: "Oh, no Dennis, I'm trying to be like Jesus!"
A:"I'm ginna marry KJ when I grow up."
M: "Well, you really can't marry KJ because he's your cousin and you can't marry a cousin."
A: "Well then I don't want to be his cousin anymore!"
At Uncle Craig's cabin....Adelah woke up really early, she sat up and hit her head pretty hard on the ceiling. (it's pretty low) Aunt Marie asked her if she was okay. Reluctantly she said yes and then got a funny look on her face. She sat there for a minute and then suddenly she turned to the wall and said, "Do you want a piece of me?!" as she punched the wall!
A: "Mom, I need a pet."
M: "Oh, really, what kind of pet do you want?"
A: "A bird and a grasshopper and a rolly polly."
(a few minutes later)
A: "Can you catch me that bird?"
Leighna, are you trying to ruin my life?"
"People are meat. And bears eat meat!"
"I can whistle...see...whoo. whoo. That means I have big legs....see!" 8/2/09
Jon: "I'm going to beat our children!"
Addie: (very concerned) "are you really, Daddy?" 7/19/09
"Aunt Rie...I got this at...umm...oh....oh...oh...umm.... dammit-o's!"
KJ: "it's DOM-I-NOES!" (really it was McDonalds!!!) 6/21/09
saying the prayer...."Please bless President Monson....and his conscience!" (councelors) 6/16/09
"Mom, I want some more rotten noodles!" (Ramen Noodles) 6/16/09
"That is chicken that comes from fish." (referring to the steak Jon cooked for dinner.) 5/23/09
"Mom, I brushed my teeth while I was in time out!"
M: "You need to go brush your teeth."
A: "But mom, their too shiny."
M: "I know they're shiny, that's why you need to brush them, to keep them shiny."
A: "Oh, I know, I know, but they're just shy."
"Ew, I thought that was chocolate, but it's just mud."
"Oh, we're ginna die." (hiking the St. George crack) 5/9/09
"That's the only skin I have." 5/7/09
(in between sobs) ....Mom....Leighna took a piece of me....and she pretended to eat it!...And it hurt my feelings! 5/4/09
"you're not getting the point." 4/30/09
"Adelah Mae Allred......(whisper) Burdette!" 4/28/09
"...and please bless Brett and the Prophet that they can be good." 4/28/09
"I need to do my exercises so I can get lexy"
"What does that mean?"
"It means I am melting and getting small so I need to do my exercises." 4/27/09
"Please bless I can watch a movie and jump on the trampoline and when my mommy calls me I can finish my movie...the end." 4/21/09
"I want one (creamy) just like yours, mom, because you are the best mom in the whole world!" 4/19/09
"I winked at you when I was on the stage!" 4/17/09
Mom: "Are you excited to dance on the stage tonight?"
Addie: "yeah, but I'm just sick."
Mom: "Why are you sick?"
Addie: "I'm just sick of it, 'cause I just want to go to school." 4/17/09
"Mom, see that man? (standing right next to her) He looks like a girl! (because he had long hair). 4/13/09
"Head, shoulders, cheese and toes." 4/12/09
"Oh yeah, that's a wedgy!" 4/10/09
Addie: "Who are you drawing?"
Katie: "Your mom"
Addie: "My mom looks creepy!"
4/10/09
Dad: "You're such a goof!"
Addie: "I'm not a goof, I'm a moron, 'cause I go to church!"
(meaning Mormon) 3/27/09
"Let's have a talk, about Easter, its my favorite!" 4/5/09
"Is the Holy Ghost called a human or a ghost?" 3/29/09
"Oh no I'm doomed! I going to lay on the floor and my tongue will hang out, like this....and that's when I'm doomed!" 3/25/09
to Uncle Ralph: "When we get done playing Beauty and the beast, we will play hide and seek!" 3/25/09
Uncle Lee: "Where did you get those beautiful blue eyes?"
Addie: " I painted them." 3/25/09
"Can I go let my friends play!" 3/16/09
Addie: "we get to go home tomonow!"
Me: "We get to go home Today!"
Addie: "Oh yea! We get to go home today and I get to see KJ, he is my husband....no, no, no he is my best friend."
Grandma: "He's your cousin!"
Addie: "Yeah, and my friend too. Do you know who I'm gonna marry? He's a pretty handsome man!!"
Grandma: "Who is it?"
Addie: "It's Greyson!"
Grandma: "He probably thinks your a beautiful woman too."
Addie: "yeah, he does!" ....."Mom, why you laughing at me? It not funny!" 3/15/09
"Are you mad at me, Mom?" "No, I'm just tired." "Oh, are you tired because you runned out of oxygen?" 3/14/09
Addie was wearing sunglasses and Camron called her a bad babe, so Addie lifted up her glasses and said, "watch it dude!" 3/14/09
"A couple of whiles ago my mom said we could go to Mandy's wedding tomonow!" 3/9/09
"but, you want to hold me!" 3/8/09
"I have stickers all over me because I'm getting ready for the kid parade!" 3/7/09
"Sometimes KJ laughs at me, but that doesn't make me funny, it just makes me mad!" 3/6/09
Addie cut her hair today at Grandma's house! 3/6/09
to Grandma Baker: "My mom never makes that stuff (Broccoli soup) I like the juice but not the green stuff."
Grandpa: "We will have to give your mom that recipe, so she can make it for you!"
Addie: "No way, I'm just going to walk out that door, and go home!" 3/5/09
to Grandpa Baker: "I miss my sister, Leighna, she is my best friend ya know."
The other day we put the kids to bed and I went to feed Porter. Leighna kept crying, so Addie kept calling me to come in their room, I told her I was feeding Porter so I couldn't come and she said, "Mom, remember when there was this lady...and she had a baby...and they called him Porter.........and she could walk!!"
"I found my new husband, it's Greyson! It's not KJ anymore 'cause he called me small!"

Leighn's Loft

Do not sarcas your father, Add. (after Addie's sarcastic remark) 7/17

In Primary..."My dad drinks drugs!" Because I told her caffeine was a drug.

I was at the sink doing the dishes and everytime I turn on the water, I have to go to the bathroom. So I crossed my legs and said, "Oh, no. I have to pee." Leighna walks over too me and reaches for my crotch and says, "I will hold it for you mommy."

Dad: "Leighna, how did you get so cute?"
Leighna: "betause I did my hair all by myself."
"I can't handle myself...I'm smart!"
"Do you remember this, Mom, It's the Aweful Tower." (Eifel Tower)
"Add, hand me a tissue betause my bugars are detting out."
L: "What Temple is that?"
D: "That's the Bolivia Temple."
L: "Olivia has a Temple??!"
"Dad! What are you doin?!"
"Going potty."
"You just whip out your wee wee and spray it all over?!"
"do I det to go to stool today?"
"No today we go to church"
"After the sacrifice can we go to cwass"
Aunt Ruth, in the hallway at church: "Leighna, look did you know this is the temple your mom and dad were married in."
L: "Yeah, sometime my mom and dad love each other but sometimes my daddy lies."
M: "what did you like best about your day today?"
L: "Umm.....PINK!"
to Aunt Marie: "you know what a punk is? its when you're little stinkers."
"Mom, stop! Don't run over the humans!" (pause) "Daddy, I saw some humans!!!"
"Oh wook, it's wittow Gweyson."
(while trick-or-treating) "Daddy, hold me, my leg hurts."
Daddy: "why does your leg hurt?"
"I dess I just am using it too much for me!"
"Sorry. I dust a sid!"
"Oh, dosh! It's dubble dum!
"Mom, you're a really good mom....but you are not letting me sit by Purter!"
"I not the mom, I am Sweeping Booty!"
"I do need another one cookie, I don't want to be sick!"
"Can't you just please take me home for a second, so I can go potty?"
"No"
"Can you just take me to Aunt Mandy's?"
"NO"
"But ours in the forest and there is bears!"
"I fink him's needs a baf tub!" (refering to Porter covered in oatmeal)
Gramma B: "Ew! A bug went up my nose!"
Leighna: "Smell it!" 8/2/09
(getting out of the car. tired.) "My legs are...ugly! Carry me!" 7/22/09
"You make me army!" (my best guess is ornery)
"You are wude at me."
Addie: "Happy Valentime's Day, Dad."
Leighna: "it's Daddy Times Day!" (Father's Day 2009)
M: Leighn, it's almost your birthday, what do you want for your birthday?
L: Umm....Purple!
"Mom, I wuv purple...and pink!" I hear this every day of my life, sometimes two or three times. I don't think I can forget it! "I'm tiwed of being a dost!" (I'm tired of being a ghost) 5/24/09
"that's hilarus!"
"Ouch...what was that" (in reference to the love tap spanking given by her father!) 5/19/09
"I sant understand it." (why I wouldn't let her play on the golf cart type truck at the baseball fields.) 4/30/09
"I need yur help for."
Dad: "Don't spill this popcorn, Leighn."
Leighna: "...Oops!"
"Be tareful wif yoursef!" 4/23/09
"Ya dwive me twazy!" 4/22/09
"I bwoke mine head on the dow house!" 4/22/09
"Hey mom, I need to waugh at Purter!" 4/21/09
"I need Purter's help, not yours." 4/21/09
"I hate baths!" (I hope this is a faze!) 4/17/09
(walking in the rain) "it tickles, Mom!" 4/16/09
"Tum on Mom, det up, I hate beds!" 4/13/09
Dad: "Don't spill this...."
Leighna: "Oops!"
"Mom...I'm just finkin'."
"What are you finkin' about?"
"Finkin' about you......(long pause) outside!"
(outside)
"see....you like it?" 4/5/09
"Where is it?"
"Where is what?"
"Where is IT?"
"Where is what?"
"Where is the FOOD?" DQ 4/4/09
"But mom, I'm just fweakin' 'bout it." (About going to bed) 4/3/09
"My cinnamon bear likes swimming." 3/27/09
"I sorry mom, it my fault."
Leighna was telling Jon her favorite color and said "purple or pink" So Jon said "so you like peuce" Leighna replied "yep Peuce dude" while giving the peace sign.
At the wedding luncheon Leighna managed to get herself trapped in the elevator at the church! She couldn't get out, and someone finally heard her crying and opened it up. I haven't seen her be so calm for a long time. She just wanted me to hold her and she clung to my neck for a long time afterwards.
"Here me am!"
"Drampa, you ilarious!"
"that isgusting, Porter spit at me!" (he spit up on the floor next to her) 3/8/09
Grandma made herself a bubble bath, and she was talking to me for a minute before she got in the tub. When she was done, she went in the bathroom and Leighna had helped herself to her nice warm bubble bath!" 3/7/09
"Oh, Gosh! A wee wee!" as Grandpa is climbing into bed. 3/6/09
"I stuck, I sant beweeve it!" 3/6/09
"You sant beweeve it Add, I sant beweeve it either!" -3/5/09
"Oh, gosh!" as she is pouring orange julius into Jon's lap! -3/4/09
Leighna and Adelah were trying to get Grandpa Baker to take them out to ride the mules, he was busy trying to get a few things done first, but Leighna kept saying, "Tum on Drampa, lets go." Finally, in a very exasperated voice she said, "Tum on Dramp!"
"Daddy, you not the boss, she is!" (pointing at mom)
Leighna filled the toilet in her doll house with red punch!

Prt's Place

M: Don't let me forget to buy some popcorn.

P: Mom, do we have an apricot tree?

M: No, we have a peach tree.

P: Oh, that's too bad. We could have just picked some popcorn off the apricot tree if we had one. 6/17

"Mom, guess what, when I lick ice cream it gets in my mouth."
Porter got in the tub with Wyatt to have a bubble bath. The bubbles started foaming up and Porter took a handful and smeared them all over his mouth and chin. He turned to Wyatt and said, "Look, I'm lookin' like Jesus." Wyatt said, "You do look like Jesus!"
Now can I have a cold one? (a cold hot dog)
Grandma A: Port, what do you want for your birthday?
Porter: A bud light! (He means a buzz lightyear)
Don't sweep on me. I not your pillow pet.
Loves watching football with dad. Loves mowing the lawn with dad. Loves wearing a hat, like dad.
M: "Porter, give me your food, you have to eat it in the kitchen."
P: "But Mom, food is mine best fwiend."
Today Porter found some of Jon's deodorant. He picked it up and said, "this Dada's?" I said yes. Then he pulled off the lid, sniffed it twice and said, "yep. it's Dada's."
P: "Mom...Mom...Mom...guess what?"
M: "What?"
P: "Me wuv you so much!"
(crying) "I need mine dada. Mine dada weft me."
M: "Where did he go?"
P: "Hims went shopping. I need mine dada. I miss him." (he really only went outside for a minute.)
M: "Port are you going to learn to go potty in the toilet, like a big boy?"
P: (chuckle) "You funny mom."
Katie: "Port, do you have muscles?"
Porter: "uh-huh"
Katie: "Where are they?"
Porter: "In mine room."
Such a cliche' boy. As Aunt Rie always says.
Loves Baseball!
Prt has become quite the jabber box! He jabbers about everything and loves to talk on the phone.
Loves to be outside!
Eats crayons and bites the tips off of markers! Ugh!
Loves balls, water, stairs, and cars! 9/4/09
Walking all over the place. He's pretty proud of himself. He even figured out how to walk in shoes. 8/17/09
Walked half way across the living room today! 7/30/09
Porter took his first step!! Oh....my little baby! 7/21/09
Getting close to walking. We borrowed a push toy to help him walk and he loves it. He caught right on and went all over the room. 7/13/09
Two new teeth! Poor kid has been pretty miserable!
I don't know how missed his 3rd tooth, but the forth has arrived! 6/14/09
Ate his first ice cream and french fries at DQ! Loved it! 5/25/09
Porter said Momma! 5/23/09
Pulling himself up to things!
Started crawling using his hands. 5/10/09
Cut his second tooth. 5/8/09
17 lbs 13 oz. 27 inches. 54th percentile in weight. 74th percentile in height. 5/4/09
Prt is almost crawling! He can get around pretty well. He gets up on his hands and knees, then he somehow pushes himself up on his feet and flings himself a couple of inches. It looks like a lot of work, but surprisingly effective! 4/20/09
Cut his first tooth. It is just barely through the gum, but its there. 4/15/09
Porter's getting mobile. He pushes himself with his feet and legs, so his bottom sticks up in the air for a second before his torso inches forward. He can turn himself in full circles and rolls back and forth! 4/9/09
Rolled off the bed today....twice. (horrible mother) Getting mobile...Mom needs to be more attentive! 4/4/09
Sitting up! 3/26/09
Eating rice cereal...lovin' it!
Porter is pretty patient. He lets Leighna mall him to death, most of the time. But sometimes enough is enough. The other day I sat him on the couch and everytime Leighna even got near him he would start screaming! I mean screaming. He did not want her anywhere near him! 3/14/09
Porter ate his first real food today...Cheetos...Thank you Uncle Lynn! 3/13/09
16 pounds 1 ounce 25 1/2 inches -- 70th percentile in weight and 77th percentile in height! Healthy Boy! 3/6/09
Almost sitting up...but not quite!
Porter is smiling and laughing a lot. He likes his jumper, and is beginning to play with toys! He also rolls over every once in a while.

Ty's Tips

"Do I need to drink lots of water so I grow my testimony?" (10/9/17)

Hey! I was just standing here looking at you. They played without us! (to the boy he was playing against in flag football) 10/17

Will Philip Jonathan Heaps Allred!!! 9/17

While camping, "Dad, are all the bears nice?"

"Ya, turn on your patience."

"Baby Will has my face...and he has my hair... but the nurses rubbed it off with a toothbrush...but, mom, why didn't he get any of these?" (pointing to his eye lashes)

Grandpa B: Ty, use your quiet voice.

Ty: I lost it.

Grandma Baker was babysitting the kids one day and she walked into one of the bedrooms where Ty was playing. He wasn't expecting her and he exclaimed, "You scared me out of the craps"

"Hold you me Ty Ty"

13 lbs 5 oz ~ 23 inches (7/18/12)
7lbs 15 oz ~ 19 inches

Jonny's Jargon

"I can't even convert oxygen into carbon monoxide without you!"
"It's Father's Day, I don't have to match!"
"You probably have the WORST southern accent I have ever heard....I think it's cute!"
"Logan...where are you going??????!!!!!! That's only 2 outs!!!!!!" (in his angry voice yelling at poor Logan who just got out at 2nd and was casually walking off the field!)
(In reference to our Chinese Pistach tree which he called an ash, but I so kindly corrected him that it was a Chinese Pistach.) "Then why doesn't it have nuts on it????" The answer...because it is a Pistach tree, not a Pistachio tree!

Friday, July 25, 2025

Heber Girls Camp Baker Edition - Day 3

Heber Girls Camp Baker Edition - Day 2

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Heber Girls Camp Baker Edition - Day 1

Thursday, July 17, 2025

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