The Carroll Family

New Blog!!

2008-12-19T09:31:00.000-08:00

I know I am probably nuts, and you may all think that if you like ;) I always had problems when I would try and change the layout...I had things that would disappear and then I would spend tons of time putting everything back on. So I decided to try a new one and I think I have all the cinks worked out so things don't vanish on me. The new blog http://thecarrollgang.blogspot.com I hope you all can come and visit it. Thanks!!!!

Santa

2008-12-13T13:44:00.000-08:00

Ok so I know what you all are thinking..."Someone is Missing!" Savannna was a calm cucumber during the entire night, but of course as soon as Santa showed up and we tried to walk her up to the stage so she could sit on his lap, she got scared and started crying, maybe next year we can get her up there. As you can see though Tage ate up the opportunity to sit on Santa's lap, he was very excited.
It was a fun night though.

More Christmas Pictures will be coming, this is just a preview. :-)

Another Year Gone By

2008-11-20T12:37:00.000-08:00

Tage started preschool this year, so we decided to go the elementary school for picture day and get his and Savanna's picture taken. I think they turned out pretty cute. I have included last years picture of the kids that I took so everyone can see how much they have grown up and changed. I can't believe that it has been a year since the last pictures were taken, times goes by way too fast. Enjoy :)

First 2007.....Second 2008

First 2007......Second 2008

Trick or Treat Night!

2008-11-03T21:09:00.000-08:00

It was a great night to go trick or treating, the weather was perfect!! I think we were all surprised that we even got Banna in her costume. When we first got it and showed it to her, she didn't want anything to do with it, I mean she wouldnt even try it on or anything. Even with the ward Halloween Party I had to fight with her to get it put on her, but of course by the nights end she didnt want to take it off. She even wanted to put it on the day that Tage got to dress up for school, go figure huh? So here are some pictures of the night, just a few. It was fun.

Half way through the night the cousins finally caught up with us and went to a couple of houses with us, they even told us about this house that had like a Frankenstien lab. Sure enough this guy had the lab in his garage. He had a dummy that looked like Frankenstien and he had buckets of eye balls, brains and other "things" the kids loved it! It was really neat.

It was a fun night, Savanna was such a trooper. We could tell that about the time that we met up with the cousins she was tired, but do you think she would stop? Nope, she wouldnt even let us help carry her bucket, which was getting quite heavy. As you can see in some of the pictures Tage would have his mask on and then he would take it off. He was kind of funny about it first it was too hot, then it was too scratchy, then he couldnt breath very well...anyway, it was on then it was off. Fun Fun times.

Halloween Cookie Decorators

2008-11-03T17:39:00.000-08:00

Every year just before Halloween we all, all meaning all of Barts family, get together and let the kids decorate Halloween cookies. All of us Mommies make the cookies (usually way too many). Mom Carroll buys all the candy for the kids to use, and this year she went way overboard with it. Although, the kids were way excited about having tons of candy. It was a lot of fun and the kids had fun too. I even made some larger pumpkin cookies for the "adults" to decorate to which they all grabbed at :-)

"I do Gymnastics"

2008-10-31T22:24:00.000-07:00

For the past several weeks Tage has been taking some gymnastic classes. He enjoyed it a lot! So much in fact that he had to remind me daily that he went to gymnastics. As you can see from the pictures that he learned some fun stuff, I am not sure what everything is called that he learned, but they all do have a name. The last day was Wednesday, October 29th, and the parents were invited to stay and watch the kids do everything they learned, it was somewhat chaotic....kids figity, younger siblings running around, parents walking everywhere to take pictures...and then Tage decided to run over to me and give me a hug everytime he finished an action, with much excitement, I might add. It was fun to watch him be so excited about something. I just looked over the pictures and some are out of order and I belive one even has a duplicate, oh well I guess we all can't be perfect. :)

The Look-alike Meter

2008-10-19T22:25:00.000-07:00

So we had a little fun with the look-alike meter. We ran each of them twice just to see if the results would come out the same and sure enough they did each time. Bart swears I slept with the mail man because the kids dont really look anything like him! But he is glad that the kids have their moms good looks ;)

He does however, have banna more on his side so it cant be all that bad.

Carroll Look-alike Meter

2008-10-19T22:23:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

Carroll Look-alike Meter

2008-10-19T22:15:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celeb - Collage - Morph

The Great Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-13T20:44:00.000-07:00

So many Pumpkins, So little time...

Even though it was very cold I still wanted the kids to experience the Pumpkin Patch, which we missed last year, and the last time we did go Banna was just little and the pictures got erased. It did take Banna some time to get use to walking through all the vines but she did finally figure it out. Tage was off the hay ride and running with his cousins and I barely got any pictures of him.

We all had a blast and in all I do mean ALL of us.....5 adults.......13 kids. We even managed to keep track of all of the kids and not one was left behind :-)

The kids got there Pumpkins as you can see, but they were too interested in watching everybody else to look at mommy for a picture, oh well.
Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Visiting Cove Fort

2008-09-25T18:42:00.000-07:00

Today was a fun day..we were so lucky as to "pawn" Tage off for the weekend, no just kidding, my mom decided to go visit my Aunt Shelia down in Henderson for the weekend and asked if Tage wanted to go with. Obviously I think we all know the answer to the question. All he could do was jump up and down and scream, "YES, YES!!" So we went and picked T up from school and on the way to moms he asks, " Mom you got me all packed up?" I looked over and Bart and all we could do was laugh and all I could say was yes. We got him loaded up and off they went. "YAY!!" I'm free is what I was thinking ;)

Bart also took today off and so we decided to get out and do something fun. We have all summer wanted to go to Cove Fort and finally we made it.

It was very enjoyable and took up the day which was very nice. Savanna had fun too as you can see from all the pics we took of her. She would pop her head into a room and look around for a second and then be gone outside, running and climbing on whatever she could find, the other visitors thought she was very cute, and of course Savanna would acknowledge them and smile and luagh and then run from them then they would just laugh. Our Tour Guide was Elder Barnes, he was the cutest little man, very friendly and he knew many things which made the visit very fun.

There were a lot of pictures taken of the rooms, the barn, the bunk house, the blacksmith shop....Savanna just basically ran around and played in the dirt and the rocks and at one moment when we were just standing around talking she thought it was funny to pour rocks in my shoe, needless to say I didnt think it was, but Bart sure did. Daughter like Father I say :)

Anyway....enjoy the photos, I know we enjoyed taking them.

Our Tour Guide Elder Barnes and Savanna.

A Ride Up The Mountain

2008-09-25T18:13:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday the whole family decided that it would be fun to take a ride up the mountain, Monroe Mountain, to be exact. I had actually been sick, but getting out of the house was nice. So we went riding and the ride kind of turned into a ride/picnic. The weather was very nice and cooperated very well. I believe only once the kids got away from us and ran up the mountain. Paul ran after them and he said that it was a good thing he did because not far from where they were caught was a cliff. YIKES!!!!

The kids had fun climbing the mountain and playing in the dirt. They even found an old fire pit to play in, fun for the kids but not so fun for mommy when I had to clean hands and faces. Paul had even brought an elk call with and Tage had fun trying to bugle. Cason was great at doing the bugling, well, screaming into it actaully, but he sounded just like one.

Tage found this stump of a tree which was a great place to put the kids up on and take some pics. It was the perfect little seat for them to sit on. They were all so cute and it was fun to take them.

The Big 4 Wheel Ride

2008-09-13T21:39:00.000-07:00

So the other day Mom and I decided to take the kids and go 4 wheel riding. We went and got the kids some helmets, which they got to pick out. Tage got one with hot wheels on it and of course sissy had to pick one with the disney princess' she was so excited. We had a blast! The kids sure had fun, they didnt even want us to stop for a break. We rode for I think about 3 hours. It must have taken its toll on sissy cause she fell asleep for the last part of the ride as you can see. It was actually quite funny how she just laid there and didnt even wake up. Anyway, it was fun and now the kids love the 4 wheelers and cant get enough of them when we take them out.

Our Life In July!

2008-08-03T11:59:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since my last blog, so I am just fitting all this in as one. I hope you enjoy it!!

The Branch Family Reunion

It wasn't a big Reunion but it was fun to see who was there. The kids had fun too

Tage on a rope swing. Not the greatest rope but he had fun swinging and hanging on it.

Savanna playing on the rope swing. She wouldn't exactly get up and sit on the knots but she hung on it so I guess it was fun for her.

There were a couple apple trees around and some of the apples had fallen on the ground, well, there was also a pond right there and the kids thought it was so funny to throw the apples in the pond and watch them float. They were told time and time again not to throw them in but they didnt listen, so this picture is of them hiding and throwing apples in the pond.

This is just Tage and a cousin, not sure her name but they were each others shadow the whole day long.

Just the three kids swinging.

As you can see, Tage and Banna swinging.

This is a pic of my grandma (left) and my Aunt Lee (right).

Family Pictures July 2008

Chris got home from Iraq at the end of June, and my parents went to Washington for a Homecoming they had for the troops and then days later Chris surprised us by coming home for a visit. We did take family pictures last year right before Chris left for Iraq, but the kids have grown and what not, so another picture was in order. I dont think they turned out that bad.

The Carroll Family. Funny enough I now have a different hairdo so I think new ones are in order for us. :)

The Paul Damron Family

The Chris Damron Family. (jack the dog)

Grandma and Grandpa Hooper. Not a bad one if you ask me.

The tree the kids are in were was like perfect for a cute little shot. The kids thought it was way fun being up that high in a tree so we did get some good shots of them. This is Tage in the back and his Cousin Cason in front.

Tage and Banna in the same tree as above.

We were at the Rotary Park taking the pictures and Dad thought it would be cute to take the kids to the park to get some "fun" shots of them playing, with a little direction. They did turn out really cute though and yes the kids did have fun.

I dont know how I could have gotten any better of a shot of these two. They didnt exactly want to share the swing at first but decided it wouldnt be too bad. They laughed and giggled the entire time.

The 4th Of July

This is Miss Banna!!! And she will let you know. This picture is so just cute I thought. For some reason I never really got one of Tage by himself, I guess the whole parade and candy thing distracted him.

Ok so there is Tage kinda. I didnt get much pictures because we had to run afer Savanna the whole time, any time she would see candy thrown she was running after it, and it didnt matter where it was. One time she was like half a block away, boy she is fast! The kids did get tons of candy which I was thrilled for. I did however, find out that Savanna loves fruities!! Then about Tage he just likes whatever he can get his hands on. A mothers dream come true. :)

After the parade we always go over to Central for their little town BBQ and games. This is Savanna in her age race, falling, or well after she fell. She is so graceful, but as you can see she still has a smile on her face.

Tage man in his race, if you can see him. He is back there in a get ready stance. He had fun and even got a quarter for his efforts, which he immediately went and used to buy an Ice Cream.

All in all July was pretty busy. I am sure there are things that I have missed but I guess these are the most significant. Sorry it is sooooooooo long, but i hoped you enjoyed it. I know we enjoyed making all the memories.

Guam BBQ

2008-08-02T23:25:00.000-07:00

Bart has been in Panguitch all week, umpiring a Baseball Tournament. The Southwest Regional Tournament. So I decided to take the kids down and see Bart and let Tage watch some of the games. It was a fun day and the kids were actually quite good. Guam, one of the teams there, invited all the umpires, the Panguitch Team and the commissioner to a BBQ after all the games were over for the day. Oh my gosh they had some good food, some was way hot though. So these are just some pictures I took while we were all there.

This is just everyone getting ready to eat!

Sitting at the table are all the umpires talking to a guy from Guam, didnt catch his name.

All the Umpires again. From left to right, Bart, Chris, Adrian, Gordon and Gary.

The Guam Coaches gave all the umpires a shirt and a necklace made of seeds, way neat necklace! Anyway this is just a picture of them all. The three in the red shirts in the front are from Guam and the guy on the far left is the commissioner and his wife next to him.

This is just Tage watching the bigger boys play some baseball. He wasnt quite big enough to play so he patiently sat there watching. He also got a shirt from Guam and a cool beach ball, which he plays with everyday.

Workin at the Car Wash

2008-07-06T14:38:00.000-07:00

The other day before it got too hot Bart decided and was nice enough to wash and detail my car, it was a rare moment in time, because Bart was actually at home this day. Tage and Savanna also decided that they would help.

Bart and Tage givin the car a good wash. I dont think the headlights have ever been so clean.

Tage and Savanna doin some washin. They did a great job and were a big help to their daddy.

This is just Banna suds in it up to wash some more. This was like the only smile I got before she kept saying "cold, cold" and by then she was over it, but it was still a little fun for them and I appreciated it a lot.

2008-07-03T20:42:00.000-07:00

Last satuday Grandma and Grandpa were up at Koosharem Res. for a Family Reunion and we decided to go up and spend the day with them and see some family we hadn't and eat and visit.

This is Tage playing with some of the other boys that were there. We could barely keep him in is seat to eat cause he wanted to go play by and in the water. He did actually make it in the water quite a few times with and without his shoes and even up to his shorts. He had lots of fun and didnt want to leave when it came that time.

So below is Savanna on some little 4 wheeler that she just basically took over. She really wouldnt leave my side to go anywhere although she did want to go down to the water but didnt dare go. And then the one time she did with Bart and I she fell in and got drenched and well that was the end of that. She did have fun though.

Splish Splash!!

2008-06-25T16:15:00.001-07:00

It was the perfect day to be outside and get a little sun in. The kids had so much fun playing in the pool. They would run and dive into the pool then just laugh and then do it again and again. Tage even thought it was quite hilarious to chase me around

the yard with a cup full of water to dump on me. Then he would throw the water towards me and then drop the cup and run cause it was my turn to chase him, we did that for a while and once Tage even got lucky one time and drenched my pants. It was a load of fun. Savanna had lots of fun too. She would just chill in the pool cause it was so hot outside. We played all afternoon long and then Savanna dropped dead when we got home. It was a blast.

Tage the Brave One!!

2008-06-21T15:22:00.001-07:00

Today was the great Danish Days in Elsinore and I thought it would be fun for the kids to get out and see the parade and go to the park and play games and eat and really just have fun!! It was fun and the kids had a blast. Tage got to play some kid games and won tons of candy (as a mom I am sooo happy, dentist here we come) and a 2 liter of pop. He popped a balloon with a dart and tossed a ring over the liter of pop. It was fun to see the two kids having so much fun. Nana even came with and had fun watching the kids and visiting with people she saw. So now the Picture, as you can see there was a dunk booth and at first Tage just wanted to throw balls at the target to put somebody in the water, which he did, well he hit the target just not very hard so he got to hit the target with his hand. Then the next thing he asks if he can get wet. I dared not say no cause it was a hot one today. And of course like the forgetful one I am I didnt take the camera so again this was taken with the cell phone. It took two grown men to finally dunk him! I did take a pic as soon as Tage fell in the water but all you can see is grass, I moved it down at the last minute and all you can see is water hitting the ground. He was awesome up there and got drenched too. It was a good day.

The Manti Temple

2008-06-21T14:57:00.000-07:00

Bart and I finally had the opporunity to go out together and what better place to go than the Manti Temple. It is that time of year when the Mormon Miracle Pagent is going on and it was really good. We havent seen the pagent for years and we really enjoyed it. I was able to snap this picture right before the pagent started and I was really happy about it cause it was taken on the cell phone. The pagent was great and I couldnt help but feel the spirit. I am grateful for the sacrafices that the pioneers made so that we in this day have the gospel. I am grateful for our Prophet Joseph Smith. I do so love the gospel and for the wonderful people I have met and for their strong spirits. I don't want to go on and on I just wanted to share a little.

Back Home

2008-06-15T19:39:00.000-07:00

Well we finally made our way back home to Richfield. We made it here the first day of June. We are so excited to be back and be around all of our family. Although I think the grandparents are more excited about the grandkids being closer than they are of Bart and I, but we are thankful that they are close so that they can be in Tage's and Savanna's lives. I believe the best part of Tage's day is when he gets to walk to Grandmas or Nanas just to visit then walk back home.

Bart is still in the same business, Verizon, and he is traveling a lot more now too so I am extra thankful that I have the family around to be with and go visit. I am staying at home still with the kids and being able to roam about where ever has been nice. We go visit the 'cousins' as Tage puts it and it has been fun. We are thankful to be here in Richfield and are thankful that the kids will have our families in their lives as they grow, I know that I missed being here close to family and am grateful that we are back again. I do miss mesquite and the friends that we made there but we are looking forward to the new chapter of our Book of Life that we have now started.

Bath Time!

2008-04-30T23:44:00.000-07:00

Savanna loves bath time! She loves to splash, kick and go under water. She also likes to take a wash cloth and pretend like she is cleaning the tub which I sure appreciate. We were really goofing off this bath time with her hair so I decided that a picture needed to be taken, as you can see she totally loves the camera and cheeses' it every time. We did have so much fun.

Carnival Ride

2008-04-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

Ok so I know that this isnt the greatest picture, but like an idiot I forgot the camera so this was taken with the phone camera. It was Mesquite Days last weekend and they had a carnival so we took the kids and let them ride a couple rides. I have to admit that I was scared because this was Savanna's first time riding and I thought that she might stand up or something but she did so good. She laughed and smiled the whole time and yes, she sat the whole time. They had so much fun.

The Flour Children

2008-03-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

These cute Little Flour Children really had the time of their lives today, I turned my back for one minute and the kitchen exploded with a powder of white.

Here is Miss Banna. As you can see the flour got everywhere!!!!! Including down the diaper, how in the world, I don't even want to know.

Tage Man!! I really believe he was the instagator, but he's not saying a word!!

This is Summer, one of my kids that I watch. She had on the cutest dress today too and now there is flour all over it, whats a girl to do?

Running of the 4 yr. olds

2008-02-26T23:42:00.000-08:00

It was such a great day today that the kids and I went out and played for a bit. They had a blast running up and down the sidewalk, I think they ran up and down like 50 times, ok maybe not that many, but by the time they were done they were all totally out of breath.

Our Monster!!

2008-02-26T01:12:00.000-08:00

Ok, so, this is our Banna in her prime!! Getting into everything and re-arranging it. Well, playing with it first and then re-arranging it. I really believe she is in her own little world when she plays like this, which is a lot by the way, but when she does get caught she just smiles and gives a little smirk like I know I'm not supposed to be doing this but it is so much FUN!!

Just an Update

2008-02-24T23:56:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone, thought I would give an update of the family.. I guess I will start with Savanna, she is needless to say, our little monster! She climbs up on everything, she gets into all the cabinets, she is just the biggest stinker in the world, but oh my gosh does she make us laugh! She just has the sillest expressions with her face and head and she smirks kind of devilish like, we just start rolling. Now for Tage, we did get him started in Karate classes. He said he had so much fun, but he said that all the other kids have a different color belt than he does, like it hurt his feelings cause his was different so we just told him that he has to work really hard and do what he was supposed to do then he could get the same color belt. He's eyes got wide and then he practiced with Bart. Tage did take a little trip last weekend. My mom and grandparents were headed down to Henderson to visit my Aunt Sheila and asked if they could take Tage with them. I said of course you can. He had a great time, brought lots of stuff back, and he talks about it all the time. Bart is doing really well at work, so well in fact that he was able to win a big 42 inch tv at the end of last year, lets just say he was WAY excited!!! Now for me, things are going good. I am at the moment trying to get the kids' scrapbook caught up, its fun to look at all the pictures and remember what was going on. I am still watching kids and I am still liking it and being home with my kids.

Awkward

2008-02-12T21:57:00.000-08:00

Alright, so I was just so excited to post the pictures of Tage that I didn't even think about them being turned the wrong way, sorry for the cink..

Our Little Karate Kid

2008-02-12T21:34:00.001-08:00

Ready Stance!! Then hi-ya!! We decided to get Tage into some Karate classes basically to help with some of his energy and maybe help with some listening skills as well. It was just a 2 class pro-mo to see how well they do and if it would be something good to get into. Needless to say he was totally excited and he did an awesome job. He learned 4 stances and some punches and some kicks. He even listened to his instructor and didn't do any "practicing" at home or on sissy. So now Tage is offically a white belt!! YEAH! Now just getting him into classes.

A quick note

2008-02-10T18:41:00.000-08:00

OK, so I finally got some music put up here, it took me a while but I finally got it after I did a big, DUH!!!, sometimes I'm not too sure about me. Then I also got a new layout which I was excited about, so I hope you enjoy it.

Our Little Joys

2008-01-29T13:00:00.000-08:00

My Parents wiped themselves out last summer doing up their backyard, planting trees, bushes, and flowers. So, I decided to put it to good use and get some pictures taken of the kids. It was fun to take them and the kids were awesome during the whole process. Savanna has grown a lot since then but I still love these pics of the kids.

I know, I know another blog spot!!

2008-01-26T18:01:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I know what you all are thinking, don't you think one is enough? Well, obviously not. I saw Paul and Beccas and just thought it was really cute and then I took a peek at some of their friends and theirs were way awesome so I decided to be a follower and try this out... I am actually way excited..... Love to all