I've mentioned Molly's princess obsession a few times. She also loves going on "dates" with her dad. So when we started seeing previews on TV for a new princess movie, we thought it would be a great excuse to combine both of her loves. We had some movie passes from a few years ago (we don't get to the movies very often) so Justin took Molly on a date to see "The Princess and the Frog." On opening night. She was so excited and looked forward to it for weeks.
Justin went all out and ordered the biggest tub of popcorn he could.It was a late movie but her excitement lasted so long that she even had a hard time going to sleep that night. She thought Princess Tiana was beautiful, the alligator was hilarious, and kept saying "the TV was bigger than my room!"Don't you think she has a great dad who would go sit through a princess movie? I do. He said it was worth it to see her excitement.
Day 1: Decorate the tree.Her favorite ornaments are Hello Kitty and the husband and wife bears Justin and I got the year we were married. They are on the bottom branches because she keeps taking them off and putting them back on.
Day 2: Make a Christmas necklace.I found this particular kit at JoAnn's for $1. Molly likes to wear it. She's worn it to church twice.
Day 3: Make a Christmas wreath.We punched holes in a green piece of paper, glued it to a red piece of paper and tied a bow on top. Molly didn't know what a wreath was before this craft, now she points them out every time she sees one. "Look, a Christmas wreath just like the one I made!"
Day 4: Go Christmas shopping.Molly picked out this truck for Stockton. It says Age 2 and up. I guess he'll like it in a couple of years. Justin's excited to get some boyish toys around this place.
Day 5: Go see Christmas lights.We went to the Festival of Lights, a drive-through light display here in Spanish Fork. It was fun and Molly's excitement was contagious. We drove through twice.
Day 6: Watch the Christmas Devotional and have hot chocolate with marshmallows.Molly was excited to see the prophet and danced to the music.
Day 7: Make ornaments.We squirted paint into some clear, glass balls and rolled them around until the paint covered the ball. Molly chose the color combinations. We hung them from our chandelier.
Day 8: Make Rice Krispie treats.We added red and green M & M's to make them festive. We shared them with the ward choir at our house that night. (Yes, I am involved in the choir. No, that is not something I ever imagined I would do. No, I don't sing. Yes, I am the piano player. Yes, they all come to my house at 9:00 every Sunday morning. Molly likes to dance for them while they sing.)
Day 9: Make a gumdrop tree.We used gumdrops, toothpicks, and a styrofoam tree. It goes well with her gingerbread sleigh that we decorated a couple days after Thanksgiving.
Day 10: Get Christmas books from the library.I was bummed that the limit was 3 Christmas books. We got some normal books too.
Day 11: Make Christmas playdough.Her favorite activity thus far. We made peppermint playdough. We used this recipe, added red food coloring, mint extract (note: you need a lot of extract if you want it to smell-I don't think I put enough in ours because it ended up smelling like regular playdough), and glitter. We rolled it out and used Christmas cookie cutters to make shapes. She has played with this playdough a lot.
This is our Thanksgiving Tree:At dinner each night we would write what we were thankful for on a leaf and hang it on our tree. Molly was thankful for the following: -Food -Jesus -Flu shot -My Room -Stockton -The leaves in the fall -Jade (her friend from school) -Books -Cousins -My Bed -Fish She did pretty well with this activity, although most things that she said were said while looking at it. We had fun doing this, I think it will become a family tradition.
We made the trip to Vernal for the Goodrich Thanksgiving this year. Justin's grandparents are from a very small town called Tridell, which is near Vernal. It's always held at a church and is a good time to catch up on cousins (Justin has a lot). The numbers seem to be dwindling, but I guess you can expect that to happen since the cousins are getting married and splitting time between families and in-laws. But our family made a good showing-all were in attendance! We had a good time hanging out at the church, eating dinner, playing basketball, and playing Pounce.
We found an empty classroom and Stockton took a couple of nice naps in the port-a-crib.Waiting for the food to be ready. Molly's favorite part of dinner was the ice cream.4 Generations of Goodrich boys.Stockton's middle name is Ray...we named him after three great men. Rae Goodrich (great-grandpa in the picture above), Norman Ray Fletcher (Justin's maternal grandpa), and Justin Ray (who was named after his two grandpas). The name Stockton is also a small tribute to Grandpa Goodrich. Ask Justin to explain.
I was surprised to learn that Grandma and Grandpa Goodrich have 85 great-grandkids. 85! That's a lot. Here are two cute ones...Justin and I had to drive home after dinner since he had to work the next day. I guess we missed out on the fun...watching "White Christmas" at Grandma Fletcher's and cutting down our own Christmas tree. Oh well, such is life...
Molly anxiously waited for weeks to go to Disney on Ice. Every morning she would wake up, put on some dress-ups, and tell me that she was ready to go to Disney on Ice. Finally the day came! (Can I say I was excited too? I couldn't wait for another Mommy-Daughter date, it had been a while!) Molly chose to dress up as Sleeping Beauty, and I thought she looked adorable. She was able to pick out one prize when we got there-she chose the crown-and not just any old crown, this one lit up! We met my mom, my sister, and my sister-in-law along with Chloe and Abby (Belle and Cinderella, rather). The show was actually quite impressive and I found myself enjoying it right alongside the girls. We saw all 7 princesses (can you name them all?) and their princes. The girls didn't take their eyes of the show. Molly looked like this for the first 3 princesses:Then she slowly inched forward on her seat, hesitated a little bit, and then just let loose...she started dancing right there in front of her seat. Oh my goodness, this girl is a dancer! It's all she does. (Side note: the other day she was dancing and said "Look Mom! The sports!" and jumps into the splits!) She danced off and on the rest of the show-it was like she couldn't hold it in!Our fabulous day was made possible by my mom, Grandma Kay. We love you Mom! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Feb 27: We went shopping with my mom and sister. We spent a lot of time at one store and Molly got hot and bored. When we were leaving she said, "I'm so glad we are done. That was so hot and...like...fashionable." Big sigh.
Jan 7: "Dad, today was so busy I didn't even get an opportunity to fight with boy."
January 2012: Stockton found some Tums and was wanting to eat them. I told him no because they would make him sick. Molly explained it further: "Stocky, it's just like what the devil does. He makes something look really good or exciting but it's not really that good or exciting at all."
November 1: "Mom, can I have some ranch for my carrots? Oh never mind, I didn't know they were melted." (cooked carrots, rather than raw)
November 1: "Wow, this water is ice hot!"
October: Every time a decision has to be made, Molly plays eeney-meeney-miney-moe . She tries to do it so nobody notices but I know exactly what she is doing!
8-30 Molly and I were playing a guessing game in the car. I was trying to get her to guess the word "arrow." Me: "It points you in the right direction..." Molly: "Jesus!!"
8-12 Molly was reading the story of Nephi getting the brass plates: "And then Nephi found Laban and he was drooped." (she meant drunk)
7-15 Molly was playing with an attachment for the vacuum-twirling it in the air like a baton. "Mom, watch me crouton this!"
6-26 Molly told us this joke on the way home from church: Which ghost has the best hearing? The eeriest!
6-13 Molly trying to get Stockton to say "helicopter:" "Stocky, say hell. Stocky say hell."
6-12 To Stockton: "The car won't say hi back to you, buddy."
6-10 Molly and Gavin were eating sour watermelon candy when Molly asked Gavin, "Do you want me to suck the sour off for you?"
USU Graduation, May 2007
Seattle, Washington, August 2008
Louisville, Kentucky, May 2009
June 25, 2009
Stockton Ray
2 years
April 29: starts sleeping in a "big boy" bed
May 2011: gets confused with hot and cold-calls everything hot; becomes obsessed with cars and trucks; can finally say his own name
May 30: Figured out how to climb to the top bunk-yikes!
end of May/early June- Stockton's last tooth comes in
August: says "Da-ee" and "Mo-ee" for Daddy and Molly
August 17: poops in the toilet!
August 21: pees in the toilet
September: calls Justin "Daddi-o" (he does this when he's happy, angry, sad, silly, you name it!); knows all his colors; counts to ten: "one, free, four, ten!"
October 2nd: We were watching General Conference. Stockton heard the congregation laugh after something President Monson said so he giggles and says: "Si-ee prophet."
November 5: Justin and I were watching a college football game downstairs long after we'd put the kids to bed. All of a sudden we hear Stockton clear upstairs yell "Tackle football game!" and run downstairs to watch.
November: His night-time farewell: "Night-night M&M face head!" in the silliest voice he can muster. He came up with it on his own.
November: At dinner each night we say what we are thankful for. Every time we ask what he is thankful for he says "crayons." All month long.
Dec 15: "Stocky, is daddy a boy or a girl?" "A boy." "Is Stockton a boy or a girl?" "Boy." "Is mommy a boy or a girl?" "Girl." "Is Molly a boy or a girl?" "Girl." "Is Brynn a boy or a girl?" "A baby."
December: It's been fun watching Stockton get excited for Christmas. He says "Merry Santa!"
Dec 21: Stockton has croup. He had to get a steroid shot.
Jan 12: Just playing tonight and out of the blue Stockton says, "Dad, I be baby Jesus!" and lays down on Justin's chest
Jan 19: Stocky is constantly telling us this joke he make up: "Mom, I have a joke for you." "What?" "What you eat for breakfast?" "What?" "A crib!" And then he says the whole thing again.
late February: Asking Stockton why Brynn is crying (he hit her): "Stockton, why is Brynn crying?" "Whaaaa!" "No, Stockton, why is Brynn crying?" "Whaaaa!" He gets his "who, what, where, when, why, and how's" a little mixed up.
Feb. 28: Stocky threw his binkies away today!!
Mar. 1: love that he says cute things like: "doonin'" = doing "Hold you" when he wants to be held
Mar. 25: "Mom, let's go play rice frisbee." (He wants to play catch with the frisbee.)
May 12: Stocky stays dry in underwear all day!
March 2010
March 7, 2011
Brynn April
13 months
June 30- rolls over belly to back
mid July-starts playing with her toes
September 7-turns 6 months old and has her first taste of baby food: rice cereal
September 11-Brynn's been getting up on her hands and knees and rocking forward and backward for very short amounts of time. I'm hoping that crawling is still a long way off!
September 18-She's been practicing sitting up on her own and is getting so strong. She can sit on her own for long periods of time now and only falls over when she is reaching for something.
September: Molly and Stockton have been calling her "coo-coo"
October 5: starts crawling!
October 20: Today she went from crawling to sitting. She is also trying so hard to pull herself up on things.
October: starts babbling a lot: mostly "da-da" but a few "ma-ma's" and "ba-ba's" too
October 31: First Halloween. Noticed today that her first tooth was starting to come in. On the bottom (middle left).
November 30: Second tooth. Bottom, middle, right.
end November: Brynn has not been sleeping well. She's always gone right back to sleep when I feed her but now she's up for hours at a time. We've had to start letting her cry it out if she wakes up before a certain time at night.
December: saying "ma ma" a lot
December: Brynn has been mimicking us. At dinner we all put both arms in the air and she smiles and does the same.
December 10: Brynn stood on her own for literally a full 5 seconds! She starts doing this more and more over the next few weeks. She's getting very brave.
December 12: Noticed first tooth coming in on the top. Middle right.
Dec 19: first ponytail!
Dec 25: starts walking along furniture
last week in December: Justin's been holding Brynn's fingers and helping her walk all around the house. She is getting so strong and is actually very stable.
Jan 3, 2012: Brynn slept all night!
Jan 9: first steps...very wobbly, but they were steps alright!
second week in Jan: 4th tooth came in. Top, middle, right
Jan. 22: starts climbing the stairs
mid-February: gives kisses
last week in February: starts climbing on everything!
March 14: At her 12-month well-check she weighed 14 lbs 4 oz. She also got 4 shots!
Mar 21: 5th tooth-top left
April 1: nursed Brynn for the last time
tooth #6, 7, & 8: mid-April, end April, mid-May
June 23: first haircut
Disneyland, June 2011
October 2011
"Every sister who stands for truth and righteousness diminishes the influence of evil. Every sister who strengthens and protects her family is doing the work of God. Every sister who lives as a woman of God becomes a beacon for others to follow and plants seeds of righteous influence that will be harvested for decades to come."
It was a late movie but her excitement lasted so long that she even had a hard time going to sleep that night. She thought Princess Tiana was beautiful, the alligator was hilarious, and kept saying "the TV was bigger than my room!"
Don't you think she has a great dad who would go sit through a princess movie? I do. He said it was worth it to see her excitement. 
It was a late movie but her excitement lasted so long that she even had a hard time going to sleep that night. She thought Princess Tiana was beautiful, the alligator was hilarious, and kept saying "the TV was bigger than my room!"
Don't you think she has a great dad who would go sit through a princess movie? I do. He said it was worth it to see her excitement. 
